La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998), The Sea Wolf (1941), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Crimson Tide (1995), The Crimson Pirate (1952), Moby Dick (1956), The Hurricane (1937), The Long Voyage Home (1940) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Seafaring movies.
Storyline: The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England. But during the voyage, the childrens' ship is boarded by pirates and in the confusion the children wind up trapped on the pirate ship. The children view it as a lark, and one of them, a girl named Emily, develops an unusual bond with Chavez, the pirate captain. The superstitious pirates can't wait to unload the kids at the first port, but a tragedy prevents it, and Emily's relationship with Chavez takes a fateful twist.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: father, mother, buccaneer, pirate, child, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Early in the 19th century, the USS Constitution is launched as part of an effort to stop piracy in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, a young man determined to go to sea is befriended by the bos'n of the merchant ship Esther, and he joins her crew. When the Esther reaches the Mediterranean, she too, along with the Constitution, becomes involved in the battle against the pirates.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: young man, sea captain, crew member, pirate, lieutenant, love interest, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During an evacuation in the waning days of the Korean War, three American soldiers retrieve an enemy airman and take him prisoner aboard the civilian ship returning them to their lines. When an order comes down from their superiors to kill the prisoner, the sergeant in charge, Briscoe, orders his men, Dennison and Hackett, to carry out the execution. But first one and then the other refuse to follow the order. A tense stand-off ensues between the seemingly heartless sergeant and his conscience-stricken men.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: sergeant, private, prisoner of war, enemy, soldier, gripping, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Plot Keywords: first mate, captain, engineer, daughter, investor, partner, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a none-too-scrupulous smuggler. When the ship encounters the foundering "Lady Letty," some of the Letty's crew is brought aboard, including Letty 'Moran' Sternerson, feisty daughter of the Letty's captain. Moran and Ramon have little use for each other, but when trouble erupts and the smuggler Captain Kitchell turns his evil eye on Moran, it is Ramon who comes to her rescue.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: playboy, beautiful woman, ship captain, sailor, thrilling, melodramatic, ship ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Plot Keywords: crew member, naval officer, ship owner, murderer, skipper, smuggler, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...
Plot Keywords: sea captain, captain, daughter, adventurer, monster, enemy, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away. He abandoned her and a sailor on a mysterious island and has come back after all these years to see if she is still alive and if the nightmares he has will stop. The daughter has been found by five survivors of a Union Army Balloon that crashed near the island. At sea, Professor Aronnax was aboard the ship 'Abraham Lincoln' when Nemo rammed it and threw the Professor, his daughter and two others into the water. Prisoners at first, they are now treated as guests to view the underwater world and to hunt under the waves. Nemo will also tells them about the Nautilus and the revenge that has driven him for all these years.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: submarine officer, adventurer, lieutenant, daughter, villain, captain nemo, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sinbad is a story teller who weaves great adventures about - himself. Whether they are true or not, no one knows. For this is the story of the eight adventures of Sinbad - as told by Sinbad. A ship saved by Sinbad and Sabu. A treasure map to the treasure of Alexander the Great, which mysteriously disappears from the ship. The beautiful Shireen - the woman who has stolen the heart of Sinbad. The evil Amir who wants the treasure for himself to own the world. The deadly Melik, who will stop at nothing and kill anyone to have the treasure. A perilous voyage to a mysterious island where the treasure is said to be held.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: sinbad, concubine, lord, assassin, friend, sailor, spectacular ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1674, "reformed" pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon with a Morgan henchman...who's been supplanted by notorious Blackbeard himself. Also on the ship is Edwina Mansfield, seemingly a damsel in distress, to whom there's much more than meets the eye.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: pirate, surgeon, first mate, blackbeard, damsel in distress, hostage, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Terrorists strike on Sept. 11, 2001, while a teenager (Hayden Panettiere) is visiting her father (Bill Pullman) aboard the USS Constellation.
Plot Keywords: naval officer, father, mother, emotional, spirited, aircraft carrier, pacific ocean ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupids between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island. Kidd's treasure is claimed by Captain Anne Bonney, and she accompanies the notorious pirate to the island with the boys and Bruce, who have been shanghaied and the captured Lady Jane.—dukr1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: pirate, captain, waiter, aristocrat, rival, amusing, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.—Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: fisherman, love interest, guide, boss, rich girl, rival, endearing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Marie Galante, a pretty French deliverer of telegrams, is inadvertently abducted by a drunken sea captain bound for Central America. Escaping in Mexico, Marie travels down the coast trying to find a way back home to France. In the Panama Canal Zone, she finds work as a singer and piques the interest of several men: Tenoki, a Japanese merchant, Brogard, his German competitor, Ratcliff, a British diplomatic agent, and Dr. Crawbett, ostensibly a researcher into tropical diseases. In fact, one or more of these men is involved in espionage and a plot to sink the U.S. fleet as it passes through the canal. Naive Marie cannot believe anything nefarious is afoot, but the handsome Dr. Crawbett convinces her to help him uncover the saboteur. But Marie is not sure she can trust even Crawbett.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: messenger, singer, secret agent, sea captain, american, naval officer, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Zenas Brewster (James Barton) is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland (Helen Westley), but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.—Bill Morrison
Plot Keywords: captain, seaman, first mate, housekeeper, daughter, thrilling, rousing ...
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