Fishing village movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant fishing village movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, melancholic, serious, touching, realistic and psychological films and TV shows about / with fishing village, small town, fisherman, village life, village, relationships, love, fishing, social relations and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in UK, USA, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fishing village: For Those in Peril (2013), Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003), Blow the Man Down (2019), Sand Mouths (2020), Ondine (2009), The Secret of Roan Inish (1994), Dagon (2001), The Strong Ones (2019), Orca (1977), Babette's Feast (1987).
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List of fishing village movies
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local superstition, the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, modern fairy tale, psychological ...
Plot:
lost at sea, fishing village, outcast, bullying, society, social relations, misfit, village life, boy, folk horror, death of brother, ocean ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
culture clash, nothing goes right, friendship, small town, unemployment, village, doctor, goofy hero, disorder, social relations, comedy of errors, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, montreal, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While grieving for the loss of their mother, the Connolly sisters suddenly find they have a crime to cover up, leading them deep into the underbelly of their salty Maine fishing village.
Style:
dark comedy, disturbing, humorous, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
sister sister conflict, small town, sister sister relationship, disposing of a dead body, murder, cover-up, bag of money, pimp, conflict, small village, social problems, bandit ...
Place:
maine, new england
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspector Nerea Garcia is sent to a small fishing village to investigate the disappearance of a skipper. She will soon realize that it is not a routine case and that nothing is what it seems. The past is always unpredictable.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, fishing village, crime investigation, uncover truth, secrets, missing person, murder mystery, mysterious disappearance, cold case, murder investigation, unsolved crime, police investigation ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net believing her to be a mermaid.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, fairy tale, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, mermaid, small town, sea, mysterious stranger, daughter, longing, fisherman, self discovery, character study, secrets, solitude ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
ireland, europe, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother ...
Style:
scenic, fairy tale, touching, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
children, mermaid, island, seal the animal, celtic, selkie, friendship, fishing boat, legend, ancient mystery, pagan, magic ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1994, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe, scotland
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. ...
Style:
suspense, lovecraft, surprise ending, atmospheric, satanic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, cthulhu, body horror, small town, curses spells and rituals, chase, monster, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural, ritual, sea, sacrifice ...
Place:
spain, galicia, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Lucas travels to visit his sister to a remote town in southern Chile. In front of the ocean and the fog, he meets Antonio, a boatswain in a local fishing boat. When an intense romance grows between them, their strength, their independence and their ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexy, cute, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay romance, male nudity, gay love, gay lead character, forbidden love, gay sex, gay relationship, lgbt, tenderness, sexual attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the ...
Style:
harsh, suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
killer whale, whale, survival, ocean, killer animal, animal attack, sea, vengeance, ship, revenge, fish, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
newfoundland, antarctica
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The guest, a General at the Swedish court, is not related to the sister, but, as a callow young man, was in love with her, but chose his military career over happiness with her. His aunt is a member of the religious community. He is the one who, ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, touching, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
cooking, food, religion, cooking and food, elderly, gourmet, aging, charity, catholic, wine, true love, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, 1870s, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
denmark, paris france, europe, stockholm sweden, france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story follows fisherman Ed Collier, who is highly protective over his family, which includes wife Claire and daughter Abbie. However, when a rich young man by the name of Ryan Wilson starts to take an interest in his daughter, Ed feels her ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
fisherman, fishing village, fishing boat, mistrust, domestic drama, relationship problems, family problems, kids and family, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
cornwall
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
What happens when idle gossip escalates out of control and starts to affect people’s lives. Set in a picturesque fishing village, the series centres on Maggie Cole, the self- appointed oracle of this close-knit community.
Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
gossip, satire, fishing village, small town, community, rumor, relationship problems, male female relationship, relationships, family problems, scandal, reputation ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, Iceland, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, thrilling, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
folk horror, shipwreck, moral dilemma, widow, fishing village, winter, arctic, isolation, problem, life is a bitch, seafaring, desperation ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A minute's silence is being observed in the grammar school of Hirtshafen, a small fishing town on the Baltic shore - in memory of Stella Petersen, the school's young English teacher. For one of her students, however, Stella was more than a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, period drama
Plot:
teacher student sex, older woman younger man relationship, english teacher, teacher student romance, older woman younger man sex, teacher student relationship, secret lover, forbidden love, female teacher, older woman teenage boy relationship, male female relationship, loss of lover ...
Time:
60s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style:
depressing, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
lawyer, adultery, corruption, politics, courtroom, poverty, small town, corrupt mayor, alcohol abuse, drunk, alcoholism, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As ...
Style:
inspirational, semi serious, entertaining, offbeat, novela ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
doctor, manipulation, husband and wife, fishing village, fish, small village, white lie, con trick, small town, con game, cricket, isolated community ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
newfoundland, canada, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tension, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
fishing village, tragedy, shipwreck, greed, loss, seafaring, working class, neglect, social realism, grief, exploitation, father son relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A small fishing village becomes the target of Mr. Matsunaga, a ruthless real estate developer who wants to turn the quaint area into a lucrative tourist attraction. Hiring a young, horny man named Junpei to bed the local ladies in an attempt to ...
Style:
erotic, sex comedy, sensual, ecchi
Plot:
nudity, sexploitation, pink film, fishing village, sexual content, exploitation, small town, sleazy, voyeur, corruption, scandal, public nudity ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jessica Santiago & Ana Bartolome are two sisters who have lived in separate lives for 12 long years. Jessie, though an excellent student, has grown to feel sorrow of Ana’s lost while Ana, not knowing that she’s an orphan, grew up in a ...
Style:
touching, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
siblings, sister sister relationship, missing person, missing sister, fisherman, sibling rivalry, jealousy, fishing village, long lost daughter, mother daughter relationship, young adult, sisters ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Peru, Colombia, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Style:
sincere, emotional, lgbt cinema, serious, touching ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay love, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, homosexual, closeted homosexual, gay latino, ghost, lgbtq, gay slur, male homosexuality ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sharon and her ten year old son Bayo live in Tickle Cove on the shores of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland like generations of their family have before them. Sharon hates her life there. She dreams of moving to Toronto - where her now deceased mother was ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, independent film, period drama
Plot:
fishing, small town, fishing village, sea, family drama, tradition, mother son relationship, father son relationship, working class, longing, village life, storytelling ...
Place:
newfoundland, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, art house, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
small town, escape, isolation, fishing village, identity, alienation, longing, exile, sea voyage, self discovery, jealousy, romantic obsession ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
newfoundland, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Chanthupottu is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose, written by Benny P. Nayarambalam, and produced by Lal. The story is about a man named Radhakrishnan who was brought up like a girl by his grandmother.
Style:
comedy drama, romantic comedy
Plot:
fishing village, gender roles, desire for fame, coming of age, cross dressing, social commentary, identity crisis, childhood friend, friendship, sexual identity, empathy, small town life ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
When a corrupt politician tries to seize the land of his villagers, a brave and powerful fisherman sets out to fight against him.
Style:
serious, heroic, masala, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, injustice, political corruption, village life, rivalry, fisherman, salvation, land grab, corruption, fishing village, danger, society ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in a rural fishing village in southern Japan, this is the story of Erika, a celebrated former anchorwoman now back in her hometown campaigning for a seat in the national party, and Yohei, an insecure fisherman-in-training. The two are worlds ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, survival, power, fishing village, isolation, stranded, problem, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, relationship vs career, island ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Aasi has been in love with Bebamma since their childhood. But it is more than her father Rayanam that threatens to form a chasm between the lovers.
Style:
romantic drama, tragic ending
Plot:
fishing village, star crossed lovers, forbidden love, young lovers, patriarchy, family honor, family conflict, social class, tragedy, class struggle, social realism, sacrifice ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
During the 1970s, in Kunchon, there were women divers who were able to dive without equipment, including two best friends Choon-ja and Jin-sook, Jin-sook's brother and Hammer. They always collected seafood under water for living. But, as fewer ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
smuggling, friendship, survival, sea, fishing village, organized crime, problem, friends, diver, diving, poverty, family drama ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Bangladesh, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When eight sailors onboard their fishing trawler find a mysterious girl mid-sea, ill fortune falls upon the boat as they don't catch any fish the next few days. The fishermen try to make it back home, although the sea has other plans for them.
Style:
fairy tale, tense, captivating, disturbing, sinister ...
Plot:
mythology, ocean, mysterious girl, life is a bitch, problem, fishing village, fishing, folk horror, supernatural, isolation, village life, symbolism ...
Place:
bangladesh
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, light, humorous, exciting ...
Plot:
life, town, ruse, fish, fishing, social relations, con trick, white lie, small town life, dishonesty, social problems, relationships ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, France, UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows a young married couple who see their livelihoods threatened when the government starts enforcing restrictive fishing quotas after they build a small fishing empire in a village.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, period drama
Plot:
fishing, corruption, changing lives, family problems, life is a bitch, couples, relationships, political unrest, family relations, social problems, fisherman, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iceland
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