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

The Mermaid (2016), Deep Sea (2006), Das Boot (1981), The Abyss (1989), March of the Penguins (2005), Deep Blue (2003), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Underwater movies.

#16. Black Sea (2014)

Storyline: After a decade of hard work at a marine salvage company, the recently redundant submarine captain, Robinson, decides to risk everything in search of a fabled underwater treasure: a sunken Nazi U-boat laden with gold ingots of inestimable value. Bent on unearthing the unclaimed prize under the nose of the Russians and their hostile naval fleet, Robinson assembles a hand-picked mixed crew of antagonistic experts to comb the vast seabed of the cold Black Sea in a rusty Soviet submarine. However, as greed gets the best of the already divided team, the promise of an equal share rapidly starts to fade away. Can Robinson's men resurface in one piece, and, above all, rich?

Plot Keywords: sea captain, sailor, crew member, british man, russian, rival, brutal ...

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#17. Boy on a Dolphin (1957)

Storyline: Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.—Kona

Plot Keywords: diver, boyfriend, archaeologist, art collector, melodramatic, engaging, greece ...

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#18. The Water Babies (1978)

Storyline: This story is about a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help the Water Babies leave their enclosed lake and reach the free waters of the ocean.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

Plot Keywords: young boy, shark, boss, apprentice, lighthearted, spectacular, suspenseful ...

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#19. The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

Storyline: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as con men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, they are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.—Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>

Plot Keywords: con artist, partner, spy, agent, scientist, madcap, campy ...

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#20. Crawl (2019)

Storyline: Against all logic, the competitive swimmer, Haley, drives into the mouth of a furiously destructive Category 5 hurricane on a collision course with her hometown of Florida, to check in on her estranged father, Dave. There, in their weather-beaten house amid a rapidly sinking and alligator-infested town, Haley and her father find themselves trapped in the labyrinthine mess of their flooded crawl space, where a merciless pair of six-metre predators is silently stalking them. Now--as Haley and Dave are gasping for air in the claustrophobic basement--only their will to survive can help them stand a chance against the scaly adversaries' powerful jaws. Can they escape without getting eaten alive?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: young girl, father, alligator, rescue worker, intense, gripping, thrilling ...

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#21. Sphere (1998)

Storyline: 1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. What is the secret behind the sphere? Will they survive the mysterious 'manifestations'? Who or what is creating these? They may never live to find out.

Plot Keywords: psychologist, astrophysicist, mathematician, soldier, alien, chilling, disturbing ...

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#22. San Andreas (2015)

Storyline: In San Andreas, California is experiencing a statewide earthquake that goes on record as easily the biggest earthquake in history. Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a helicopter rescue pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to find his daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is in San Francisco amid-st the chaos. Ray's estranged wife, Emma, is forced to turn to Ray for help, as he is her last resort. Together they journey to save their daughter.

Plot Keywords: pilot, wife, daughter, co-pilot, co-worker, scientist, emotional ...

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#23. Sanctum (2011)

Storyline: The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea. Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team-including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?

Plot Keywords: diver, explorer, son, businessman, suspenseful, uneasy, south pacific ...

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#24. 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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#26. Poseidon (2006)

Storyline: It is New Year's Eve, and over 2,000 passengers & crew are ringing in the New Year aboard the huge cruise ship 'Poseidon' when it capsizes on the open sea in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean! A small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler Dylan Johns ignores captain's orders to wait below for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to safety. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others, as Dylan is followed by a desperate father searching for his daughter and her fiancée--a young couple who hours before couldn't summon the courage to tell him they were engaged and now face much graver challenges. Along the way they are joined by a single mother and her wise-beyond-his-years son, an anxious stowaway and a despondent fellow passenger who boarded the ship not sure he wanted to live but now knows he doesn't want to die. Determined to fight their way to the surface, the group sets ...

Plot Keywords: woman, fiancé, stowaway, waiter, gambler, survivor, suspenseful ...

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#27. 47 Meters Down (2017)

Storyline: Two sisters are exploring the deep blue sea until something goes wrong. As they submerge 47m they encounter a creature that only wants flesh and blood. As they fight their way back to the top, they shortly run out of oxygen. With only an hour left they're not only racing against time they are racing against life and death.

Plot Keywords: teen girl, friend, scuba diver, shark, tour guide, diver, thrilling ...

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#28. Isle of Fury (1936)

Storyline: In the South Seas, Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon are getting married when a ship goes down offshore. Val rescues Captain Deever and passenger Eric Blacke. Later Eric saves Val from an octopus. Unknown as their friendship develops is the fact that Val is a fugitive and Eric is the detective sent to arrest him.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, detective, fugitive, doctor, ship captain, shocking ...

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