Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "seaman"

1. Titanic (1997)

PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates

Votes: 1,283,292 | Gross: $659.33M

2. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

R | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror

A crew sailing from Varna (Bulgaria) by the Black Sea to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo.

Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian

Votes: 50,125

3. King Kong (2005)

PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 447,676 | Gross: $218.08M

4. The Bounty (1984)

PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox

Votes: 30,569 | Gross: $8.60M

5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical

The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall

Votes: 387,264 | Gross: $52.90M

6. Captain Phillips (2013)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime

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.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener

Votes: 493,367 | Gross: $107.10M

7. The Finest Hours (2016)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Drama, History

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana

Votes: 70,757 | Gross: $27.57M

8. Crimson Tide (1995)

R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

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.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza

Votes: 123,566 | Gross: $91.40M

9. The Fog (1980)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman

Votes: 83,160 | Gross: $21.38M

10. Hard Target (1993)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.

Director: John Woo | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Chuck Pfarrer

Votes: 56,390 | Gross: $32.59M

11. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, War

During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships.

Director: Richard Murphy | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty

Votes: 2,547

12. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders

Votes: 33,404 | Gross: $0.01M

13. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Not Rated | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, History

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 officer Fletcher Christian.

Directors: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed, George Seaton | Stars: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 17,920 | Gross: $13.68M

14. Querelle (1982)

R | 108 min | Drama

A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet

Votes: 7,466

15. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 14,469

16. The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

G | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An unusually brave mouse helps to restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom after making friends with a gentleman rat.

Directors: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman

Votes: 39,960 | Gross: $50.88M

17. The Lost Continent (1968)

G | 97 min | Adventure

The captain, crew, and passengers of an old freighter-all of them with dark secrets to keep-find themselves adrift in a mysterious land full of monsters, conquistadors, and killer seaweed.

Directors: Michael Carreras, Leslie Norman | Stars: Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley

Votes: 2,256

18. The Rose Tattoo (1955)

Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper

Votes: 4,609

19. S.O.S. Titanic (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 194 min | Drama, History

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

Director: William Hale | Stars: David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Harry Andrews, David Battley

Votes: 1,507

20. 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: 2,998

21. A Hijacking (2012)

R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.

Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller

Votes: 17,452 | Gross: $0.41M

22. The Lineup (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche

Votes: 4,436

23. The Legend of Doom House (1971)

125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 1,598

24. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Tony Curtis

Votes: 787

25. Downhill (1927)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Bound by honor, a successful schoolboy takes the blame for his roommate's indiscretion, and it's all downhill from there.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ivor Novello, Ben Webster, Norman McKinnel, Robin Irvine

Votes: 3,067

26. McHale's Navy (1964)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, War

The crazy crew of McHale decide to use their PT boat as an off-track betting parlor and run in to lots of trouble when they owe money to some marines and a horse they bought causes a Japanese sub to run aground.

Director: Edward Montagne | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Joe Flynn, Bob Hastings

Votes: 1,162

27. Die Gustloff (2008 TV Movie)

188 min | Drama, History, War

German film loosely based on the sinking, by a Soviet submarine, of a Nazi troop-transport ship in the Baltic Sea on January 30th 1945.

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Kai Wiesinger, Valerie Niehaus, Heiner Lauterbach, Dana Vávrová

Votes: 576

28. The Old Man and the Sea (1999)

20 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.

Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yôji Matsuda, Rentarô Mikuni

Votes: 4,594

29. The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)

G | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

In World War 2 four American sailors are marooned in the Philippines and encounter an old vessel captained by Commander Finchhaven, apparently a relic from WW1. They help him get his engine going and ask him for a passage to Australia.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 833

30. Anatahan (1953)

PG | 91 min | Drama, History, War

From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.

Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura, Shôji Nakayama

Votes: 1,352 | Gross: $0.05M

31. River of Desire (2022)

107 min | Drama

It follows three brothers as they end up living under the same roof with the middle brother's beautiful new wife.

Director: Sergio Machado | Stars: Coco Chiarella, Jorge Paz, Rômulo Braga, Sophie Charlotte

Votes: 179

32. Lupe: A Seaman's Wife (2003)

105 min | Drama

Lupe's infidelity exposes Elmo's true motives and unmask Manolo's dark secret.

Director: Elwood Perez | Stars: Andrea Del Rosario, Jordan Herrera, Leandro Muñoz, Marissa Delgado

Votes: 156

33. Damn the Defiant! (1962)

Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock

Votes: 3,036

34. Antonio's Secret (2008)

117 min | Crime, Drama

Antonio is a 15-year-old boy coming to terms with his sexuality in Manila, where his uncle comes to stay with him and his mother.

Director: Joselito Altarejos | Stars: Kenjie Garcia, Jiro Manio, Nino Fernandez, Honey Grace Capili

Votes: 448

35. The Actress (1953)

Passed | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

This is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins

Votes: 1,509

36. Thar She Blows! (1968)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

A wealthy industrialist charters a yacht and hires a pimp to bring some women along.

Director: Richard Kanter | Stars: Shari Mann, Steve Vincent, Chris Mathis, Stuart Lancaster

Votes: 72

37. Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)

Not Rated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A drunken sailor recounts the surrealistic odyssey of his life story to a murderous student.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Nadège Clair, Lisa Lyon

Votes: 1,159

38. Convoy (1940)

78 min | Drama, War

A tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII.

Director: Pen Tennyson | Stars: Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell

Votes: 443

39. An Imbecile and a Half (1959)

69 min | Comedy

A gullible but good-natured man who is head over heels for a lavish widow is willing to get his hands dirty for her when an unforeseen situation calls for desperate measures. But, does he really have the guts to do anything for love?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Christos Efthimiou, Rika Dialyna, Andreas Barkoulis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Votes: 238

40. Waterfront Women (1950)

80 min | Drama

A worthless sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. They make a go of their lives, but the eldest daughter is not happy when her father decides to return.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Susan Shaw

Votes: 489

41. Hell Below (1933)

Passed | 101 min | Romance, Drama, War

In 1918, U.S. Navy Lt. Tommy Knowlton participates in dangerous submarine missions, disobeys orders, gets court-martialed and romances a married woman who happens to be his C.O.'s daughter.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 562

42. Island of Lost Men (1939)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Chinese general, who disappeared in the Malaysian jungles with stolen government funds, is sought by his cabaret-singing daughter who wants to clear his name.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Blore, Ernest Truex

Votes: 181

43. The Jump (2020)

84 min | Documentary, History

In 1970 Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka made a desperate leap for freedom from his Soviet vessel to a US Coast Guard cutter, but the Americans sent him back - inciting one of the Cold War's most complex and suspenseful political blunders.

Director: Giedre Zickyte | Stars: Walter Cronkite, Simas Kudirka, Richard Nixon, Ralph W. Eustis

Votes: 1,043

44. A Man There Was (1917)

Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, War

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, August Falck, Edith Erastoff, Bergliot Husberg

Votes: 2,328

45. Eighteen in the Sun (1962)

88 min | Comedy

The film follows Nicole Molino, a French teenager on vacation at the Italian resort island of Ischia. She meets several other young Italian men also on vacation and looking for fun and romance. Confusion, comedy and romance ensue.

Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Gianni Garko, Spyros Fokas, Luisa Mattioli

Votes: 132

46. Easter (2023–2024)

Approved | Mystery

The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.

Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Brock Vickers

47. Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A college student and his best female friend and fellow student plan to spend the Easter holidays together. Then an Italian seaman shows up and creates a love triangle.

Director: Jack Sher | Stars: Tommy Sands, Fabian, Toby Michaels, Edward Andrews

Votes: 149

48. Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978)

95 min | Drama, Thriller

A man who finds there is another world to the one we know.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Lino Ventura, Claudine Auger, Paul Crauchet, Jean Bouise

Votes: 826

49. De zeemeerman (1996)

111 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Tony is really handsome, but he smells. A scientist gives him a potion that should get rid of his fishy smell. Unfortunately, there are some serious side effects.

Director: Frank Herrebout | Stars: Daniël Boissevain, Gonny Gaakeer, Angelique de Bruijne, Frans van Deursen

Votes: 539

50. Road North (2012)

110 min | Comedy, Drama

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to bond with his son, on a road trip to the north.

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann, Leena Uotila, Eija Vilpas

Votes: 2,248