20 movies like Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, ordered by similarity : Thunder Bay(1953), The Red Turtle(2016), Ocean Waves(1993), Woodpeckers(2017), The Old Man and the Sea(1958), The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake(2009), Finding Dory(2016), Mirai(2018), Walking Out(2017), Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2015), The Hurricane(1937), Mirai(2018) ...
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Robert Wagner Terry Moore Gilbert Roland J. Carrol Naish Richard Boone Angela Clarke Peter Graves Jay Novello Jacques Aubuchon Gloria Gordon Harry Carey Jr.
scuba diver business owner father daughter son fisherman spectacular melodramatic dreamy boat gulf of mexico florida star-crossed lovers fishing passion parental pressure family feud sabotage rivalry forbidden love
Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
James Stewart Joanne Dru Dan Duryea Gilbert Roland Marcia Henderson Robert Monet Jay C. Flippen Antonio Moreno Harry Morgan Fortunio Bonanova
oil driller oil worker fisherman daughter sister love interest engaging spirited louisiana coast oil drilling platform fishing boat family home small town prospecting oil culture clash fishing small-town life rivalry
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Animation, Adventure
France|Belgium|Japan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
castaway man turtle woman lover son charming creative emotional melodramatic fascinating heartwarming island shipwreck ship beach cave love relationships island life
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
Adventure, Anime
1993
72 Minutes
student teacher young girl young boy lover friend amusing charming confident dreamy heartwarming passionate asia japan tokyo osaka, japan school college friendship friends vs girlfriend
The arrival of a pretty transfer student from Tokyo sets in motion a change in the relationship between two best friends.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Adventure
USA
1958
86 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Felipe Pazos Harry Bellaver Donald Diamond Don Blackman Joey Ray Richard Alameda Tony Rosa Carlos Rivera Robert Alderette Mauritz Hugo
fisherman young boy dockworker fish brooding dreamy profound cuba boat casablanca, morocco africa fishing bad luck obsession underdog quest discovery 1950s
An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.
Adventure, Fantasy
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Adrian Paul Temuera Morrison Wes Ramsey Daniel Kash Sofia Pernas Nick Harvey Vlado Mihailov Yana Marinova
sea captain captain daughter adventurer monster enemy engaging melodramatic inspiring heartwarming powerful ship tree illness exploration seafaring family father/daughter relationship adventure love
After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2016
103 Minutes
fish friend whale man woman child confident amusing cheeky ocean conservatory zoo park shipwreck boat friendship memory loss search hijinx family
Friendly but forgetful blue tang Dory begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Anime, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Japan
2018
98 Minutes
sister young boy brother mother father charming tense playful amusing emotional endearing japan house hospital train station family sibling rivalry future babies love
A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Harshaali Malhotra Najeem Khan Ali Quli Mirza Deepti Naval Om Puri
man mute person girl parent father daughter emotional endearing gripping uplifting india village pakistan train border lost returning home religious beliefs helping others adventure
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
Adventure
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Dorothy Lamour Jon Hall Mary Astor C. Aubrey Smith Thomas Mitchell Raymond Massey John Carradine Jerome Cowan
islander wife governor woman priest guard melodramatic spectacular thrilling profound boat island tahiti south pacific office prison colonialism racism seafaring weather
A Polynesian sailor -- unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully -- is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
Anime, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Japan
2018
98 Minutes
sister young boy brother mother father charming tense playful amusing emotional endearing japan house hospital train station family sibling rivalry future babies love
A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.
Adventure
1936
115 Minutes
Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Spencer Tracy Jack Holt Jessie Ralph Ted Healy Shirley Ross Al Shean
singer nightclub owner pretty woman real estate agent melodramatic emotional tender san francisco lottery love music opera salvation natural disasters love underdog rivalry 1900s
A Barbary Coast gambler (Clark Gable) loves his new saloon singer (Jeanette MacDonald), then loses her in the 1906 earthquake panic.
Adventure
USA
1984
94 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Martha Plimpton Brian Dennehy Nancy Lea Owen Shawn Smith Norman Bennett Tony Frank Angie Bolling Roger Copeland Tommy Burlison Tamara Hartley
ex-convict daughter psychiatrist sheriff young boy innocent man suspenseful emotional spirited mississippi river memphis, tenn. boat cemetery wrongful conviction blackmail robbery father/daughter relationship teamwork boats love
After serving time for a theft he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|Australia|UK
2018
95 Minutes
Domhnall Gleeson Sam Neill Rose Byrne Natalie Dew Terenia Edwards Marianne Jean-Baptiste Gareth Davies Vauxhall Jermaine Tom Greaves Sam Haft Sacha Horler
rabbit fox bird neighbor man woman amusing hilarious playful lighthearted endearing charming london countryside country house lake hole garden adventure rivalry
Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer's vegetable garden.
Adventure, Romance
France|Belgium|Czech Republic|Austria
2013
113 Minutes
Nora Arnezeder Gérard Lanvin Tomer Sisley David Kross Simon Abkarian Matthieu Boujenah Miguel Herz-Kestranek Julian Weigend Mathieu Kassovitz John Dobrynine
young woman husband lover enemy true love count melodramatic heartwarming engaging charming moving passionate france castle arranged marriage passion attraction palace intrigue danger love
In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
UK|USA|France
2011
126 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Sacha Baron Cohen Asa Butterfield Chloë Grace Moretz Ray Winstone Emily Mortimer Christopher Lee Helen McCrory Michael Stuhlbarg Frances de la Tour Richard Griffiths
orphan uncle georges méliès inspector god-daughter father heartwarming dreamy spectacular train station museum paris toy shop movie set father/son relationship filmmaking imagination loneliness growing up quest
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Adventure
USA
1930
76 Minutes
fisherman love interest romantic rival man young woman businesswoman emotional engaging gripping alaska family home small town fishing village romance love triangle class distinctions fishing schemes employment rivalry
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
UK
1958
84 Minutes
Belinda Lee Michael Craig Patrick McGoohan Anna Gaylor Eric Pohlmann Pamela Stirling Lionel Ngakane Joan Brickhill Ben Hydenrych Alfred Kumalo Doreen Hlantie
brother fiancée game warden soldiers poacher melodramatic thrilling africa safari love poaching adventure forbidden love love rivalry 20th century
Brothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, War, Western
UK|Australia|USA
2008
165 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Hugh Jackman David Wenham Bryan Brown Jack Thompson David Gulpilil Brandon Walters Essie Davis David Ngoombujarra Ben Mendelsohn Barry Otto
wife cowboy elderly person boy aboriginal owner engaging passionate england australia ranch desert journey romance family cattle world war ii pursuit rivalry transformation
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.