Sinking ship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sinking ship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting, realistic and tense films and TV shows about / with sinking ship, ship, danger, survival, sea, ocean, shipwreck, boat, water and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sinking ship: Poseidon (2006), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), The Island of Lies (2020), The Finest Hours (2016), The Sinking of the Laconia (2010), Britannic (2000), The Triangle (2001), Titanic II (2010), Deep Water (2000).
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115K
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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, Mexico, France, Turkey, Denmark, USA, Switzerland, Greece
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged captain. What first appeared Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cruise ship, shipwreck, satire, model, class differences, cruise, fashion model, social satire, yacht, rich, ship, stranded on an island ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, ocean liner, sinking ship, rescue, terrorist, natural disaster, plutonium, race against time, cruise, shootout, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 80s, future
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
castaway, problem, saving a life, secret, ship, sinking ship, island life, rescue, survival, resilience, moving, emigration ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
galicia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, tense, scenic, stylized, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, courage, shipwreck, forces of nature, coast guard, storm at sea, daring rescue, fisherman, ship captain ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1951, year 1952 ...
Place:
new england, boston, massachusetts, usa, england
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
TV show
Story:
Two-part drama based on the true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, realistic, nautical
Plot:
rescue, submarine, world war two, bomber, pow, sinking ship, military, ship, danger, ocean, torpedo, boat ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It was the sister ship of the infamous Titanic... and its final destiny was the same. Experience the true untold story of Britannic, a tumultuous, epic voyage of human passion, courage and betrayal aboard an ill-fated ocean liner bound for a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, titanic, world war one, disaster, espionage, betrayal, military, cruise, survival, escapades, secret agent, undercover ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916
Place:
mediterranean sea, greece, europe, balkan
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Barbados
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This made-for-TV movie follows a group of friends as they try to find a boat lost for 50 years in the Bermuda Triangle.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, bleak, serious, psychotronic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bermuda triangle, ghost ship, sinking ship, coast guard, supernatural, ghost, uncover truth, escapades, danger, investigation, missing person, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, caribbean
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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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hotshot Navy special ops guys get assigned to take a cruise to keep an eye on a VIP's daughter. Once the voyage is under way, somehow a nuke A) gets lost in the vicinity, and goes off. The resulting tidal wave capsizes the cruise ship, and its ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
terrorist, cruise ship, one against many, hostage, survival, betrayal, ocean, fight, kidnapping, terrorist group, teenage girl, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, pentagon, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
An extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage that features both fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers to upper class guests.
Style:
emotional, realistic, costume drama, epic, historical drama ...
Plot:
titanic, shipwreck, passenger, ocean liner, sea disaster, tragedy, drowning, ocean, ship, sinking ship, cruise ship, ghost ship ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, 20th century, year 1912
Place:
england
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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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4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Malta
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rike is forty, a successful doctor whose job demands everything of her. She intends to use her much-needed annual holiday to fulfill her long-cherished dream of sailing alone from Gibraltar to Ascension, a small tropical island in the middle of the ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing, existential
Audience:
adult
Plot:
storm at sea, sailboat, sinking ship, rescue, yacht, car crash, dehydration, moral dilemma, female protagonist, map, danger, women ...
Place:
germany
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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: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
A story of the romances of two couples upon the doomed ship. Isabella Paradine (Catherine Zeta Jones) is a wealthy woman mourning the loss of her aunt, who reignites a romance with old flame, Wynn Park (Peter Gallagher). Meanwhile, a charming ...
Style:
fairy tale, sad, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
titanic, disaster, shipwreck, iceberg, ocean liner, ocean, ship, sea, rape, historical event, water, pandemic ...
Time:
1910s, year 1912
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, mockbuster
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sea monster, military, animal attack, killer animal, bermuda triangle, battles, escapades, deadly creature, rescue mission, alien attack, alien, danger ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Is relevant?
226K
Genre: Action, Adventure, 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, captivating, tense, light, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
shark, giant monster, giant animal, underwater, sea monster, giant creature, killer shark, animal attack, ocean, professor, killer animal, survival ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, prehistory, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, usa, asia, pacific ocean, california ...
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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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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Restored to former glory, a nostalgic cruise ship repeats a tragic past...
Style:
suspense, independent film, christian film
Plot:
cruise ship, die hard, ship, terrorist, cruise, boat, group, shootout, pistol, blood, one against many, pirate ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true story of rushed investigations, political interference, and the grasp for corporate accountability woven amongst heart wrenching flashbacks of the Titanic disaster as it unfolded.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, captivating, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
shipwreck, titanic, investigation, political intrigue, sinking ship, sea disaster, cruise ship, castaway, puzzle, ship, sunken ship, crime solving ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s
Is relevant?
131K
Genre: 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, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, submarine, warship, war, u.s. navy, navy, captain, ship captain, convoy, wartime, naval officer, ocean ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
san francisco, atlantic ocean
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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
Is relevant?
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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4K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the murky depths of Los Angeles' world-famous La Brea Tar Pits there lies an ancient secret - a creature that, awakened by underground construction, turns a night of somber packing for Barry Greenwood and his co-workers into a desperate ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
creature, creature feature, survival horror, survival, construction, evil, underground, submarine, sea monster, ship, giant, water ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
When a young man leaves home to fulfill the wishes of his late father, he meets and falls in love with a woman from a very different background.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, social ...
Plot:
ship, relationships, male female relationship, love story, problem, love affair, shipwreck, sinking ship, love and romance, love interest, couple relations, chaos ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
indonesia
Is relevant?
188
Genre: Mystery
Country: Italy, France, Germany
TV show
Story:
It follows Luca, one of the shipwrecks of the boat Arianna whose traces have been lost for a year.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
shipwreck, investigation, boat, survival, castaway, problem, sinking ship, secret, ship, undercover, isolation, disappearance ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Draper's Tours are taking Mildred and her care home friends on an overnight ferry trip from North Shields to Amsterdam, where things will quickly turn turbulent as the passengers and crew begin to get bumped off one-by-one. Throughout it all, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, crime thriller, tension, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, investigation, whodunit, serial killer, problem, crime solving, who done it, murder investigation, crime investigation, satire, ship, secret ...
Time:
future
Place:
amsterdam
Is relevant?
116K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, ship, ghost, ghost ship, supernatural horror, survival, gory, danger, ocean, twists and turns, macabre, shipwreck ...
Time:
2000s, year 1962, 60s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, pacific ocean, alaska
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style:
scenic, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
terrorism, cruise ship, survival, ship, terrorist, natural disaster, disaster, christmas, greed, new year's eve, ocean, save the day ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
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