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1. The Blue Lagoon (1980)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels
Votes: 76,701 | Gross: $58.85M
2. Moana 2 (2024)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Filming
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
Director: David G. Derrick Jr. | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the Trident of Poseidon to rule the sea while being pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 346,765 | Gross: $172.56M
4. Up (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 1,126,893 | Gross: $293.00M
5. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson
Votes: 802,035 | Gross: $217.58M
6. The Little Mermaid (1989)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes
Votes: 291,417 | Gross: $111.54M
7. 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: 30,559 | Gross: $8.60M
8. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy
Votes: 238,305 | Gross: $93.93M
9. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 148,928 | Gross: $25.02M
10. True Spirit (2023)
TV-PG | 109 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world.
Director: Sarah Spillane | Stars: Alyla Browne, Teagan Croft, Cliff Curtis, Josh Lawson
Votes: 10,138
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. White Squall (1996)
PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf
Votes: 25,480 | Gross: $10.30M
13. All Is Lost (2013)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Star: Robert Redford
Votes: 83,880 | Gross: $6.26M
14. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Andrea Marcovicci
Votes: 6,637 | Gross: $16.48M
15. The Boat (2011–2013)
TV-14 | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation of the particle accelerator will lead to crew of vessel-school Estrella Polar to live the adventure of their lives.
Stars: Juanjo Artero, Mario Casas, Blanca Suárez, Irene Montalà
Votes: 5,254
16. The Pirate Fairy (2014 Video)
G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's Blue Pixie Dust and flies away, Tinker Bell and her friends sets on a journey to get them back.
Director: Peggy Holmes | Stars: Mae Whitman, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston, Lucy Liu
Votes: 14,673
17. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster
Votes: 1,122
18. In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2016)
PG-13 | 129 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A spirited 18-year-old woman is married off to a man she barely knows as she combats the daily struggles of living in Hiroshima during World War II.
Director: Sunao Katabuchi | Stars: Non, Ava Pickard, Kenna Pickard, Karen Strassman
Votes: 12,475 | Gross: $0.17M
19. Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Doris Day, Don DeFore
Votes: 2,742
20. Kon-Tiki (1950)
Approved | 77 min | Documentary
A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
Director: Thor Heyerdahl | Stars: Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg, Knut Haugland
Votes: 2,811
21. Tales of the Black Freighter (2009 Video)
R | 26 min | Animation, Short, Action
A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
Directors: Daniel DelPurgatorio, Mike Smith | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jared Harris, Lori Tritel, Siobhan Flynn
Votes: 7,133
22. Mary Bryant (2005–2007)
R | 62 min | Adventure, Drama
A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
Stars: Romola Garai, Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin, Sam Neill
Votes: 2,582
23. Utopia (1950)
82 min | Comedy
Stan inherits a yacht and a South Pacific island. Ollie and Stan sail there with 2 other men. They shipwreck on a new atoll and settle there. An ex-fiancee joins them. They declare an independent nation and problems arise.
Directors: Léo Joannon, John Berry, Alfred J. Goulding, Tim Whelan | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Max Elloy
Votes: 2,226
24. Puff the Magic Dragon (1978 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A friendly dragon comes to help a non-communicative boy overcome his debilitating fears.
Directors: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Philip Tanzini, Robert Ridgely, Maitzi Morgan
Votes: 772
25. Medea (1988 TV Movie)
76 min | Drama
Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason as well as the promise of the... See full summary »
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt
Votes: 3,643 | Gross: $0.02M
26. Maidentrip (2013)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
Director: Jillian Schlesinger | Stars: Dick Dekker, Kim Dekker, Laura Dekker, Barbara Mueller
Votes: 3,990 | Gross: $0.07M
27. Widow of St. Pierre (2000)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, Romance
In a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 5,736 | Gross: $3.06M
28. The Last Journey of the Vikings (2020)
50 min | Documentary, History
Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the way - before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at ... See full summary »
Stars: Dmitry Vinokurov, Clodagh Moriarty, Brian Matthews Murphy, Pernilla August
Votes: 124
29. Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Not Rated | 173 min | Drama
An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama, Kanjûrô Arashi
Votes: 1,949
30. Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Passed | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Trials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn
Votes: 1,656
31. The Rover (1967)
103 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A former counter-revolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy after she falls in love with a French naval officer.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Rosanna Schiaffino, Rita Hayworth, Richard Johnson
Votes: 564
32. Jack Holborn (1982)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Jack Holborn is 13-year-old orphan in the 1700's that wants to get a job on a sailing ship to avoid foster homes. Jack was found on the steps of the Holborn catholic church in London, when ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick Bach, Matthias Habich, Andreas Mannkopff, Monte Markham
Votes: 448
33. The King's Pirate (1967)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure
A Royal Navy officer, posing as a deserter, joins a crew of pirates in an effort to infiltrate and destroy from within the notorious pirate stronghold of Diego Suarez.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell, Mary Ann Mobley
Votes: 219
34. Turning Tide (2013)
TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport
It tells the story of Yann Kermadec whose dreams suddenly come true when he has to replace the DCNS star skipper at the last minute before the start of the Vendée Globe (a round-the-world ... See full summary »
Director: Christophe Offenstein | Stars: François Cluzet, Samy Seghir, Virginie Efira, Guillaume Canet
Votes: 2,549
35. Colossus and the Headhunters (1963)
79 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Maciste and his people flee their volcano-ravaged island. They end up caught in between two warring tribes.
Director: Guido Malatesta | Stars: Kirk Morris, Laura Brown, Demeter Bitenc, Frank Leroy
Votes: 815
36. The Legend of Sea Wolf (1975)
PG | 92 min | Adventure
A tale of the brutal sea captain of the Ghost who is ruthless with his crew. It becomes more than they can tolerate.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Pambieri, Barbara Bach, Rik Battaglia
Votes: 162
37. The Ra Expeditions (1971)
G | 96 min | Documentary
Documentary of the Ra expedition organized by Thor Heyerdahl, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus boat in 1969 and 1970.
Directors: Lennart Ehrenborg, Thor Heyerdahl | Stars: Norman Baker, Roscoe Lee Browne, Abdullah Dilbrine, Santiago Geneves
Votes: 298
38. Alye parusa (1961)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail comes and the noble prince will take you away from here.... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Yelena Cheremshanova, Aleksandr Lupenko
Votes: 685
39. Scrambled Aches (1957)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Wile E. Coyote uses, among other things, a dehydrated boulder to try to catch the Road Runner. He applies a drop of water to enlarge it from pebble-size to usual boulder dimensions, but it ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 946
40. Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness (2015 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates the disappearance of the captain of the Icelandic ship "Heerlijkheid".
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Billie Wildrick, Gene Thorkildsen
Votes: 44
41. Sailing with Bushnell Keeler (1967)
3 min | Documentary, Short
Under the wing of his mentor, the artist, Bushnell Keeler, the then-blossoming filmmaker, David Lynch, takes his 16mm Bolex camera to make a home movie.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Bushnell Keeler, Dave Keeler, David Lynch
Votes: 434
42. Selma - an adventure from the edge of the world (2020)
92 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
In April 2014. S/Y Selma Expeditions sailed off for a trip called 'Selma - Antarctica - Perservance'. This one year-long trip started by sailing around Cape Horn from the Atlantic to the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Maciej Jablonski | Stars: Michal Gawron, Marta Grabowska, Dusan Jamny, Jasica Krzysztof
Votes: 9
43. Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships (2009 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew searches for buried treasure on a remote island in the Bahamas in order to meet the ransom demand after her best friend is kidnapped.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Jonah Von Spreecken, Chiara Motley, Jennifer Pratt
Votes: 62
44. The Saga of Windwagon Smith (1961)
Approved | 13 min | Animation, Short, Family
Sea Captain Windwagon Smith hits Westport, Kansas, the starting point of the old Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, and is quickly the laughing stock of the town; instead of traveling in the usual... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Nichols, Ward Kimball | Stars: Rex Allen, Sons of the Pioneers, Pat Brady, Tommy Doss
Votes: 326
45. Badjao: The Sea Gypsies (1957)
TV-PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala-amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe.... See full summary »
Director: Lamberto V. Avellana | Stars: Rosa Rosal, Tony Santos, Leroy Salvador, Joseph De Cordova
Votes: 59
46. Donald Duck Visits Lake Titicaca (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald is visiting South America, where he is first overcome by altitude sickness. He spends some time in the picturesque market. Then he take a llama up into the mountains, with exciting results.
Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Clarence Nash, Fred Shields
Votes: 328
47. Sea of Dreams (1990 Video)
80 min | Romance
Welcome aboard as we set sail for a very special fantasy weekend. Join John Adams as he charts a course through female infested waters on the "Sea of Dreams."
Director: Paul Nevit | Stars: Jon Rodgers, Chad Scott, Jacky Peel, Renee O'Neil
Votes: 8
48. Aussie Assault (1984)
82 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Australian sport documentary about the first ever winning of the America's Cup by a non-US country. Shows the background story of the preparation, design, construction, testing, and trials ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Spencer | Stars: Ray Barrett, John Bertrand, Alan Bond, Bob Hawke
49. Kabayo Kids (1990)
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
THREE MEN ARE GIFTED WITH MAGICAL POWERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH HORSES AND WIN IN HORSE RACES.
Director: Tony Y. Reyes | Stars: Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon, Ritchie D'Horsie
Votes: 17
50. Spooky Swabs (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye and Olive are shipwrecked; they think they are saved when they see a ship, but what they don't realize is that the crew of the Sea Witch is all ghosts, and soon they are under attack, but they don't know from what for a while.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Gilbert Mack, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 245