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1. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang
Votes: 494,121 | Gross: $659.68M
2. Gilligan's Island (1964–1992)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Four men and three women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm.
Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer
Votes: 16,869
3. Jungle Cruise (2021)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall
Votes: 212,430 | Gross: $116.99M
4. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
G | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison
Votes: 51,345 | Gross: $19.00M
5. Excision (2012)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A disturbed, delusional high-school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.
Director: Richard Bates Jr. | Stars: AnnaLynne McCord, Roger Bart, Ariel Winter, Traci Lords
Votes: 24,612
6. To Have and Have Not (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Film-Noir
During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran
Votes: 37,998
7. The African Queen (1951)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull
Votes: 84,303 | Gross: $0.54M
8. Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.
Director: Hans Horn | Stars: Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr., Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis
Votes: 19,932
9. The Big Combo (1955)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 8,619
10. Knife in the Water (1962)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht. The husband invites the young man to come along for their day's sailing. As the voyage progresses, the antagonism between the two men grows. A violent confrontation is inevitable.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Anna Ciepielewska
Votes: 23,584
11. Doomwatch (1972)
PG | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates
Votes: 1,180
12. Count Dracula (1977 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 150 min | Drama, Horror
The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker
Votes: 1,792
13. PT 109 (1963)
Approved | 140 min | Biography, Drama, War
President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin, James Gregory
Votes: 2,990
14. Dark Age (1987)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror
A park ranger is tasked with dealing with a killer crocodile that appears to have a spiritual connection with the local Aboriginals.
Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps, Burnham Burnham
Votes: 1,537
15. Maiden (2018)
PG | 97 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
Director: Alex Holmes | Stars: Frank Bough, John Chittenden, Bruno Du Bois, Pat Edwards
Votes: 2,584 | Gross: $3.01M
16. Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
Director: James Hill | Stars: Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 1,806
17. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 2,938
18. Super Shark (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An offshore drilling accident releases a giant primordial shark, threatening to turn a bikini contest into a bloodbath.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Tim Abell, Catherine Annette, Ashley Carr, Rick Cramer
Votes: 2,479
19. And Now Ladies & Gentlemen (2002)
PG-13 | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Alessandra Martines
Votes: 2,360 | Gross: $0.74M
20. Travis McGee (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Travis McGee is a world-weary private investigator trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, resulting in a death that might have been faked.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Sam Elliott, Gene Evans, Barry Corbin, Richard Farnsworth
Votes: 156
21. The Dictator's Guns (1965)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon, Alberto de Mendoza
Votes: 529
22. The Edge of the World (1937)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, History, Romance
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Niall MacGinnis, Belle Chrystall, John Laurie, Eric Berry
Votes: 1,991
23. Amphibious Creature of the Deep (2010)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Marine biologist Skylar Shane hires an expat charter boat captain, Jack Bowman, to help her find prehistoric life form samples in the north Sumatran Sea. During the expedition, they run ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Verdi Solaiman, Mohammad Aditya, Steven Baray, Dorman Borisman
Votes: 1,183
24. Wetbacks (1956)
Approved | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hard on his luck, a fishing charter boat captain unwisely gets involved with a crime ring smuggling illegal Mexicans into California.
Director: Hank McCune | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane, John Hoyt
Votes: 105
25. Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh
Votes: 1,166 | Gross: $2.58M
26. Kona Coast (1968)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama
To avenge the death of his murdered daughter, charter boat captain Sam Moran becomes a one-man vigilante squad taking on the wealthy, drugged-up punk that killed her.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Boone, Vera Miles, Joan Blondell, Steve Ihnat
Votes: 268
27. Klash (1995)
R | 95 min | Crime, Music, Romance
Stoney is a photographer who travels to Jamaica to photograph the KLA$H, the world's best reggae and dance hall bands. Stoney re-unites with an old girlfriend Blossom, and Blossom has a big payday via a criminal plan she puts in motion.
Director: Bill Parker | Stars: Jasmine Guy, Giancarlo Esposito, Stafford Ashani, Carl Bradshaw
Votes: 129
28. Mystery of the River Boat (1944)
Passed | 218 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Three Louisiana families, the Langtrys, Perrins and Duvals, as co-owners of swamp land in the Louisiana bayou country.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Robert Lowery, Eddie Quillan, Marion Martin, Marjorie Clements
Votes: 71
29. Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery (2018)
42 min | Crime
A silver screen icon vanishes in open water on a cold November day in 1981. What happened to Natalie Wood on the fateful day she disappears from the yacht she's staying on off Catalina ... See full summary »
Stars: Eric Congdon, Mark Ebner, Beth Karas, Matt Morrow
Votes: 170
30. Mar (I) (2018)
103 min | Drama
Francisca, a beautiful 50-year-old widow (played by the esteemed Maria de Medeiros), prepared a peaceful future for herself. In an unexpected outburst, she grabs an opportunity for change ... See full summary »
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Catarina Wallenstein, Nuno Lopes
Votes: 88
31. Brim (2010)
95 min | Drama
The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this ... See full summary »
Director: Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Gísli Örn Garðarsson
Votes: 383
32. Cornwall: This Fishing Life (2020– )
60 min | Documentary
Documentary series exploring life for the people of the fishing village of Mevagissey on Cornwall's south coast, which has bucked the trend that has seen the fishing industry die out in other parts of the county.
Star: Steve Robinson
Votes: 36
34. Trolley Ahoy (1936)
8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Mr. Bang bets the Skipper ten dollars he can't get the trolley to arrive at the train station on time.
Director: Tom Palmer
Votes: 107
35. 24/7
Short, Drama | Post-production
A peek inside the life of a teenager trying to navigate through his last day of hustlin' in a Detroit drug house.
Director: Tito Calloway | Stars: Antoine McKay, Javon Anderson, Vin'Cenzo Burgess, Malcolm Harris
37. Bermuda Cockleshells (1957)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Sport
This "Sportscope" series entry chronicles a race for a special class of sailboat known as Bermuda Fitted Dinghy.
Director: Harry W. Smith | Star: Peter Roberts
Votes: 56
38. Captivation (1931)
68 min | Drama
A woman meets a conceited young novelist aboard a yacht, and decides to teach him a lesson he won't forget.
Director: John Harvel | Stars: Conway Tearle, Betty Stockfeld, Violet Vanbrugh, Robert Farquarson
39. The Last Dive (2007)
14 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
Skipper Alvin Presley awakens to discover he is trapped alone aboard his submerged submarine. The enemy begins depth charging. Can Presley's wife save him?
Directors: Matt Jenkins, Charles Stanley | Stars: Bradley Wynn, Kim Williams, Kim Williams
40. Villa Mauresque (1992)
115 min | Drama
Vincent, a young Swiss, is upset by his meeting with the city of Lisbon. He will meet two persons: a prostitute of high flight and a great writer fallen and suicidal.
Director: Patrick Mimouni | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Luís Miguel Cintra, Olga Valéry
Votes: 10
42. The Trading Ketches of South Australia (2005 Video)
90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stars: Neil Cormack, Gerry Edwardes, Chris Frizzell, Bill Heritage
43. American Sailors (2009 TV Movie)
TV-G | 46 min | Documentary, Sport
American Sailors takes you on board and behind the scenes as four great skippers prepare and race their boats in the longest and oldest freshwater race in the world. In 2008 the Chicago ... See full summary »
Director: John Grooters | Stars: Tom Giesler, John Nedeau, Steve Schiller, Brian Torresen
44.
The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode:
The One That Got Away
(1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
While working as a deck hand on a charter boat, a company believes the skipper left the country after embezzling cash and securities. The police decide to use an agent as the boat's ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: David Janssen, Anne Francis, Charles Drake, Charles Bronson
Votes: 165
45.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
To Hull and Back
(1985)
TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy
Boycie and Abdul pitch a diamond scam to Del Boy, who immediately turns them down. That is until they offer him a £15,000 cut of the estimated £150,000 sale of the stone on the UK market. ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Jane Thompson
Votes: 897
46.
S.W.A.T. (1975–1976)
Episode:
Terror Ship
(1975)
TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tugboat hauling a barge laden with explosives is hijacked by a man who threatens to blow up the harbor and murder a famous marine biologist unless Hondo Harrelson delivers a million dollars in cash.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera
Votes: 31
47.
Saving Lives at Sea (2016– )
Episode:
Episode #4.2
(2019)
59 min | Documentary
RNLI volunteers race to save a fisherman from a burning boat, a man trapped in freezing mud and a woman who tried to save her dog from drowning in the Thames.
Directors: Phil Broadhurst, Dominick French, Luke Proctor | Star: Steven Mackintosh
48.
Cornwall: This Fishing Life (2020– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2020)
59 min | Documentary
Whilst other fishing communities are feeling the pinch, Mevagissey on Cornwall's south coast bucks the trend, with 74 working boats in the harbour. Can the next generation of young skippers make a go of it?
Director: Fred Windsor-Clive | Star: Steve Robinson
49.
Cornwall: This Fishing Life (2020– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2020)
59 min | Documentary
As autumn arrives in Cornwall, the biggest boats in the fleet fish through turbulent times offshore. But with Brexit looming, what does the future hold for these boats and the men that crew them?
Director: Luke Pavey | Star: Steve Robinson
50.
Gilligan's Island (1964–1992)
Episode:
Quick Before It Sinks
(1965)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The professor's data indicates that the island is sinking, but the men don't want to break the news to the women, who have the men in the middle of a landscaping project. The Professor ends up hurting his back, helping with a rock garden.
Director: George Cahan | Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer
Votes: 213