Underwater movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant underwater movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting, scary and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with underwater, underwater scene, ocean, danger, water, survival, sea, scuba diving, diving and creature plots mostly in Thriller, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as underwater: Underwater (2020), The Rift (1990), Black Sea (2014), Pressure (2015), Sphere (1998), The Abyss (1989), The Deep (1977), Aquaman (2018), The Reef (2010), Airport '77 (1977).

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 5.9
 96K
Underwater (2020)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underwater, creature, monster, giant monster, water, sea monster, creature feature, animal attack, earthquake, ocean, survival, destruction ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pacific ocean
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 4.7
 3K
The Rift (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with a very experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously dissapeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, futuristic ...
Plot: underwater, submarine, creature feature, ghost ship, monster, survival, secret experiment, rescue, danger, deadly creature, supernatural, infection ...
Time: 90s
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 6.4
 41K
Black Sea (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, clever ...
Plot: submarine, underwater, boat, treasure hunt, sea, ocean, gold, isolation, heist, danger, greed, murder ...
Time: year 1941, year 2008, 21st century
Place: black sea, scotland, ukraine, crimea
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 5.6
 6K
Pressure (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Four divers are stuck deep underwater in a vessel after a freak storm destroys their ship. Will they survive?
Style: suspense, rough, exciting, suspenseful, depressing ...
Plot: underwater, trapped, diver, survival, claustrophobia, self sacrifice, rescue, storm, scuba diving, friendship, diving, wilderness survival ...
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 6.1
 112K
Sphere (1998)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, ...
Style: scary, psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: ocean, underwater, alien, paranoia, first contact, psychology, survival, supernatural, space, submarine, space and aliens, ghost ship ...
Time: future, jurassic, 90s, 20th century, 80s
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 7.5
 191K
The Abyss (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: ufo, ocean, underwater, first contact, submarine, sea, disaster, alien, space and aliens, survival, alien encounter, heroic mission ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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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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 6.8
 517K
Aquaman (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and to be a hero to the world.
Style: exciting, entertaining, epic, action adventure, psychotronic ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, underwater, super powers, atlantis, ocean, princess, creature, half breed, muscleman, warrior, mermaid, supernatural power ...
Time: 2010s, year 1985, 90s, 80s
Place: maine, boston, sicily, atlantic ocean, italy
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 5.8
 21K
The Reef (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Style: psychotronic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underwater, shark, survival, ocean, creature feature, shark attack, killer shark, panic, dangerous animal, diving, killer animal, boat ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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 5.8
 12K
Airport '77 (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, airplane, underwater, rescue, airport, survival, aviation, bermuda triangle, airplane accident, hijacking, airplane hijack, frogman ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place: washington d.c.
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, teen drama ...
Plot: steampunk, princess, treasure hunt, underwater, adventurer, expedition, ancient civilization, fantasy world, beast, lost world, atlantis, ancient mystery ...
Time: 1910s, year 2001, 20th century, year 1914
Place: atlantic ocean, washington d.c., iceland
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 6.1
 24K
Below (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine U.S.S. Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this ...
Style: suspense, clever, intense, psychological, scary ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, world war two, ghost, shipwreck, navy, survival, isolation, supernatural, paranoia, wartime, brutality ...
Time: year 2002, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place: atlantic ocean
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 5.9
 79K
Into the Blue (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, ...
Style: exciting, sexy, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: diving, treasure hunt, shark, underwater, ocean, shipwreck, island, expedition, cocaine, sunken treasure, scuba diving, danger ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: bahamas
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Breaking Surface (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway, Belgium
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot: survival, underwater, ocean, trap, diving, isolation, winter, sister sister relationship, scuba diving, rescue from drowning, danger, rescue ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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 5.9
 57K
Sanctum (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: survival, cave, expedition, disaster, underwater, forces of nature, underground, danger, death, deathtrap, struggle for survival, water ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: papua new guinea
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47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five backpackers, diving in a ruined underwater city, quickly learn they are not alone in the submerged caves.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, bloody, psychotronic, teen horror ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: shark, sea, underwater, panic, animal attack, killer shark, shark attack, fear, research, great white shark, survival horror, chase ...
Time: 2010s
Place: mexico
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 5.3
 13K
DeepStar Six (1989)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sea monster, underwater, survival, creature feature, race against time, giant monster, ghost ship, alien, disaster, rescue, shark, space ...
Time: future, prehistory
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 5.7
 206K
The Meg (2018)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, slasher, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot: shark, animal attack, giant monster, underwater, sea monster, ocean, giant creature, giant animal, killer shark, professor, survival, mission ...
Time: 2010s, jurassic, prehistory, 21st century
Place: shanghai, usa, asia, pacific ocean, california ...
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.
Style: serious, atmospheric, fairy tale, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: underwater, submarine, steampunk, sailor, animal, creature, professor, shipwreck, rivalry, good versus evil, heroes, daring rescue ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
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 6.6
 61K
Adrift (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Iceland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A woman and her fiancé find themselves caught in a hurricane after departing Tahiti by boat. She wakes up after being knocked out, only to discover him missing, and the elements threatening.
Style: sincere, suspenseful, sad, inspirational, romantic drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, boat, survivor, sailboat, sea adventure, storm, underwater, human spirit, power of love, death, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1983
Place: pacific ocean, tahiti
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 5.8
 23K
Leviathan (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
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, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ship, monster, creature feature, experiment gone awry, race against time, sea, survival, sea monster, ocean, suicide, survival horror, shipwreck ...
Time: 80s
Place: atlantic ocean, rome italy, italy
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 6.0
 5K
Pioneer (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden, France, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Pioneer is set in the early '80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A ...
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot: underwater, oil, oil industry, conspiracy, obsession, uncover truth, investigation, ocean, danger, twists and turns, scuba diving, oil field ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
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Mermaids: The Body Found (2011)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A story that imagines how these real-world phenomena may be related. In this story, startling amateur video and photographic evidence, as well as additional audio recordings, suggests whales weren’t the only creatures affected by the Navy’s ...
Style: computer animated, serious, realistic, mockumentary, captivating ...
Plot: mermaid, legends and myths, investigation, science and technology, inventions and discoveries, fantasy world, escapades, obsessive quest, underwater, uncover truth, imaginary, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
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 4.0
 2K
Hypothermia (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Ray Pelletier just wants to spend a pleasant and relaxing weekend ice fishing with his family. Alas, Ray's plans are ruined by the unwanted presence of the obnoxious big city father and son duo of Steve Cote and Stevie Jr. However, the two ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, absurd, weird
Plot: underwater, survival, creature, snow, creature feature, winter, hunting, aquatic humanoid, survivor, deadly creature, macabre, wilderness ...
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In Enemy Hands (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, world war two, ship, holocaust, military, mutiny, boat, survival, daring rescue, danger, rescue ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Style: melancholic, talky, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, disaster, survival, betrayal, race against time, apocalypse, moral dilemma, dystopic future, brutality, rescue, shark ...
Time: future, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new york
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Black Water: Abyss (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions ...
Style: rough, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Plot: survival, animal attack, crocodile, cave, survival horror, adventurer, dangerous animal, hunting, underwater, stranded, wilderness, beast ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 8.2
 1.1M
Finding Nemo (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, sweet, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: friendship, underwater, shark, memory loss, father son relationship, animal, freedom, courage, single father, rescue, odd couple, talking animal ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new south wales, oceania, pacific ocean, sydney australia
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 3.2
 1K
Shark Hunter (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Megalodon shark. A prehistoric killing machine 60 feet long, flashing 200 pounds of teeth and weighing over 20 tons. It's the deadliest predator the world has ever seen. The scientists say it's been extinct for more than 10,000 years. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, underwater, shark attack, survival, obsessive quest, dangerous animal, heroic mission, deadly creature, race against time, obsession, escapades, rescue ...
Time: prehistory
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 5.3
 17K
The Deep House (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story: While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialize in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the ...
Style: suspense, scary, slasher, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, diver, scuba diving, satanic ritual, paranormal, lake, underwater, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, paranormal phenomena, found footage ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: france
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