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Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea

2026 · 90 min

A tense, immersive recounting that grips you with real footage and raw survivor testimony, leaving a heavy sense of dread.

Overview: Never-before-seen footage and survivor accounts trace the 2012 shipwreck of a luxury cruise and the disaster that ensued, in this immersive documentary.
How it feels: Dark, tense, earnest and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, death, trauma, grief
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
trauma
grief
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Chiara Messineo
Starring: John Scimone, Meghan Scimone, Patricia Sandoval, Nicholas Taliaferro, Stefania Vincenzi, Manrico Giampedroni, Rose Metcalf, Francesco Schettino
Cinematography: James Incledon
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English