China Seas (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Love Affair (1939), Pirate Radio (2009), The Finest Hours (1964), A Hijacking (2013), Saps at Sea (1940), Damn the Defiant! (1962) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best At Sea movies.
Storyline: As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him. Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller, a woman Ehrlich has been ordered to return to Germany safely along with whatever secrets she carries. When Ehrlich's fiercely Nazi chief officer Kirchner commits an atrocity, the British pursuit becomes deadly.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, war, drama, action, history, nautical, naval battle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, british film, navy, submarine, military, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this unhistorical account, Capt. William Kidd is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India. He enlists a crew of pardoned cutthroats - and Orange Povey, whom Kidd once abandoned on a reef and hoped never to see again. Of course, Kidd's intentions are treacherous. But there's more to gunner Adam Mercy than meets the eye.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: adventure, history, action, nautical, treasure, betrayal, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: disaster, adventure, action, drama, based on true story, at sea, storm ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Against his personal preference, PT boat commander Ward Stewart is made executive officer of the submarine USS Corsair. On leave before sailing, he meets schoolteacher Jean Hewlett and gives her a romantic rush...unaware that she's the sweetheart of Dewey Connors, his new commander. At sea, the men bond while fighting German Q-ships. When will they discover their mutual romantic rivalry? Will it interfere with a spectacular commando raid on a secret German base?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, submarine, military operation, action, adventure, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Plot Keywords: war, navy, smuggling, crime, betrayal, moral dilemma, world war ii ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, drama, war, thriller, historical, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, historical, nautical, rebellion, oppression, freedom ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lt. Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine) and his navy crew concoct a plot to make some money from horse racing results, but the plan flops and they ring up a $2,000 debt to a troop of Marines. When they try to recoup their losses, their ship runs into a building, which only compounds their debt. Soon McHale and the klutzy Parker (Tim Conway) devise a new idea: They will steal a racehorse and enter it in a race in disguise, hoping to win the prize money.
Plot Keywords: war, comedy, military, 1960s, world war ii, adventure, action ...
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: family, adventure, military, coming of age, disney, based on true events, navy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fifteen young sailors... six months of intense training... one chance at the brass ring. This documentary tells the story of a group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, as they embark on life's first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the TRANSPAC, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of "Morning Light" matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2300 mile showdown against top professionals. From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, they form an unbreakable bond in the process of becoming a singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts.—Walt Disney Pictures
Plot Keywords: documentary, racing, youth, team, adventure, training, challenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An airplane filled with V.I.P.s invited Mr. Philip Steven's grand opening of his art collection in Florida is hijacked when a trio knock out the passengers with gas and try to steal the priceless cargo of art treasures. But everything goes wrong for the hijackers when the low flying 747 clips an oil rig and crashes in the Bermuda Triangle. While the passengers remain alive in the shallow water, a daring rescue operation is planned to bring the plane up without breaking it in two.—Adam Carpenter <encenoman@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: disaster, action, thriller, adventure, suspense, rescue, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Plot Keywords: adventure, historical, war, drama, nautical, action, american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After a pierside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White (Sir Richard Attenborough) finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails, he enlists the help of his best friend Puncher Roberts (Sir John Mills) to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding, and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed, and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on-board.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: comedy, war, british, navy, humour, adventure, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this inspiring fantasy film, three children befriend a young Cambodian boy who dreams of returning home. When the children meet an eccentric railroad engineer (Mickey Rooney) with an abandoned steam locomotive, they hatch a plan to restore the train and embark on a wondrous journey to return the young boy to his family.
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, drama, history, war, epic, survival ...
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