Movies and TV shows set in atlantic ocean

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in atlantic ocean ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, exciting, realistic, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with ship, ocean, sea, underwater scene, danger, water, catastrophe, underwater, survival and boat plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
atlantic ocean movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as atlantic ocean: Radiant Sea (2015), The Perfect Storm (2000), War Sailor (2023), Leviathan (1989), The Crab-Drum (1977), Operation Seawolf (2022), Poseidon (2006), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023), Titanic (1997).

List of movies set in atlantic ocean

 5.8
 419
Radiant Sea (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Marek starts as a trainee on a container ship. It's 197 meters long, 30 meters wide, and bound for Martinique. Full of anticipation, he leaves his parents' farm in Western Pomerania and goes on board at Saint-Nazaire. Marek wants to find ...
Style: sexy, touching, contemplative, psychological, meditative ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, gay relationship, homoeroticism, male objectification, sailor, male nudity, nudity, workplace romance, swimming, gay lead character, ship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: atlantic ocean, caribbean
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The Perfect Storm (2000)
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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 7.2
 3K
War Sailor (2023)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway, Germany, Malta
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: When WWII erupts, two sailors on a Norwegian merchant ship face brutal conditions as they fight to survive a conflict they were never asked to join. Based on true stories of Norwegian merchant sailors and their families during and after World War II.
Style: historical drama, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, survival, sailor, world war, seafaring, wartime, ocean voyage, ocean, frontline, war, danger, sea battle ...
Time: 1940s
Place: atlantic ocean
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 5.8
 27K
Leviathan (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by ...
Style: scary, rough, exciting, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: ship, experiment gone awry, sea, monster, creature feature, race against time, sea monster, creature, shipwreck, survival horror, suicide, ocean ...
Time: 80s
Place: atlantic ocean, italy, rome italy
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The Crab-Drum (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks, with "le crabe tambour," a French war hero he had betrayed twenty years earlier. "Le crabe tambour" ...
Style: contemplative, captivating, sincere, emotional, rough ...
Plot: military, tropics, black cat, courtroom, doctor, naval officer, cancer, reminiscence, french army, veteran, french soldier, french military ...
Time: 1950s, 70s, 60s, 50s
Place: algeria, atlantic ocean, indochina, newfoundland, france ...
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Operation Seawolf (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: During the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats were formed together for one desperate last ...
Style: period piece, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, torpedo, mission, defeat, air attack, soldier, dead body, guilt, u.s. navy, fighter plane, world war, wartime ...
Time: 1940s, 1910s, year 1945, year 1918
Place: atlantic ocean, usa
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Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against the surface in retaliation of the aftermath of Apokoliptian-tyrant Darkseid's planetary invasion. Queen Atlanna seeks out her other son, Ocean ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night
Plot: justice league, superhero, batman, atlantis, superman, good versus evil, superhero team, destiny, comic book, revenge, green lantern, aquaman ...
Place: athens greece, atlantic ocean, maine
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 5.7
 115K
Poseidon (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, rough, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: survival, disaster, natural disaster, ship, shipwreck, catastrophe, cruise ship, ocean, sea disaster, drowning, father daughter relationship, trapped ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: atlantic ocean
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and ...
Style: suspense, political thriller, political, exciting, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, cold war, navy, espionage, spy, nuclear threat, politics, cold war era, water, cia, nuclear submarine, torpedo ...
Time: 80s, year 1990, year 1984, 20th century
Place: russia, washington d.c., usa, atlantic ocean, maine ...
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Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When an ancient power is unleashed, Aquaman must forge an uneasy alliance with an unlikely ally to protect Atlantis, and the world, from irreversible devastation.
Style: exciting, colorful, entertaining, epic fantasy, crying ...
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, kingdom, ocean, muscleman, mermaid, half breed, atlantis, mythology, desert, demi god, heroes ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: atlantic ocean, antarctica, sicily, florence, new york ...
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 8.0
 1.4M
Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: titanic, love story, disaster, love, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, love and romance, ocean, fall in love, tragic love, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place: atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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 6.8
 3K
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: epic, tense, captivating, disturbing, heroic ...
Plot: sea voyage, spanish history, sea adventure, exploration, ship, sea disaster, traveler, travel, explorer, historical figure, danger, survival ...
Time: 16th century
Place: spain, atlantic ocean, pacific ocean, the philippines, portugal
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The Commander (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story: One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, sea battle, shipwreck, rescue, sea, naval officer, castaway, sunken ship, war, warship, sinking ship, humanity ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, 20th century
Place: atlantic ocean
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 6.5
 10K
The Triangle (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story: A group of people haunted by their experiences within the Bermuda Triangle band together to confront its truths.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bermuda triangle, time travel, time warp, rapid aging, ocean, submarine, paranormal activity, missing brother, investigation, uncover truth, supernatural, missing person ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
Place: miami, florida, atlantic ocean
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 6.9
 374
Captain Nemo (1975)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 203 min.
Story: Based on novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.
Style: suspense, mysterious, sinister, melancholic, creepy
Plot: submarine, ocean, underwater, journey, escape, discovery, exploration, survival, sea monster, sea battle, monster attack, moral ambiguity ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: atlantic ocean, soviet union, ussr
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The Raft of the Medusa (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: period piece, historical drama, grim, bleak, tense ...
Plot: shipwreck, survival, cannibalism, french colonialism, desperation, class conflict, political scandal, moral ambiguity, court martial, napoleonic wars, biopic, slow burn ...
Time: 19th century
Place: senegal, atlantic ocean, france
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The sequel to Black Panther (2018).
Style: futuristic, captivating, tear jerker, anime, absurd ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: superhero, heroes, human nature, fight scenes, danger, technology, beautiful scenery, fight, african american, african, death of king, death of brother ...
Time: 16th century, 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: africa, atlantic ocean, virginia, boston, indiana ...
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Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Ghost pirates attack the cruise ship that Scooby and the gang are vacationing on.
Style: humorous, feel good, not serious, light, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot: pirate ship, pirate, treasure hunt, scooby doo, amateur detective, ghost, investigation, supernatural, buddies, gang, disorder, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2016, 2000s
Place: atlantic ocean, north america, caribbean
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 6.2
 894
Vincent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Vincent has an extraordinary ability: his strength and reflexes increase tenfold when in contact with water. To make full use of this gift, he settles in a region with many lakes and rivers, and that is isolated enough to allow him to live a ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, emotional, humorous, serious ...
Plot: fall in love, water, swimming pool, police, love affair, supernatural ability, hidden identity, supernatural, river, social relations, disorder, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, atlantic ocean, quebec
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 6.6
 7K
Juggernaut (1974)
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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 7.3
 122K
1899 (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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: psychological, costume drama, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ship, nightmare, sea, passenger, crew, supernatural power, sea voyage, secret, bermuda triangle, parallel universe, sea disaster, undercover ...
Time: 19th century, near future, 1890s
Place: atlantic ocean
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 6.0
 2K
Blueback (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautiful marine creature, and a young girl’s power to change the world.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, heartfelt, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: diving, animal, poaching, sea, fish, underwater, human animal relationship, friendship, activist, environmental activist, friends, environmental activism ...
Place: atlantic ocean
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 4.2
 658
Between Waves (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Even after his presumed death, Jamie continues to be visited by her lover Isaac, a quantum physicist, who pleads for her to join him in a parallel plane.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: quantum physics, parallel universe, private investigation, male female relationship, female protagonist, alternate world, alternate reality, alternate dimension, alternate universe, love and romance, bereavement, island ...
Place: portugal, atlantic ocean
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Goliath Awaits (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: During World War II the passenger liner "Goliath" is sunk by a German submarine. Portions of the ship's hull remain airtight, and some of the passengers and crew survive. Over the decades they build a rigidly regulated society ...
Style: psychotronic, spooky
Plot: ocean liner, sea disaster, disaster, kriegsmarine, ghost ship, dystopia, world war two, survival, suspicion of murder, security guard, murder, little girl ...
Time: year 1939, 1940s
Place: atlantic ocean, big ben london, london
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Space Dogs: Tropical Adventure (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Russia, China
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When a mysterious whirlpool appears in the Atlantic Ocean, astronauts Belka and Strelka must once again act heroically and complete a mission to save the planet along with the distant home of their new alien friends.
Style: light, funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, anthropomorphism, cartoon dog, friendship, investigation, partner, best friend, animal that acts human, teamwork, heroes, animal protagonist, escapades ...
Place: atlantic ocean
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Sunshine State (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
Style: witty, touching, sincere, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: childhood sweetheart, dark humor, small town, american football, character study, architect, fighting the system, social differences, old love, social relations, haunted by the past, love affair ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: florida, puerto rico, bolivia, southern usa, usa ...
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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a neighboring tribe. Everything changes forever after a ship arrives from England, prospecting the ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot: thanksgiving, native american, colonial america, savage, slavery, courage, culture clash, american history, indians, village, treasure hunt, new world ...
Time: 17th century, year 1994, 19th century
Place: england, new england, usa, europe, atlantic ocean ...
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The Shipping News (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Style: sexy, melancholic, stylized, emotional, serious ...
Plot: redemption, small town, incest, single parent, adultery, hopes, newspaper, depression, isolation, reporter, starting over, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: canada, nova scotia, newfoundland, atlantic ocean, new jersey
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Christopher Columbus (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, USA
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: The epic mini-series tells the story of the legendary Italian-born explorer Diego de Geona Taino, later known as Christopher Columbus, from his birth in c.1450 Genoa, Italy, to his young adult years as an expert sailor and navigator who, with money ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, factual ...
Plot: expedition, conquistador, ocean, ambition, adventurer, inventions and discoveries, tragic hero, political intrigue, renaissance, medieval, new world, father son relationship ...
Time: 15th century
Place: portugal, spain, europe, atlantic ocean, africa ...
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 1.7
 14K
Titanic II (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the 100th anniversary of the original voyage, a modern luxury liner christened "Titanic 2," follows the path of its namesake. But when a tsunami hurls an ice berg into the new ship's path, the passengers and crew must fight to ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, mockbuster, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: titanic, sea, iceberg, disaster, sinking ship, forces of nature, escapades, race against time, danger, chaos and mayhem, ocean liner, collision ...
Time: 21st century
Place: atlantic ocean
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