Highest-Rated Movies about 'Swimming', Sort by Popularity

Watermarks (2004), Welcome (2009), The Long Gray Line (1955), Respiro (2002), On a Clear Day (2005), The Silent World (1956), Water Lilies (2007), Monkey Beach (2020) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Swimming movies.

#1. Watermarks (2004)

Storyline: Taking its name from the Hebrew word for strength, the Hakoah Vienna sports club produced a host of talented female swimmers, who thrived in opposition to anti-Semitic trends that began to color Austrian society in the early 20th century. The club was a casualty of Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s, but several of the women who were team members went on to live long, colorful lives. Now senior citizens, they're reunited in this documentary about sports, survival and bravery.

Plot Keywords: swimmer, young woman, nazi, elderly woman, teammate, holocaust survivor, profound ...

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#3. The Long Gray Line (1955)

Storyline: The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.—Dennis Huffman<dhuffman11@kc.rr.com>

Plot Keywords: wife, mentor, immigrant, soldier, dwight d. eisenhower, endearing, patriotic ...

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#4. Respiro (2002)

Storyline: Grazia is a mother of three who spends suffocating days packing fish while her husband Pietro is at sea. Her oft-erratic behavior leads Pietro into thinking she may need medical attention, and he prepares to send her off to a psychiatric institute in Milan. Their son Pasquale, the one person who understand his mother the most, vows to do whatever it takes to foil his father's plan.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: daughter, wife, husband, depressed person, fisherman, son, amusing ...

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#5. On a Clear Day (2005)

Storyline: After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel. As Frank plunges headlong into his new daily life, his astonished friends are swept along with him. Prodded by stalwart fish-and-chips shop owner Chan, the men support Frank, train him - and keep their goal secret from his wife and son. Frank is unable to confide in those closest to him, but as the big day and moment of truth draw near, there is a sea change. Frank's family confronts him, and he realizes that he must repair his strained family ties. As Frank and those closest to him discover - or re-discover - reserves of love and compassion, he realizes that he is also swimming from one part of his life to another.—Focus Features

Plot Keywords: worker, wife, friend, cynic, son, emotional, inspiring ...

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#6. The Silent World (1956)

Storyline: Jocko De Paris, cadet leader in a Southern military academy, so manipulates events that George Avery, Jr., son of the school's executive officer, is found drunk and expelled. Through various pressures, Jocko silences such involuntary accomplices as his roommate Harold Koble, football star Roger Gatt and freshmen Robert Marquales and Maynard Simmons, a girl-fearing cadet whom Jocko terrorizes into dating Rosebud, a town girl.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: explorer, sailor, diver, engaging, passionate, boat, indian ocean ...

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#7. Water Lilies (2007)

Storyline: Three girls, each about 15, deal with puberty, the onset of sexual attraction, and, for two, the pressure of virginity. Marie, who's slight and diffident, quiet and nearly expressionless, is friends with Anne, who's a bit chunky and impulsive and has decided that François will be her first love. Watching synchronized swimming, Marie is suddenly attracted to the team captain, Floriane, beautiful, aloof, tall, and rumored to be a slut. François pursues her. Marie begins to hang around her; they trade favors, and soon it's an odd sort of friendship. Each of the three experiences her own first, and Marie must sort out attraction and friendship.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: swimmer, teen girl, friend, sultry, emotional, uneasy, swimming pool ...

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#8. Monkey Beach (2020)

Storyline: Monkey Beach is a supernatural mystery. Layering tragedy, humor and redemption, it tells the story of Lisa, a rebellious young woman who must accept her true heroic nature in order to save Jimmy, her brother who is lost at sea. Monkey Beach is set in the magnificent forests and waterways of the Pacific Northwest and the Haisla village of Kitamaat. Haisla cultural stories are woven into the contemporary lives of Lisa and her family, along with a cast of otherworldly characters including ghosts and Sasquatches - the 'monkeys' of Monkey Beach.

Plot Keywords: native american, tomboy, confident, engaging, emotional, intricate, british columbia ...

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#9. Dangerous When Wet (1953)

Storyline: The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!—L. Hamre

Plot Keywords: salesman, swimmer, frenchman, farmer, beautiful woman, amusing, campy ...

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#10. The Big, Bad Swim (2006)

Storyline: An adult swim class sets the stage for this sexually charged comedy-drama about love, loss, and second chances. Three strangers-inextricably connected through personal heartbreak-find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't always about diving right in-it's about getting your feet wet once in awhile.—Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Plot Keywords: swimming instructor, stripper, teacher, cop, high-school student, wife, emotional ...

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#11. The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)

Storyline: Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.

Plot Keywords: boy, empress, sorcerer, father, warrior, bookseller, inspiring ...

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#12. The Days Between (2001)

Storyline: Mathieu, a man who does business abroad, is under great pressure from his rich wife's family to take care of offspring. However, his wife, Françoise is infertile, so he arranges for a surrogate mother. Little by little, his curiosity about the woman in question turns into an obsession and he travels all over the world to meet her. Without ever having met her, he falls in love with her and puts everything at risk for that one true love.

Plot Keywords: young woman, swimmer, exchange student, brother, japanese man, restaurant employee, tender ...

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#13. Swimfan (2002)

Storyline: New Jersey high school senior Ben Cronin is a former juvenile delinquent, whose past criminal behavior was fueled by and for drug use. He credits the support of his now long time girlfriend Amy Miller and getting into competitive swimming as the primary reasons for turning his life around, which includes working part-time at the hospital where his single mother works. He has become the star swimmer of his high school team, so much so that scouts from Stanford University are coming in a week's time to watch Ben swim. Ben has a new swim fan in Madison Bell, a recent transfer student to Ben's high school. Despite Ben making it clear that he is in a committed relationship, Madison seduces him, the seduction to which he succumbs. They agree afterward that their encounter was a one-time only event, but Ben slowly comes to the realization that despite Madison's assertions to the contrary, she has more in mind with him. He feels her constant unspoken threats to expose their tryst and ...

Plot Keywords: high-school student, swimmer, girlfriend, transfer student, coach, friend, suspenseful ...

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