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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.
Style:
sexy, teen, erotic, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, children, tropical island, love affair, coming of age, teenage sex, desert island, bare chested male, teenage pregnancy, stranded on an island, teen romance, survival ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean
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135K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
submarine, nuclear threat, cold war, navy, nuclear bomb, u.s. navy, underwater, nuclear explosion, spy, terrorist, nuclear missile, military ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alabama, mediterranean sea, pacific ocean, russia
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1.4M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
titanic, love story, disaster, love, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, love and romance, ocean, fall in love, tragic love, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place:
atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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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: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
whale, tradition, coming of age, sexism, childhood, female protagonist, culture clash, girl, legend, empowerment, youth, loss of son ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia
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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
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship appears on the horizon. However, Störtebeker is badly wounded in the attempted capture and the ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, psychological, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
pirate, pirate ship, medieval, treasure hunt, rivalry, danger, ocean, escapades, criminal, execution, moral dilemma, sailing ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, medieval times, 14th century
Place:
hamburg germany, northern germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid ...
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
ship, ocean, workplace, power relations, isolation, human nature, confined, search and rescue, sailing, under the surface, boat, sleeping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, atlantic ocean
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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: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one ...
Style:
claymation, humorous, colorful, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
stop motion, pirate, pirate ship, twists and turns, mentor, rivalry, queen victoria, greed, treasure hunt, rescue, creativity, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, edwardian era, 1800s, year 2012 ...
Place:
caribbean, fictional island, england, madagascar, london
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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: 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, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nova Zembla tells the gripping true story of the legendary failed mission of the late sixteenth century Dutch flotilla trying to find a trading route to Asia across the North Pole. The ship crew, who got stuck in the ice of Nova Zembla and had to ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, costume drama
Plot:
sea voyage, ship, polar bear, adventurer, danger, isolation, dutch history, trial, cold, sailing, sea, boy ...
Time:
middle ages, 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: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, hopes, single parent, social relations, life is a bitch, society, workplace, misfit, fish out of water, workplace situations, poet, sailing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, venice, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, independent film, sad, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
depression, disabled person, disability, sex, illegal fistfight, orca, ex boxer, amputee, relationships, family drama, opposites attract, redemption ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, south of france, french riviera, europe ...
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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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331K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, touching, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
memory loss, kids and family, fish, underwater, amnesia, ocean, shark, friendship, teamwork, beautiful scenery, talking animal, children ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, north america
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Young Sydney Sailboat explores the waters of Bubble Bath Bay, going on adventures with his nautical friends, including best bud Zip the Water Taxi. They learn about life under the command of Terry the Tugboat as they go on adventures that teach them ...
Style:
nautical, semi serious, feel good, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
sailboat, friendship, teamwork, children, friends, sailing, adventure hero, sea voyage, sea adventure, harbor, seaside town, collaboration ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
Summer is almost over and Germán invites his friends for a few days of fun, sun and sex on his luxurious yacht. The dream vacation quickly turns into a night when the group of friends go for a swim and forget to attach the ladder to the side of ...
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, sea, yacht, isolation, struggle for survival, lost at sea, friends, sea adventure, sea disaster, sea voyage, problem, sailing ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Adventure
Country: France
TV show
Style:
historical drama, period piece, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
pirate, accused of murder, countryside, ocean, honor, wrongful accusation, justice, sailor, rural setting, village, water, adventure hero ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan, West Germany
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
More than 1200 years ago, the impish Sindbad, a mischievous boy full of curiosity, sneaks into the royal palace to watch the acrobatic performances and learns that a wide world awaits beyond Baghdad. Hearing of the travels of his uncle Captain Ali, ...
Style:
anime, lighthearted, colorful, epic, whimsical
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
sinbad, arabian nights, magic, folklore, boy hero, sea voyage, quest, bravery, sailing, exploration, monster, ancient ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of six friends on a yacht trip from Brisbane to Indonesia come to the aid of a broken-down asylum seekers' boat, leading to a tragic series of events that return to haunt them four years later.
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
boat, guilt, moral dilemma, storm at sea, storm, sea, ship, seafaring, ocean voyage, survival, sailing, sea voyage ...
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Action
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A mostly true account of future Hollywood star Errol Flynn's sea adventures in the early thirties, sailing from Australia to Papua in search of gold, along with his best friend Rex, a former Canadian smuggler; Dook, a handy English gentleman; ...
Style:
captivating, period piece, period drama
Plot:
friendship, biopic, friendship between men, womanizer, criminal, historical figure, historical character, escapades, lifestyle, adventurer, sailing, smuggling ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
australia, papua new guinea
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A bunch of graduates go out sailing to visit a secret Full Moon Party. Hans Nijboer also tries to get his brother Ties back home to work in the familie business. Ties has other plans, he wants to become a singer.
Style:
tension, lighthearted
Plot:
beach party, youth culture, young adult, nightlife, celebration, sailing, conflict, rebellion, friends, personal growth, ambition, graduation ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
On a test-run of the Mini Merry, Usopp tells Brook the story of the Going Merry, a ship that served the crew well. However, to the Straw Hats, the Going Merry was not just a ship: It was a priceless, irreplaceable friend. *Scenes have been ...
Style:
anime, captivating, emotional, sentimental, shounen
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
pirate, escapades, one piece, ship, ocean, friendship, imaginary kingdom, dream world, pirate captain, pirate ship, fantasy world, superpower ...
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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: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A charitable and spirited Newport socialite in 1905 finds out her father intends for her to become engaged to a man she’s never met at the upcoming Christmas Eve ball. When she wishes for a different life, a man appears — and she somehow ...
Style:
feel good, historical romance, emotional, period drama
Plot:
christmas eve, travel, holiday romance, female protagonist, fish out of water, nostalgia, self discovery, paradox, second chance, culture clash, socialite, sailing ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, detective, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder, falsely accused, mysterious disappearance, frame up, espionage, smuggling, seafaring, sailing, investigation, conspiracy, island, law enforcement ...
Time:
60s
Place:
caribbean, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't ...
Style:
romantic drama, existential, atmospheric, psychological, art film ...
Plot:
mediterranean, obsession, loneliness, sailing, identity, love triangle, mysterious stranger, bittersweet, illusion, love, party, beach ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
italy, mediterranean sea, greece
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