Ship wreck movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant ship wreck movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, realistic and independent film films and TV shows about / with shipwreck, danger, ship, boat, escapades, sea, ocean, heroes, water and survival plots mostly in Adventure, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ship wreck: The Deep (1977), The Isle (2018), Final Voyage (1999), The Dungeon of Harrow (1962), Pathfinder (2007), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Dagon (2001), Cutthroat Island (1995), The Journey to Melonia (1989), Greyhound (2020).

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 6.2
 14K
The Deep (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters...
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: underwater, ocean, shark, treasure hunt, scuba diving, diving, shipwreck, sea, chase, kidnapping, see through clothes, survival ...
Place: haiti, caribbean
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 4.9
 11K
The Isle (2018)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' ...
Style: melancholic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: ghost story, island, abandoned, boat, folk horror, group of strangers, fear, danger, salvation, death, scotsman, ghost ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: scotland
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 3.7
 858
Final Voyage (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Restored to former glory, a nostalgic cruise ship repeats a tragic past...
Style: independent film, suspense, christian film
Plot: cruise ship, die hard, ship, boat, cruise, sinking ship, blood, pistol, terrorism, hijacking, terrorist group, tough girl ...
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The Dungeon of Harrow (1962)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man is shipwrecked on the island of a cruel Count and taken prisoner.
Style: suspense, psychotronic, independent film
Plot: madness, dungeon, castle, murder, mute, paranoia, leprosy, shipwreck, voice over narration, island, torture, creature feature ...
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 5.4
 46K
Pathfinder (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
Style: harsh, stylized, rough, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: viking, native american, sword fight, native, sword, medieval, gory, master warrior, danger, winter, sword and sorcery, battles ...
Time: middle ages, year 2007, medieval times, 20th century, 9th century
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Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Style: suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: spy, james bond, 007, espionage, chase, secret agent, top secret, secret service, world war three, terrorism, female martial artist, female agent ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: hamburg germany, hong kong, china, vietnam, england ...
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 6.2
 21K
Dagon (2001)
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: lovecraft, scary, suspense, surprise ending, satanic ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, cthulhu, chase, monster, supernatural, small town, body horror, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gory, nightmare, ritual, human sacrifice ...
Place: spain, galicia, europe
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Cutthroat Island (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete ...
Style: exciting, breathtaking, light, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, swashbuckler, island, ship, female protagonist, pirate ship, sword fight, treasure, adventurer, treasure map, heroine ...
Time: 17th century
Place: caribbean, fictional island
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Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Some survivors of a drowning ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city, where they may be trapped for the rest of their lives.
Style: psychotronic, natural horror, fairy tale, retro, classic horror ...
Audience: kids
Plot: steampunk, utopia, submarine, underwater, ocean, sea, killer animal, woman with a gun, pirate, giant monster, creature, myth ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969, 1870s
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The Journey to Melonia (1989)
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.
Style: anime, experimental, philosophical, artsy, claymation ...
Plot: shakespeare, environmental, capitalism, good versus evil, magic, tragic love, robot, working class, paradise, shipwreck, magical creature, exotic island ...
Place: fictional island, eastern europe
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 7.0
 113K
Greyhound (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the ...
Style: serious, exciting, emotional, compassionate, inspirational ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, submarine, war, u.s. navy, navy, warship, convoy, wartime, ocean, battleship, naval officer, captain ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: san francisco, atlantic ocean
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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.
Style: realistic, bleak, exciting, captivating, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, shark, war, submarine, u.s. navy, killer shark, ghost ship, animal attack, world war, survival, military, ship ...
Time: 1940s
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the ...
Style: breathtaking, entertaining, exciting, epic, action packed ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, manly ...
Plot: treasure hunt, holy grail, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, map, artifact, treasure, knight, father son relationship, mythology, indiana jones ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1989, 90s, year 1912 ...
Place: germany, israel, utah, san francisco, venice ...
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 6.8
 43K
Dead Calm (1989)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Style: suspenseful, psychological thriller, scary, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: psychopath, ship, ocean, serial killer, isolation, maniac, yacht, woman in danger, obsession, survival, forced sex, hostage ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia, pacific ocean
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 7.0
 30K
The Bounty (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
Style: epic, period piece, costume drama, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: ship, mutiny, island, sea, storm at sea, survival, sea voyage, pacific island, colonialism, boat, lost at sea, lifeboat ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1984, 1780s
Place: england, tahiti, pacific ocean, britain, europe
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The Pirate Movie (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original (Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance), as well as references to popular films of the time, including Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark. In your typical boy ...
Style: parody, cult classic, humorous, spoof, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: pirate, music, treasure hunt, happy ending, swashbuckler, sword fight, sea, camp, satire, chivalry, sorcery, water ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982, 19th century, victorian era
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Das Boot - The Director's Cut (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, Italy, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Style: epic, suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: submarine, world war two, navy, military, war, ocean, naval battle, nazi, anti war, battles, survival, ship captain ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1981, year 1942, year 1941
Place: germany, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
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 8.5
 827
Tenko (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese ...
Style: costume drama, historical drama, period drama
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, jungle, military prison, prisoners of war, women's prison, soldier, prison, war, pow, prisoner of war camp, death, torture ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: singapore
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 4.8
 6K
Death Ship (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ghost ship, supernatural, ghost, ship, gory, survival, good versus evil, ocean, torture, exploitation, danger, confined ...
Time: year 1980
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The Black Stallion (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a ...
Style: scenic, inspirational, fairy tale, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: horse, horse race, child, boy horse relationship, shipwreck, survival, coming of age, beach, human animal relationship, storm at sea, friendship, racing ...
Time: 1940s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: detroit, astoria oregon
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 6.7
 21K
Midway (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Style: realistic, tense, factual, intense, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, military, sea battle, pacific war, naval battle, aviation, navy, u.s. navy, world war, wartime, ethnic conflict, fascism ...
Time: year 1976, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place: america, pacific ocean
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 5.9
 325
Sweet Talker (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an old Portuguese treasure ship lies buried in the sand. Harry is an old pro at manipulating this ...
Style: sex comedy, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: con men, couples, disorder, small town, cons and scams, ship, love affair, small town life, dishonesty, fall in love, love and romance, treasure hunt ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: australia
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 6.2
 1K
Man Friday (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday ...
Style: independent film, biting, captivating, realistic, serious
Plot: survival, blaxploitation, robinson crusoe, shipwreck, anarchist, stranded, atheist, interracial relations, island, confined, buddies, escapades ...
Time: year 1975, 17th century
Place: fictional island
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The Sea Gypsies (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A man and a woman and 3 children start to sail around the world. They are shipwrecked near an uninhabited isle. This island is full of wild animals and it is very dangerous for them in the begining. They live through a lot of wonderful adventure ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: ocean, sailing, stowaway, sea, sea voyage, castaway, pelican, shipwreck, survival, island, wilderness, sailboat ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: alaska, usa, seattle
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Gilligan's Island (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; ...
Style: sitcom, retro, epic, slapstick comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: island, tropical island, shipwreck, ship, boat, stranded, crossover, clown, fish, water, humour, jungle ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
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Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Horatio Homblower, now promoted to Acting Lieutenant, captures the French ship Le Reve off the Spanish coast. The Captain of the French ship is furious that such a youngster has pulled off such a coup. But far more daunting is Hornblower's ...
Style: period piece, feel good, serious, exciting, period drama
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, sea battle, pirate, sailing, heroes, napoleonic era, sea, swashbuckler, seafaring, fish, royalty ...
Time: 18th century, victorian era, 19th century
Place: europe, england
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 7.6
 235
Kidnapped (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 390 min.
TV show
Story: No overview found.
Style: period drama
Plot: inheritance, kidnapped, historical event, slave, ship, murder, money, uncle, manhunt, orphan, sea captain, englishman ...
Place: scotland
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 7.9
 18K
Black Lagoon (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Black Lagoon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday Gene-X since 2002, and nine collected volumes have been released so far. It was later adapted into an anime ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, psychological ...
Audience: kids
Plot: danger, gunfight, pirate, mercenary, kidnapping, team, rivalry, violence, arms dealer, gang, criminal, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, colombia, asia, southeast asia, thailand
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Raise the Titanic (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Style: psychotronic, independent film, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: titanic, submarine, ship, sea, survival, treasure hunt, disaster, water, boat, spy, underwater, cold war ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: russia, atlantic ocean, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
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 7.7
 11K
Mind Game (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
Style: anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, psychedelic ...
Plot: self discovery, trippy, righting the wronged, family relations, supernatural, danger, hopes, dealing with death, family in danger, couples, imaginary, siblings relations ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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