Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "rescue-at-sea"

1. Cast Away (2000)

PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

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

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White

Votes: 640,312 | Gross: $233.63M

2. The Boat That Rocked (2009)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Michael Hadley

Votes: 116,176 | Gross: $7.99M

3. A Night to Remember (1958)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, History

On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman

Votes: 17,222

4. Below (2002)

R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

Strange happenings occur on a WW II submarine.

Director: David Twohy | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, David Crow, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany

Votes: 24,181 | Gross: $0.61M

5. Escapade in Japan (1957)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Family

A plane on its way to Japan is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A small American boy survives the ditching, but is separated from the rest of the passengers and crew and ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost, Roger Nakagawa

Votes: 577

6. Virus (1999)

R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

After outrunning a typhoon at sea, a strong-willed tugboat navigator and her crew discover a high-tech alien life form that's taken control of a Russian research vessel and aims to destroy on a massive scale.

Director: John Bruno | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula

Votes: 29,972 | Gross: $14.01M

7. Fisherman's Friends (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album, "Sea Shanties."

Director: Chris Foggin | Stars: James Purefoy, Meadow Nobrega, David Hayman, Maggie Steed

Votes: 11,402

8. The Enemy Below (1957)

Approved | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.

Director: Dick Powell | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel

Votes: 12,293

9. Shock Waves (1977)

PG | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers.

Director: Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: Clarence Thomas, Brooke Adams, Luke Halpin, John Carradine

Votes: 6,318

10. The Cruel Sea (1953)

Approved | 126 min | Drama, War

The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.

Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 5,421

11. Juggernaut (1974)

PG | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner Britannic.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins

Votes: 6,333 | Gross: $1.56M

12. Tiger Bay (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 3,173

13. The Neptune Factor (1973)

G | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux

Votes: 1,305

14. Deep Waters (1948)

Approved | 85 min | Drama

The friendship between a fisherman and an orphan boy disturbs others because of the dangers at sea.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Dean Stockwell

Votes: 393

15. Deep Water (2006)

PG | 92 min | Documentary, History, Sport

A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.

Directors: Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Donald Crowhurst, Ted Hynds, Robin Knox-Johnston

Votes: 3,308 | Gross: $0.27M

16. Torpedo Run (1958)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, War

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones

Votes: 2,546

17. Safe Harbor (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

Doug and Robbie are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves foster parenting a group of troubled teenage boys. The experience changes their lives for the ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Treat Williams, Nancy Travis, Reiley McClendon, Myra Turley

Votes: 491

18. Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Drama, History

True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas, Don Harvey, Robert Cicchini

Votes: 961

19. The Squaw Man (1914)

Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.

Directors: Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury, Winifred Kingston, Mrs. A.W. Filson

Votes: 1,051 | Gross: $0.53M

20. The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)

G | 92 min | Comedy, War

During WW2, Sgt. O'Farrell's Pacific unit is demoralized when a Japanese submarine torpedoes an American supply ship containing beer.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jeffrey Hunter, Mylène Demongeot

Votes: 608

21. The Woman on the Beach (1947)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford, Nan Leslie

Votes: 2,653

22. A Ticklish Affair (1963)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

When the kids of a young widow inadvertently send an SOS while playing with their uncle Cy's Navy Signal Lamp, the Navy sends their top man to investigate and he falls for their mother.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Carolyn Jones

Votes: 583

23. Deadliest Sea (2009 TV Movie)

88 min | Adventure, Drama

Based on a true story of a fishing boat out of Kodiak, Alaska that encountered a storm and was hit by a rogue wave. The crew, believing that their vessel was about to capsize, abandoned ship in the Bering sea.

Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Sebastian Pigott, Greg Bryk, Joanne Boland, Ryan Blakely

Votes: 261

24. The Lifeboat (1994– )

50 min | Adventure, Drama

The lives and missions of the crew of a Welsh rescue boat.

Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Tim Wylton, Richard Lynch, Neil Royston

Votes: 20

25. Villa Amalia (2009)

94 min | Drama

Villa Amalia is the story of Ann, a musician, whose life is turned upside down by a kiss. When she sees Thomas kissing another woman, Ann makes a clean break, leaving him and everything ... See full summary »

Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Xavier Beauvois, Maya Sansa

Votes: 1,105

26. High Barbaree (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Van Johnson is a Navy pilot in WWII who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell

Votes: 492

27. Torpedo Alley (1952)

84 min | Drama

Carrier pilot Lieutenant Bob Bingham (Mark Stevens) is rescued at sea by a submarine after he freezes at the controls and crashes, killing his two crewmen. He returns to civilian life but ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Charles Winninger, Bill Williams

Votes: 185

28. The Little American (1917)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance, War

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

Directors: Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph Levering | Stars: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth

Votes: 730

29. Danger Point (1973)

56 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Three irresponsible teenagers 'borrow' the 'seawitch' - a yacht belonging to the local seascouts and run out of fuel off the notoriously dangerous Bradda Head. In an endeavor to stop ... See full summary »

Director: John Davis | Stars: Veronica Purcell, Ian Gibson, Raymond Hoskins, John Hicks

Votes: 10

30. The Captain Is a Lady (1940)

65 min | Comedy

Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to ... See full summary »

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, Virginia Grey, Helen Broderick

Votes: 187

31. Gorilla Ship (1932)

Approved | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A man, his wife and his best friend are aboard a yacht at sea that later gets shipwrecked. The husband soon starts to resent the attention paid to his wife by his friend.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Ralph Ince, Vera Reynolds, Reed Howes, Wheeler Oakman

Votes: 67

32. Moteris ir keturi jos vyrai (1983)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Story set in a Baltic fishermen's settlement at the turn of the 20th century. The film's heroine keeps losing one husband after another, but there's always someone from the family to come and take care of her children and her house.

Director: Algimantas Puipa | Stars: Jurate Onaityte, Antanas Surna, Vidas Petkevicius, Saulius Balandis

Votes: 130

33. Bonds of Love (1919)

50 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman is hired as a governess for the son of a man grieving the loss of his wife. The governess's presence is unwelcome to the rest of the family, especially after the governess develops a romantic attachment to her employer.

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Percy Standing, Betty Schade, Leslie Stuart

34. Ditch and Live (1944)

42 min | Short

Lt. Scott Reynolds is co-pilot on a B-17 bomber. When his ship is forced to ditch at sea, only Reynolds survives. The nine other crew members died as a result of insufficient training in ... See full summary »

Stars: Philip Bourneuf, Rand Brooks, Don Castle, Donald Curtis

Votes: 10

35. Assignment: Underwater (1960–1961)
Episode: The Sea Cave (1960)

30 min | Adventure

Bill and Patty rescue a swimmer at sea, and then discover that his wife and son are still back in a sea cave, which will be underwater at high tide.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Bill Williams, Diane Mountford, Billy Booth, Arthur Franz

36. Manimal (1983)
Episode: Female of the Species (1983)

TV-PG | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy

A girl was found in India apparently raised by wolves and brought to the U.S. and is being kept at a university while she is being studied. Jonathan attends a lecture and it's during the ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, Michael D. Roberts, Reni Santoni

Votes: 40

37. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Probe (1965)

TV-14 | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When an airplane crashes into the sea, its crew awakes to find themselves inside a large plastic chamber. Soon their bewilderment is replaced by fear when they come under attack by a huge machine and large blob-like creature.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Peter Mark Richman, Peggy Ann Garner, Ron Hayes, William Stevens

Votes: 424

38. Tru Calling (2003–2005)
Episode: The Perfect Storm (2005)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

It's Tru's first day at Med School. On such an important day to her, she also has to relive the day to save the life of a Young Harbor Officer. Meanwhile, Tru's father moves to the city and offers a job to Harrison.

Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Eliza Dushku, Zach Galifianakis, Shawn Reaves, Jason Priestley

Votes: 256

39. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Død Kalm (1995)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The crew of a U.S. military ship that disappeared in the Norwegian Sea is found dead from what seems to be rapid aging. Thinking it's another Philadelphia Experiment, Mulder boards the ghost ship along with Scully and a local skipper.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Savage, David Cubitt

Votes: 4,681

40. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Operation Crash-Dive (1965)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

When Fireflash airliners start inexplicably crashing with all crew and passengers in the same area, International Rescue volunteers to assist in the investigation.

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 151

41. The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965)
Episode: Mr. Magoo's Doctor Frankenstein (1965)

30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Mr. Magoo (appearing later in the role of Victor Frankenstein) gives us a quick overview of the Mary Shelley classic novel "Frankenstein."

Director: Abe Levitow | Stars: Jim Backus, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner

Votes: 19

42. Moby Dick (2011)
Episode: Part 2 (2011)

TV-PG | 94 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Ahab, played by Academy Award winner William Hurt (The Incredible Hulk, Into the Wild), goes on the hunt for the great white whale - which in an earlier encounter cost him his lower... See full summary »

Director: Mike Barker | Stars: William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Charlie Cox, Eddie Marsan

Votes: 89

43. 1923 (2022–2023)
Episode: One Ocean Closer to Destiny (2023)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Western

In the wake of the tugboat crash, the next step in Spencer and Alexandra's fate is revealed. Cara and McDowell begin hiring new Livestock Officers. Teonna covers her tracks.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer

Votes: 2,016