A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.

Stop Me Before I Kill!

1960

English

6.0

♡ 4

31%

Val Guest Director

Ronald Lewis as Alan Colby

Diane Cilento as Denise Colby

Anne Tirard as Nicole

Aileen Lewis as Onlooker at Crash

Race car driver Alan Colby and his new wife Denise are involved in a car crash where he sustains a serious head injury, causing him to have murderous feelings toward Denise. After Denise persuades him to honeymoon with her on the Cote D'Azur in France, they enlist the aid of a French psychiatrist who offers to regress Alan back to the time of the accident and cure him.

Warlords of the Deep

1978

English

5.5

♡ 15

41%

Kevin Connor Director

Daniel Massey as Atraxon

Cyd Charisse as Atsil

Shane Rimmer as Captain Daniels

Hal Galili as Grogan

Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell disabled, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advanced alien race that makes sailors their slaves.

Cannery Row

1982

English

6.6

♡ 6

75%

71%

Action

based on novel or book

David S. Ward Director

Nick Nolte as Doc

Art LaFleur as Doorman

Audra Lindley as Fauna Flood

Christopher Doyle as Frat Boy #6

Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.

Deep Sea

2006

English

7.5

♡ 2

91%

underwater photography

Howard Hall Director

Johnny Depp as Narration

Kate Winslet as Narration

Sea life in a whole new way. Deep Sea 3D, an underwater adventure from the filmmakers behind the successful IMAX® 3D film Into the Deep, transports audiences deep below the ocean surface. Through the magic of IMAX®; and IMAX 3D, moviegoers will swim with some of the planets most unique, dangerous and colorful creatures, and understand this inspiring underworld.

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

2009

English

2.5

♡ 16

19%

Jack Perez Director

Lorenzo Lamas as Allan Baxter

Matt Lagan as Destroyer Captain

Debbie Gibson as Emma MacNeil

Stephen Blackehart as U.S. Sub Sonar Chief

The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.

Deep

2017

English

4.2

♡ 15

Action

Adventure

Animation

arctic polar circle region

Julio Soto Gurpide Director

Phil LaMarr as Artie

Joe Ochman as Extras - Male

Jess Harnell as Luigi

Bob Bergen as Ralph

In 2100, when humanity has abandoned the earth, a colony of extravagant creatures still thrives in the deepest abyss of the ocean.

Tentacles

3.8

Ovidio G. Assonitis Director

Marc Fiorini as Don

Cesare Danova as John Corey

Henry Fonda as Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction

Claude Akins as Sheriff Robards

Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...

Devil Fish

1984

Italian

2.8

♡ 4

Lamberto Bava Director

Darla N. Warner as Dr. Janet Bates

Valentine Monnier as Dr. Stella Dickens

William Berger as Prof. Donald West

Iris Peynado as Sandra Hayes

A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.

Octopussy

1983

English

6.5

♡ 76

41%

secret intelligence service

Thriller

John Glen Director

Walter Gotell as Gogol

Geoffrey Keen as Minister of Defence

Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

Aileen Lewis as Woman at Udaipur Hotel Bar

James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.

Popeye

1980

English

5.4

♡ 37

60%

Robert Altman Director

Richard Libertini as Geezil

Julie Janney as Mena Walfleur - a Steinette

Roberta Maxwell as Nana Oyl

Paul Dooley as Wimpy

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

My Octopus Teacher

2020

English

8.1

♡ 44

93%

James Reed Director

Craig Foster as Self

Tom Foster as Self / Son of Craig Foster

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.

Departures

2008

Japanese

8.0

♡ 31

80%

Yôjirô Takita Director

Yukiko Tachibana as

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Ikuei Sasaki

Tôru Minegishi as Yoshiki Kobayashi

Kimiko Yo as Yuriko Uemura

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

Clash of the Titans

1981

English

6.9

♡ 51

63%

stop motion (some scenes)

witch

Desmond Davis Director

Neil McCarthy as Calibos

Siân Phillips as Cassiopeia

Pat Roach as Hephaestus

Maggie Smith as Thetis

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

Scarygirl

2023

English

5.3

♡ 13

86%

father daughter relationship

Ricard Cussó Director

Rob Collins as Blister

Liv Hewson as Bug Eye

Sam Neill as Dr. Maybee

Anna Torv as The Keeper

As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.

Stromboli

1950

Italian

7.2

♡ 11

67%

marriage of convenience

Roberto Rossellini Director

Mario Vitale as Antonio

Ingrid Bergman as Karin

Mario Sponzo as The Man from the Lighthouse

Renzo Cesana as The Priest

After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.

Penguins of Madagascar

2014

English

6.6

♡ 140

74%

Simon J. Smith Director

Benedict Cumberbatch as Classified

Peter Stormare as Corporal

Billy Eichner as New York Reporter

Dee Bradley Baker as Zoo Patron

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

Sharktopus

2010

English

3.3

♡ 6

60%

Declan O'Brien Director

Kerem Bürsin as Andy Flynn

Héctor Jiménez as Bones

Michael Gaglio as Fisherman

Eric Roberts as Nathan Sands

The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.

The War of the Gargantuas

1966

Japanese

6.1

♡ 11

Ishirô Honda Director

Russ Tamblyn as Dr. Paul Stewart

Jun Tazaki as General

Shigeo Katô as JSDF Member

Kipp Hamilton as Singer

Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda

2014

English

3.3

♡ 2

38%

Kevin O'Neill Director

Kerem Bürsin as Andy Flynn

Conan O'Brien as Conan O'Brien

Robert Carradine as Dr. Rico Symes

Katie Savoy as Lorena Christmas

An American scientist up to no good (as usual) by creating the half-pterodactyl, half-barracuda: Pteracuda. When the creature inevitably escapes, it's up to Sharktopus to stop him.

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