Sea voyage movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant sea voyage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, tense, epic, realistic, serious and suspense films and TV shows about / with sea voyage, ship, sea, ocean, boat, journey, escapades, island, sailing and sea adventure plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sea voyage: Nova Zembla (2011), Sinbad (2012), To the Ends of the Earth (2005), An Undersea Story (2022), Boundless (2022), Passenger 23 (2018), Saints & Strangers (2015), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Deadly Excursion (2019), Kon-Tiki (2012).

List of sea voyage movies

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Nova Zembla (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Nova Zembla tells the gripping true story of the legendary failed mission of the late sixteenth century Dutch flotilla trying to find a trading route to Asia across the North Pole. The ship crew, who got stuck in the ice of Nova Zembla and had to ...
Style: captivating, serious, stylized, realistic, costume drama
Plot: ship, sea voyage, danger, adventurer, polar bear, medieval, isolation, dutch history, trial, cold, sea, sailing ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
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 6.3
 4K
Sinbad (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sinbad accidentally kills the son of the powerful Lord Akbari in a fist fight. As recompense for the blood debt, Sinbad's brother is killed in front of his eyes. Sinbad escapes, but his grandmother uses a magic talisman to curse him for the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, disturbing, light ...
Plot: sinbad, sea voyage, arabian nights, curse, witch, escapades, rivalry, hopes, adventurer, legends and myths, sailor, medieval ...
Time: 8th century
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To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to ...
Style: semi serious, sincere, epic, captivating, road movie ...
Plot: ship, sea voyage, sea captain, imperialism, fall in love, introspection, social differences, escapades, military, unlikely couple, teaching the ways of the world, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, regency period, georgian era
Place: australia, england
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Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean will take viewers on a historic journey across the Ottoman Empire based on the life of 16th-century Ottoman admiral "Barbaros" Hayreddin Pasha and the adventures of four brothers who become seafarers. ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, nautical
Plot: pirate, sea voyage, turkish history, sea adventure, piracy, pirate captain, pirate ship, brothers, sea battle, renaissance, sailor, fight
Time: 16th century
Place: ottoman empire
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An Undersea Story (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After disaster strikes the Earth, a marine biologist on a research mission in a submarine must fight to advance the process into a conspiracy.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, nautical ...
Plot: submarine, sea voyage, survival, mission, post apocalypse, conspiracy, military, distopia, evil plot, humanity in peril, marine biologist, fate of humanity ...
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 6.8
 2K
Boundless (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: The First Circumvalation Around the World, tracking the 1519–22 voyage initiated by Ferdinand Magellan and culminated by Juan Sebastián Elcano.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, historical drama, epic
Plot: spanish history, sea voyage, sailor, sea adventure, ship, travel, historical figure, sea disaster, explorer, traveler
Time: 16th century
Place: portugal
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 5.5
 417
Passenger 23 (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: It's been five years Martin's family vanished without a trace from a cruise ship. Ever since, the police psychologist is tortured by the thought of his wife having committed a murder-suicide, taking their son with her. He is the only one ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, disturbing
Plot: sea voyage, cruise ship, ship, missing person, held captive, father son relationship, father, son, ship captain, investigation, uncover truth, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
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Saints & Strangers (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
TV show
Story: Saints & Strangers is a story that goes beyond the familiar historical account of Thanksgiving and the founding of Plymouth Plantation, revealing the trials and tribulations of the settlers at Plymouth: 102 men, women and children who sailed on ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, serious, educational ...
Plot: colonial america, conquistador, new world, thanksgiving, medieval, indians, american indian, power struggle, sea voyage, political intrigue, ambition, religion ...
Time: 17th century
Place: america
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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
Story: 1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Style: realistic, serious, factual, period piece, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, conquistador, renaissance, adventurer, native american, jungle, ocean, state affairs, military, against the odds, rebelliousness, danger ...
Time: 15th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1992, future ...
Place: spain, italy, haiti, caribbean, europe ...
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Deadly Excursion (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A woman and her daughter charter a sail boat while on spring break only to discover the captain has plans to make sure they never return home.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: struggle for survival, kidnapping, mother daughter relationship, family relations, abduction, sea voyage, kidnapped, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, sea adventure, family problems, island ...
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 7.1
 52K
Kon-Tiki (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style: harsh, realistic, inspirational, epic, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: ocean, survival, sea voyage, shark, boat, expedition, raft, obsessive quest, adventurer, sailing, travel, lost at sea ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place: pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
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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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Viking Destiny (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Viking Princess is forced to flee her kingdom after being framed for the murder of her father, the King. Under the guidance of the God Odin, she travels the world gaining wisdom and building the army she needs to win back her throne.
Style: suspense, exciting, brutal, epic
Plot: viking, sea voyage, medieval, girl heroine, norse mythology, journey, barbarian, murder, ship, power struggle, kingdom, monster ...
Time: middle ages
Place: england
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The Whaler Boy (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Everything changes in the life of a young 15-year-old Chukchi hunter Lyoshka with the advent of the Internet in the village. He falls in love – for the first time and deeply – with the silent video chat girl. Upon learning that she lives in ...
Style: captivating, independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: sea voyage, village life, coming of age, journey, animal, escapades, road trip, fishing, fall in love, fishing boat, weather, life ...
Place: russia, alaska
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 4.1
 5K
Dorm Daze 2 (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sequel to Dorm Daze has most of the original group of college students on a cruise ship in the Pacific, putting on a school play which takes a turn involving the theft of a priceless diamond.
Style: teen sex comedy, not serious, humorous, sex comedy, light ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: college, erotica, cruise ship, college life, voyeurism, college student, high school, nothing goes right, youth, disorder, friends, student life ...
Place: latin america, mexico
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 7.4
 191K
Luca (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, 3d animation, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: water, friendship, coming of age, ocean, sea voyage, disguise, seaside town, sea adventure, sea, monster, creature, male female friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s, future, year 1959, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
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 6.0
 10K
The Mercy (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.
Style: scenic, captivating, realistic, factual, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: yacht, inventor, sailing, lost at sea, sea voyage, wilderness, survival, wilderness survival, escapades, against the odds, human spirit, ambition ...
Time: 60s, year 1968
Place: england, argentina
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The Little Mermaid (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel ...
Style: fairy tale, motion capture, semi serious, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night
Plot: mermaid, sea, magic spell, evil witch, merman, human, princess, female protagonist, wish fulfillment, interspecies friendship, interspecies romance, interracial romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s
Place: caribbean
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S.O.S.: Women to the Sea (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Recently divorced Adriana tries to get revenge on the woman who took her husband away from her by going on a European cruze along with them.
Style: funny, light, romantic, humorous, scenic ...
Plot: sea voyage, breakup, friendship, cruise, disorder, pursuit, ship, love story, female protagonist, bare chested male, vacation, female friendship ...
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 5.0
 1K
Visitors (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: ocean, supernatural, insanity, hallucination, ghost, danger, isolation, sailing, cat, sea voyage, fire, race ...
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Message in a Bottle (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move ...
Style: touching, romantic, sincere, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: love, sailing, love story, destiny, haunted by the past, single parent, anonymous letter, love letter, grief, women, father son relationship, bittersweet ...
Time: year 1999, 2010s, 90s
Place: north carolina, virginia, chicago, usa, new york
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Carry on Cruising (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the ...
Style: not serious, parody, entertaining, melancholic, light ...
Plot: carry on, cruise ship, sea, cruise, escapades, goofy hero, sea voyage, vacation, drunk, disorder, workplace situations, boss and employee ...
Time: 60s
Place: mediterranean sea
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 7.0
 57K
The Sea Beast (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The life of a legendary sea monster hunter is turned upside down when a young girl stows away on his ship.
Style: 3d animation, funny, anime, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: sea adventure, sea monster, giant monster, sea, sea voyage, kaiju, ocean, hunter, beast, captain, human versus monster, satire ...
Time: future, 17th century
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 4.8
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The Surface (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two strangers, both at the end of their rope, suddenly meet in the middle of the unpredictable waters of Lake Michigan.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: boat, survival, accident, stranger, shipwreck, struggle for survival, sea disaster, trapped, sea voyage, unlikely friendships, air disaster, die hard ...
Place: michigan, milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wes Anderson’s incisive quirky comedy build up stars complex characters like in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ with Bill Murray on in the leading role. An ocean adventure documentary film maker Zissou is put in all imaginable life situations and a ...
Style: stylized, humorous, surreal, visual, dark comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: ocean, submarine, revenge, expedition, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, shark, filmmaking, vengeance, rivalry, magic realism, marijuana ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: italy, fictional island
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The Emigrants (1971)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 191 min.
Story: In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and ...
Style: epic, romantic, inspirational, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: immigrant, journey, immigration, religious persecution, emigration, sea voyage, farm hand, starvation, refugee, nordic, boat, death ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1840s, 1850s
Place: minnesota, america, europe, eastern europe
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Canada, India, Germany
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 horror, gothic, atmospheric, captivating, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: vampire, ship, supernatural, dracula, ship captain, vampirism, supernatural horror, danger, ocean, sea voyage, sea, supernatural power ...
Time: victorian era, 1890s, 19th century
Place: england, europe, london, transylvania
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 7.3
 107K
1899 (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Passengers on an immigrant ship traveling to the new continent get caught in a mysterious riddle when they find a second vessel adrift on the open sea.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot: ship, sea, nightmare, passenger, crew, secret, supernatural power, sea voyage, parallel universe, sea disaster, undercover, bermuda triangle ...
Time: 19th century, near future, 1890s
Place: atlantic ocean
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The Trip to Panama (2006)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 70 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, road movie, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: friendship, adventurer, escapades, imaginary kingdom, friends, tropical island, sea voyage, bear, trip, journey, tiger, shipwreck ...
Place: latin america, germany
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Knife in the Water (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: On their way to a sailing trip, an aging husband and wife invite along an emphatic young hitchhiker out of sheer patronization.
Style: art house, psychological, road movie, suspense, minimal cast ...
Plot: sailing, hitchhiker, drowning, competitiveness, jazz, boat, jealousy, adultery, radio, psychology, swimming, murder ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe
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