Fisherman Movies, Movies about Fisherman

Here we've displayed a list of the best Fisherman films : The Cove(2009), Blood Diamond(2006), Captains Courageous(1937), Manchester by the Sea(2016), To Have and Have Not(1944), Sharkwater Extinction(2018), Maudie(2016), The Peanut Butter Falcon(2019), The End of the Line(2009), Father Goose(1964), Local Hero(1983), Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles(2005) ... ...

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The Cove

Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.

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Blood Diamond

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

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Captains Courageous

A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.

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Manchester by the Sea

A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

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To Have and Have Not

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.

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Sharkwater Extinction

Filmmaker Rob Stewart exposes the illegal fishing industry that threatens the survival of the world's sharks.

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Maudie

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

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The Peanut Butter Falcon

Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler come true.

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The End of the Line

Documentary filmmaker Rupert Murray examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these trends.

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Father Goose

During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

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Local Hero

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.

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Rodents of Unusual Size

A story about giant swamp rats invading coastal Louisiana and the defiant people on the edge of the world, who are defending their communities, culture, and livelihoods from the onslaught of this curious and unexpected invasive species.

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Man of Aran

In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.

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Stromboli

Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.

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The Whales of August

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

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Edge of Darkness

After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.

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The Seventh Stream

Sting's wife Trudie Styler documents the turbulent bureaucracy both Sting and the filmmakers went through in order to complete The Emperor's New Groove (2000), a Disney film that underwent extensive storyline changes from start to finish.

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La Pointe Courte

Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.

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Bait

Martin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the harbour.

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Clash by Night

Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.

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Respiro

On an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.

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The Old Man and the Sea

An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.

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When Pigs Have Wings

After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting : imagine... See full summary »

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Fisherman's Friends

Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties.

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True North

The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.

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The Fog

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

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Ondine

An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.

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Snow Falling on Cedars

A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.

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Sealed Cargo

In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.

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