#2. The Shape of Water (2017)

Storyline: From master storyteller Guillermo del Toro comes THE SHAPE OF WATER, an otherworldly fable set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Doug Jones.

Plot Keywords: mute person, creature, marine biologist, friend, cleaning lady, government agent, moving ...

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#3. Local Hero (1983)

Storyline: Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However, a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms.

Plot Keywords: businessperson, fisherman, boss, innkeeper, marine biologist, charming, amusing ...

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#4. Dolphin Tale (2011)

Storyline: A lonely and friendless boy finds and untangles a hurt dolphin that is caught in a crab trap. He becomes very attached to the dolphin when the tail must be taken off to save the dolphin's life. The boy believes the dolphin would be able to swim normally if it was given a prosthetic tail.

Plot Keywords: dolphin, young boy, marine biologist, heartwarming, melodramatic, incredible, florida ...

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#5. 50 First Dates (2004)

Storyline: Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached. This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore. Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and feel the start of a serious relationship occurring. Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognize him. This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day. Henry won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day.

Plot Keywords: marine biologist, playboy, friend, stoner, girlfriend, father, endearing ...

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#6. Europa Report (2013)

Storyline: Europa, Jupiter's moon is known to have potential to support life. Hence a manned mission is sent to Europa to search for data proving existence of life there. "Europa report" shows the difficult choices and sacrifices the crew has to make to fulfill their objective of sending valuable data to Earth for research.

Plot Keywords: astronaut, crew member, pilot, captain, engineer, marine biologist, fascinating ...

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#7. The Day of the Dolphin (1973)

Storyline: Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.—Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>

Plot Keywords: marine biologist, wife, dolphin, undercover agent, uneasy, touching, suspenseful ...

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#9. The Giant Behemoth (1959)

Storyline: The dumping of radioactive waste in the ocean disturbs a prehistoric monster than can project electric shocks and radioactive beams. After terrorizing the English coast, it is discovered that if the creature is destroyed with conventional weaponry it would spread a dangerous amount radioactive contamination over the entire country, with this fact preventing the military from attacking the monster as it nears London.—Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>

Plot Keywords: dinosaur, marine biologist, monster, professor, doctor, submarine officer, thrilling ...

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#11. Zeus and Roxanne (1997)

Storyline: Mary Beth is a marine biologist that gets annoyed when a dog called Zeus stows aboard her research boat. Nevertheless she is intrigued when the intrusive canine makes best friends with her captive dolphin, Roxanne. She falls in love with Zeus' owner, Terry, a musician who rides a bike.—Marcos Eduardo Acosta Aldrete

Plot Keywords: dog, dolphin, marine biologist, musician, uplifting, spirited, touching ...

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#12. Tentacles (1977)

Storyline: 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. Just at the same time a great sailing regatta with many children is started - among them Turner's nephew Tommy.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Plot Keywords: reporter, marine biologist, company owner, wife, campy, melodramatic, frightening ...

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#13. Jaws 3-D (1983)

Storyline: Several years after Amity's former Police Chief Martin Brody electrocuted the shark at Cable Junction, his sons, Mike & Sean, are now working in different roles at Sea World Orlando. Mike is working as a park engineer and considering marriage to his girlfriend, killer whale biologist Kathryn Morgan. Sean is also involved with 1 of the park's water skiers, Kelly Ann Bukowski. Sea World is about to open a massive 'Undersea Kingdom' which will bring visitors closer to marine life than ever before. The park is accessible from the ocean by a series of gates, one of which malfunctions. A young Great White Shark swims through the gate, and when a maintenance diver heads down to fix the gate he does not return. The young Great White is captured & placed in a tank but soon dies despite Kathryn's best efforts to save it. More alarming though, is the young shark's massive, 35 foot mother which has followed the baby shark into the lagoon and killed the maintenance diver, whose body is recovered. ...

Plot Keywords: young man, young woman, marine biologist, manager, shark, dolphin, frightening ...

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#14. The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues (1956)

Storyline: An unusual radioactive rock on the sea bottom mutates the ocean life into a horrible monster. When charred, radioactive bodies begin to drift ashore a scientist and government agent investigate the phenomenon, and it's connection to a local marine biology professor.—Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>

Plot Keywords: beast, monster, fisherman, investigator, marine biologist, government agent, creepy ...

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#15. Super Shark (2011)

Storyline: An offshore drilling accident releases a giant primordial shark. When the shark flies and walks on land threatening to turn a bikini contest into a bloodbath, marine biologist Kat Carmichael arrives to destroy the shark and save beach-goers. Her efforts are stymied by corporate bad guy Roger Wade and his flunky Stewart who are only interested in their own agenda of money, money, money. With time running out for beach loving humans, Carmichael recruits heroic skipper Chuck and fearless disc jockey Dynamite Stevens to help her blast the blood thirsty shark back to a watery grave.—jodilyn

Plot Keywords: marine biologist, monster, tycoon, suspenseful, california, seaside, community ...

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