Out of the Fog

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

The Boat

2018

English

5.7

♡ 43

Winston Azzopardi Director

Anubis Mud as Captain

Joe Azzopardi as Sailor

A lone fisherman on his daily run finds himself lost in a thick fog which proves impossible to navigate. The worst is yet to come when his encounter with a seemingly abandoned sailboat becomes a fight for survival against an enemy unknown.

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

English

6.7

♡ 16

39%

Scott Hicks Director

Celia Weston as Etta Heine

Ethan Hawke as Ishmael Chambers

James Cromwell as Judge Fielding

Anne Suzuki as Young Hatsue Imada

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emotional chord when he finds his ex-lover is linked to the case. As he investigates the killing, he uncovers some startling clues that lead him to a shocking discovery.

Mermaid Legend

1984

Japanese

7.0

♡ 13

Toshiharu Ikeda Director

Takashi Kanda as Lawyer Hanaoka

Kentarô Shimizu as Miyamoto Shouhei

Seiji Miyaguchi as Tatsuo

Yoshirô Aoki as Terumasa Miyamoto

After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.

The Manxman

1929

English

6.2

♡ 7

92%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Anny Ondra as Kate Cregeen

Harry Terry as Man

Clare Greet as Mrs. Cregeen

Malcolm Keen as Philip Christian

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

Spawn of the North

1938

English

6.7

♡ 4

Henry Hathaway Director

Irving Bacon as Cannery Official

Monte Blue as Cannery Official

Henry Fonda as Jim Kimmerlee

George Raft as Tyler Dawson

Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates and the other aligns with local vigilantes.

Alamo Bay

1985

English

6.1

♡ 4

36%

Louis Malle Director

Caroline Williams as Diane

Amy Madigan as Glory

William Frankfather as Mac

Ed Harris as Shang

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.

Luzzu

2021

Maltese

6.9

♡ 2

98%

Alex Camilleri Director

Michael Sciortino as Fisheries Director

Stephen Buhagiar as Jesmark's boss

Frank Tanti as Lino

Seda Güven as Seda

Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby.

The Big Mouth

1967

English

5.5

♡ 10

40%

smuggling (contraband)

Jerry Lewis Director

Frank De Vol as Bogart

Howard Morris as Cameo Role

Harry Fleer as Male Nurse

William O'Connell as Psychiatrist

A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where he meets a special girl.

Orca

1977

English

5.8

♡ 20

10%

newfoundland and labrador

ship

Thriller

whale

Michael Anderson Director

Bo Derek as Annie

Richard Harris as Captain Nolan

Keenan Wynn as Novak

Wayne Heffley as Priest

After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

The Raging Tide

1951

English

6.4

♡ 3

san francisco, california

Thriller

George Sherman Director

Richard Conte as Bruno Felkin

John McIntire as Corky Mullins

Minerva Urecal as Johnnie Mae Swanson

Ray Walker as Neil

A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.

The Old Man and the Sea

1958

English

6.9

♡ 24

75%

Fred Zinnemann Director

Don Diamond as Cafe Proprietor

Harry Bellaver as Martin

Spencer Tracy as The Old Man / Narrator

Don Alvarado as Waiter

Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.

White Savage

1943

English

5.8

♡ 5

Arthur Lubin Director

Anthony Warde as Clerk

Minerva Urecal as Native Woman

Maria Montez as Princess Tahia

Thomas Gomez as Sam Miller

A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.

Moko Jumbie

2017

English

7.8

♡ 2

Vashti Anderson Director

Melvina Hazard as Gloria

Dinesh Maharaj as Jagessar

Sharda Maharaj as Mary

Aryana Mohammed as Sujata

Amidst the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad, Asha, a displaced girl seeking her roots, is drawn to a young fisherman who shares her desire to look beyond.

Wonderful Things

5.6

Herbert Wilcox Director

Liz Fraser as Hot Dog Seller

Jocelyn Lane as Pepita

Harold Kasket as Poppa

Ronnie Barker as Waiter

Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by.

Leviathan

2012

English

♡ 12

83%

Lucien Castaing-Taylor Director

Brian Jannelle as Himself

Adrian Guillette as Himself

Arthur Smith as Himself

Asterias Vulgaris as Himself

An experimental portrait of the North American commercial fishing industry through the lens of GoPro cameras placed on a fishing vessel off the coast of New England.

After the Storm

2001

English

5.0

♡ 10

12%

Guy Ferland Director

Benjamin Bratt as Arno

Jennifer Beals as Mrs. Gavotte

Nestor Serrano as Ortega

Stephen Lang as Sargeant Major Jim

On the run from smugglers and the police, world-weary scavenger Arno (Benjamin Bratt) takes a job as a courier for a tycoon. But when the tycoon's yacht goes down in a storm, can Arno partner with a fellow sea scavenger to loot the ship's bounty? What awaits are diamonds, emeralds and gold. Guy Ferland directs this tropical noir film, which is based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Armand Assante co-stars.

La grande strada azzurra

1957

Italian

6.8

♡ 4

Gillo Pontecorvo Director

Yves Montand as Giovanni Squarciò

Terence Hill as Renato

Alida Valli as Rosetta, la moglie

Francisco Rabal as Salvatore

Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs. But Squarciò borrows money, loses his boat, and in a moment of supreme desperation, has to bomb directly off-shore, causing the hatred and rejection of his fellow fishermen. Trying to save his family, Squarciò and his young sons sail their new boat out beyond the local waters and bomb-fish again. But this time, the sea exacts a terrible toll…

Kedi

2016

Turkish

7.6

♡ 68

98%

human animal relationship

urban setting

Ceyda Torun Director Bengu

Bengu as Herself Deniz

Deniz as Himself Duman

Duman as Himself Gamsiz

Gamsiz as Himself

A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.

La Terra Trema

1948

Italian

7.8

♡ 9

82%

Luchino Visconti Director

Luchino Visconti as Narrator

Antonio Pietrangeli as Narrator

Nicola Castorino as Nicola

Antonio Arcidiacono as Ntoni

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

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