Animal Kingdom - Water World
Marine life. Creatures of the sea, river stream or pond as stars (or in supporting roles). Fish, mammals, etc., wild or domestic with human or other species as costars. Live action & animated. Not all family films. Most, but not all suitable for children. All-Time. Alphabetically (some sequels chronologically).
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- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTina MajorinoKeith CarradineChelsea FieldThe true story of how a seal named Andre befriended a little girl named Toni and her family in 1962.
- StarsPhilip Hersh
- StarsWilliam PetersenKaren SillasCharles Martin SmithMysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.
- DirectorEugène LouriéStarsPaul HubschmidPaula RaymondCecil KellawayA ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
- 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.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsDrew BarrymoreJohn KrasinskiJohn PingayakIn small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his Greenpeace-volunteer ex-girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly-forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
- DirectorLouie PsihoyosStarsRichard O'BarryLouie PsihoyosHardy JonesUsing state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DeverePaul SorvinoA marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsJacqueline BissetNick NolteDick Anthony WilliamsIn Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.
- CreatorSimon DonaldStarsJames NesbittOrla BradyGoran VisnjicA research submarine beneath the Arctic stumbles upon a terrifying secret with earth-shattering consequences.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsThomas JaneSaffron BurrowsSamuel L. JacksonSearching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
- DirectorEduardo SchuldtRobbie DaymondStarsRobbie DaymondGiovanni CicciaBrian W. RobertsThe amazing story of Daniel, a dolphin who abandons the safety of his pod to explore the ocean and discover the true purpose of his life.
- DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsMorgan FreemanAshley JuddHarry Connick Jr.A boy finds a dolphin that was injured in a trap. They become friends, but the dolphin needs to have its tail amputated to survive. With the help of a biologist and a prosthetics specialist, the boy tries to save the animal.
- DirectorJean-Jacques MantelloStarsDaryl HannahCharlotte RamplingThis documentary goes to coral reefs of the Bahamas and the waters of the Kingdom of Tonga for a close encounter with the surviving tribes of the ocean: wild dolphins and belugas, the love of a Humpback mother for her newborn calf, the singing Humpback males, an orca the mighty King of the ocean, and the gentle manatee. Little-known aspects of these creatures capable of sophisticated communication and social interaction. Documents the life of these graceful, majestic yet endangered sea creatures.
- DirectorNick StringerStarsJanet MannEric M. PattersonEwa KrzyszczykPuck is the leader of a family of bottlenose dolphins known to researchers as The Beaches because of their unusual habit of catching fish by driving them through shallows to the shore. She is heavily pregnant with her eighth calf, Samu , but the baby is late and the seas are starting to fill up with hundreds of sharks, ever-ready to feast on newborns. Swimming with Puck as she waits for Samu's birth, are her surviving daughters and grand-daughters and a five-year-old son, India, who ought to have sought independence by now but seems reluctant to leave the family circle. Change and hazards lie ahead and with the use of the latest in miniature HD cameras, and underwater listening devices, this film grants viewers unprecedented insight into how dolphins live, including the earliest hours of Samu's life, how older sisters help to guard the baby against sharks and scenes which suggest: . dolphin mothers 'sing' to their unborn babies . unrelated females gather to greet newborns . family members give life-skills lessons to the very young. As the story unfolds, audiences also discover the hazards of living shark-filled waters; find out about what happens to Puck's son when he first leaves the group, and witness the unusual variety of hunting techniques developed by Shark Bay's dolphins, including the first known example of tool use by a marine mammal. Additional revelations are provided by Professor Janet Mann, of Georgetown University, USA, who has been studying the dolphins of Shark Bay for more than 20 years. In that time, Janet Mann has collated the life stories of around 1,500 individuals, learned to recognise many on sight and revolutionised what it known about dolphin life, including discovering the dolphin tool-users - a family which fixes sponges to their snouts to hunt close to the sea-bed.
- DirectorJanine HedleyChronicle of Karsten Schneider's three year study of dolphins in Fiordland. It's almost impossible to study dolphins for extended periods of time in the open ocean. For this reason a pod of sixty bottlenose dolphins resident in New Zealand's Doubtful Sound provides a unique opportunity for scientists to improve our knowledge of these mysterious, appealing mammals.
- DirectorMichael D. SellersStarsCarly SchroederAdrian DunbarGeorge HarrisA young girl discovers she can communicate with dolphins.
- DirectorAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander GouldAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsChuck ConnorsLuke HalpinConnie ScottSandy is distraught when, having saved Flipper by pulling out a spear, his father insists the dolphin be released. A grateful Flipper, however, returns the favor when Sandy is threatened by Sharks.
- CreatorJack CowdenRicou BrowningStarsBrian KellyLuke HalpinTommy NordenRanger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper.
- CreatorMichael NankinErnie WallengrenReuben LederStarsWhip HubleyAnja ColebyGus MercurioDr. Keith Ricks returns to Florida to lead a team of scientists studying dolphins.
- DirectorAlan ShapiroStarsPaul HoganElijah WoodJonathan BanksA teenage boy sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncle on the Florida coast befriends a remarkable dolphin and takes on local bad guys who are polluting the water.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsJason James RichterLori PettyMichael MadsenWhen a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsJason James RichterMichael MadsenFrancis CapraTeenager Jesse becomes reunited with Willy two years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsJason James RichterAugust SchellenbergAnnie Corley16-year-old Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.
- DirectorWill GeigerStarsBindi IrwinBeau BridgesBongo MbutumaKirra, a 12-year-old girl, discovers a baby Orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather's rundown seaside amusement park. She embarks on a quest to lead Willy back to his pod.
- DirectorLeRoy French
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsCelia MiliusLarry DomasinAnn DanielThe story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsRoy ScheiderLorraine GaryMurray HamiltonPolice chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJodi BensonSamuel E. WrightRene AuberjonoisA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsGregory PeckRichard BasehartLeo GennThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- StarsHenry ThomasPatrick StewartHugh Keays-ByrneThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his Captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- StarsDuncan Carse
- DirectorJean-Jacques MantelloStarsMarion CotillardA 3-D documentary chronicling a sea turtle's journey across the oceans.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard HarrisCharlotte RamplingWill SampsonA hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
- DirectorZoltán TörökStarsRodrigo CrespoMárta BaloghEndre Dr. SósOnly few people know that Hungary is a "superpower" in terms of its otter populations. Here thrives the strongest population of these cute looking professional predators - thanks to the hard work of a deeply devoted man and also to the less-known precious wetlands of Hungary. The film revolves around am orphaned but rescued otter pup. Through her story we learn about the life of otters and the work that is going on in the background to save them and their biotope, the Hungarian wetlands.
- DirectorStephen M. WessellsUSGS biologists work with Monterey Bay Aquarium otter experts to help save this threatened population of sea mammals.
- 1992–1994TV Episode
- DirectorJack CoufferStarsBill TraversVirginia McKennaPeter JeffreyStuck in a dead-end job Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Adventures ensue.
- DirectorBibo BergeronVicky JensonRob LettermanStarsWill SmithRobert De NiroRenée ZellwegerWhen a son of a gangster shark boss is accidentally killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother decide to use the incident to their own advantage.
- DirectorRob StewartStarsRob StewartPaul WatsonErich RitterAn investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.
- DirectorPeter Rowe
- DirectorBob TalbotUnderwater filming of dolphins and orcas, synchronized to ethereal music.
- DirectorDavid CobhamStarsPeter BennettEdward UnderdownBrenda CavendishA family movie which follows the life of a real otter and its adventures in the wild.
- DirectorMatt VeselyStarsSam ParsonsonNathan O'KeefeNina PearceBrodie may only be a half-baked barista at a crappy shopping mall, but he's got shit figured out, man. He can see the truth of things, and he saw something the other day that you wouldn't believe... Introverted photographer Dave is full of uncertainty. He's thinking of leaving his beautiful wife, Leslie, but isn't really sure why. It's going to take a major moment of revelation for things to become clear... In the strange spaces where these stories collide, exists The Thing About Dolphins. Part absurdest comedy and part surreal drama, the film is an oddly moving exploration of the divide between feeling and understanding - one which may, or may not, feature actual dolphins.
- DirectorAngus StewartStarsKirsty ShilsonA solitary, wild otter becomes bold enough to live alongside a community in a small town, Tobermory, on the picturesque isle of Mull, Scotland.
- DirectorChisa HidakaStarsChisa HidakaIn the deep blue of the Pacific Ocean a Spinner Dolphin and human dancer discover a common language to express their mutual affection and shared excitement. Eye to eye, two of the planet's most creative creatures dance...together.
- In the spirit of Cousteau, a wild Spinner Dolphin and human dancer discover a common language to express their mutual affection and shared excitement. Eye to eye, two of the planet's most creative creatures dance...Together. 'The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.' - Jacques Yves Cousteau
- DirectorNick StringerStarsMiranda RichardsonHannelore ElsnerGeorgina VerbaanA little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and back to the beach where she was born.
- DirectorBen StassenMimi MaynardStarsAnthony AndersonEd Begley Jr.Pat CarrollA sea turtle, who was hatched in 1959, spends the next fifty years travelling the world, while it is being changed by global warming.
- DirectorHardy JonesStarsSteve GagnéAn in-depth look at the undersea life of dolphins, and a short documentary proving that dolphins are found to recognise people and sounds, even after 20 years.
- 1954–19971h 29mUnrated6.2 (268)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman TokarStarsJack CarsonRobert CulpPatricia BarryTwo brothers adopt an injured seal on their vacation and decide to bring it home.
- 1954–19971hUnrated6.7 (105)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman TokarStarsJack CarsonRobert CulpPatricia BarryIn the conclusion, the boys' seal has run amok upsetting not only the parents but the entire town.
- DirectorLionel JeffriesMiroslaw KijowiczStarsJames MasonBernard CribbinsBillie WhitelawThis children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsKeisha Castle-HughesRawiri ParateneVicky HaughtonA contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
- DirectorHugh MilesStarsPhilip Madoc
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsSteve GuttenbergKathleen QuinlanArnold VoslooA touching friendship story between a dog and a dolphin.