Highest-Rated Movies about 'Boat Captain', Sort by Popularity

In the Deep (2017), Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956), The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935), The Perfect Storm (2000), Blood Alley (1955), Love Is a Ball (1963), Elias and the Treasure of the Sea (2010), Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Boat Captain movies.

#2. Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)

Storyline: In the fall of 1939, the German heavy cruiser (referred to as a pocket battleship) Graf Spee seems to have command of the Atlantic. In the first three months of World War II, she was responsible for sinking nine ships. The British sent three cruisers commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood to confront her. The battle took place on December 13, 1939 and the British came out on top. The Graf Spee headed for the neutral harbor of Montevideo, Uruguay. They were given only a short time to effect repairs and the British did their best to make them believe a British fleet of six or eight ships awaited them. Rather than chance the loss of his men, the German Captain ordered the Graf Spee scuttled.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: boat captain, nazi, soldier, british officer, commandant, gory, suspenseful ...

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#3. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)

Storyline: Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider leaving the exciting life on the canal for a banal one on a farm...—Ed Lorusso <elorusso@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: farmer, cook, bully, boat captain, dentist, love interest, amusing ...

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#4. The Perfect Storm (2000)

Storyline: In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.

Plot Keywords: fisherman, captain, friend, beautiful woman, rescue worker, boat captain, dark ...

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#6. Love Is a Ball (1963)

Storyline: Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riviera, and Grand Duke Gaspar is the bait. But what if Millicent starts to fancy planted chauffeur John instead, and Gaspar takes a shine to Etienne's secretary Janine?—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: heiress, duke, boat captain, matchmaker, amusing, lighthearted, emotional ...

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#7. Elias and the Treasure of the Sea (2010)

Storyline: The annual winter fisheries are about to start, but the great catch never seems to come their way. It turns out that large industrial trawlers have emptied the ocean of fish, and it looks like ordinary little fishing boats will have a hard time surviving. The trawlers belong to a new, super-modern fishing enterprise owned and run by the tough business vessel The Arctic Queen. Elias discovers what's going on, and gathers all his power in order to save the future of his tiny coastal community. He succeeds, of course, but first we will take part in a story both thrilling and funny, including a hidden Viking treasure, the most sinister villain boat of the year, a coup involving sending all the Cozy Cove fishing boats as scrap iron to China, and the cute mini-sub Dippy, which becomes a new and important acquaintance for Elias.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: boat captain, thrilling, playful, underwater, boats, community, adventure ...

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#8. Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)

Storyline: When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money on the boat and tells his daughter Patsy to bring it to him at a later stop on the river. When Patsy arrives without the money, both her and her father are made prisoners. So she sends her trained dog back to the showboat for help.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: gene autry, outlaw, partner, father, boat captain, daughter, creative ...

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#9. Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)

Storyline: The Dutch East Indies, in the late 19th century. Capt. Hanson of the "Batavia Queen" is preparing to embark on a salvage expedition. His mistress, Laura, knows the location of a ship belonging to her late husband, a shipwreck concealing a cargo of rare pearls. A diver and a diving bell are aboard ship. But a government agent coerces Hanson into accepting a shipment of convicts for the ship's hold. The wreck lies dangerously close to the erupting volcano on the island of Krakatoa, where Laura's young son attends the convent school...—David Woodfield

Plot Keywords: captain, boat captain, ship captain, adventurer, man, thrilling, engaging ...

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#10. Ghost Ship (2002)

Storyline: After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

Plot Keywords: boat captain, air force pilot, crew member, little girl, singer, evil spirit, chilling ...

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#11. Serenity (2019)

Storyline: Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her - and their young son - from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen's appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he'd tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.

Plot Keywords: fisherman, boat captain, ex-wife, son, husband, ship captain, dark ...

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