| Titanic (1997) | 8.0 | |
| The Perfect Storm (2000) | 6.5 | |
| Triangle (2009) | 6.9 | |
| Dead Calm (1989) | 6.8 | |
| Poseidon (2006) | 5.7 |
Ocean movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, survival, ocean liner, race against time, underwater, sea disaster, cruise ship, sea, sinking ship, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
israel, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
An ordinary teen boy on one extreme adventure after another!
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating, funny, light ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
jungle, shark, ocean, tornado, jungle adventure, boy, teenage boy, con artists, brother brother relationship, danger, adventurer, twister ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
whale, tradition, coming of age, sexism, childhood, female protagonist, culture clash, girl, legend, empowerment, youth, loss of son ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Style:
suspenseful, tension, realistic, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
rescue mission, ocean, sea adventure, rescue, survival, claustrophobia, man versus nature, teamwork, heroism, isolation, boat, male protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, Taiwan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage. Melody is curious and ventures into ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
mermaid, underwater, imaginary kingdom, princess, good versus evil, coming of age, wish come true, disney princess, stupidity, ocean, sea, family relations ...
Time:
1850s, 1830s, 19th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.
Style:
serious, exciting, mockbuster, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
battleship, warship, aircraft carrier, military, battles, naval battle, heroes, escapades, chaos, soldier, danger, black man white woman relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pentagon
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Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story:
It’s Aquaman’s first day on the job as king of Atlantis and he’s got a LOT of catching up to do. Luckily, he has his two royal advisors to back him up – Vulko, the scholar, and Mera, the water controlling warrior-princess. Between dealing ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, entertaining, 2d animation
Plot:
superhero, ocean, palace intrigue, aquaman, heroes, warrior, friend, atlantis, king, comic hero, power struggle, sea adventure ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Romania, France
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
The writer Humphrey van Weyden gets overboard in 1906 in a shipwreck in the fog in the Bay of San Francisco and is rescued by a seal catcher, the schooner Ghost under the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.
Plot:
ocean, sea captain, strong man, tough guy, strength, brutality, ship, revenge, sadism, violence, sailboat, survival ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean, san francisco
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray near the famed Bermuda Triangle, and mysterious things start happening.
Style:
surprise ending, realistic, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bermuda triangle, ship, ocean, time portal, bird attack, alien invasion, supernatural, cruise, underwater, sea, doll, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
70s
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
ship, ocean, captain, survival, danger, expedition, isolation, sea disaster, self discovery, escapades, writer's life, sailing ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Style:
tense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
mutiny, napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, ship captain, injustice, navy, courtroom drama, male male relationship, ocean, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
18th century, year 1962, 1790s, georgian era
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
The Titanic disaster is depicted as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
Style:
fairy tale, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sinking ship, titanic, disaster, iceberg, ship, ocean, shipwreck, older man younger woman marriage, sunken ship, survival, rescue, race against time ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1912, edwardian era
Place:
atlantic ocean, newfoundland, england
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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:
retro, psychotronic, natural horror, classic horror, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, utopia, submarine, underwater, ocean, sea, woman with a gun, giant monster, creature, pirate, animal, myth ...
Time:
19th century, year 1969, 1870s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A bomber has planted 7 bombs on a transatlantic cruise ship. While a crack bomb squad team try to defuse the bombs the police attempt to track down the mad bomber.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, shipwreck, ship, disaster, cruise, cruise ship, ransom, sea, ocean, espionage, brutality, passenger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, atlantic ocean, scotland yard, london, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a highly successful retired businessman, Michael Kingley, starts to see things he at first can't explain, his life takes a dramatic turn. And when his grand-daughter rebels against her father, he is forced to re-evaluate his life and to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, sincere, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
boy, childhood, bird, pelican, sea, ocean, storm, youth, friendship, son, boyhood, family relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
south australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Thailand, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, suspenseful, tense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
creature feature, shark, disaster, tyrannosaurus rex, megalodon, giant octopus, dinosaur, sea creature, shark attack, marriage proposal, eaten alive, sea ...
Time:
jurassic, 2020s
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A couple on a romantic getaway find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their villa. In order to survive, they are forced to fight the elements, while sharks circle below.
Style:
brutal, emotional, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
shark, killer shark, great white shark, sea, shark attack, survival, fight, ocean, storm at sea, husband and wife, water, struggle for survival ...
Place:
southeast asia, vietnam
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11K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Senegal, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, art film ...
Plot:
police inspector, police investigation, ocean, police, supernatural, coming of age, emigrant, black history, superstition, corruption, boss, money ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
africa, senegal, west africa, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure in this live-action adaptation of the popular manga.
Style:
anime, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, epic fantasy
Plot:
pirate ship, pirate, ship, fight, journey, friendship, ocean, treasure map, sea, pirate captain, captain, treasure ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, France, Japan
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Mysterious events are piling up in the oceans around the world: whales destroy boats, deep-sea crabs attack beaches, mussels paralyze container ships. A previously unknown ice worm destabilizes continental slopes in the oceans and triggers tsunamis. ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
marine biologist, ecological disaster, monster, ocean, environment, earth, environmentalism, nature, man versus nature, planet earth, survival, isolation ...
Time:
2020s
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6K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada, Philippines
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A struggling family buys an old ship at auction with high hopes of starting a charter business, only to discover her horrifying secrets on the isolated open waters.
Style:
supernatural thriller, atmospheric, dark, enigmatic
Plot:
curse, evil spirit, boat, supernatural horror, water, ocean, trapped, supernatural, ghost ship, business, fear, sailing ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
On the shores of Cape Mercy, a skillful group of teen divers investigate a series of secrets and signs after one of their own mysteriously goes missing.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
scuba diving, small town, ocean, diver, sea, friend, island, search and rescue, girlfriend, female protagonist, rescue mission, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
Plot:
survival, shipwreck, desert island, ocean, sea disaster, wise man, wisdom of life, friends, storm, isolation, friendship, escapades ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century
Place:
england, fictional island
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On a future earth where 98% of the surface is underwater, a Warlord who controls an army of sharks meets his match when he captures the daughter of a mysterious shark caller who must learn to marshal a supernatural ability if she is to free her ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, adult animation ...
Plot:
shark, ocean, good versus evil, mind control, danger, post apocalypse, apocalypse, friendship, rescue, shark attack, underwater, death ...
Time:
future, 2010s
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Malta, India, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Follows the ill-fated crew aboard the merchant ship Demeter which carried Dracula's coffin from Transylvania to England only to arrive at port with no survivors aboard.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, period piece, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
vampire, dracula, supernatural horror, ship, supernatural, doctor, ship captain, vampirism, danger, ocean, survival, sea voyage ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, london, transylvania
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. ...
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, cerebral, melancholic, lyrical ...
Plot:
ship, world war one, tragedy, ocean, danger, celebrity culture, music, travel, war, boat, cruise, melancholy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 1910s, year 1914
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Squid Girl has come to the land from the depths of the sea to conquer humanity in revenge for pollution of the ocean. Unfortunately she ruins the first house she uses as an invasion base and has to work to pay for repairs. Of course, she can't ...
Style:
anime, humorous, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Plot:
invasion, ocean, society, environmentalism, escapades, friendship, rivalry, family relations, supernatural, killer whale, restaurant, slice of life ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, rough, terrifying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, danger, obsession, ocean, haunted by the past, witch, dangerous attraction, supernatural, vengeance, rape and revenge, serial killer, dark secret ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, malibu california
Is relevant?
730K
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: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
In this musical special, the Octonauts must find a way to hold back hungry swarms of coral-eating starfish to save a new friend's fragile reef home.
Style:
entertaining, satirical, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
teamwork, friendship, sea adventure, marine life, coral reef, ocean, music, rescue, marine, conservation, children, underwater ...
Place:
australia
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