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Movies: Best "fishing boat" Movies


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Jaws(1975)

3.8/5 (with 4,828 votes)

When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.

Serenity(2019)

R
| 1h 42min | Thriller, Mystery, Drama
2.7/5 (with 687 votes)

The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.

The Cove(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 32min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 263 votes)

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries were only the tip of the iceberg.

Directed by Louie Psihoyos - With Ric O'Barry, Hayden Panettiere, Isabel Lucas, Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, Paul Watson, Scott Baker, ...

Captains Courageous(1937)

G
| 1h 55min | Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 64 votes)

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

Stromboli(1950)

NR
| 1h 45min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 75 votes)

After the end of World War II Karen, a young displaced woman from Lithuania, marries Italian fisherman Antonio to get away from her internment camp. But the life on Antonio's island, Stromboli, threatened by its volcano, is a tough one and Karen cannot get used to it.

The Secret of Roan Inish(1994)

PG
| 1h 43min | Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 34 votes)

10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate..

Eye of the Beast(2007)

NR
| 1h 30min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie
2.7/5 (with 16 votes)

This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidlike beast that's put the entire population of a fishing village on edge. Though Leland starts his journey confident that this sea creature with an insatiable appetite is the stuff of old legends, a string of horrific occurrences soon begins to change his mind.

Directed by Gary Yates - With James Van Der Beek

Voice Over(2011)

3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

I won't tell you whose voice over leads us through three extreme situations that are actually the same. Will you survive?

Lucky Dragon No. 5(1959)

1h 55min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.

Prison Break(1938)

NR
| 1h 12min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for early parole. He realizes, however, that his movements will be limited, and he will be unable to join and wed his beloved. The only solution is to escape and hunt down the real killer, himself.

Sea Countrymen(1955)

11min | Documentary
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

Sicily, Granitola, 1955. At the first light of dawn, the fishermen set out in their boats for open water, timing the rhythm of their oars to murmured chants. They set their nets in the sea, regulate the cords, organize the boats in a square. The men’s work becomes increasingly harder as the tuna are hoisted onto the boats, wriggling, beating their tails until death arrives and the water is tinged with blood.

The Raging Tide(1951)

NR
| 1h 33min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.

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Love in Sampan(1992)

1h 27min
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Love in Sampan is the tale of an unfortunate young woman named Kiu. As she explains in the opening narration, she has known three men: Wah (a boy who worked in her family's shop), Chuen Wang (a local gang boss whom she is compelled to marry) and Man (a university student). But when she accidentally witnesses her best friend, Kim, fooling around with a man, Kiu's sexual curiosity is truly aroused ... and begins to grow.

Smuggler's Gold(1951)

1h 4min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A deep-sea diver becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a gold smuggler.

Directed by William Berke - With Cameron Mitchell

Fishing Feats(1951)

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then wrestled in a small rowboat near Baja, the largest (721 pounds) great white shark caught to date in California waters, Chinook Indians catching salmon at Celilo Falls in Oregon - each with his designated place on the river where his ancestors stood, and, last, a crew on a boat off Mexico hoisting and hurling tuna using unbarbed hooks (baited only with a feather) as fast as they can as long as the school is there - backbreaking work - but a $25,000 catch.

Fishing and Fishermen's Conversations(2020)

1h 37min | Drama, History
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A nobleman poet embarks on boat trip with two local fishermen. As they hop the bucolic islands he recalls his youthful tragic love, his artistic impotence and uneasy relationship with common fishermen.

Full Ship(1967)

1h 24min | Drama

A film picturing the lives and adversities of fishermen who live and die in the sea.

Assisted Fishing(2012)

1h 41min | Comedy, Kids & Family

Dewey Winfield is a lovable loser who wants nothing more than to beat the guy who has bullied him his whole life in a big fishing tournament. In order to win, Dewey will need the help of some eccentric senior citizens who are about to be evicted from their assisted living home. When they all go fishing, comedy ensues - tragedy strikes - and Dewey discovers that his hopes and dreams of winning the fishing tournament may not be the most important thing in life after all.

Squid Jigging Fishing Boat(2017)

1h 58min | Documentary

Every December to January, almost a hundred squid fishing boats from Ch'ien-chen Fishing Harbor in Kaohsiung will sail from East 120 to West 60 to work at Falkland Islands in the South West Atlantic. The sailing takes 35-40 days and crew members named it "waterway." January 1st, 2015, a 65 meter long, 11 meter wide fishing boat began its journey to Falkland island. This is a documentary about 60 crew members from south-east Asia to work far away from Taiwan.

On the Fishing Banks of Skye(1935)

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.