Ocean Adventure
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1. The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924)
Passed | 70 min | Family, Drama
A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is going blind they will remove him, and a gang of liquor-smugglers is trying to destroy ... See full summary »
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, William Collier Jr., Louise Fazenda, Charles Hill Mailes
Votes: 67
2. Stormy Seas (1923)
50 min | Drama
Two men in love with the same girl race to save her when she is trapped aboard a ship on fire in storm-swept seas.
Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: J.P. McGowan, Helen Holmes, Leslie Casey, Rube Dalroy
3. The Navigator (1924)
Unrated | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Two spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.
Directors: Donald Crisp, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton
Votes: 11,021 | Gross: $1.48M
4. The Sea Beast (1926)
136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But the great white whale has been eluding the ... See full summary »
Director: Millard Webb | Stars: John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O'Hara, Mike Donlin
Votes: 217 | Gross: $0.80M
5. Scarlet Seas (1928)
70 min | Drama, Romance
A sea captain comes to rescue of a prostitute in Shanghai, who is being run out of town. He takes her aboard his ship and heads out to sea. Not long afterwards the ship sinks but the pair ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, Loretta Young, James Bradbury Sr.
Votes: 34
6. The Sea Wolf (1930)
Passed | 87 min | Adventure, Romance, Thriller
George, Ruth and Humphrey go for a boat ride with Wolf Larsen.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris
Votes: 44
7. Moby Dick (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama
In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Noble Johnson
Votes: 639
8. No More Women (1934)
Approved | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at the same time, even the bottom of the ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Sally Blane, Minna Gombell
Votes: 29
9. The Law of the Sea (1931)
Passed | 64 min | Drama
A sadistic, evil ship captain lusts after a beautiful young girl he spots in town. It turns out that she's the girlfriend of a young man whose father the captain had blinded and cast adrift on the ocean many years before.
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: William Farnum, Sally Blane, Rex Bell, Priscilla Dean
Votes: 58
10. Corsair (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
A stockbroker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.
Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Thelma Todd, Fred Kohler, Ned Sparks
Votes: 295
11. In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)
66 min | Action, Drama
A former member of the crew of the HMS Bounty recounts the story of the mutiny aboard ship.
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Arthur Greenaway, Mayne Lynton, Errol Flynn, Victor Gouriet
Votes: 363
12. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Passed | 132 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 24,759
13. Below the Sea (1933)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Frederik Vogeding, Esther Howard
Votes: 329
14. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton
Votes: 1,980 | Gross: $8.00M
15. Killers of the Sea (1937)
Approved | 49 min | Documentary
A film about Captain Wallace Caswell Jr. who does all in his power to protect game fish from illegal fishing and natural predators such as sharks, octopi and whales.
Director: Raymond Friedgen | Stars: Lowell Thomas, Wallace Caswell Jr., 'Evolution' Henderson, 'Spot' Hayes
Votes: 42
16. Eight Bells (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Marge Walker, the daughter of a steamship-line owner, stows away on one of her father's ships bound for Shanghai. Roy Dale, the captain of the ship, is in love with her as is the first ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Ann Sothern, Ralph Bellamy, John Buckler, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 51
17. The Sea Spoilers (1936)
Approved | 63 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A Coast Guard commander must rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from seal smugglers while contending with the plans of the area commander's son.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: John Wayne, Nan Grey, William Bakewell, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 206
18. Down to the Sea (1936)
Approved | 69 min | Drama
This vintage drama from Republic Pictures features a colorful cast, headlined by Ann Rutherford (Gone With The Wind), Russell Hardie (Fail Safe), and Fritz Leiber (The Hunchback of Notre ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Russell Hardie, Ben Lyon, Ann Rutherford, Irving Pichel
Votes: 64
19. I Conquer the Sea! (1936)
70 min | Drama
The captain of a fishing boat loses his arm while out at sea. He determines not to let the loss ruin his life and goes back to sea as a one-armed sailor.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Steffi Duna, Dennis Morgan, Douglas Walton, George Cleveland
Votes: 49
20. Captain Calamity (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: George Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett, Crane Wilbur
Votes: 157
21. 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: 10,877
22. Phantom Ship (1935)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
Director: Denison Clift | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson, Edmund Willard
Votes: 1,039
23. Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in jeopardy because of his gambling problem.... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: George Houston, Ruth Coleman, Douglas Walton, Wilhelm von Brincken
Votes: 78
24. Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos--his daughter is set to marry a nitwit that he can't stand, ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Walter Brennan, Mary Brian, Lyle Talbot, Frank Shields Sr.
Votes: 234
25. Mutiny on the Elsinore (1937)
Approved | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The story of a surly crew, an honest God-fearing captain, a hardboiled-but-loyal Scotch mate, a scoundrelly second-mate, and then a mutiny, the fight and the final voyage to a safe harbor. ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Lockwood | Stars: Paul Lukas, Lyn Harding, Kathleen Kelly, Clifford Evans
Votes: 61
26. Slave Ship (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 220
27. The Last Adventurers (1937)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A skipper's daughter falls for a humble fisherman rescued by her father.
Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Niall MacGinnis, Roy Emerton, Linden Travers, Peter Gawthorne
Votes: 32
28. Souls at Sea (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Adventure, History
Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 860
29. Windjammer (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Director: Ewing Scott | Stars: George O'Brien, Constance Worth, William Hall, Brandon Evans
Votes: 135
30. Adventure's End (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Drama
Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being wooed by the first mate.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: John Wayne, Diana Gibson, Montagu Love, Moroni Olsen
Votes: 125
31. Spawn of the North (1938)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 585
32. Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Approved | 97 min | Drama
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe, George Bancroft
Votes: 123
33. The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, War
A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Ward Bond
Votes: 4,902
34. The Sea Wolf (1941)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
After being fished out of the sea by a sailer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox
Votes: 4,389
35. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Passed | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey
Votes: 3,531
36. Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his father's ships after he is unwillingly press-ganged aboard.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald
Votes: 564
37. Adventure Island (1947)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Travelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly, John Abbott
Votes: 224
38. 16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 Florida, a former Navy diver is hired by Greek-American sponge divers who are at the mercy of a crooked sponge-exchange owner.
Director: Irving Allen | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Arthur Lake, Eric Feldary
Votes: 110
39. Deep Waters (1948)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
The friendship between a fisherman and an orphan boy disturbs others because of the dangers at sea.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 368
40. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
Approved | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara
Votes: 2,933
41. Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Approved | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling trip to teach him core life values while First Mate Dan Lunceford is tasked with tutoring Jed.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,097
42. Down to the Sea in Ships (1922)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Story of the lives of the people in a small Quaker community and the adventures of a whaling ship.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, William Walcott, Clara Bow
Votes: 397
43. Cargo to Capetown (1950)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship's engineer. The pair soon find themselves at odds over their mutual affection for Drew (who happens to be Crawford's fiancee).
Director: Earl McEvoy | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 144
44. Captain China (1950)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Charles Chinnough, aka Captain China, washed ashore off his ship during a storm, is later rescued, but is relieved of duty after his former first mate, Brendensen (who thought he was dead),... See full summary »
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 140
45. Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, War
In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that Napoleon has assembled an invasion fleet ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Rhys Williams, Ron Randell, Valentine Perkins, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 25
46. Sealed Cargo (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda, Claude Rains, Philip Dorn
Votes: 976
47. Smuggler's Island (1951)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In 1950s Macao, an American expat diver is hired by a mysterious woman to retrieve a sunken cargo that eventually attracts unwanted attention from a crooked banker, corrupt authorities and local pirates.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Philip Friend, Marvin Miller
Votes: 125
48. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall
Votes: 7,486
49. Crosswinds (1951)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Adventurer tries to recover gold from sunken plane.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 215
50. Scarlet Angel (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Pursued by a sea captain, larcenous saloon queen Roxy McClanahan assumes the identity of a Civil War widow with wealthy relatives.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Denning, Whitfield Connor
Votes: 244
51. Ghost Ship (1952)
Approved | 74 min | Horror
A luxury ship is haunted by the ghosts of a crew that had disappeared off the ship years before.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hugh Burden, John Robinson
Votes: 913
52. Hurricane Smith (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, James Craig, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 212
53. Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Passed | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Trials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn
Votes: 1,647
54. Face to Face (1952)
89 min | Western, Drama
Two stories. In the first, a sea captain has to conceal a man's presence aboard ship from his crew. In the second, a Wild West lawman has to deal with a troublemaker bent on bloodshed before he can concentrate on matrimony.
Directors: John Brahm, Bretaigne Windust | Stars: James Mason, Gene Lockhart, Michael Pate, Albert Sharpe
Votes: 97
55. The World in His Arms (1952)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 1850 San Francisco, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, John McIntire
Votes: 2,325 | Gross: $3.00M
56. Mara Maru (1952)
98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr, Paul Picerni
Votes: 739
57. All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, Betta St. John
Votes: 1,105
58. Across to Singapore (1928)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Conflict ensues when a young man's childhood sweetheart becomes betrothed to his older brother.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford, Ernest Torrence, Frank Currier
Votes: 1,185
59. City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two American divers are distracted by fair ladies and skulduggery while trying to salvage a gold ship off Jamaica.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball
Votes: 695
60. Fair Wind to Java (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Robert Douglas, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 403
61. Botany Bay (1952)
Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1787, American medical student Hugh Tallant and British convicts are sent from London to New South Wales on a ship commanded by the evil Captain Gilbert.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 573
Reminiscent to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, in that James Mason won't let people off his ship.
62. South Sea Woman (1953)
Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields
Votes: 873
63. The Sea Around Us (1953)
Approved | 62 min | Documentary
Oscar-winning documentary based on Rachel L. Carson's pioneering study of ocean life chronicled in her award-winning and best-selling 1951 book of the same name.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Don Forbes, Theodore von Eltz
Votes: 375
64. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
Votes: 37,025 | Gross: $28.20M
65. Hell Below Zero (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The captain of an Antarctic whaling ship falls overboard in mysterious circumstances and his daughter, aided by a sympathetic American, decides to investigate the accident.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney, Stanley Baker
Votes: 544
66. His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia.
Directors: Byron Haskin, Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, André Morell, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 1,426
67. Alaska Seas (1954)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The owner of a salmon cannery in Alaska hires a man who had formerly been his partner, and comes to regret it.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Robert Ryan, Jan Sterling, Brian Keith, Gene Barry
Votes: 199
68. Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 360
69. The Sea Chase (1955)
Approved | 117 min | Action, Drama, War
As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 3,409
70. Blood Alley (1955)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Adventure
His ship seized by the Chinese Communists, American Merchant Captain Tom Wilder languishes in prison but Chinese villagers help him escape to sail them to Hong-Kong.
Directors: William A. Wellman, John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim
Votes: 3,516
Welcome to Blood Alley, baby...
71. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,753 | Gross: $10.40M
72. Manfish (1956)
Not Rated | 76 min | Adventure
Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 318
73. September Storm (1960)
Unrated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama
A young, handsome man works on the yacht of a Parisian tycoon who happens to be away at the moment. Two nautical layabouts convince the man to take them out looking for the sunken treasure.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joanne Dru, Mark Stevens, Robert Strauss, Asher Dann
Votes: 235
74. Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jim Knight is the captain of a ship trading in the South Seas. He runs into trouble when he makes port at an island where crooks Malone and Ross hold the natives under their cruel ... See full summary »
Directors: Lee Sholem, Elmo Williams | Stars: Jon Hall, John Carradine, Peter Lorre, Roberta Haynes
Votes: 129
75. The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.
Directors: John Sturges, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver, Richard Alameda
Votes: 8,610
76. Wolf Larsen (1958)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A crazed, tyrannical--but cultured--sea captain holds a ship's crew and passengers in an iron grip. During a titanic storm, the passengers finally manage to break free.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Peter Graves, Gita Hall, Thayer David
Votes: 77
77. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 2,926
78. Twilight for the Gods (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama
The sailing vessel Cannibal has a leaking hull. The captain (Rock Hudson) reluctantly changes course for Honolulu, where one passenger (Cyd Charisse) is wanted by the law. The water rising, everyone struggles against nature to survive.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, Arthur Kennedy, Leif Erickson
Votes: 303
79. John Paul Jones (1959)
126 min | Action, Biography, History
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien
Votes: 1,431
I've not yet begun to fight!
80. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Not Rated | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.
Directors: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed, George Seaton | Stars: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 17,773 | Gross: $13.68M
81. Mermaids of Tiburon (1962)
Unrated | 76 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A diver is aided in his search for sunken treasure by beautiful mermaids.
Director: John Lamb | Stars: George Robotham, Diane Webber, Gaby Martone, Timothy Carey
Votes: 187
82. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 2,318
83. Damn the Defiant! (1962)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock
Votes: 3,021
84. Billy Budd (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, War
When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crew mates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers
Votes: 4,875
85. Lord Jim (1965)
Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach
Votes: 4,252
86. Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
G | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle
Votes: 1,865 | Gross: $2.40M
87. Daring Game (1968)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama
An organization of adventurers who are proficient in sky diving, scuba diving, small arms, and martial arts are hired to rescue a scientist and his daughter who are being held on an island by a dictator.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Nico Minardos, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman
Votes: 57
88. The Legend of Sea Wolf (1975)
PG | 92 min | Adventure
A tale of the brutal sea captain of the Ghost who is ruthless with his crew. It becomes more than they can tolerate.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Pambieri, Barbara Bach, Rik Battaglia
Votes: 157
AKA: The Legend of the Sea Wolf
89. Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
Director: James Hill | Stars: Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 1,796
90. The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1974)
PG | 96 min | Adventure
A suspense filled adventure-drama about the search for a treasure-laden Spanish Galleon that sank over 200 years ago.
Director: Virginia L. Stone | Stars: Stephen Boyd, David Ladd, Chuck Woolery, Roosevelt Grier
Votes: 293
91. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When 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.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 656,963 | Gross: $260.00M
92. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel
Votes: 115,945 | Gross: $46.80M
93. Orca (1977)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek
Votes: 13,243 | Gross: $14.72M
94. The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In 1901, two British yachtsmen visiting Germany's Frisian Islands accidentally discover a German plot to invade England.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Simon MacCorkindale, Alan Badel
Votes: 1,373
95. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
G | 97 min | Adventure, Family
When a plane carrying various animals makes a forced landing on a desert island, the only chance to escape is to convert the plane into a boat.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold, Ricky Schroder, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 1,530 | Gross: $11.00M
96. The Bounty (1984)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox
Votes: 30,203 | Gross: $8.60M
97. Shipwrecked (1990)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Family
A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Stian Smestad, Gabriel Byrne, Louisa Milwood-Haigh, Trond Peter Stamsø Munch
Votes: 3,129
98. Wet Gold (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
When a waitress learns about a boat that sunk with millions of gold, she and two others dive into water to find it.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Brooke Shields, Burgess Meredith, Thomas Byrd, Brian Kerwin
Votes: 320
99. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Paul Gross
Votes: 1,028
100. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
PG-13 | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward
Votes: 3,216 | Gross: $8.25M
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