Films and TV shows set at sea

A vibrant, funny ocean adventure that balances peril with warmth, pulling you into a parent's anxious love and a child's brave curiosity.

A relentless, immersive plunge into survival, driven by ticking clocks, roaring engines and near-wordless dread rather than speeches.

A rollicking, witty adventure with a charming rogue, lively swordfights, and a spooky curse that keeps the fun breezy and thrilling.

A sweeping, heartfelt romance set against a meticulously recreated disaster, blending intimate passion with overwhelming spectacle and lingering sorrow.

A visually stunning and emotionally resonant journey that blends wonder and hardship, asking you to ponder the nature of truth and faith.

A sprawling, heartfelt adventure that balances goofy comedy with genuine emotional stakes and a strong sense of camaraderie.

A vibrant, song-filled voyage that balances playful comedy with sincere emotional stakes and stunning oceanic imagery.

A slow, suffocating plunge into black-and-white madness, where two men's rivalry curdles into hallucination and dread.

A vast, brooding voyage through myth and memory, grand in scale yet heavy with guilt and longing.

A taut, immersive hostage thriller that grips with relentless tension and raw, documentary-like realism.

A loud, colourful, effects-heavy spectacle that bounces from underwater battles to desert quests, easy to enjoy but rarely subtle.

A bright, tuneful fairy tale that sweeps you along with gorgeous animation, catchy songs and a genuinely scary sea witch.

A harrowing, visceral survival drama that grips you with relentless tension and heartbreak, yet ultimately offers a glimmer of hope.

A wistful, sun-drenched aerial adventure that blends dogfights and slapstick with quiet loneliness and romantic longing.

A somber, gorgeous Gothic tragedy that moves slowly and aches with loneliness, cruelty and a strange tenderness between father and son.

A sprawling, soulful puzzle that leaps across centuries, asking you to hold many lives at once and feel them rhyme.

Bright, silly and endlessly quotable, a cartoon that bounces from gag to gag with cheerful surreal energy and a soft heart underneath.

It is a loud, over-the-top spectacle of giant prehistoric creatures battling human ingenuity.

A tense, immersive voyage that balances thrilling cat-and-mouse naval action with quiet, humane moments among the crew.

A roaring, claustrophobic disaster ride that pins you to your seat with fire, noise and desperate escapes, then leaves you shaken and somber.

A breezy, funny comfort watch about heartbreak and moving on, with plenty of awkward laughs and genuine warmth.

A sunlit holiday drifting into quiet sorrow, watched through grainy memory and half-understood glances that linger long after.

A cringe-inducing, hilarious satire that skewers wealth and class, making you squirm and laugh as it escalates into chaos.

A sun-drenched, joyful burst of song and laughter, easy to watch and hard not to smile along with.

A tense, awe-struck deep-sea adventure that balances claustrophobic peril with a heartfelt story of reconciliation and wonder.

A grand, old-fashioned adventure with a dark edge, sweeping you through caverns and battles toward a glowing lost world.

A claustrophobic, grueling descent into war's tedium and terror, leaving you exhausted and moved.

A pulsing, exotic thrill ride of staged fights and island menace, carried by a magnetic star and a steady build to a mirror-maze showdown.

A bright, busy cartoon adventure full of slapstick chases and silly animal banter that keeps kids entertained without much demand.

A taut, cerebral submarine thriller that keeps you leaning forward, with claustrophobic tension and a surprisingly human core.

A taut, immersive survival ride that pins you to your seat with relentless tension and visceral peril.

A loud, stylized, blood-soaked spectacle of naval battles and slow-motion combat, more exhausting than engaging.

A taut, claustrophobic sea chase that keeps you holding your breath through sonar pings and sudden torpedo warnings.

A sweeping, earnest fantasy voyage that balances wonder and peril, with a warm emotional core and a sense of moral testing.

A soggy, sprawling adventure that feels like a big-budget B-movie, with inventive set pieces and a gruff hero slowly thawing.

A loud, silly, sun-soaked romp that coasts on banter and muscle, easy to watch with friends and forget soon after.

A lush, brooding cruise through glamorous scenery and simmering resentments, unfolding as a slow, elegant puzzle with a bittersweet ache underneath.

A bright, silly cruise full of slapstick monster gags, with a sweet romance and family warmth underneath the chaos.

A sober, quietly enraging plunge into captivity's costs, mixing archival footage and testimony into a slow-building sense of dread and grief. It leaves you unsettled and sad rather than thrilled.

A disorienting, tense puzzle that traps you in its looping nightmare, demanding close attention as dread and guilt accumulate.

A brooding, talky pirate drama where every alliance is a negotiation and violence always simmers beneath the surface.

A big-hearted, swashbuckling animated adventure with stunning sea monsters and a warm message about understanding.

A soapy post-apocalyptic voyage where young survivors bicker, fall in love and face outside threats aboard a floating home.

A tense, eerie thriller that traps you on a beach where time accelerates, delivering unsettling body horror and a lingering sense of dread.

A buoyant, sun-drenched adventure that feels like a treasure hunt with friends, full of laughter, heart, and scrappy fights.

A quirky, melancholic voyage with deadpan humor and visual charm, balancing absurdity and genuine emotion.

A sun-drenched, leisurely spy caper with underwater spectacle and suave charisma, more relaxed than thrilling.

A grim, salt-crusted survival tale that weighs heavily, with tense sea chases and a somber, reflective frame.