Movies about or related to swimming
A list of movies about or with relation to swimming and the culture surrounding water and the human experience in regards to this element.
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- DirectorFrank PerrySydney PollackStarsBurt LancasterJanet LandgardJanice RuleA man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town.
- DirectorPeter CallahanStarsJoseph FiennesSamantha ShermanPell JamesStruggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
- DirectorMåns HerngrenStarsJonas IndeAmanda DavinPeter GardinerA bunch of aging athletes decide to form the first Swedish all male synchronized swimming team.
- DirectorPhilippe LioretStarsVincent LindonFirat AyverdiAudrey DanaBilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.
- DirectorGaby DellalStarsPeter MullanBrenda BlethynBilly BoydFrank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - swimming the English Channel.
- DirectorVerónica ChenStarsRafael FerroNicolás MateoJimena AnganuzziThirty four year old Goyo, a former open water swimming champion, has been hiding out in the desert. Wrongly accused of doping in the Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, a 57 kilometer river swim, he has abandoned his career and his dreams. Eight years later, Goyo returns to Santa Fe where the marathon will be held again to try to re-gain his title and clear his name. However, long buried emotions come back to haunt him. He meets Chino, a stubborn and disciplined pool swimmer, who tries hard to be selected for the national team, but fails. Identifying with Chino, Goyo asks him to be his guide on the boat that follows him during the marathon.
- DirectorIshai SettonStarsPaget BrewsterJeff BransonJess WeixlerA group of Connecticut locals enroll in an adult-education beginner's swim class.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsGeoffrey RushJudy DavisJesse SpencerThe inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.
- DirectorKrisztina GodaStarsKata DobóIván FenyöSándor CsányiAt the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, the Hungarian water polo team faces off against the Russians in what will become known as one of the bloodiest matches in the sport's history.
- DirectorSunu GoneraStarsTerrence HowardBernie MacKimberly EliseThe determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsPauline AcquartLouise BlachèreAdèle HaenelAfter meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.
- DirectorGiuseppe PiccioniStarsValerio MastandreaValeria GolinoSonia BergamascoA young writer strikes up a relationship with his daughter's swimming instructor.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiSilvio OrlandoMariella ValentiniBecause of an accident, Michele (a leader of P.C.I. and a water-polo player) loses his memory. During one water-polo match, strange guys torment him; they want him to remember his past. As the match is about to finish, he misses the penalty which would have let his team draw the match and keep the leadership.
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsKevin CostnerAshton KutcherSela WardA high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
- DirectorMegan Simpson HubermanStarsLauren A JacksonChris HaywoodJosh PickerHeadstrong New Zealand teen Alex Archer trains to qualify for the 1960 Rome Olympics in the women's 100 freestyle. Unlike the other top swimmers who train only for swimming, Alex takes piano and ballet lessons to go with a full school workload. To make the Olympics, her ultimate dream, she must not only overcome a formidable foe, but also the death of her boyfriend.
- DirectorManon BriandStarsCaroline DhavernasAmy SloanGraeme SomervilleThis made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize after Florence Chadwick, a then-famous American swimmer who was widely expected to win, dropped out in the middle of the race. Half of this heart-warming movie is devoted to the 21 hour swim in which the 16-year old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.
- DirectorJohn PolsonStarsJesse BradfordErika ChristensenShiri ApplebyA high school senior with a promising swimming career has a one-night stand with consequences.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsMario LopezMichael MurphyJeffrey MeekBreaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
- DirectorKen HannamStarsBronwyn Mackay-PayneRon HaddrickBunney BrookeBiopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser.
- DirectorVic SarinStarsHume CronynJoan GregsonTegan MossHume Cronyn, Joan Gregson and Tegan Moss star in this dramatic fantasy about a teenage girl who wants to swim the English Channel. She soon meets an elderly couple who offer her advice, not realizing they have an different perspective on water than most people: they are, in fact, mermen and mermaids.
- DirectorBoris von SychowskiStarsKristen MillerElena UhligPaul T. GrasshoffInternational students at an elite Prague school are stalked and murdered while holding a party in an abandoned water park.
- DirectorShinobu YaguchiStarsSatoshi TsumabukiHiroshi TamakiAkifumi MiuraIn a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
- DirectorJames PolakofStarsJames DaughtonStephen FurstRichard YoungA new swimming coach is hired to break a team's seven-year losing streak.
- DirectorVeit HelmerStarsDenis LavantChulpan KhamatovaPhilippe ClayIn a desolate and colorless landscape stands a dilapidated bathhouse run by a puffed-up blind man, his long-suffering wife, and their son Anton, who does all the work. He's lonely and unsophisticated, and he falls in love with the beautiful Eva, who comes to bathe with her father. When Eva and her father lose their home, they come to the bathhouse to stay, but bits of the ceiling fall on the old man and he dies. Eva blames Anton, and she seems to seek the arms of the brute Gregor. Can Anton win back her heart, get the bathhouse through a rigorous government inspection, and help keep his parents employed? Waiting out there somewhere is the paradise isle of Tuvalu.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsCharlotte RamplingCharles DanceLudivine SagnierA British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEsther WilliamsVictor MatureWalter PidgeonBiopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
- DirectorAndrew BernardStarsWil HorneffStephen OhlKate GodkinThe Longest Swim follows two friends, Ben and Matt. Ben has recently been diagnosed with Diabetes and his friend Matt hasn't really been there for him. While vacationing at a Vermont lake house, Matt is awakened by loud piercing screams and groans coming from Ben's bedroom. He discovers his best friend Ben: convulsing, shaking, gagging... His legs straight and stiff like a statue, his arms flailing, fists clenched; foam bubbling from his lips. Ben is experiencing a very dangerous diabetic seizure and it is up to Matt to save his best friend's life. No phone, no hospital within 30 miles, and the closest inhabited house is the one directly across the lake. Matt's only option to save his best friend is to swim The Longest Swim...
- DirectorPhilip Seymour HoffmanStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy RyanJohn OrtizA limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsGail O'GradyLisa RinnaDale MidkiffIn this psychological thriller, the bond between two devoted friends (Lisa Rinna, Gail O'Grady) is threatened when they become involved with the same man.
- StarsJamie MarchiJohnny Yong BoschTodd HaberkornFour high school students: Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and Rin, all took part in a swimming tournament shortly before the end of high school and then lost touch with each other. Years later, they reunite.
- DirectorHans HornStarsSusan May PrattRichard Speight Jr.Niklaus LangeWhen a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.
- DirectorChris KentisStarsBlanchard RyanDaniel TravisSaul SteinBased on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.
- DirectorAlan MetterStarsRodney DangerfieldSally KellermanBurt YoungTo help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.
- StarsHayato IchiharaSatomi IshiharaAkiyoshi NakaoThree years ago, the former all-girl Himeno High School opened its doors to male students but remained a female-dominated institution, with the majority of students being girls. One day, Eikichi Mizushima transferred from the prestigious Aoba High School in Tokyo, where he was a member of the swimming team. While his father is away in New York, starting a new business, Eikichi has decided to come to Himeji and live with his grandfather Kamekichi. Yosuke Yamamoto had always wanted to establish a boy's sports club in school. When he learns that Eikichi belongs to a swimming club, he springs into action. The other boys in the school include Senichi Kawasaki, nicknamed "Wolf Boy Sen", the good-looking Iwao Iwata, who is the only boy the girls talk to, and Hideki Sano, the rich son of the President of a major supermarket, who is always surrounded by fans. Eikichi's arrival soon influences the boys in school and changes their way of thinking. Eikichi is surrounded by unique characters at the school. Shiori Yazawa, a senior at Himeno High, together with her parents Akira and Kaoru, live in a rented portion of Kamekichi's house. Kayo Oba, the student body president, is feared by the boys. Kozue Kitagawa, a devilish girl, belongs to the school wind ensemble together with Shiori. The substitute teacher Hijiri Saotome is a former swimmer at Tadano High School. English teacher Natsuko Ohara strongly opposes "men's synchronized swimming." Classic literature teacher Haruka Koshino hates men. And then there's the coffee shop owner Kozo Kasuya, who has something fishy about him.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaMirai MoriyamaEita NagayamaTwo years ago, five high-school boys brought fame to a small town in Japan. What was so unique was that they formed a "men's synchronized swimming club." Their involvement and struggles while learning synchronized swimming - known to be a sport for girls - brought much attention to their school and town. Two years have passed since that summer, and the boys of Tadano High School are still in the club. The Fuji Television drama "Water Boys" shows how these young boys fight to learn synchronized swimming, fall in love, and enjoy friendship with one another.
- DirectorOnirStarsSanjay SuriJuhi ChawlaPurab KohliFamous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing the fact that he has HIV/AIDS.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateYasuhiro TakemotoStarsNobunaga ShimazakiTatsuhisa SuzukiToshiyuki ToyonagaFour new friends join the swim team and work to be the best medley team.
- StarsElias AntonMatt NableBen KindonDanny, a talented swimmer who dreams of winning gold at the Olympic games, is given a sports scholarship to a prestigious Melbourne private school. At school he receives his fair share of harassment from the more privileged students.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean-Marc BarrJean RenoRosanna ArquetteThe rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.
- DirectorStrathford HamiltonStarsMatt AdlerKristy SwansonBurt YoungA high school diver fights his fear of heights and diving to get onto the team. He gets onto the team, only to find that he must dive the high platform in order to compete. His problems are further compounded by social issues out of the pool. His sister is being taken advantage of by the local tough-guy, and his coach writes him off as a loser. To aid in his overcoming of his phobia, he enlists in a previous women's olympic coach, whom he falls for and crosses the line between business and pleasure. During his training with the new coach, he experiences a bad diving accident and is warned not to dive in the championship. He ignores these warnings, and enters the competition...
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonStefán Hallur StefánssonJoi JohannssonBased on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland.
- DirectorKôji KawanoStarsSasa HandaYuria HidakaAyumu TokitôThe new girl at school helps the swim team battle their infected teachers and classmates.
- DirectorLiz W. GarciaStarsKristen BellMamie GummerMartin StarrA former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
- DirectorChris SmithStarsNana PatekarVenkatesh ChavanJhangir BadshahA boy in abject poverty works in a hotel and becomes obsessed with a swimming pool in the opulent hills of Panjim, Goa, India. His life gets turned upside-down when he attempts to meet the mysterious family who lives at the house.
- DirectorSophon SakdaphisitStarsChutavuth PattarakampolSupassra ThanachatThanapob LeeratanakachornAfter falling pregnant to Perth, her boyfriend's best friend, Ice commits suicide. She returns to haunt Perth while Tan seeks out the person who made her kill herself for his own revenge.
- DirectorDavid OliverasStarsTye OlsonKyle ClareEllie AraizaA story about two classmates - one smart and openly gay and the other school swimming star. They grow as friends and discover their attraction to each other.
- DirectorJung Ji-wooStarsPark Hae-joonYoo Jae-sangKang Ae-shimA former Asian Games record breaker and Olympic tryout, Kim Gwang-su, endures beatings, abuse, and constant ridicule from his swimming coach. To justify this abusive behavior, his coach constantly reminded Gwang-su - this is for your own good!
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsRed SkeltonEsther WilliamsBasil RathboneA contrived misunderstanding leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancée. She returns to work as a gym teacher at an all-girls school, but a legal loophole allows the man to enroll as one of her students.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEsther WilliamsRed SkeltonRicardo MontalbanA swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters.
- DirectorCharles WaltersJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsEsther WilliamsFernando LamasJack CarsonWith her promoter-trainer and family in tow, Katie Higgins swims her way from the Arkansas Ozarks to foggy London and the English Channel. - SimonJack
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsVan JohnsonEsther WilliamsFrances GiffordA swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsEsther WilliamsLauritz MelchiorJimmy DuranteExpected to follow his opera star father into the business, but discontent with his life, a young man pursues a career in popular music and romances the aquatic ballet dancer he met during his time in the service.
- DirectorRobert AltonStarsEsther WilliamsHoward KeelMinna GombellA man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsEsther WilliamsVan JohnsonTony MartinAn aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves.
- DirectorMatt ChowStarsSammy LeungPace WuAnthony Chau-Sang WongIn this comedy about overcoming all odds, a group of guys must learn to swim and take part in a 4x100m relay and beat the pros who look down on them. Can they become good enough swimmers within a month and have the last laugh? Starring Anthony Wong as their coach who has some unconventional methods of teaching them how to swim.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsSam ElliottAnne ArcherStephen YoungRick, still in his 30's, works full-time as a lifeguard on the beaches of Los Angeles. When he meets his divorced high school girlfriend and her five-year-old son after fifteen years, he considers switching to a more "serious" job.
- DirectorKentarô OhtaniStarsMasami NagasawaMokomichi HayamiTsuyoshi AbeA diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team.
- DirectorAnthony McCartenStarsDanielle CormackKarl UrbanJack ChanAs a family gather to watch one of their own swimming in the Olympics, minutes of fame become a hilarious and painful 24 hours when they uncover the secrets of a lifetime.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsJane AsherJohn Moulder-BrownKarl Michael Vogler15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan.
- DirectorNaoto KumazawaStarsKento HayashiSôsuke IkematsuJunpei MizobataA diving club is in danger of going bankrupt. To save the diving club, a female coach returns from the U.S. to coach the club and promises that a diver from the club will make the Japanese Olympic team.
- Tomoki Sakai, a 14 years, whole life dedicated to diving. All began upon meeting Yoichi Fujitani, a genius diver, older, three years. Tomoki and his friends attend the MDC, and as Kayoko Asaki joins the club and states the club will close if it doesn't produce an Olympian competitor.
- DirectorSólveig AnspachJean-Luc GagetStarsSamir GuesmiFlorence Loiret CailleDidda JónsdóttirSamir falls in love with Agathe, a swimming-instructor. To seduce her he pretends he doesn't know how to swim so she can teach him.
- DirectorC.M. Pennington-RichardsStarsJohn IrelandDerek BondLeslie DwyerTwo swimmers are attempting to swim across the English Channel when one of them disappears. The other swimmer is convinced that it was no accident, and insists on investigating himself, even though the police do not believe him.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsBernard HillJoan PlowrightJuliet StevensonThree generations of women share the same problem--marriage woes--and want to put an end to it.
- DirectorJirí VejdelekStarsTatiana PauhofováHynek CermákRobert CejnarThe congenial Vojta is bashful and his family is batty. His short-tempered father, who once failed to swim the English Channel, wants him to be a competing swimmer and his loving mother, a former child ice revue star, sees a talented pianist in her son. But Vojta has completely different priorities - most of all his red-haired classmate Ela, an enchanting synchronized swimmer who is leaving for Paris in November. If Vojta doesn't do something radical, and fast, Ela will disappear behind the Iron Curtain forever. The year is 1989.
- DirectorThomas SalvadorStarsThomas SalvadorVimala PonsYoussef HajdiVincent is a quiet, unassuming man. Who happens to have superhuman powers when exposed to water. He lives a life that keeps him away from others for the most part. Then he meets a girl. Then his powers are discovered. And his life changes.
- DirectorKim Rossi StuartStarsAlessandro MoraceKim Rossi StuartBarbora BobulovaA young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsMatthew TwiningJosh HendersonStacey NelsonCommon-type aquatic leeches grow to large size after feeding on steroid-laced blood of a number of college endurance swimmers, and then the nasty creatures lay siege to the entire campus for more.
- DirectorStefano RealiStarsRaoul BovaBarbora BobulovaRicky MemphisA man is forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a heart condition.
- DirectorTomás SvobodaStarsDavid NovotnýBolek PolívkaDavid MatásekFour swimmers - water polo players find themselves at the bottom of their existence after losing a match. So desperate that they even find themselves living at the bottom of their emptied pool. To save their "dignity" they start a questionable business "Husband to rent" fixing home items for local housewives. But as time will show the household items are not the only things they end up repairing.
- DirectorRoberto CuzzilloStarsDaniel De RossiGiuseppe Claudio InsalacoA story about love between a Italian guy and a Russian guy
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsRosine DeréanSimone SimonIla MecséryA handsome but penniless young man takes a summer job as a swimming instructor in a picturesque Alpine lake resort. He falls in love with a young heiress who is staying there with her father, but he also grabs the attention of tomboyish Puck who lives on the other side of the lake and who saves him from drowning one foggy night. Further havoc is caused by the arrival of Eric's old sweetheart whose husband is wanted by the police.
- DirectorTomás SvobodaStarsBolek PolívkaDavid NovotnýLukás Latinák
- DirectorLee FriedlanderStarsJavicia LeslieKeesha SharpTom MadenAfter a one-night stand with her coach, a pressured swimming phenom finds the lives of herself and her loved ones in danger.
- DirectorMatt EskandariStarsNora-Jane NooneAlexandra ParkDiane FarrTwo sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night.
- DirectorKamlah Abu-ZikriStarsIlham ShaheenNahed El SebaïNilli KarimA new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsYoussouf DjaoroDiouc KomaEmile Abossolo M'boPresent-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he feels socially humiliated. The country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government. The authorities demand that the population contribute to the "war effort", giving money or volunteers old enough to fight off the assailants. The District Chief constantly harasses Adam for his contribution. But Adam is penniless; he only has his son....
- DirectorEitan LondnerStarsDan TorenHila AlpertNurit Banai-KorenYonatan, Michal's dad, turned orthodox and left her family when she was very yang. 7 years later, when he appears at her mother's funeral, all the anger and tensions in the family are brought up again. Michal on the other hand, is very curious, and tries to find a way to communicate with her father. They find common interest in competitive swimming, a hobby that Michal picked up, and which her father, as it turn out, used to be a serious contestant in.
- DirectorJoji MatsuokaStarsMichitaka TsutsuiSaki TakaokaMikihisa AzumaKaoru, a highschool boy, falls in love with a girl, Sonoko, a leading member of his high-school's swimming club. Though he cannot swim at all, he joins the swimming club to win her heart.
- DirectorSeth GordonStarsDwayne JohnsonZac EfronAlexandra DaddarioDevoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit, as they uncover a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay.
- DirectorMark HarrisStarsElizabeth AbrahamSheree BynumRon CooperAriel (Mahogany Monae), a talented and strong willed inner city high school student, who dreams of making the U.S. swim team, sees her entire life turned upside down after being victimized by a brutal event.
- DirectorJustin HardyStarsWarren BrownSteve OramGeorgia MaguireThe Greatest Englishman tells the story of Captain Matthew Webb, the first-ever person to successfully swim the English Channel in 1875 equipped only with his moustache, doses of Brandy and a wire wool swimsuit.
- StarsRyô MatsudaShûto MiyazakiShintarô AnzaiHigashigaoka High School's male swimming club presently has only three second-year members - leader Sakaki Shuhei, Shinozuka Daiki and Koganei Haruyoshi. They welcome the new school year with the aim of getting members.
- DirectorMarc RensingStarsSteffi KühnertJenny SchilyChristina HeckeA former swimmer comes to terms with a serious disease by training for the crossing of the Channel.
- DirectorYoshihiro FukagawaStarsEma FujisawaMegumi HarunoMakoto KawaharaJun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between them..
- DirectorAndreas KleinertStarsFrederick LauAugust DiehlAlice DwyerSomething terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch.
- DirectorThomas ImbachStarsBeat MartiLaura DrasbækAnne-Grethe Bjarup RiisRoger is a young, dashing banker full of boyish self-confidence. He has a highly successful business, smuggling black money across the border for reinvestment. But then a split second reaction changes his entire life.
- DirectorBohdan SlámaStarsZuzana KrónerováPavel NovýDaniel VízekCrushing family dynamics have crushed Hana, an old-fashioned, respectable Czech mother, and a recent widow. The arrival of Brona and his sometimes depressed chicken changes the life of everyone, including Brona.
- DirectorZhenzhi FengStarsQingyao LeiA girl named Zhi Hua lost both of her arms because of a high voltage electric shock. She could do nothing, not even going to school, because she couldn't write her homework. This sudden blow caused her mother to suffer from spasmodic schizophrenia. Through long time hard training, Zhi Hua not only learned to write with her feet and won back her opportunity to go to school, but also learned to eat, wash her face, brush her teeth and put on her clothes, among other things, with her feet. So the school finally accepted her as a boarding student. Zhi Hua passed the university entrance examination and applied for a medical school. Because she was armless, she wasn't admitted. The bad news rendered her mother insane again, who wandered away home and got lost. After hard training, Zhi Hua was qualified to participate in the National Swimming Tournament for the Disabled and won a champion. As a result of her good performance in the game, she was admitted as a student to the Provincial University of Physical Education, thus realizing her mother's dream for her. However her mother never came back.
- DirectorAleksander Scibor-RylskiStarsZbigniew CybulskiJoanna SzczerbicTeresa SzmigielównaDisqualified water jumping coach discovers a new talent in a rebellious young girl and desperately wants her to take part in the finals.
- DirectorSaroj DeStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSreeparna BannerjeeSnigdha BanerjeeKony is an inspirational story of a coach Khidda and his trainee Kony who fight all odds to achieve their aims.
- DirectorCarlos QuintelaStarsRaúl CapoteMónica MolinetCarlos Javier MartinezDuring summer in La Habana, four adolescents with physical problems, while in vacation from school, spend a day in a swimming pool with their apathetic instructor.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsCarlo LupoVittoria GaleazziLuigi DibertiDiego Michele is a troubled runaway who tries to make something out of himself by joining a swimming team and competing in national tryouts and champion races which takes a turn when he is struck by a terminal illness and attempts to find a way to beat it.
- DirectorRebecca DalyStarsBarry KeoghanRachel GriffithsJoanne CrawfordPortrait of a contemporary woman living in Dublin. Margaret handles in a very sensitive way- how difficult it is for a mother to grieve the death of a child, even if they are estranged.
- DirectorIrakli KvirikadzeStarsElguja BurduliRuslan MikaberidzeBaadur TsuladzeA family of swimmers distinguish themselves in sport but run into trouble with Stalin's police, in this period portrait of how even the light side of life was poisoned by terror.
- DirectorGabriele UrbonaiteStarsUgne BeleckaiteDainius GavenonisPetras KuneikaA ten years old Grete enters the pool in order to start swimming lessons. There she meets a nineteen years old Ariel, a professional swimmer, whose father is also her coach. Ariel is preparing for the upcoming Olympics but she is deeply worried about her leg pain. Despite the age difference, two become friends as Ariel helps Grete to overcome her fear of jumping into the water. However, Ariel's leg ache becomes more and more painful... It is a story about small and big fears, friendship, and passion for swimming, stronger than anything.
- CreatorMing Siu GohStarsMichelle ChiaNathaniel HoKiwi LimKeong, a shy, quiet loner, moves into Chan Hsu Lin Hall in Temasek University as a first-year student. He gets roped into the newly-formed Hall water polo team... and gets much more than he bargained for.
- DirectorYuriy Afanasyev-ShirokovYuri MaminNatalya ShilokStarsLyudmila ArininaViktor MikhailovElena KapitsaA group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.