20 movies like White Squall, ordered by similarity : Adrift(2018), Abandoned(2015), To Sir, With Love(1967), Dead Poets Society(1989), Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed(2013), Titanic(1997), The Student(2016), Words and Pictures(2013), Ladybug, Ladybug(1963), Wild Reeds(1994), Lady Bird(2017), Flirting(1990) ...
Drama
USA|UK
1996
127 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Caroline Goodall Scott Wolf John Savage Jeremy Sisto Ryan Phillippe David Lascher Eric Michael Cole
captain teen boy high-school student sailor teacher friend thrilling emotional caribbean ocean boat underwater island natural disasters storm shipwreck survival student-teacher relationship coming of age adventure
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
Hong Kong|Iceland|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Sam Claflin Jeffrey Thomas Elizabeth Hawthorne Grace Palmer Marisiale Tunoka Kael Damlamian Neil Andrea Apakuki Nalawa Tim Solomon
sailor husband wife shipwreck survivor shipmate couple thrilling gripping frightening emotional incredible suspenseful boat ocean sea shipwreck ship pacific ocean shipwreck survival
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Action, Drama
New Zealand
2015
86 Minutes
Dominic Purcell Peter Feeney Owen Black Siobhan Marshall Greg Johnson Daniel Cleary Serena Cotton Rachel Nash
man shipwreck survivor survivor friend explorer sailor engaging emotional melodramatic thrilling gripping suspenseful sea boat ocean home danger shipwreck sinking ship survival
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Drama
UK
1967
105 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Judy Geeson Christian Roberts Suzy Kendall Lulu Faith Brook Geoffrey Bayldon Edward Burnham Gareth Robinson Grahame Charles Roger Shepherd
teacher juvenile delinquent headmaster student teen boy teen girl uplifting inspiring london classroom school education coming of age teaching student-teacher relationship growing up rise 1960s
Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
Drama
USA
1989
128 Minutes
Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke Josh Charles Gale Hansen Dylan Kussman Allelon Ruggiero James Waterston Norman Lloyd Kurtwood Smith Carla Belver
teacher student headmaster father best friend girlfriend cheery emotional inspiring moving sad school cave dorm classroom education friendship male bonding rebellion empowerment
Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.
Drama
Spain
2013
108 Minutes
Francesc Colomer Javier Cámara Ramon Fontserè Natalia de Molina Rogelio Fernández Jorge Sanz Ariadna Gil Violeta Rodríguez
teacher fan pregnant woman teen boy runaway cheery dreamy emotional fascinating heartwarming inspiring spain car road school family home freedom growing up fanaticism running away
In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
Romance, Drama, History
USA|Mexico
1997
195 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Billy Zane Kathy Bates Frances Fisher Gloria Stuart Bill Paxton Bernard Hill Jonathan Hyde Victor Garber David Warner
wealthy woman artist fiancée widow touching thrilling emotional ship ocean liner ocean floor atlantic ocean love triangle poverty scandal jealousy survival shipwreck love fall rivalry
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Drama
Russia
2016
118 Minutes
Pyotr Skvortsov Viktoriya Isakova Aleksandra Revenko Yuliya Aug Aleksandr Gorchilin Irina Rudniktskaya Svetlana Bragarnik Nikolay Roshchin
student young man christian friend teacher moralist bleak suspenseful emotional thrilling intense melodramatic russia school university classroom bible relationships evil fanaticism
Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada|Australia
2013
111 Minutes
Clive Owen Juliette Binoche Amy Brenneman Bruce Davison Keegan Connor Tracy Adam DiMarco Valerie Tian Eva Allan Janet Kidder David Lewis Josh Ssettuba
woman man teacher art teacher english teacher student brooding charming emotional intense moving quirky witty uplifting prep school school america competition love courtship
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Drama
USA
1963
84 Minutes
Jane Connell William Daniels Alice Playten James Frawley Richard Hamilton Kathryn Hays Jane Hoffman Elena Karam Judith Lowry Nancy Marchand Estelle Parsons
student teacher girl principal boy bleak sad school dump united states bomb shelter nuclear attack survival childhood fear war escape 1960s
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or a mistake.
Drama
France
1994
110 Minutes
Élodie Bouchez Gaël Morel Stéphane Rideau Frédéric Gorny Michela Moretti Jacques Nolot Eric Kreikenmayer Nathalie Vignes Michel Ruhl Fatia Maite Elodie Soulinhac
student farmer communist teacher friend brooding emotional france boarding school homosexuality awakening love triangle discovery growing up 1960s
The fates of two homosexual partners are divided.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Comedy, Drama
1990
100 Minutes
Noah Taylor Thandie Newton Nicole Kidman Bartholomew Rose Kiri Paramore Kym Wilson Jeff Truman Marshall Napier Josh Picker
teen boy teen girl student teacher father mother winsome tender endearing amusing australia boarding school lake dorm all-boys school interracial romance young love prejudice teen angst coming of age
A white preppie (Noah Taylor) loves a Ugandan girl (Thandie Newton) in 1965 Australia in this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke."
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
USA
2013
105 Minutes
sailor dark intense raw thrilling indian ocean boat survival shipwreck sailing danger storm adventure rescue quest 2010s
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.
Drama
USA
2020
117 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Rachel Bay Jones Michael Kenneth Williams Corwin C. Tuggles Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Angel Bismark Curiel Will Hochman Zora Casebere
teacher student friend drug dealer parent african-american confident emotional passionate uplifting intense moving school chess tournament family home inner city united states city apartment chess inner-city life
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
Drama
Canada
2008
100 Minutes
Scott Speedman Devon Bostick Arsinée Khanjian Kenneth Welsh Rachel Blanchard Katie Boland Noam Jenkins Geraldine O'Rawe Hailee Sisera
student teacher uncle father mother emotional intense toronto canada terrorism family history deception school student-teacher relationship internet growing up discovery 2000s
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Raúl Castillo Sheila Vand Evan Rosado Isaiah Kristian Josiah Gabriel Michael Pemberton Amelia Campbell Giovanni Pacciarelli
brother mother father boy friend bleak brash emotional endearing moving house woods lake park upstate new york family dysfunction family relationships brother relationship growing up escape
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2018
116 Minutes
Barry Keoghan Evan Peters Jared Abrahamson Blake Jenner Ann Dowd Udo Kier Gary Basaraba Lara Grice Jane McNeill Wayne Duvall
friend student thief principal parent classmate amusing wild unrestrained outlandish thrilling incredible kentucky university museum school van bar heist friendship
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
Adventure, Drama
USA|Taiwan|UK|Mexico|Canada|France|India
2012
125 Minutes
Suraj Sharma Irrfan Khan Tabu Rafe Spall Gérard Depardieu Adil Hussain Gautam Belur Ayush Tandon Vibish Sivakumar Ayan Khan Mohd Abbas Khaleeli
young man zookeeper mother tiger young woman spectacular touching dreamy india ocean liner lifeboat island relocation shipwreck human-animal friendship coming of age spiritual journey adventure growing up 20th century
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.