Movies and TV shows set in pacific ocean

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in pacific ocean ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense and entertaining films and TV shows about / with ocean, island, ship, sea, danger, death, survival, friendship, beach and water plots mostly in Adventure, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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pacific ocean movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as pacific ocean: Kon-Tiki (2012), Adrift (2018), The Pacific (2010), Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976), Abandoned (2015), Ride (2014), Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016), Underwater (2020), Moana (2016), Point Break (2015).

List of movies set in pacific ocean

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 7.1
 52K
Kon-Tiki (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style: harsh, realistic, inspirational, epic, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: ocean, survival, sea voyage, shark, boat, expedition, raft, obsessive quest, adventurer, sailing, travel, lost at sea ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place: pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
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 6.6
 61K
Adrift (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Iceland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A woman and her fiancé find themselves caught in a hurricane after departing Tahiti by boat. She wakes up after being knocked out, only to discover him missing, and the elements threatening.
Style: sincere, suspenseful, sad, inspirational, romantic drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, boat, survivor, sailboat, sea adventure, storm, underwater, human spirit, power of love, death, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1983
Place: pacific ocean, tahiti
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 8.3
 128K
The Pacific (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 min.
TV show
Story: A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style: serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, battlefield, war, battles, marines, soldier, combat, squad, american soldier, pacific war, imperial japan ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
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Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, sitcom ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, aviation, military, world war, mission, air force, american soldier, wartime, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean
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 6.3
 3K
Abandoned (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When their yacht capsizes during a storm; four men face almost certain death.
Style: suspense, exciting, intense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: sea, lost at sea, ship, desert island, death, fear, storm, courage, survival, boat, sailing, wilderness ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: pacific ocean
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 5.7
 4K
Ride (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
Style: captivating, sincere, thought provoking, humorous, light
Plot: surfing, writers, mother son relationship, young man, beach, surf, family relations, couples, friendship, art, motivation, water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pacific ocean, california, usa, los angeles, new york
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Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group visits Saipan to search for locations for their company's newest resort. As they find what they think is the perfect spot, they discover a hidden bunker on the property which they decide to explore. However, they soon find out that ...
Style: bleak, dark, suspenseful, scary, bad ending ...
Plot: urban legend, suicide, death, fear, panic, myth, corpse, creature, nightmare, fight, resort, supernatural ...
Place: pacific ocean, japan
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 5.9
 96K
Underwater (2020)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underwater, creature, monster, giant monster, water, sea monster, creature feature, animal attack, earthquake, ocean, survival, destruction ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pacific ocean
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 7.6
 374K
Moana (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, touching, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: ocean, magic, girl, disney princess, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, friendship, giant crab, little girl ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
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 5.3
 66K
Point Break (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Country: China, Germany, USA, Austria, Italy, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
Style: exciting, suspenseful, intense, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: extreme sports, heist, surfing, skydiving, redemption, rescue, fbi, chase, bank robbery, working undercover, robbery, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: pacific ocean, italy, usa, mumbai india, utah ...
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 7.0
 30K
The Bounty (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
Style: epic, period piece, costume drama, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: ship, mutiny, island, sea, storm at sea, survival, sea voyage, pacific island, colonialism, boat, lost at sea, lifeboat ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1984, 1780s
Place: england, tahiti, pacific ocean, britain, europe
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 7.9
 663K
Life of Pi (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style: philosophical, motivational, visually appealing, scenic, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: survival, ocean, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, stranded, survivor, beautiful scenery, lost at sea, hopes, storm at sea, journey ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 70s
Place: india, pacific ocean, america, montreal, toronto ontario canada ...
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Project Wolf Hunting (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: While under heavily armed guard, the dangerous convicts aboard a cargo ship unite in a coordinated escape attempt that soon escalates into a bloody, all-out riot. But as the fugitives continue their brutal campaign of terror, they soon discover that ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, dark fantasy ...
Plot: ship, prison, criminal, violence, fight, virus, brutality, violent, gunfight, survival, disorder, apocalypse ...
Time: 2020s, year 1943, 1940s, year 2017
Place: pacific ocean, the philippines, korea, manila philippines
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 6.1
 41K
Deep Rising (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, cult horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, sea monster, deadly creature, creature feature, tentacle, ship, ocean, killer animal, creature, ghost ship, survival horror, bermuda triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: bolivia, pacific ocean, asia, china
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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon ...
Style: realistic, emotional, sincere, epic, factual ...
Plot: war, military, world war two, propaganda, wartime, battles, guilt, survival, world war, fame, american history, political intrigue ...
Time: year 2006, 1940s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, pacific ocean, america, usa ...
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 6.1
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Sorcery (2023)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Mexico, Germany, Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Chiloé Island, 1880. Rosa Raín is a Huilliche girl who, after the murder of her father at the hands of German settlers, seeks justice with Mateo, leader of an organization of sorcerers called “La Recta Provincia”.
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, entertaining
Plot: pacific island, daughter, father, island life, father and daughter, remote island, island, pacific islander, young girl, young woman
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: chile, pacific ocean
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea, Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Burger Beard is a pirate who is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, which happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When the entire city of Bikini Bottom is put in danger, SpongeBob, ...
Style: surreal, humorous, stylized, not serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: underwater, time travel, sea, pirate, talking animal, good versus evil, best friend, surrealism, heroes, fish out of water, goofy hero, friends ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: pacific ocean, usa
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Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel, South Africa, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When two researchers discover a colossal shark's tooth off the Mexican coast their worst fears surface - the most menacing beast to ever rule the waters is still alive and mercilessly feeding on anything that crosses its path. Now they must ...
Style: suspense, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, killer shark, animal attack, shark attack, killer animal, monster, dangerous animal, deadly creature, good versus evil, danger, ancient mystery, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pacific ocean, latin america, mexico
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 2.8
 3K
Megalodon (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A military vessel on the search for an unidentified submersible finds themselves face to face with a giant shark, forced to use only what they have on board to defend themselves from the monstrous beast.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, atmospheric, mad
Plot: shark, animal attack, prehistoric animal, giant animal, shark attack, prehistoric creature, creature feature, creature, monster, killer shark, rescue, underwater ...
Time: 2010s
Place: pacific ocean
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 6.7
 94K
Midway (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style: historical drama, bleak, exciting, scary, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, sea battle, aerial combat, naval battle, air battle, warship, fighter plane, navy, aircraft carrier, fighter pilot, u.s. navy, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 2019, year 1942, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place: pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., honolulu hawaii ...
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 4.9
 2K
Zoey 102 (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Pacific Coast Academy alumni return to Malibu for an over-the-top wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Style: tropical, exciting, funny, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: wedding, high school reunion, boarding school, couples, student, marriage, life, school, paradise, love, friend, beach ...
Place: pacific ocean
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Island of the Unwanted (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Russia, Thailand, Ukraine
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A group of thirteen tourists, including Lisa and Andrew, arrives to an Asian country, but instead of exotic travel they get into ordeal. Shipwrecked, they must survive ona desert island.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspense, tense, emotional ...
Plot: society, survival, group of strangers, social relations, desert island, crash, family relations, friendship, island, stranded on an island, survivor, parents and children ...
Place: pacific ocean
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story (2017)
Genre: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bikini Bottom's baddest gang, the Sharks, just got a new member! But can SpongeBob prove that he isn't as square as he looks when they face their rivals, the Pods? Soak up the action and 7 more tales of nautical nonsense, including ...
Style: humorous, not serious, surreal, sincere, 2d animation
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: best friend, disorder, creature, sea creature, stupidity, absurdism, animal that acts human, city, anthropomorphic animal, fictional city, dark humor, rivalry ...
Place: pacific ocean
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The Spiral Road (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and other people.
Style: exotic
Plot: jungle, lonely, plague, black magic, jungle adventure, jealousy, machete, atheism, atheist, voodoo, witch doctor, insanity ...
Time: 1930s, year 1936
Place: indonesia, pacific ocean, oceania, borneo
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 6.7
 4K
Lord Jim (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman (Peter O'Toole) lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Based on Joseph Conrad's novel written in 1900.
Style: tense, art house, sad, epic, realistic ...
Plot: ocean, literary, guilt, religious, revolution, american civil war, sea, honor, shame, cowardice, tunnel, sailor ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1900
Place: southeast asia, cambodia, pacific ocean, oceania, indonesia
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Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.
Style: epic, independent film, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ocean, volcano, natural disaster, tsunami, diver, exotic locale, boat, climate, sunken treasure, ship, rescue, female sexual predator ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: southeast asia, indonesia, oceania, pacific ocean, asia
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The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, sentimental, touching, feel good
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: island, youth, starting over, young heroes, tragic love, friendship, escapades, orphan, heroes, social misfits, adoption, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pacific ocean
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Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx, transporting people-on-the-run in a well-worn Grumman Goose seaplane.
Style: entertaining
Audience: kids
Plot: aviation, medieval, spy, pilot, dark humor, man with glasses, death, dog, violence, best friend, danger, friend ...
Time: 1930s
Place: pacific ocean
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The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses ...
Plot: world war two, sea, submarine, navy, sergeant, hung over, flashback, pacific war, seduction, cave, bet, dream ...
Place: pacific ocean
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 4.5
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Pacific Banana (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story of a pair of Australian pilots working for a small South Pacific airline. Paul, a wildly successful womanizer, leaving conquests at every port and Martin, sad and lonely in his search for a true love. Together, they... well, they ...
Style: independent film, sexy, sex comedy, hot
Audience: adult
Plot: erotica, beach, pilot, nudity, pacific island, aircraft, female objectification, fleeing, tropics, love, airplane, holiday ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia, pacific ocean, south australia
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