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.

High and Dry

1954

English

6.9

♡ 8

Alexander Mackendrick Director

Geoffrey Keen as Campbell

John Horsley as Man in office

Paul Douglas as the American / Marshall

James Copeland as the crew of the 'Maggie': the Mate / The Mate

The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.

Saps at Sea

1940

English

7.0

♡ 5

72%

Gordon Douglas Director

Harry Anderson as

Charlie Hall as Desk Clerk

Jack Hill as Man Beneath Auto

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues.

I'll See You in My Dreams

2015

English

6.7

♡ 22

93%

Brett Haley Director

Sam Elliott as Bill

Mark Adair-Rios as Exterminator

Malin Akerman as Katherine Petersen

Caroline Lagerfelt as Leslie

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.

The Sea Wolf

1941

English

7.5

♡ 13

100%

Michael Curtiz Director

Barry Fitzgerald as Cooky

Gene Lockhart as Dr. Prescott

Ida Lupino as Ruth Brewster

Edward G. Robinson as 'Wolf' Larsen

Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.

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.

Gone Fishin'

1997

English

4.8

♡ 20

4%

Christopher Cain Director

Joe Pesci as Joe Waters

Maury Chaykin as Kirk, Waiter

Rosanna Arquette as Rita

Alfred Nittoli as Vending Worker #2

Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.

Malibu Express

1985

English

4.7

♡ 28

32%

Andy Sidaris Director

Darby Hinton as Cody Abilene

Sybil Danning as Contessa Luciana

Art Metrano as Matthew

Regis Philbin as Regis Philbin

In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman Beverly McAfee to infiltrate a mansion and discover who is sending computer secrets to the Russians.

Torpedo

2019

Dutch

5.9

♡ 21

Sven Huybrechts Director

Frank Gerrish as Captain Maes

Philip Hersh as Fons

Martin Semmelrogge as Kriechbaum

Koen De Bouw as Stan

World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler’s army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.

The Bow

2005

Korean

7.1

♡ 15

86%

husband wife relationship

little girl

Romance

Ki-duk Kim Director

Ji-Seok Seo as The student

Gook-hwan Jeon as The student's father

Yeo-reum Han as The young girl

Seok-hyeon Jo as Third Man

On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard.

Spite Marriage

1929

English

6.9

♡ 9

100%

Buster Keaton Director

Theodore Lorch as Actor

Leila Hyams as Ethyl Norcrosse

Edward Earle as Lionel Benmore

Jack Byron as Scarzi

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.

Low Tide

2019

English

6.3

♡ 27

72%

Kevin McMullin Director

Teddy Coluca as Harbor Boss

Jaeden Lieberher as Peter

Shea Whigham as Sergeant Kent

Daniel Zolghadri as Smitty

In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan and his friends Red and Smitty break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his younger brother Peter find a bag of gold coins, they try to hide them from the others — but Red, suspicious and violently unpredictable, seems willing to do anything to get the money.

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

English

7.6

♡ 13

85%

86%

Action

based on novel or book

John M. Stahl Director

Addison Richards as Bedford

Darryl Hickman as Danny Harland

Gene Lockhart as Dr. Saunders

Vincent Price as Russell Quinton

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

Fire Down Below

1957

English

6.0

♡ 6

28%

Robert Parrish Director

Maurice Kaufmann as 3rd U.S. Sailor

Peter Illing as Captain of Ulysses

Robert Mitchum as Felix Bowers

Anthony Newley as Miguel

Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.

Cold Sweat

1970

English

5.7

♡ 9

25%

Terence Young Director

James Mason as Captain Ross

Liv Ullmann as Fabienne Martin

Charles Bronson as Joe Martin

Jill Ireland as Moira

During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.

The Boatniks

1970

English

5.6

♡ 5

52%

Norman Tokar Director

Don Ameche as Commander Taylor

Florence Halop as Florence

Wally Cox as Jason

Norman Fell as Max

Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild, a young woman who runs a sailing school. Of course the way he expresses his deep sympathy for the lady leaves to be desired. And the situation does not improve when a trio of bumbling jewel thieves interferes.

Sylvia

2003

English

6.3

♡ 10

37%

Christine Jeffs Director

Jared Harris as Al Alvarez

Julian Firth as James Michie

Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath

Daniel Craig as Ted Hughes

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

The Boat Is Full

1981

German

7.1

♡ 6

75%

Markus Imhoof Director

Ilse Bahrs as Frau Ostrowskij

Tina Engel as Judith Krueger

Michael Gempart as Landjäger Bigler

Curt Bois as Lazar Ostrowskij

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?

Deep Blue Sea 3

2020

English

4.7

♡ 63

79%

John Pogue Director

Brashaad Mayweather as Brown

Tania Raymonde as Emma Collins

Emerson Brooks as Eugene Shaw

Nathaniel Buzolic as Richard Lowell

Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a "scientific" team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three bull sharks who we soon learn aren't just any bull sharks.

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