Movies Set at Sea

Few settings strip a story down like open water. With no easy way off the boat, the films set at sea collected here turn the ocean into pressure cooker, antagonist, and entire horizon — tagged by the era and the waters each one sails.

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1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Pacific Ocean — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Richard Fleischer
1966
A Man and a Woman
Paris · Deauville · Monte Carlo — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Claude Lelouch
1996
A Summer's Tale
Dinard — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Éric Rohmer
2009
About Elly
Iran — 2000s
Coastal Seadir. Asghar Farhadi
2013
About Time
London · Cornwall — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Richard Curtis
2022
Aftersun
Turkey — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Charlotte Wells
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Peru — 1700s
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
2013
All Is Lost
Indian Ocean — 2010s
Coastal Seadir. J.C. Chandor
1973
Amarcord
Rimini — 1930s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Federico Fellini
2023
American Fiction
Boston · Los Angeles — 2020s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson
1997
Amistad
Connecticut · Cuba · Sierra Leone — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1957
An Affair to Remember
Atlantic Ocean · New York City — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Leo McCarey
1982
An Officer and a Gentleman
Port Townsend — 1980s
Coastal Seadir. Taylor Hackford
2018
Annihilation
Florida — Near Future
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
2016
Aquarius
Recife — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
1980
Atlantic City
Atlantic City — 1980s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Louis Malle
2019
Atlantics
Dakar — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Mati Diop
2007
Atonement
London — 1930s · 1940s
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright
1972
Avanti!
Ischia — 1970s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder
1987
Babette's Feast
Jutland — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Gabriel Axel
1963
Bay of Angels
Nice · Monte Carlo — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jacques Demy
2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Louisiana — Near Future
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin
2000
Beau Travail
Djibouti · Marseille — 2000s
Desert · Coastal Seadir. Claire Denis
2013
Before Midnight
Greece — 2010s
Coastal Seadir. Richard Linklater
1959
Ben-Hur
Jerusalem · Judea · Rome — Ancient
Urban · Coastal Seadir. William Wyler
1986
Betty Blue
Gruissan · Paris · Marvejols — 1980s
Coastal Sea · Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
1996
Big Night
New Jersey — 1950s
Coastal Seadir. Stanley Tucci
1966
Black Girl
Dakar · French Riviera — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ousmane Sembène
1956
Bob le Flambeur
Paris · Deauville — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Pierre Melville
1981
Body Heat
Florida — 1980s
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Lawrence Kasdan
1996
Breaking the Waves
Scotland — 1970s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Lars von Trier
1982
Cannery Row
Monterey — 1940s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. David S. Ward
2000
Cast Away
Memphis — 1990s · 2000s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
1970
Catch-22
Pianosa — 1940s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Mike Nichols
2012
Cloud Atlas
San Francisco · London · Hawaii · Chatham Islands — 1800s · 1930s · 1970s · 2010s · Far Future
Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski
1985
Cocoon
Florida — 1980s
Coastal Seadir. Ron Howard
2021
CODA
Gloucester · Boston — 2020s
Coastal Seadir. Sian Heder
1963
Contempt
Rome · Capri — 1960s
Urban · Island · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Luc Godard
1995
Crimson Tide
1990s
Coastal Seadir. Tony Scott
1971
Death in Venice
Venice — 1910s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Luchino Visconti
2022
Decision to Leave
Busan — 2020s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook
2016
Deepwater Horizon
Louisiana · Gulf of Mexico — 2010s
Coastal Seadir. Peter Berg
1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
French Riviera — 1980s
Coastal Seadir. Frank Oz
1962
Dr. No
Jamaica — 1960s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Terence Young
1990
Dreams
Japan — 1800s · 1940s · Near Future · Timeless
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa
2017
Dunkirk
Dunkirk — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan
2014
Edge of Tomorrow
London · Paris — 2020s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Doug Liman
2015
Embrace of the Serpent
Colombia — 1900s · 1910s · 1940s
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Ciro Guerra
1979
Escape from Alcatraz
San Francisco — 1960s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Don Siegel
1998
Eternity and a Day
Thessaloniki — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Theo Angelopoulos
2003
Finding Nemo
Sydney · Australia — 2000s
Coastal Seadir. Andrew Stanton
1997
Fireworks
1990s
Coastal Seadir. Takeshi Kitano
1982
Fitzcarraldo
Iquitos — 1900s
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
1970
Five Easy Pieces
Los Angeles · Washington (state) — 1970s
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson
1959
Floating Weeds
Seto Inland Sea — 1950s
Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
2024
Flow
Timeless
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Gints Zilbalodis
1994
Forrest Gump
Alabama · Vietnam · Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
1975
French Connection II
Marseille — 1970s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. John Frankenheimer
2008
Frozen River
New York State — 2000s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt
1997
Gattaca
Near Future
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Andrew Niccol
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Atlantic Ocean · Paris — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Howard Hawks
1989
Glory
Boston · South Carolina — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Edward Zwick
1954
Godzilla
Tokyo — 1950s
Urban · Island · Coastal Seadir. Ishirō Honda
2020
Greyhound
1940s
Coastal Seadir. Aaron Schneider
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Italy — 1910s · 1930s · 1940s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Mark Gustafson
1953
I Vitelloni
Italy — 1950s
Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini
2000
Il Mare
South Korea — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Lee Hyun-seung
1962
Il Sorpasso
Rome · Tuscany — 1960s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Dino Risi
2001
In the Bedroom
Maine — 2000s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Todd Field
2016
In This Corner of the World
Hiroshima · Kure — 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sunao Katabuchi
2002
Insomnia
Alaska — 2000s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan
1997
Insomnia
Tromsø — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Erik Skjoldbjærg
1978
Interiors
New York City · Long Island — 1970s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Woody Allen
1963
Jason and the Argonauts
Greece — Ancient
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Don Chaffey
1975
Jaws
1970s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg
1978
Jaws 2
1970s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Jeannot Szwarc
1954
Journey to Italy
Naples — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Roberto Rossellini
1952
Kansas City Confidential
Kansas City · Tijuana — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Phil Karlson
1948
Key Largo
Key Largo — 1940s
Island · Coastal Seadir. John Huston
1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Timeless
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Hayao Miyazaki
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich
2019
Klaus
Norway — 1800s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Sergio Pablos
1997
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
1990s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Thomas Jahn
1960
L'Avventura
Sicily — 1960s
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni
1960
La Dolce Vita
Rome — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini
1954
La Strada
Italy — 1950s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini
1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Saint-Tropez — 1960s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jean Girault
2014
Leviathan
Russia — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
1989
Licence to Kill
Key West — 1980s
Coastal Sea · Urban · Desertdir. John Glen
2012
Life of Pi
Pondicherry · Montreal — 1970s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee
1944
Lifeboat
Atlantic Ocean — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Alfred Hitchcock
2002
Lilo & Stitch
Hawaii — 2000s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Dean DeBlois
1983
Local Hero
Scotland · Houston — 1980s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Bill Forsyth
1961
Lola
Nantes — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jacques Demy
1990
Lord of the Flies
Pacific Ocean — 1990s
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Harry Hook
1995
Maborosi
Osaka · Ishikawa — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
2016
Manchester by the Sea
Boston — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan
2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Galápagos Islands — 1800s
Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir
1993
Matinee
Key West — 1960s
Coastal Seadir. Joe Dante
2016
Maudie
Nova Scotia — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh
1991
Mediterraneo
Greece — 1940s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Gabriele Salvatores
2000
Men of Honor
New Jersey · Washington, D.C. — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Coastal Seadir. George Tillman Jr.
1955
Mister Roberts
Pacific Ocean — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. John Ford
1956
Moby Dick
New Bedford · Pacific Ocean — 1800s
Coastal Seadir. John Huston
1953
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
1950s
Coastal Seadir. Jacques Tati
1944
Murder, My Sweet
1940s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Edward Dmytryk
1994
Muriel's Wedding
Sydney — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. P.J. Hogan
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
Tahiti · Pacific Ocean — 1700s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Lewis Milestone
1988
Mystic Pizza
Connecticut — 1980s
Coastal Seadir. Donald Petrie
1975
Night Moves
Los Angeles · Florida Keys — 1970s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Arthur Penn
1942
Now, Voyager
Boston · Rio de Janeiro — 1940s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Irving Rapper
1959
On the Beach
Melbourne — Near Future
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Stanley Kramer
1954
On the Waterfront
New York City — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan
1961
One-Eyed Jacks
Sonora · Monterey — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Desertdir. Marlon Brando
1959
Operation Petticoat
Philippines — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Blake Edwards
1946
Paisan
Sicily · Naples · Rome · Florence — 1940s
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Roberto Rossellini
1950
Panic in the Streets
New Orleans — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan
1966
Persona
1960s
Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman
1965
Pierrot le Fou
Paris · French Riviera — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Luc Godard
1940
Pinocchio
Italy — Timeless
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Hamilton Luske
1971
Play Misty for Me
Carmel-by-the-Sea — 1970s
Coastal Seadir. Clint Eastwood
1991
Point Break
Los Angeles · Australia — 1990s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow
2023
Poor Things
London · Lisbon · Alexandria · Paris — 1800s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos
1992
Porco Rosso
Milan · Italy — 1920s · 1930s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Hayao Miyazaki
2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Brittany — 1700s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Céline Sciamma
1948
Portrait of Jennie
New York City · Cape Cod — 1930s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. William Dieterle
1983
Project A
Hong Kong — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jackie Chan
1960
Purple Noon
Rome — 1960s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. René Clément
1987
Radio Days
New York City — 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Woody Allen
1940
Rebecca
Monte Carlo · Cornwall — 1930s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
1964
Red Desert
Ravenna — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Michelangelo Antonioni
1958
Run Silent, Run Deep
Pacific Ocean — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Robert Wise
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Japan — Medieval
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi
1966
Seconds
Scarsdale · Malibu — 1960s
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. John Frankenheimer
2016
Silence
Japan · Macau — Early Modern
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
1959
Some Like It Hot
Chicago · Miami — 1920s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder
1993
Sonatine
Okinawa — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Takeshi Kitano
1984
Splash
New York City · Cape Cod — 1980s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ron Howard
2013
Spring Breakers
Florida — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Harmony Korine
1984
Stranger Than Paradise
New York City · Cleveland · Florida — 1980s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jim Jarmusch
1971
Summer of '42
New England — 1940s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Mulligan
1953
Summer with Monika
Stockholm — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1920s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. F. W. Murnau
2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Alabama · New York City — 2000s
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant
1974
Swept Away
Mediterranean Sea — 1970s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Lina Wertmüller
2016
Swiss Army Man
2010s
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Daniel Kwan
1960
Swiss Family Robinson
1800s
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Ken Annakin
2011
Take Shelter
Ohio — 2010s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols
1959
The 400 Blows
Paris — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut
1958
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Baghdad — Medieval
Island · Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Nathan Juran
1989
The Abyss
Caribbean Sea — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. James Cameron
1954
The Barefoot Contessa
Madrid · Los Angeles · Rapallo — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
2000
The Beach
Thailand · Bangkok — 1990s
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Danny Boyle
1988
The Big Blue
Sicily · Greece · Andes — 1960s · 1980s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Luc Besson
1963
The Birds
Bodega Bay — 1960s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
1979
The Black Stallion
1940s
Island · Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Carroll Ballard
1954
The Caine Mutiny
Pacific Ocean · San Francisco — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Edward Dmytryk
1995
The City of Lost Children
Timeless
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2011
The Descendants
Hawaii — 2010s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Alexander Payne
1969
The Diamond Arm
1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Leonid Gaidai
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
France — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Julian Schnabel
1957
The Enemy Below
Atlantic Ocean — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Dick Powell
1993
The Firm
Memphis · Cayman Islands — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sydney Pollack
1980
The Fog
California — 1980s
Coastal Seadir. John Carpenter
1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
England — 1900s
Coastal Seadir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1985
The Goonies
Astoria — 1980s
Coastal Sea · Underground · Suburbandir. Richard Donner
1974
The Great Gatsby
Long Island · New York City — 1920s
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Jack Clayton
1961
The Guns of Navarone
Greece — 1940s
Island · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. J. Lee Thompson
1990
The Hunt for Red October
Atlantic Ocean · Washington, D.C. — 1980s
Coastal Seadir. John McTiernan
2012
The Impossible
Thailand — 2000s
Coastal Seadir. J. A. Bayona
1999
The Iron Giant
Maine — 1950s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Brad Bird
1941
The Lady Eve
Connecticut — 1940s
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Preston Sturges
1947
The Lady from Shanghai
New York City · San Francisco — 1940s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Orson Welles
1998
The Legend of 1900
1900s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Giuseppe Tornatore
2019
The Lighthouse
New England — 1800s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers
1976
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Maine — 1970s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Nicolas Gessner
1989
The Little Mermaid
Atlantic Ocean — Timeless
Coastal Seadir. Ron Clements
1973
The Long Goodbye
Los Angeles · Mexico — 1970s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Altman
1962
The Longest Day
Normandy — 1940s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Ken Annakin
1987
The Lost Boys
California — 1980s
Coastal Seadir. Joel Schumacher
1986
The Mosquito Coast
Central America — 1980s
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir
2004
The Notebook
South Carolina — 1940s · 2000s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Nick Cassavetes
2007
The Orphanage
Spain — 2000s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. J. A. Bayona
2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2010s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Tyler Nilson
2000
The Perfect Storm
Gloucester — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Wolfgang Petersen
1993
The Piano
New Zealand — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Wilderness · Ruraldir. Jane Campion
1972
The Poseidon Adventure
1970s
Coastal Seadir. Ronald Neame
1994
The Postman
Italy — 1950s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Michael Radford
1991
The Prince of Tides
New York City · South Carolina — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Barbra Streisand
1987
The Princess Bride
Timeless · 1980s
Rural · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Rob Reiner
2009
The Road
Near Future
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
1986
The Sacrifice
1980s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky
1940
The Sea Hawk
England · Panama · Spain — Early Modern
Coastal Seadir. Michael Curtiz
2004
The Sea Inside
Spain — 1990s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Alejandro Amenábar
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Long Island · San Diego · Atlantic Ocean · Paris — 1920s
Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
New York City · Italy — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella
1998
The Thin Red Line
Guadalcanal — 1940s
Wilderness · Island · Coastal Seadir. Terrence Malick
2021
The Tomorrow War
Miami · Dominican Republic · Russia — 2020s · Near Future
Urban · Coastal Sea · Wildernessdir. Chris McKay
1998
The Truman Show
1990s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir
1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Cherbourg — 1950s · 1960s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy
1944
The Uninvited
Cornwall — 1930s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Lewis Allen
1995
The Usual Suspects
Los Angeles · New York City — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer
1958
The Vikings
Northumbria · Norway — Medieval
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Richard Fleischer
2015
The Wave
Norway — 2010s
Mountain · Coastal Seadir. Roar Uthaug
1990
The Witches
Norway · England — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Nicolas Roeg
1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Rochefort — 1960s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Santa Monica — 1930s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sydney Pollack
1945
They Were Expendable
Philippines — 1940s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. John Ford
2007
This Is England
England — 1980s
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows
1994
Three Colors: Red
Geneva — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
1997
Three Men and a Leg
Italy — 1990s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aldo Baglio
1961
Through a Glass Darkly
1960s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman
1997
Titanic
Atlantic Ocean — 1910s · 1990s
Coastal Seadir. James Cameron
1955
To Catch a Thief
French Riviera — 1950s
Coastal Seadir. Alfred Hitchcock
1945
To Have and Have Not
Martinique — 1940s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Howard Hawks
1953
Tokyo Story
Tokyo · Onomichi — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
1986
Top Gun
San Diego · Indian Ocean — 1980s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Tony Scott
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Hawaii · Washington, D.C. · Japan — 1940s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Toshio Masuda
2022
Triangle of Sadness
2020s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund
2004
Troy
Troy · Greece — Ancient
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Wolfgang Petersen
1994
True Lies
Florida Keys · Miami — 1990s
Urban · Island · Coastal Seadir. James Cameron
1953
Ugetsu
Japan — Medieval
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi
2019
Us
Santa Cruz — 1980s · 2010s
Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele
1998
Waking Ned
Ireland — 1990s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kirk Jones
1955
We're No Angels
French Guiana · Cayenne — 1950s
Coastal Seadir. Michael Curtiz
2003
Whale Rider
New Zealand — 2000s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Niki Caro
1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Los Angeles — 1960s · 1910s · 1930s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich
1976
Who Can Kill a Child?
Spain — 1970s
Island · Coastal Seadir. Chicho Ibáñez Serrador
1964
Woman in the Dunes
Japan — 1960s
Coastal Sea · Rural · Desertdir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Mexico — 1990s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón
1964
Zorba the Greek
Crete — 1960s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Mihalis Kakogiannis

Frequently asked

How many movies are set at sea?

Kinora's catalogue lists 231 films set at sea, spanning 1927–2024.

What are some movies set at sea?

Films set at sea in our catalogue include 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), A Man and a Woman (1966), A Summer's Tale (1996), About Elly (2009), and About Time (2013).

What is the oldest movie set at sea?

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is the earliest film set at sea in our catalogue; the most recent is Flow (2024).