Survival Movies Set at Sea

Kinora's catalogue lists 23 films about survival and set at sea, spanning 1972–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 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
• 2018

  Annihilation

  Florida — Near Future
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
• 2012

  Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Louisiana — Near Future
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin
• 2000

  Cast Away

  Memphis — 1990s · 2000s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
• 2016

  Deepwater Horizon

  Louisiana · Gulf of Mexico — 2010s
  Coastal Seadir. Peter Berg
• 2017

  Dunkirk

  Dunkirk — 1940s
  Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan
• 1982

  Fitzcarraldo

  Iquitos — 1900s
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
• 2024

  Flow

  Timeless
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Gints Zilbalodis
• 2008

  Frozen River

  New York State — 2000s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt
• 2020

  Greyhound

  1940s
  Coastal Seadir. Aaron Schneider
• 1975

  Jaws

  1970s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg
• 2012

  Life of Pi

  Pondicherry · Montreal — 1970s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee
• 1990

  Lord of the Flies

  Pacific Ocean — 1990s
  Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Harry Hook
• 2003

  Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

  Galápagos Islands — 1800s
  Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir
• 2016

  Swiss Army Man

  2010s
  Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Daniel Kwan
• 2011

  Take Shelter

  Ohio — 2010s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols
• 2012

  The Impossible

  Thailand — 2000s
  Coastal Seadir. J. A. Bayona
• 2000

  The Perfect Storm

  Gloucester — 1990s
  Coastal Seadir. Wolfgang Petersen
• 2009

  The Road

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
• 2015

  The Wave

  Norway — 2010s
  Mountain · Coastal Seadir. Roar Uthaug
• 1997

  Titanic

  Atlantic Ocean — 1910s · 1990s
  Coastal Seadir. James Cameron
• 2022

  Triangle of Sadness

  2020s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund