Ocean, Island & Sea Adventure Movies

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Shipwrecks, hidden islands, submarine tension and the open water. Everything the sea can throw at you.

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003 · 2h 18m · Movie

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

PG-13
7.7
2
Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki

2012 · 1h 58m · Movie

In 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific.

PG-13
7.1
3
The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

2000 · 2h 10m · Movie

An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.

PG-13
6.5
4
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954 · 2h 7m · Movie

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

G
7.2
5
Moana

Moana

2016 · 1h 47m · Movie

In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.

PG
7.4
6
In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

2015 · 2h 2m · Movie

A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

PG-13
6.6
7
Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

2013 · 2h 14m · Movie

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

PG-13
7.7
8
Unbroken

Unbroken

2014 · 2h 17m · Movie

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

PG-13
7.2
9
Dead Calm

Dead Calm

1989 · 1h 36m · Movie

After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.

R
6.8
10
Open Water

Open Water

2004 · 1h 19m · Movie

Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.

R
5.6
11
Life of Pi

Life of Pi

2012 · 2h 7m · Movie

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

PG
7.7
12
Cast Away

Cast Away

2000 · 2h 23m · Movie

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

PG-13
7.8
13
All Is Lost

All Is Lost

2013 · 1h 46m · Movie

After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.

PG-13
7.0
14
The Beach

The Beach

2000 · 1h 59m · Movie

On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.

R
6.5
15
Waterworld

Waterworld

1995 · 2h 15m · Movie

In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.

PG-13
6.1
16
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 · 1h 59m · Movie

With a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.

R
7.5
17
Adrift

Adrift

2018 · 1h 36m · Movie

A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.

PG-13
6.5
18
47 Meters Down

47 Meters Down

2017 · 1h 29m · Movie

Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.

PG-13
5.2
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The Shallows

The Shallows

2016 · 1h 26m · Movie

A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.

PG-13
6.0
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The Abyss

The Abyss

1989 · 2h 20m · Movie

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.

PG-13
7.5
21
Das Boot

Das Boot

1981 · 2h 29m · Movie

A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

R
8.5
22
Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

1995 · 1h 56m · Movie

On a U.S. 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.

R
7.6
23
The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990 · 2h 15m · Movie

Moscow, Washington D.C. and a CIA Analyst track a rogue Soviet Captain and his new submarine.

PG
7.5
24
Greyhound

Greyhound

2020 · 1h 31m · Movie

Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.

PG-13
6.7
25
Black Sea

Black Sea

2014 · 1h 54m · Movie

In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.

R
6.4
26
Leviathan

Leviathan

1989 · 1h 38m · Movie

Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners led by head oceanographer Steven Beck comes face to face with a mutant creature that's the product of a failed genetic experiment.

R
5.8
27
Ponyo

Ponyo

2008 · 1h 41m · Movie

A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

G
8.1
28
Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo

2003 · 1h 40m · Movie

After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.

G
8.1
29
The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

1958 · 1h 26m · Movie

An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.

Not Rated
6.8
30
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962 · 2h 58m · Movie

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.

Approved
7.1
31
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1950 · 1h 36m · Movie

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.

Approved
6.7
32
The Sea Beast

The Sea Beast

2022 · 1h 55m · Movie

When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters - and make history to boot.

PG
6.9
33
Jaws

Jaws

1975 · 2h 4m · Movie

When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

PG
7.9
34
Moby Dick

Moby Dick

1956 · 1h 56m · Movie

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

Approved
7.3
35
The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

1972 · 1h 57m · Movie

A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.

PG
7.1
36
Poseidon

Poseidon

2006 · 1h 38m · Movie

On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.

PG-13
5.6