Shipwreck movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant shipwreck movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting, tense and realistic films and TV shows about / with shipwreck, survival, ship, danger, catastrophe, boat, water, sea, underwater scene and island plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as shipwreck: Three (2005), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Swept Away (2002), Shipwrecked (1990), Dead Calm (1989), Robinson Crusoe (1997), Sweetheart (2019), The Finest Hours (2016), Poseidon (2006), Love Wrecked (2005).
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11K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A millionaire and his wife are shipwrecked after a yachting accident with their former servant, Manuel.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
island, survival, desert island, cheating wife, romantic triangle, shipwreck, sex, romantic rivalry, love triangle, sex scene, sexual tension, lust ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean
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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: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.
Style:
sexy, humorous, melancholic, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, tropical island, stranded on an island, sexual relations, stranded, stockholm syndrome, rich woman, love story, beautiful scenery, shipwreck, octopus, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe, italy, mediterranean sea, london
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway, Sweden, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
Style:
action adventure, serious, exciting, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
pirate, shipwreck, stowaway, boy, coming of age, ship, pirate ship, ocean, island, leaving home, treasure chest, poisoning ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place:
england, europe
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47K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
isolation, ocean, ship, psychopath, sailing, serial killer, sex, violence, yacht, woman in danger, female nudity, sea ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, pacific ocean, new zealand, california
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, stranded on an island, friendship, passionate kiss, destiny, stranded, female nudity, ship ...
Time:
year 1997, 18th century
Place:
fictional island, oceania, pacific ocean, scotland, london
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
creature, desert island, shipwreck, sea monster, survival horror, stranded on an island, monster, creature feature, tropical island, water, sinking boat, trapped ...
Time:
2010s
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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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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: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On a Caribbean cruise, Jenny (Bynes) is marooned on a beach with her rock and roll idol. Deliriously in love with the idea of time alone with him, she manages to hide the fact that they're a stone's throw away from their resort.
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, feel good, funny, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
resort, beach, best friends in love, lifeguard, teenage love, teenager, stranded, love triangle, marooned, escapades, teenage life, friends ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
boston, caribbean
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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: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, australia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Columbus' 4th voyage has been a total failure: he has not found the westward passage, he has no gold to show, he has lost men and ships and his efforts to build a colony have fallen through. The monarchs of Spain are not going to restore the ...
Style:
period piece, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
expedition, shipwreck, american history, storm at sea, discovery, christopher columbus, ancient, sea, sea voyage, travel, historical figure, problem ...
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123K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, natural horror, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, snake, boat, animal attack, dangerous animal, survival, danger, river, giant snake, amazon river, strong violent content, killer animal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, ecuador, brazil, south america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on Earth, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
space travel, water, distopia, post apocalypse, shipwreck, space colony, human existence, children, apocalypse, survival, spaceship crash, crash landing ...
Time:
future, 2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political ...
Style:
sincere, political, sad, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
redemption, immigrant, politics, corruption, poverty, sinking ship, sunken ship, society, american imperialism, shipwreck, migrant, imperialism ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
albania, europe, london, england, italy ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Vietnam
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style:
suspense, intense, scenic, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
monster, king kong, giant monster, creature, giant animal, island, survival, giant creature, monster versus monster, chase, expedition, jungle ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1944 ...
Place:
vietnam, fictional island, washington d.c., pacific ocean, thailand ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a devastating boat crash shipwrecks a group of friends in the jungles of an uncharted island, they are savagely picked off one-by-one by a cannibalistic enemy that evolution forgot. A horrifying action-adventure in the vein of Predator and Lost.
Style:
serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
shipwreck, deadly creature, survival, danger, isolation, supernatural, escapades, gory, jungle, island, eating human flesh, female fighter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
clever, suspense, creepy, spooky, intense ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
submarine, underwater, ghost, shipwreck, world war two, navy, survival, cthulhu, isolation, brutality, boat, paranoia ...
Time:
year 2002, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
atlantic ocean, germany
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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: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends. They forget to let the ladder down before they jump into the ocean for a swim. The boat proves impossible to climb. They are stuck in the water ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, family in danger, human nature, yacht, drowning, danger, social relations, sea, uninhibited rivalry, diving, shipwreck, survival horror ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Two hard-up strangers stumble across a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat. After agreeing to sell it and split the cash, they become entangled with police, masked hitmen, and a sharp-suited gangster known as 'The Tailor'.
Style:
captivating, crime drama, tension, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
shipwreck, cocaine, gangster, plan, hitman, drug smuggling, problem, stolen money, crime investigation, fighting crime, drug, drug dealing ...
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296K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A descendent of explorer Sir Francis Drake uncovers the location of the legendary El Dorado. With the help of his mentor and an ambitious journalist he works to uncover its secrets while surviving on an island filled with pirates, mercenaries, and a ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, visually appealing, action adventure, epic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeology, lost treasure, danger, treasure hunter, treasure map, jungle, adventurer, artifact, escape, deception ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2000s, year 2006
Place:
new york, the philippines, boston, barcelona, spain
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, Iceland, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, thrilling, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
folk horror, shipwreck, moral dilemma, widow, fishing village, winter, arctic, isolation, problem, life is a bitch, seafaring, desperation ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: History
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Dedicated investigators uncover the devastating chain of circumstances that caused a maritime disaster. With the evidence at the bottom of the sea, ingenuity is required to find the cause – whether it is human error or the uncontrollable ocean.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, serious, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
shipwreck, investigation, marine, castaway, sea, catastrophe, ship, seafaring, storm at sea, natural disaster, investigative journalism, cautionary tale ...
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23K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. ...
Style:
suspense, lovecraft, surprise ending, atmospheric, satanic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, cthulhu, body horror, small town, curses spells and rituals, chase, monster, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural, ritual, sea, sacrifice ...
Place:
spain, galicia, europe
Is relevant?
208K
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, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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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
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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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