Here we've displayed a list of the best Seafaring films : The Legend of 1900(1998), The Sea Wolf(1941), The Crimson Pirate(1952), Crimson Tide(1995), The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou(2004), The Hurricane(1937), The Long Voyage Home(1940), Spite Marriage(1929), Action in the North Atlantic(1943), Lord Jim(1965), The Wreck of the Mary Deare(1959), The Last Voyage(1960) ... ...
Drama
Italy
1998
116 Minutes
Tim Roth Pruitt Taylor Vince Mélanie Thierry Bill Nunn Peter Vaughan Niall O'Brien Alberto Vázquez Clarence Williams III Gabriele Lavia Cory Buck Norman Chancer
pianist trumpeter mechanic jazz musician beautiful woman shopkeeper tender calm emotional fascinating music store ocean liner musicians outsider's life friendship orphans seafaring talent underdog discovery
A baby boy, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
Drama
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson John Garfield Ida Lupino Alexander Knox Gene Lockhart Barry Fitzgerald Stanley Ridges David Bruce
fugitive captain writer woman doctor dark gritty gripping ferry ship cabin deck boat insanity seafaring sadism writers blindness escape escape
After being fished out of the sea by a sealer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
Adventure
USA|UK
1952
104 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Nick Cravat Eva Bartok Torin Thatcher Christopher Lee James Hayter Leslie Bradley Margot Grahame Noel Purcell Frederick Leister Eliot Makeham
pirate resistance leader daughter lieutenant crew member love interest airy lighthearted spirited caribbean island ship revolution piracy romance seafaring reward schemes discovery adventure
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1995
115 Minutes
Denzel Washington Gene Hackman George Dzundza Viggo Mortensen James Gandolfini Matt Craven Lillo Brancato Jr. Rocky Carroll Danny Nucci Steve Zahn Rick Schroder
captain lieutenant commander officer sailor executive officer submarine officer tense thrilling gripping submarine russia washington, d.c. command center government offices nuclear weapons seafaring mutiny leadership war anger
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.
Comedy
USA
2004
118 Minutes
Bill Murray Owen Wilson Cate Blanchett Anjelica Huston Willem Dafoe Jeff Goldblum Michael Gambon Bud Cort Seu Jorge Seymour Cassel Noah Taylor
oceanographer wife son crew member journalist pirate witty offbeat emotional hilarious italy mediterranean sea boat laboratory under the sea seafaring pirates exploration friendship family dysfunction
With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
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.
Drama
USA
1940
104 Minutes
John Wayne Thomas Mitchell Ian Hunter Ward Bond Barry Fitzgerald Wilfrid Lawson Mildred Natwick John Qualen Arthur Shields Joe Sawyer J. Warren Kerrigan
sailor alcoholic nazi irishman englishman swede gritty moving somber west indies baltimore england ship atlantic ocean seafaring loneliness espionage kidnapping military life friendship
A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
Comedy
USA
1929
74 Minutes
Buster Keaton Dorothy Sebastian Edward Earle Leila Hyams William Bechtel John Byron Hank Mann
cleaner actress lover sailor smuggler amusing charming madcap playful cleaners theater boat sham marriage seafaring deception bootlegging jealousy love underdog revenge
An unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
War
USA
1943
127 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Raymond Massey Alan Hale Jacqueline Wells Ruth Gordon Sam Levene Dane Clark Peter Whitney
sailor nazi friend patriotic engaging spirited ship atlantic ocean showdown military dangerous assignment seafaring revenge quest pursuit 1940s
An American tanker's sunk by a German U-boat and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment; bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
154 Minutes
Peter O'Toole James Mason Curt Jurgens Eli Wallach Jack Hawkins Paul Lukas Daliah Lavi Akim Tamiroff
seaman trader captain war lord chief woman brooding powerful gutsy suspenseful melancholy boat river village south sea cargo ship indian ocean redemption guerrilla warfare seafaring
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
Adventure
UK|USA
1959
105 Minutes
Gary Cooper Charlton Heston Michael Redgrave Emlyn Williams Cecil Parker Alexander Knox Virginia McKenna Richard Harris
ship captain lawyer shipmate daughter emotional suspenseful ship shipwreck courtroom high seas english channel seafaring deception schemes trial sabotage mystery discovery 1950s
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
Drama
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Robert Stack Dorothy Malone George Sanders Edmond O'Brien Woody Strode Jack Kruschen Tammy Marihugh Marshall Kent
husband wife captain sailor daughter engineer gripping uneasy melodramatic pacific ocean cruise ship boiler room sinking ship disaster race against time family leadership seafaring escape rescue
After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.
War
UK
1943
93 Minutes
Walter Fitzgerald Mervyn Johns Ralph Michael Arthur Young Neville Mapp Barry Letts Michael Allen Frederick Piper Herbert Cameron
ship captain sailor engineer officer german soldier patriotic suspenseful fiery tense atlantic ocean ship lifeboat seafaring world war ii battle disaster teamwork leadership escape underdog
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1926
112 Minutes
George Bancroft Wallace Beery William Conklin Nick De Ruiz Effie Ellsler Charles Farrell Eddie Fetherston George Godfrey Frank Jonasson Duke Kahanamoku Boris Karloff
young man sea captain crew member pirate lieutenant love interest madcap suspenseful gripping ship mediterranean sea tripoli piracy travel capture seafaring navy battle adventure rescue
An American fighting ship battles Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean in the 18th century.
Adventure
UK
1965
103 Minutes
Anthony Quinn James Coburn Lila Kedrova Dennis Price Gert Froebe Nigel Davenport Kenneth J. Warren Isabel Dean Ben Carruthers Brian Phelan
father mother buccaneer pirate child thrilling suspenseful ship island jamaica pirate ship family going home abduction raids seafaring pirates adventure escape rescue
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK
2011
136 Minutes
Johnny Depp Penélope Cruz Ian McShane Geoffrey Rush Astrid Bergès-Frisbey Sam Claflin Kevin R. McNally Stephen Graham Gemma Ward Greg Ellis Damian O'Hare
captain jack sparrow old flame rival pirate blackbeard zombie brash suspenseful thrilling amusing pirate ship caribbean island colony beach jungle immortality seafaring love-hate relationship supernatural
Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.
War
USA
1963
98 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Robert Walker Nick Adams Pancho Magalona Nehemiah Persoff John Bleifer Mark Miller
sergeant private prisoner of war enemy soldier gripping passionate tense emotional ship ocean korea korean war compassion military life moral dilemma prisoners of war seafaring rivalry escape
In the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner.
Adventure
USA
1922
71 Minutes
Dorothy Dalton Rudolph Valentino Walter Long Emilius Jorgenson Maude Wayne Cecil Holland George Kuwa
playboy beautiful woman ship captain sailor thrilling melodramatic ship mexico san francisco sea kidnapping secret identity seafaring bootlegging mutiny treasure rivalry love adventure escape
A milquetoast young man of society toughens up once he's shanghaied and falls for the captain's tomboy daughter.
Adventure
USA
1939
96 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Margaret Lockwood Will Fyffe George Bancroft Montagu Love Vaughan Glaser David Torrence Lester Matthews Alan Ladd David Clyde Mike Driscoll
first mate captain engineer daughter investor partner spirited rousing london new york city atlantic ocean steamboat liverpool, england innovation seafaring race inventions technology changing times quest
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Action
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Richard Attenborough George Baker Bill Owen Virginia McKenna Roland Culver Bernard Lee Ralph Truman
crew member naval officer ship owner murderer skipper smuggler engaging unrestrained patriotic england high seas ship seafaring life after wartime smuggling crime black market weapons transformation wretched excess
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
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 ...
Adventure
USA
1947
117 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Walter Slezak George Tobias Jane Greer Mike Mazurki Sheldon Leonard Alan Napier John Miljan Glenn Strange
sinbad concubine lord assassin friend sailor spectacular outlandish emotional ship island palace auction house middle east basra, iraq treasure harems seafaring mythology royalty
In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.
Fantasy
USA
1916
105 Minutes
Allen Holubar Matt Moore Jane Gail William Welsh Curtis Benton Dan Hamlon Edna Pendleton Howard Crampton Wallace Clark Martin Murphy Leviticus Jones
submarine officer adventurer lieutenant daughter villain captain nemo engaging rousing sea nautilus balloon island ship revenge seafaring island life american civil war father/daughter relationship abduction quest
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
Adventure
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Robert Newton Linda Darnell William Bendix Keith Andes Torin Thatcher Irene Ryan Alan Mowbray Richard Egan Skelton Knaggs Richard Wessel Anthony Caruso
pirate surgeon first mate blackbeard damsel in distress hostage thrilling spirited atlantic ocean pirate ship island heroism pirates seafaring bravery secret identity pursuit rivalry rescue 1710s
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Comedy
USA
1952
70 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Charles Laughton Hillary Brooke Fran Warren Bill Shirley Leif Erickson Syd Saylor Rex Lease Frank Yaconelli
pirate captain waiter aristocrat rival amusing madcap haiti island tavern pirate ship pirates treasure hunting schemes romance seafaring adventure quest 17th century
Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1962
106 Minutes
Elvis Presley Laurel Goodwin Stella Stevens Jeremy Slate Benson Fong Guy Lee Frank Puglia Lili Valenty
fisherman love interest guide boss rich girl rival endearing playful amusing boat pacific ocean hawaii seaside courtship aspirations seafaring love triangle career vs. love quest love
When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Ketti Gallian Spencer Tracy Ned Sparks
messenger singer secret agent sea captain american naval officer emotional thrilling intricate panama yucatan france boat canal café abduction journey sabotage deception espionage
Marie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs into American intelligence officer Crawbett.
Adventure
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Victor Mature Louise Platt Leo Carrillo
captain daughter sailor first mate british soldier traitor spectacular suspenseful amusing emotional ship high seas france port war of 1812 betrayal seafaring civilian deaths transportation revenge
When her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Drama
USA
1935
72 Minutes
captain seaman first mate housekeeper daughter thrilling rousing amusing ship docks seaside new england seafaring disaster retirement bad luck heroism investment rescue quest
Zenas Brewster (James Barton) is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Fantasy
West Germany|USA
1963
85 Minutes
Guy Williams Heidi Bruhl Pedro Armendáriz Abraham Sofaer Bernie Hamilton Helmut Schneider Margaret Jahnen Rolf Wanka Walter Barnes James Dobson Maurice Marsac
sinbad princess king sorcerer sailor dragon spectacular thrilling suspenseful campy palace ocean ship tower sea mind control political intrigue abduction magic seafaring
The peaceful kingdom of Baristan has an evil ruler named El-Carim. He plans to capture his rival, Sindbad, who will soon return from sea in order to marry Princess Jana. The Princess ... See full summary »