| Maryan (2013) | 7.1 | |
| Serenity (2019) | 5.4 | |
| Tidelands (2018) | 6.8 | |
| Humanoids from the Deep (1980) | 5.7 | |
| The Net (2016) | 7.4 |
Fisherman movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant fisherman movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, captivating, suspenseful and touching films and TV shows about / with fisherman, boat, fishing, fishing boat, fish, danger, water, ocean, small town and underwater scene plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fisherman: True North (2006), The Perfect Storm (2000), The Sea (2002), The Finest Hours (2016), Serenity (2019), Bait (2019), The Strong Ones (2019), Blue Miracle (2021), Siren (2018), Humanoids from the Deep (1980).
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New films
List of fisherman movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Ireland, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, touching, bleak
Plot:
fisherman, ship, illegal immigration, moral dilemma, parents and children, smuggling, stowaway, life is a bitch, human nature, ocean, landscape, human trafficking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, France, Norway
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever, sexual ...
Plot:
favoritism among siblings, dysfunctional family, fisherman, life is a bitch, family problems, family business, parents and children, family life, family gatherings, elderly, small town, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, paris france, reykjavik iceland
Is relevant?
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, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down with a desperate plea for help.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
fishing boat, father son relationship, ex wife, fisherman, abusive husband, tuna, wife plots to kill husband, skinny dipping, boat, domestic violence, nudism, island ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, thrilling, captivating, social ...
Plot:
fisherman, boat, fishing, brother brother relationship, fishing boat, brother brother conflict, family relations, tourism, surrealism, brothers, relationships, problem ...
Place:
cornwall
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Lucas travels to visit his sister to a remote town in southern Chile. In front of the ocean and the fog, he meets Antonio, a boatswain in a local fishing boat. When an intense romance grows between them, their strength, their independence and their ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexy, cute, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay romance, male nudity, gay love, gay lead character, forbidden love, gay sex, gay relationship, lgbt, tenderness, sexual attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, sincere
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
sea, fisherman, fishing, orphanage, rivalry, social problems, financial problem, escapades, contests and competitions, workplace situations, sea adventure, contest ...
Place:
mexico
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings ...
Style:
exciting, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mermaid, boat, legend, suburban life, sea, fisherman, sea creature, supernatural being, danger, investigation, small town, mythical creature ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
They're not human. But they hunt human women. Not for killing. For mating.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, sexy, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
exploitation, rape, raped by monster, sea creature, sex, fisherman, female nudity, fishing village, humanoid, impregnation, creature feature, childbirth ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When sophisticated New York journalist Edith Iglauer is assigned to go to British Columbia to write a frivolous piece on the fishing industry, she butts heads with local fisherman and notorious loner, John Daly. While she thrives on the fast-paced ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, romantic, sincere, factual
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, opposites attract, journalism, fall in love, small town, true love, unlikely couple, writer's life, love and romance, society, love affair, environmentalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, vancouver, british columbia, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, uplifting, weird
Plot:
storm at sea, ocean, fisherman, shipwreck, struggle for survival, drowning, against the odds, danger, hopes, sea disaster, survivor, disaster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
iceland, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cody Brewer, a quiet New England fisherman isn't doing too well for himself. His wife feels neglected, and his son keeps getting picked on by the school bully. While out collecting his lobster traps one day, Cody finds a strange green moss that ...
Style:
sentimental, captivating, light, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, family life, moral dilemma, fisherman, supernatural, friendship, social relations, rivalry, down on your luck, arson, husband wife relationship, theft ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, maine, usa, newfoundland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, sexual, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
sex, class differences, passion, sensuality, fisherman, university professor, love affair, social differences, tragic love, love at first sight, scotsman, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, scotland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India, Namibia
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The film is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film revolves around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil ...
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hostage, abduction, fisherman, kidnapping, resilience, male female relationship, money, problem, needing money, kidnapped, hopes, longing ...
Place:
sudan
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love to Hyun-Shik, who is on the run for the police and rescues him with a ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, brutal, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sexualized violence, mute, prostitute, violence, brutality, violent, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, pleasure, suicide attempt, fishing, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The Valley of Light is a beautifully-filmed, sentimental movie of a young man's quest to make sense of his experiences and find new meaning in life. While this film deals with weighty material such as the suicide of Eleanor's husband and ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
post war, love and romance, fishing, love story, kindness, human spirit, in love, romanticism, province, happy ending, provincial life, angst ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, north carolina
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, young heroes, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net believing her to be a mermaid.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, fairy tale, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, mermaid, small town, sea, mysterious stranger, daughter, longing, fisherman, self discovery, character study, secrets, solitude ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
ireland, europe, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, epic, retro ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, friendship, hunting, rescue, poaching, friends, environmentalism, father son relationship, boy, fisherman, ship captain, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
summer vacation, friendship, childhood, animal, coming of age, teen angst, toxic waste, fisherman, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, fishing, boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An out-of-work fisherman has an affair with a fashion writer wintering on the Cape. She returns two years later with his child, and when she is murdered, the fisherman is the prime suspect.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, suspect, suspicion, fisherman, writers, murder mystery, whodunit, framed for murder, son, accusation, prime suspect ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story follows fisherman Ed Collier, who is highly protective over his family, which includes wife Claire and daughter Abbie. However, when a rich young man by the name of Ryan Wilson starts to take an interest in his daughter, Ed feels her ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
fisherman, fishing village, fishing boat, mistrust, domestic drama, relationship problems, family problems, kids and family, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
cornwall
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Fisherman Raju is deeply in love with Satya. However, at one point, she urges him to stop going to the sea and look for other jobs. Ignoring her plea, Raju ventures out and accidentally drifts into Pakistani waters, where he is arrested.
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, suspense, political ...
Plot:
fisherman, danger, detention, rescue mission, heroism, small town life, resilience, pow, moral dilemma, injustice, family drama, survival ...
Place:
pacific ocean
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A raucous black comedy about a gang of Grimsby Trawler-men who carry out the heist of a lifetime.
Style:
buddy comedy, entertaining, black comedy, light, tense ...
Plot:
heist, gang, friendship, heist gone wrong, fisherman, escapades, friends, villain, money, thief, dark humor, british ...
Place:
northern england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Faroe Islands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Recalling the works of Jim Jarmusch and Wim Wenders, this Danish road movie concerns a pair of women, Rannva and Barba, who return after a seven-year absence to their native Faroes Islands, a self-governing province of Denmark near Iceland. Dressed ...
Style:
road movie, black comedy, tragicomedy, independent film
Plot:
road trip, fisherman, self discovery, getting home, female friendship, identity, melancholy, culture clash, hypocrisy, family secret, nostalgia, outsider ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, poverty, human rights, breakdown, prostitute, torture, fisherman, husband wife relationship, corruption, spy, military, capitalism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, east asia, seoul, korea
Is relevant?
730K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Style:
suspense, scary, classic horror, natural horror, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
shark, animal attack, shark attack, creature feature, ocean, beach, fear, killer shark, boat, monster, dangerous animal, great white shark ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
boston, fictional island, persia, oceania, long island ...
Is relevant?
142
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dom, 36 years old, is a sailor on board of the fishing boat Petit Gael II from the port of Les Sables d'Olonne, a small town in western France. He is used to leave for the open sea for at least three weeks in a row. Despite of his absences, his ...
Style:
psychological, touching, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
fisherman, children, teenager, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, divorced man, moral dilemma, family relations, storytelling, parents and children, boat, tattoo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dewey Winfield is a lovable loser who wants nothing more than to beat the guy who has bullied him his whole life in a big fishing tournament. In order to win, Dewey will need the help of some eccentric senior citizens who are about to be evicted ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film, offbeat ...
Plot:
fishing, loser, goofy hero, fishing boat, disorder, silly humor, win over, negligence, fisherman, man child, chess, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vancouver, usa
Is relevant?
