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Titanic(1997)

PG-13
| 3h 14min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 11,932 votes)

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End(2007)

PG-13
| 2h 49min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
3.6/5 (with 6,499 votes)

Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.

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.

Godzilla(1954)

NR
| 1h 36min | Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 386 votes)

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

Poseidon(2006)

PG-13
| 1h 38min | Adventure, Action, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 994 votes)

A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.

The Blue Lagoon(1980)

R
| 1h 44min | Romance / Love, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 805 votes)

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

Beauty and the Beast(2014)

PG
| 1h 52min | Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 933 votes)

Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.

The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

PG
| 1h 57min | Adventure, Thriller, Action
3.5/5 (with 399 votes)

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

In the Heart of the Sea(2015)

PG-13
| 2h 2min | Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action, History
3.4/5 (with 1,847 votes)

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

Into the Blue(2005)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
2.9/5 (with 652 votes)

When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, as a ruthless gang of criminals gets word of what they have uncovered.

Survival Island(2006)

2.7/5 (with 96 votes)

After a yachting accident, a millionaire and his wife are shipwrecked on a desert island along with their former deckhand, Manuel.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes(1984)

3.2/5 (with 201 votes)

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

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The Vanishing(2019)

R
| 1h 48min | Thriller, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 320 votes)

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

Dead Calm(1989)

R
| 1h 36min | Thriller, Horror
3.3/5 (with 304 votes)

An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm weather conditions, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

Love Wrecked(2005)

PG-13
| 1h 27min | Kids & Family, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 219 votes)

On a Caribbean cruise, Jenny is marooned on a beach with her rock and roll idol. Deliriously in love with the idea of time alone with him, she manages to hide the fact that they're a stone's throw away from their resort.

Team America: World Police(2004)

R
| 1h 38min | Adventure, Action, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 800 votes)

Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?

Below(2002)

R
| 1h 45min | Thriller, Horror, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 186 votes)

In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine USS Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fears that lurk just below the surface of the ocean.

Moby Dick(1956)

1h 56min | Adventure, Drama
3.5/5 (with 163 votes)

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service abroad the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

Leviathan(1989)

3.0/5 (with 203 votes)

Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.

Sweetheart(2019)

1h 22min | Horror, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 151 votes)

Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.

Directed by J. D. Dillard - With Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence

The Black Stallion(1979)

G
| 1h 58min | Kids & Family, Adventure
3.6/5 (with 121 votes)

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

Swept Away(2002)

R
| 1h 29min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.5/5 (with 114 votes)

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.

Swiss Family Robinson(1960)

G
| 2h 6min | Adventure, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 134 votes)

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates. A rousing adventure suitable for the whole family, this Disney adaptation of the classic Johann Wyss novel stars Dorothy McGuire and John Mills as Mother and Father Robinson.

Nim's Island(2008)

3.0/5 (with 515 votes)

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

Jamaica Inn(1939)

3.0/5 (with 84 votes)

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an inkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.

Death Ship(1980)

R
| 1h 31min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 56 votes)

Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.

The Deep(1977)

PG
| 2h 3min | Mystery, Thriller, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 92 votes)

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

Ghosts of the Abyss(2003)

PG
| 1h 32min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 78 votes)

With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the wreck of the Titanic where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.

Whisky Galore!(1949)

1h 22min | Comedy, Crime
3.4/5 (with 53 votes)

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.

Ladies in Lavender(2004)

1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 54 votes)

Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.

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