Fishing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant fishing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, serious, captivating, feel good and entertaining films and TV shows about / with fishing, fish, fisherman, redemption, storytelling, mentor, chase, boat, friendship and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fishing: The River Why (2010), Blue Miracle (2021), A River Runs Through It (1992), Corn Island (2014), Serenity (2019), Blackport (2021), Man's Favorite Sport? (1964), Gone Fishin' (1997), Jaws (1975), 633 Squadron (1964).
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List of fishing movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young man abandons his family for a solitary life of fly-fishing. His goal was to find his own way in the fishing world and thereby find himself and love.
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, serious, touching, indie film ...
Plot:
solitude, youth, wilderness, obsessive quest, self discovery, escapades, fall in love, philosophy, leaving home, river, fishing, skinny dipping ...
Place:
oregon, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, sincere
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
sea, fisherman, fishing, orphanage, rivalry, social problems, financial problem, escapades, contests and competitions, workplace situations, sea adventure, contest ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot:
coming of age, fishing, father son relationship, childhood, river, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, self discovery, brothers, wilderness, death of brother, gambling ...
Time:
1900s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1992, 1930s ...
Place:
montana, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivation of corn. At least, this is the belief of an old peasant, whose ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
island, teenage girl, military, skinny dipping, fishing, building a house, flood, stranger, harvest, hiding, wounded soldier, boat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down with a desperate plea for help.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
fishing boat, father son relationship, ex wife, fisherman, abusive husband, tuna, wife plots to kill husband, skinny dipping, boat, domestic violence, nudism, island ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
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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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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Rock Hudson is Roger Willoughby, a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige (Paula Prentiss), a sweetly annoying girl who has just ...
Style:
slapstick, romantic comedy, retro, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
screwball, fishing, writers, fisherman, lake, contest, farce, store, love affair, fall in love, workplace intrigue, ambition ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1930s, 70s
Place:
san francisco, california, england, ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
Style:
humorous, slapstick, realistic, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
fishing, on the road, boat, swamp, chase, stupidity, fish, hotel, camping trip, feeling, camping, thanksgiving ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, usa, everglades, new jersey
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Style:
suspense, scary, classic horror, natural horror, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
shark, animal attack, shark attack, creature feature, ocean, beach, fear, killer shark, boat, monster, dangerous animal, great white shark ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
boston, fictional island, persia, oceania, long island ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style:
psychological, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place:
oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, spectacular ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, fishing, war, aviation, crash landing, behind enemy lines, death of brother, nazi, resistance fighter, airplane crash, warplane, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
europe, scotland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Michel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a kayak.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, exciting, feel good, light ...
Plot:
birthday, widow, night watchman, fishing, pun, female nudity, shopping mall, birthday present, security guard, midlife crisis, anger, dancing ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dewey Winfield is a lovable loser who wants nothing more than to beat the guy who has bullied him his whole life in a big fishing tournament. In order to win, Dewey will need the help of some eccentric senior citizens who are about to be evicted ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film, offbeat ...
Plot:
fishing, loser, goofy hero, fishing boat, disorder, silly humor, win over, negligence, fisherman, man child, chess, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vancouver, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sharks attack a fish rodeo on the Mississippi River, and it is up to a group of locals to stop them.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, absurd, exciting ...
Plot:
shark, shark attack, fishing, killer shark, water, animal attack, monster, competition, creature feature, steamship, flare, actor ...
Place:
mississippi, new orleans
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago 1830s muskrat trapper Dannie Mcnoun, loves Mary and sends his best friend, Jimmy, to win her over for Dannie. Jimmy married her instead. Now neighbors, Dannie works both farms as Jimmy tries to drown his problems with a bottle.
Style:
captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
fishing, friendship, loneliness, farming, true love, perseverance, friends, love and romance, love, lifestyle, escapades, disorder ...
Time:
1830s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, melancholic, suspense, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, wedding, prank, fishing, old age, fish, loneliness, old man, rivalry, vengeance, neighbor neighbor relationship, reconciliation ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat. ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
sailing, sea, ocean, fishing, pirate, youth, coffee, dice, checkers, storm, gambling, cigar ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.
Style:
funny, romantic, light, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, interracial relations, stereotypes, couples, sister sister relationship, happy ending, racism, family bonds, family drama, couple relations, family relations, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, africa
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Nervous to meet her new stepdad, Hiyori heads to the place she always feels at home—the ocean. When a curious girl named Koharu shows up, Hiyori decides to teach her how to fish, just like her father did before he died. But after Koharu reveals ...
Style:
anime, captivating, psychological, disturbing, iyashikei ...
Plot:
fishing, slice of life, new family, fish, family relations, relationships, sister, family problems, schoolgirl, japanese high school, half sister, blended family ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, thrilling, captivating, social ...
Plot:
fisherman, boat, fishing, brother brother relationship, fishing boat, brother brother conflict, family relations, tourism, surrealism, brothers, relationships, problem ...
Place:
cornwall
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style:
intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wilderness, river, coming of age, friendship, survival, summer, nature, camping, youth, camp, mountain climbing, chess ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, new jersey, california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love to Hyun-Shik, who is on the run for the police and rescues him with a ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, brutal, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sexualized violence, mute, prostitute, violence, brutality, violent, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, pleasure, suicide attempt, fishing, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, catastrophe, storm at sea, survival, storm, boat, fish, forces of nature, shipwreck, sea ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
atlantic ocean, boston, new england, nova scotia, portugal
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
summer vacation, friendship, childhood, animal, coming of age, teen angst, toxic waste, fisherman, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, fishing, boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
Style:
epic, atmospheric, captivating, dark fantasy, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, sword fight, wizard, magical, friendship, mission, good versus evil, monster, middle earth, sword and sorcery, mythology ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
iran, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, crying, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, self discovery, teenager, nostalgia, death, skinny dipping, elopement, teen angst, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1952 ...
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, midwest, north america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, young heroes, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Splatter Beach is a 2007 low-budget horror comedy film made by the prolific Polonia brothers. It was released on DVD by Camp Motion Pictures.Starring Erin Brown, Erika Smith, Alison Whitney, Brice Kennedy, Ken Van Sant and Dave Fife, Splatter Beach ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, parody, suspense ...
Plot:
creature feature, sex, beach party, beach, lesbianism, female nudity, fishing, henpecked husband, bodybuilder, deadly creature, supernatural, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Tsunehiro’s life isn’t easy. After a doctor gives him two years to live and debt collectors come knocking, he falls from a bridge. In the knick of time, Hana and her crew spot Tsunehiro and pull him to safety. Before returning, they anchor ...
Style:
emotional, life affirming, melancholic, existential, feel good ...
Plot:
fishing, friendship, second chance, mortality, healing, terminal illness, rescue, redemption, slice of life, intimate, rebirth, bittersweet ...
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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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