Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Maggie (1954), China Seas (1935), The African Queen (1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Sea Wolf (1941), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Captain movies.
Storyline: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. "In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
Plot Keywords: adventure, history, drama, survival, nautical, 19th century, true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the English Channel, John Sands (Charlton Heston), from a small rescue ship, finds the freighter Mary Deare drifting. Although there's only a little fire, the whole crew seems to have left the ship. John's already looking forward to a large salvage fee, but then he finds First Officer Gideon Patch (Gary Cooper) still on board. Sands can't get back to his tug boat and stays with Patch while Patch grounds the Mary Deare. Although he doesn't understand yet what happened on the Mary Deare, Sands allows Patch to persuade him not to talk about what he saw on-board, and to drag out the official investigation of the incident.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: adventure, mystery, drama, shipwreck, courtroom, investigation, conspiracy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cliff Henderson and his family are traveling aboard the SS Claridon en route to Japan. The Claridon is an old ship, on its last voyage before heading to the scrap heap. An explosion in the engine room weakens the hull and the ship is now taking on more water than the bilge pumps can deal with. The Captain seems to have difficulty accepting that his ship will sink. Henderson's wife Laurie is severely injured and trapped under a fallen beam. While the men in the engine room work frantically to shore up the hull, Henderson tries to free his wife from the wreckage with the help of one of the crew, Hank Lawson.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: disaster, shipwreck, survival, at sea, rescue, family, suspense ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Francesco Totti retraces his entire life whiles watching it on the silver screen together with the audience. Images and emotions flow among key moments of his career, scenes from his personal life and memories he has never shared before.
Plot Keywords: football, documentary, italy, sports, biography, legend, career ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: During the war off Nova Scotia a fishing boat comes across a badly damaged Danish schooner with only the captain aboard after it has apparently been shelled by a German U-boat. Not realising the sinister real purpose of the larger boat, the fishermen agree to tow it into an isolated harbour.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, war, historical, action, suspense, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, drama, romance, nautical, revenge, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past, Angelica (Penélope Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love, or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
Plot Keywords: adventure, fantasy, action, england, naval battle, swordplay, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to make other arrangements. However, after witnessing their tearful goodbye, the home's residents vote to allow the couple to move in together. The Captain is a reluctant lodger, uncomfortable at being surrounded by so much femininity, and bristles when his pals start referring to him as "Old Lady". The time has come for Captain Peabody to reassert his manhood!—Chris Stone <jstone@bellatlantic.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, drama, romance, female lead, 1940s, black and white ...
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: 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: 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: adventure, historical, action, nautical, treasure, naval battle, gold ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A ship's captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship, he is less prepared for the social duties the new position involves, not least the way he becomes the target for all the comely unattached women on board.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, nautical, adventure, british film, humor, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After witnessing his mate and child's death from Nolan's hands, Orca, the killer whale, goes on a rampage in the fishermen's harbor. Under the villagers' pressure, Nolan, Rachel and an Indian sail after the great beast, who will bring them on his own turf.—M Lalonde
Plot Keywords: revenge, ocean, thriller, adventure, horror, survival, hunt ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Noah Dugan agrees to fly missionary Bernadette Lafleur and her cargo of animals to a remote island, its only because he is on the run from a couple of bookies. What neither of them know is that two of Miss Lafleur's young students have stowed away with the animals & Miss Lafleur's transistor radio has interfered with the plane's instruments and they're all now miles off course. After a forced landing on a remote island, Dugan, Bernadette, Bobby and Julie discover that they are not alone. Together with two Japanese soldiers who have been stranded on the island since WWII, they must turn the plane into a seaworthy boat if they are ever to make it home. When Bobby and Julie insist that they cannot leave the animals behind, the converted plane truly becomes a second Noah's Ark—April M. Cheek <Aravis2713@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, family, comedy, drama, aviation, animals, survival ...
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