Sailor movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sailor movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, stylized, suspense, emotional and psychological films and TV shows about / with sailor, ship, ocean, boat, escapades, death, sea, danger, storytelling and bare chested male plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sailor: Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey (2014), Popeye (1980), Torpedo: U-235 (2019), The North Water (2021), The Rover (1967), Sea Patrol (2007), Night Tide (1961), Radiant Sea (2015), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), The Finest Hours (2016).
Best films
List of sailor movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Alice is a sailor. While her partner Félix waits for her on land, she sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio, an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that her predecessor has just died, but also that the skipper is none other than ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, erotic, emotional ...
Plot:
ship, sex scene, female pubic hair, beach, journey, sea, photograph, bare breasts, dead body, reading someone else's diary, selfie, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
marseille, romania
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, semi serious, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
sailor, abandoned baby, bully, childhood, rescue, twists and turns, family relations, kidnapping, love triangle, love and romance, eccentric family, escapades ...
Time:
80s
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler’s army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.
Style:
exciting, suspense, epic, serious, absurd
Plot:
sea battle, naval battle, torpedo, navy, submarine, sailor, world war two, fight, battle zone, ocean, military, battles ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1945, 1940s
Place:
miami
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
arctic, expedition, north pole, struggle for survival, whaling, sea, scientific expedition, psycho killer, sailor, ship, irishman, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, victorian era
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer.
Plot:
sailor, pirate, peplum, napoleonic wars, french revolution, redheaded woman, swashbuckler, boat, treasure, mediterranean, duel, amnesty ...
Time:
year 1967, 18th century
Place:
mediterranean sea, france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama that ran from 2007 to 2011, set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members.
Despite similarities in ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, colorful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, ocean, navy, partner, crew, friends, military, chases and races, superior officer, sailor, fighting crime, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, england, new york, ireland, canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Writer/director Curtis Harrington does an admirable job working around the severe budget limitations of the 1961 psychological chiller Night Tide. Sailor Johnny (Dennis Hopper) falls in love with carnival-girl Mora (Linda Lawson), despite warnings ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, detective, independent film, classic horror ...
Plot:
mermaid, nightmare, fortune teller, carnival, sailor, obsession, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, scuba diving, beach, tragedy, sea ...
Time:
year 1961
Place:
los angeles, pacific ocean, santa monica california, venice california
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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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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: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a widowed mother falls in love with an American sailor, her troubled young son is pressured by the bullying leader of his clique to seek revenge.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, sailor, mentally unstable, murder, mischievous children, dangerous attraction, coming of age, destiny, youth, death of father, sea, masturbation ...
Time:
70s, year 1976
Place:
england
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, atmospheric, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
u.s. navy, road trip, sailor, male bonding, beer, buddy, profanity, fighting the system, society, on the road, travel, taxi ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, boston, maine, washington d.c., philadelphia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and ...
Style:
thought provoking, inspirational, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
redemption, african american, psychiatrist, child abuse, destiny, family reunited, hopes, u.s. navy, human spirit, loneliness, changing lives, therapist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, mexico, san diego california, cleveland ohio, africa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
"Fanny" is the second part of the "Marseille trilogy", made by Marcel Pagnol with the generic name of "Marius, Fanny and César". Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now she discovers she is pregnant. Her ...
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
wedding, broken heart, parents and children, pregnancy, love and romance, society, social differences, couple relations, unfulfillment, couples, rich man, sailor ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
france, marseille, south of france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and ...
Style:
harsh, reflective, touching, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, storm, loneliness, isolation, ocean, ship, desperation, human spirit, sea, forces of nature ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Coming-of-age tale set aboard a shipping freighter traveling America's Great Lakes. Dale is an Ivy League college student who briefly joins a world-weary crew. Exposed to a seafaring lifestyle which falls short of his literary visions, Dale ...
Style:
surreal, melancholic, stylized, satirical, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, graduate student, adaptation, ship, college, machismo, coming of age, male female relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, student, trust ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, tennessee, boston, england, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s. The life of Guida and Euridice Gusmão, raised to be invisible in the eyes of the Brazilian society of that time, like all the other women of that generation.
Style:
erotic, visually stunning, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sister sister relationship, sex scene, missing sister, sailor, female protagonist, unwanted pregnancy, family relations, erotica, sisters, masturbation, wedding, sexism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2019, 1940s
Place:
rio de janeiro, iberian peninsula, south america, brazil
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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: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the ...
Style:
anthology, erotic, sensual, allegory
Plot:
tropical island, nymphomaniac, sailor, erotica, sex scene, mother child relationship, sex with multiple partners, paranoia, prostitute, female nudity, flashback, lust ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France, West Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius (Welles). He manages to keep them (as well as his nephew and niece) prisoners even ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, phantasmagoric, slasher, experimental ...
Plot:
sailor, surrealism, greed, male nudity, dream world, mythology, crucifix, magic realism, parallel universe, ghost, haunted house, estate ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of ...
Style:
lovecraft, creepy, black and white, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nightmare, cthulhu, ancient mystery, cosmic horror, supernatural, monster, swamp, shipwreck, sailor, kaiju, desert island, giant monster ...
Time:
1920s, year 2005, 19th century, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
louisiana, rhode island
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Sinbad accidentally kills the son of the powerful Lord Akbari in a fist fight. As recompense for the blood debt, Sinbad's brother is killed in front of his eyes. Sinbad escapes, but his grandmother uses a magic talisman to curse him for the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, costume drama, disturbing ...
Plot:
sinbad, sea voyage, curse, witch, arabian nights, escapades, medieval, rivalry, hopes, adventurer, sailor, ocean ...
Time:
8th century
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Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Adventures of Sinbad is a Canadian television series which aired from 1996 to 1998. It follows on the story from the pilot of the same name, and revolves around the series' protagonist, Sinbad. The series is a re-telling of the adventures ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, stylized, light, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
sword fight, escapades, sinbad, sword and sorcery, adventurer, travel, danger, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, ocean, sailor, mediterranean ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A pretty woman approaching middle age rents out rooms in a small Italian town. An aging sailor and a handsome younger man are amongst the lodgers.
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, emotional, sensual, atmospheric
Plot:
sailor, love triangle, coastal town, desire, romantic rivalry, aging, character study, small town life, longing, loneliness, seduction, jealousy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
negotiation, pirate, hostage, terrorism, hijacking, sailor, manipulation, ransom, character study, moral dilemma, captivity, workplace ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Style:
epic, suspense, atmospheric, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
submarine, world war two, naval battle, navy, military, ocean, war, nazi, survival, sea, courage, ship captain ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942, year 1981
Place:
germany, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
An aged, wealthy trader plots with his servant to recreate a maritime tall tale, using a local woman and an unknown sailor as actors.
Style:
art house, realistic, serious, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot:
true love, legend, sailor, power, prophecy, merchant, sexual fantasy, prostitute, betrayal, unfulfillment, obsession, master and servant ...
Time:
year 1968, victorian era, 60s, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
macau, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drugs-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, art house, erotic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, surrealism, gays and lesbians, lgbt, murder, male male relationship, male homosexuality, glbt, sexuality, psychology ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
Style:
anamorphic, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
sailor, prostitute, u.s. navy, female protagonist, dentist, pregnancy, child neglect, family relations, parents and children, down on your luck, military life, society ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
seattle
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