Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sea-rescue"

1. Final Destination (2000)

R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller

After getting a premonition about a plane crash on his school trip, Alex, a student saves a few of his classmates. However, their situation gets complicated when death starts chasing them.

Director: James Wong | Stars: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke

Votes: 280,642 | Gross: $53.33M

2. Lord of the Flies (1963)

Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.

Director: Peter Brook | Stars: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin

Votes: 20,480

3. Catch-22 (1970)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel

Votes: 26,559 | Gross: $24.91M

4. Flipper (1995–2000)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Dr. Keith Ricks returns to Florida to lead a team of scientists studying dolphins.

Stars: Whip Hubley, Anja Coleby, Gus Mercurio, Darrin Klimek

Votes: 1,124

5. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)

PG | 103 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Young Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, Pat Slowey

Votes: 9,900 | Gross: $6.10M

6. The Enemy Below (1957)

Approved | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.

Director: Dick Powell | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel

Votes: 12,302

7. Ondine (2009)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

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

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry

Votes: 22,662 | Gross: $0.55M

8. Captains Courageous (1937)

G | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas

Votes: 10,960

9. Submarine Command (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Drama, War

Submarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, Don Taylor

Votes: 693

10. The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, War

In the North Sea in 1944, passengers of a downed Royal Air Force transport aircraft talk about their lives while awaiting rescue in their dinghy.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Jack Watling

Votes: 740

11. Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999 TV Movie)

93 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Lt. Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.

Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford

Votes: 4,207

12. Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama

A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris, Suzy Parker

Votes: 722

13. Never Let Me Go (1953)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An American reporter stationed in post-war Moscow marries a ballet dancer, but their relationship is threatened by the country's political volatility.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn

Votes: 905

14. Fire at Sea (2016)

114 min | Documentary

Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.

Director: Gianfranco Rosi | Stars: Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo

Votes: 6,065 | Gross: $0.12M

15. Turning Tide (2013)

TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport

It tells the story of Yann Kermadec whose dreams suddenly come true when he has to replace the DCNS star skipper at the last minute before the start of the Vendée Globe (a round-the-world ... See full summary »

Director: Christophe Offenstein | Stars: François Cluzet, Samy Seghir, Virginie Efira, Guillaume Canet

Votes: 2,550

16. Arise, My Love (1940)

Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel

Votes: 1,043

17. Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy

An odd assortment of criminals steals a mothballed Liberty vessel to use it as a getaway after a planned bank robbery in Boston.

Director: Irving Brecher | Stars: Robert Wagner, Dolores Hart, Carolyn Jones, Frankie Avalon

Votes: 276

18. En Altamar (2018)

104 min | Drama, Thriller

A cheating couple ends up stranded on a boat in the open sea.

Director: Alfonso Rodríguez | Stars: Christian Alvarez, Vanessa Villela, Jessica Vargas, Joshua Wagner

Votes: 71

19. Einhundertvier (2024)

92 min | Documentary, Drama

The deadliest refugee route in the world claims thousands of lives every year. In the first half of 2023 alone, almost 2,000 people died in the Mediterranean because the European Union's ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Schörnig

20. Son of a Sailor (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy

A smooth-talking sailor looking for a quick date meets an admiral's granddaughter and finds himself in a house full of top Navy officers, along with a couple of spies interested in plans for a new robot-controlled flight system.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd

Votes: 196

21. Exile (2019)

110 min | Drama, Fantasy

Aris, a Greek man, becomes a no one in his own country and struggles to recover his self, living as a foreigner.

Director: Vassilis Mazomenos | Stars: Stefanos Kakavoulis, Dimitris Siganos, Angeliki Karistinou, Katerina Tsasi Dede

Votes: 77

22. Light House Keeping (1932)

6 min | Animation, Short

Manning a lighthouse is just a music-filled dancing pleasure for Krazy, who engages with fish, birds and a seal in his day's duty. As he spies Kitty in a passing ship, the skies fill with ... See full summary »

Directors: Manny Gould, Ben Harrison | Stars: Krazy Kat, Kitty

Votes: 19

23. Priorities (2014)

9 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A castaway man and his dog try to build a raft to escape the wild area where the fall of their aircraft left them stranded.

Director: Gints Zilbalodis

Votes: 55

24. Pigen fra Palls (1916)

67 min | Drama

Young Elly lives in the fishing town of Whitley as the foster daughter of the greedy merchant Brown. When Brown suddenly raises gasoline prices, the local fishermen revolt. The events ... See full summary »

Director: Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen | Stars: Alf Blütecher, Karen Caspersen, Emil Helsengreen, Frederik Jacobsen

25. Trapped in a Submarine (1932)

63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in sub. It sinks and the trapped men are doomed, unless a diving-lung, recently added to ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Summers | Stars: John Batten, Sydney Seaward, James Enstone, Syd Crossley

Votes: 28

26. Untitled Daniel Warn Project

Action, Adventure, Biography | Announced

When Ernest Shackleton is given the ship Endurance to reclaim the record for the furthest south expedition, his journey is cut short when his ship becomes trapped in the ice pack and begins... See full summary »

Director: Randell Seymour

27. Die Mission der Lifeline (2019)

67 min | Documentary

To save refugees from drowning, the crew of rescue ship "Lifeline" has to endure opposition in their hometown Dresden. But even at sea, in an attempt to save lives, their project is increasingly turning into a fight for the European idea.

Directors: Markus Weinberg, Luise Baumgarten

Votes: 13

28. The Wreck of the Admella (2009 Video)

54 min | Documentary, Drama, History

This docudrama tells the true story of one of Australia's worst maritime disasters in history which saw more than a hundred people marooned on a shallow reef off the coast of South East ... See full summary »

Director: Brenton Manser | Stars: Paul Barry, Emily Abbott, Lachlan Abbott, Peter Abbott

29. LampEUsa - Mitten im Meer (2019)

Documentary

The island Lampedusa has become a symbol for migration towards Europe. This has affected the small community of 5,500 Italians living in the middle of the Mediterranean. How do they live their lives, while thousands of refugees arrive?

Director: Alexander Lechner

30. The History of the Helicopter (1952)

20 min | Documentary, Short

Following the birth of the helicopter, from the imagination of Leonardo da Vinci through the advent of helicopter technology in the early 1952.

Director: Sarah Erulkar | Star: Tom Shirley

31. Äiti ja Seija (2003 TV Movie)

30 min | Drama

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Director: Kalle Pursiainen | Stars: Mikko Leskelä, Petra Karjalainen, Seija Näppilä, Kari J. Ristolainen

32. Route 4 (2021)

54 min | Documentary

Route 4 portraits the journey of Refugees from Africa to Europa. In cooperation with the NGO Sea-Eye this documentary contains footage from more than 7 countries and 2 years.

Director: Martina Chamrad

Votes: 32

33. Quest of the H.M.S. Buffalo (1986 Video)

43 min | Documentary, Short, History

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Director: Brian Grant | Stars: Brenton Whittle, John Bannon, Barry Eshman, Alan Hale

34. Happy Hour (2010)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A guy in a cafe-bar starts imagining different situations to get the attention of the gorgeous girl that has just entered the cafe and win her over the very manly bartender.

Director: Maxime Paccalet

Votes: 31

35. The Little Ships of England (1943)

13 min | Documentary, Short

Documentary of wooden shipbuilding during World War Two, including minesweepers for the British Navy and fishing boats.

36. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 72 (1917)

Documentary, Short

Subjects include: "On Duty with the Coast Guards", "Scientific Stock Breeding", "Unmasking the Mediums, No. 2", and the cartoon Bobby Bumps Submarine Chaser (1917).

Director: P.D. Hugon | Star: Hereward Carrington

37. Helicopter Mission (1994 Video Game)

As a helicopter pilot of the German Bundeswehr you get to fly several missions which are based on events the Bundeswehr is assigned to in reality like flying a victim of a car crash to a ... See full summary »

38. Arman pohjantähden alla (2016– )
Episode: Rajavartiosto: Arman äärirajoilla (2019)

60 min | Documentary

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Director: Arman Alizad | Star: Arman Alizad

Votes: 5

39. Whitstable Pearl (2021– )
Episode: A Cup O' Kindness (2021)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a mother takes her daughter out for a boat ride despite the father's wishes, the boat starts taking on water and the two need to be rescued. Was it an accident, or were they targeted? ... See full summary »

Director: Chanya Button | Stars: Kerry Godliman, Howard Charles, Frances Barber, Isobelle Molloy

Votes: 199

40. Pan Am (2011–2012)
Episode: Eastern Exposure (2011)

TV-PG | 41 min | Drama, History, Romance

After a last minute change sends the crew on a flight to Rangoon, a routine courier mission for Kate turns harrowing as she struggles to make a drop by the deadline. Meanwhile, Maggie takes... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie, Michael Mosley, Karine Vanasse

Votes: 302

41. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Normandie de village en village (2022)

91 min | Documentary

Normandy from village to village: From D-Day beaches to the rolling hills of the Perche Ornais, from Pays d'Auge and its orchards to Swiss Normandy cliffs, Normandy's varied landscapes ... See full summary »

Director: Erwan Loussot | Star: Ismaël Khelifa