Ship captain movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ship captain movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, suspense and dramatic films and TV shows about / with ship captain, ship, captain, sea, survival, catastrophe, ocean, dialogue, mentor and chase plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ship captain: Greyhound (2020), Captain Phillips (2013), Hornblower: Duty (2003), The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023), The Finest Hours (2016), Hornblower: Retribution (2001), Das Boot - The Director's Cut (1981), Passenger 23 (2018), U-571 (2000), Billy Budd (1962).
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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: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, ship, survival, terrorism, rescue, kidnapping, escapades, ship captain, ocean, hostage situation, piracy, pirate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, middle east, america, usa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, ship captain, sea battle, military, battles, military life, couples, danger, rescue, treason, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
switzerland, europe
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Malta, India, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Follows the ill-fated crew aboard the merchant ship Demeter which carried Dracula's coffin from Transylvania to England only to arrive at port with no survivors aboard.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, period piece, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
vampire, dracula, supernatural horror, ship, supernatural, doctor, ship captain, vampirism, danger, ocean, survival, sea voyage ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, london, transylvania
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, period piece, epic, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, naval battle, sea battle, battles, sailing, warship, heroic mission, royal navy, british navy, sea ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 2003, ancient times ...
Place:
britain, england, america, brazil, europe ...
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Sir Francis Drake goes on a quest to find the legendary Tree of Life, battling the Spanish Armada, sea monsters, sorceress and his bitter nemesis Captain Don Sandovate on the way.
Style:
tense, suspense, stylized, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
pirate, sailboat, pirate captain, queen, kidnapping, death, sultan, puzzle, magic, scorpion, gold, cave ...
Time:
16th century
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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: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, sea battle, military, rebellion, war hero, ship captain, military life, army investigation, rivalry, ship, sailing, chivalry ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
west indies, jamaica
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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: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
It's been five years Martin's family vanished without a trace from a cruise ship. Ever since, the police psychologist is tortured by the thought of his wife having committed a murder-suicide, taking their son with her. He is the only one ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
cruise ship, sea voyage, ship, held captive, missing person, father son relationship, father, ship captain, son, twists and turns, investigation, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
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91K
Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, submarine, navy, naval battle, war, military, naval officer, nazism, sea battle, ship captain, boat, soldier ...
Time:
year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
germany, america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, UK, Canada
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. ...
Style:
fairy tale, visually stunning, dark fantasy, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot:
treasure hunt, swashbuckler, sword fight, fantasy world, pirate, ship, sailboat, revenge, sea, ship captain, ghost, jungle ...
Time:
18th century, year 2017, georgian era
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Style:
tense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
mutiny, napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, ship captain, injustice, navy, courtroom drama, male male relationship, ocean, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
18th century, year 1962, 1790s, georgian era
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1980, the US Navy's most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the Pacific. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when they emerge, their communications have ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
time travel, world war two, changing the past or future, military, military life, time loop, aircraft carrier, heroic mission, catastrophe, battles, twists and turns, airplane ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 80s, year 1941, year 1980 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean, hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot:
religion, christian, redemption, forgiveness, monk, life philosophy, loneliness, church, island, philosophy, solitude, monastery ...
Time:
2000s, year 1976, 70s, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Veracruz, year 1683. With the intention of restocking his ship, a mysterious and refined captain arrives to the Governor's house, introducing himself as Lorenzo. No one knows his ulterior motives, although they don't take long to surface.
Style:
tense, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
betrayal, ship captain, captain, adventurer, ship, pirate ship, fight, sea battle, battles, pirate, deception, political intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, political, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, war, navy, nuclear explosion, reporter, u.s. navy, confrontation, propaganda, battlefield, military, torpedo ...
Time:
60s
Place:
greenland, atlantic ocean, russia
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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
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union, Bulgaria
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Lord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. this bottle contained a letter from captain Grant that he and 2 of his sailors had survived a disaster in sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and only latitude is ...
Style:
sincere, intense, light, exciting
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
travel, sea, adventurer, ship captain, journey, obsessive quest, ship, summer, sea adventure, youth, avalanche, scientist ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
fictional island, ussr, patagonia, australia, new zealand
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, dark, gothic horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sword and sorcery, redemption, good versus evil, chase, supernatural, lone hero, medieval, violence, witch, deal with the devil, vengeance, murder ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages, year 2009, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, north africa
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, courage, oil, oil rig, sea, trapped, destruction, heroism, rescue ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, boston, california, usa
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102K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, terrorism, u.s. navy, violence, terrorist, ship, terrorist plot, hostage, one man army, sociopath, mercenary, warship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, 80s
Place:
hawaii, pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, pentagon, san francisco ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.
Style:
independent film, psychological, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship captain, renaissance, lighthouse, german history, on the run, murder, ocean, disaster, battles, one man army, gang, danger ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, immigrant, family drama, life philosophy, stereotypes, loneliness, betrayal, secrets, social misfits, self discovery, social differences, society ...
Time:
year 1990, year 2004, 90s
Place:
vietnam, texas, new york, usa, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, epic, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
space opera, alien, star trek, space travel, outer space, alien race, space battle, creature, alien planet, technology, fantasy world, wilhelm scream ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 23rd century, 2010s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.
Style:
humorous, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
creature feature, creature, beast, revenge, supernatural power, monster, supernatural, ship captain, supernatural ability, violence, vengeance, good versus evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.
Style:
anthology, twist ending, spooky, psychological horror, costume drama ...
Plot:
arctic, violence, cannibalism, starvation, expedition, corpse, insanity, delusion, mysticism, desperation, north pole, british navy ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 2010s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, costume drama, period piece, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, sword fight, treason, treasure, lone hero, twists and turns, corruption, prison, confined, betrayal, arrest ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2002, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place:
france, ireland, marseille, europe, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.
Style:
psychological, dramatic, thrilling, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, sea captain, family drama, relationships, family relations, love affair, male female relationship, family problems, relationship problems, captain, ship captain, housekeeper ...
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289
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
Comedy about the daily lives of a semiluxury cruise's crew and the committed situations that will lead their life together in this vast floating city. Thus we find the captain of the ship and its new manager who is his former hated partner; the ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, funny, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
cruise ship, staff, cruise, co worker co worker relationship, coworker, workplace situations, teamwork, father daughter relationship, employer employee relationship, satire, crew, ship captain ...
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