Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "capsized-boat"

1. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.

Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry

Votes: 241,014 | Gross: $100.92M

2. The Little Mermaid (I) (2023)

PG | 135 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.

Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem

Votes: 155,674 | Gross: $298.17M

3. Dunkirk (2017)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy

Votes: 739,522 | Gross: $188.37M

4. War of the Worlds (2005)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto

Votes: 474,969 | Gross: $234.28M

5. The Little Mermaid (1989)

G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes

Votes: 290,823 | Gross: $111.54M

6. Triangle (2009)

R | 99 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.

Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman

Votes: 129,687

7. A Place in the Sun (1951)

Passed | 122 min | Drama, Romance

A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere

Votes: 24,748

8. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons

Votes: 49,195 | Gross: $84.56M

9. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 148,696 | Gross: $25.02M

10. Poseidon (2006)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas

Votes: 110,372 | Gross: $60.67M

11. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

G | 126 min | Adventure, Family

A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro

Votes: 18,156 | Gross: $40.36M

12. Summer of 85 (2020)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Votes: 13,323

13. Sunrise (1927)

Passed | 94 min | Drama, Romance

A sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.

Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing

Votes: 53,824 | Gross: $0.54M

14. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Morris Chestnut, KaDee Strickland, Eugene Byrd, Johnny Messner

Votes: 33,856 | Gross: $32.24M

15. Black Water (2007)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

A boat tour of a mangrove swamp turns into a fight for survival when a group of people are attacked by a ferocious saltwater crocodile.

Directors: David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki | Stars: Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody, Andy Rodoreda, Ben Oxenbould

Votes: 16,030

16. The Poseidon Adventure (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A ragtag group of survivors, spearheaded by a Priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.

Director: John Putch | Stars: Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg, Bryan Brown

Votes: 3,673

17. The Reef (2010)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.

Director: Andrew Traucki | Stars: Damian Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor

Votes: 20,927

18. Disorganized Crime (1989)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Career criminal Frank plans a bank heist and sends for his buddies to help pull the job. Before his buddies arrive, he's caught, forcing his cohorts to pull the job alone. Frank soon escapes, setting off a search by the bumbling cops.

Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Hoyt Axton, Corbin Bernsen, Rubén Blades, Fred Gwynne

Votes: 2,573 | Gross: $7.72M

19. Dark Tide (2012)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 1 year, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking - more carnivorous and hungry than ever.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Sizwe Msutu

Votes: 9,430

20. The Strange Woman (1946)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.

Directors: Edgar G. Ulmer, Douglas Sirk | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 2,449

21. 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)

169 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A massive earthquake creates a chain of events that threaten two of the largest nuclear reactors.

Stars: Kim Delaney, Dean Cain, David Cubitt, Oliver Hudson

Votes: 2,758

22. Killer Fish (1979)

PG | 101 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lee Majors, Karen Black, Margaux Hemingway, Marisa Berenson

Votes: 2,376

23. The Deep (2012)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama

Based on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Joi Johannsson, Thora Bjorg Helga

Votes: 5,722

24. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)

Unrated | 63 min | Comedy, Horror

A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne, Beach Dickerson

Votes: 3,301

25. The Rainbow Tribe (2008)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A rag-tag group of children at a sleep-away camp help their counselor overcome a personal crisis.

Director: Christopher R. Watson | Stars: David James Elliott, Grayson Russell, Ed Quinn, Julie Ann Emery

Votes: 720

26. Underwater! (1955)

Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Drama

Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Richard Egan, Lori Nelson

Votes: 1,086

27. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

Approved | 16 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer, Gus Wicke

Votes: 4,023

28. Jungle Woman (1944)

Approved | 61 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish), also reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds, Lois Collier

Votes: 547

29. Temptation Island (2011)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

Four beauty pageant contestants vying for the coveted title of "Miss Manila Sunshine" set sail on a yacht. They ended up stranded on a deserted island after their vessel catches fire. ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Martinez | Stars: Marian Rivera, Rufa Mae Quinto, Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe

Votes: 92

30. Jungle Bride (1933)

Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A young woman believes that an actor committed the murder for which her brother has been imprisoned, and she gets her fiancé--a newspaper reporter--to accompany her in following the ... See full summary »

Directors: Harry O. Hoyt, Albert H. Kelley | Stars: Anita Page, Charles Starrett, Kenneth Thomson, Eddie Borden

Votes: 234

31. The Search for Michael Rockefeller (2011)

90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Mystery

Documentary about the 1961 disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, the young scion of the Rockefeller family, in the waters of Papua New Guinea and the 1969 attempt of journalist Milt Machlin to locate him in case he might still be alive.

Directors: Fraser C. Heston, Milt Machlin | Stars: Miron Ashkenazy, J.O. Brew, Neil Dickson, Ken Dresser

Votes: 164

32. Intrepid (2000)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a tsunami created by a nuclear explosion capsizes a cruise ship, a special agent must help the surviving passengers reach the surface when it becomes apparent that there's a group of terrorists on board.

Director: John Putch | Stars: James Coburn, Costas Mandylor, Finola Hughes, Alex Hyde-White

Votes: 408

33. The Gold and the Glory (1984)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Sport

A young Australian man sets out to prove himself, leaving behind his ballerina girlfriend to train for the Coolangatta Gold triathlon, a race once almost won by his father.

Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Joss McWilliam, Nick Tate, Colin Friels, Josephine Smulders

Votes: 205

34. The Balloonatic (1923)

Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy

A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, John Brown, Phyllis Haver, Babe London

Votes: 3,240

35. A Florida Enchantment (1914)

Unrated | 63 min | Comedy

A young woman discovers a seed that can make women act like men and men act like women. She decides to take one, then slips one to her maid and another to her fiancé. The fun begins.

Director: Sidney Drew | Stars: Sidney Drew, Edith Storey, Charles Kent, Mrs. Sidney Drew

Votes: 300

36. The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Romance

An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Henry Stephenson

Votes: 1,017

37. Naïs (1945)

117 min | Drama, Romance

Toine, the local hunchback, works at the tile manufacturing plant, but during the summer, he gives a hand to Micoulin, the farmer, thereby being able to spend more time close to Nais, ... See full summary »

Directors: Raymond Leboursier, Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Fernandel, Jacqueline Pagnol, Raymond Pellegrin, Henri Poupon

Votes: 256

38. L'été de nos quinze ans (1983)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

It was during their childhood that François and Malène became friends. Years later, the two teenagers find themselves. Their parents, moved by their reunion, will help them not to spoil this new chance.

Director: Marcel Jullian | Stars: Michel Sardou, Cyrielle Clair, Malène Sveinbjornsson, Alexandre Sterling

Votes: 40

39. Flying Into the Wind (1983 TV Movie)

71 min | Drama

The Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other ideas. Moving between 1969 and 1980, we see how this affects the various individuals and attitudes.

Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Graham Crowden, Derrick O'Connor, Rynagh O'Grady, Adrian Wagstaff

Votes: 37

40. Sea Devils (1937)

Passed | 88 min | Action, Romance

A Coast Guard mate (Victor McLaughlin) wants his daughter (Ida Lupino) to marry a crewman (Donald Woods), but she loves someone else (Preston Foster).

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster, Ida Lupino, Donald Woods

Votes: 229

41. Family Life (1924)

20 min | Comedy, Short

The Duff family shares a duplex bungalow with a police sergeant and his wife. While the Duffs endure a series of trials in making a home and finding ways to relax, the policeman is worried ... See full summary »

Director: Robert P. Kerr | Stars: Mark Jones, Ruth Hiatt, Otto Fries, Sunshine Hart

Votes: 93

42. The Fishing Fool (1929)

Animation, Short, Comedy

A man goes fishing with his cat and comes away with a fishing story none of his friends will believe.

Director: Rollin Hamilton

43. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: The Jeffersons Go to Hawaii: Part 3 (1980)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

George, Louise, Helen, and Tom take part in a Polynesian show, but George leaves early to meet with someone about an oceanfront condominium deal. He then tries to interest Louise in a permanent relocation and is very friendly with Tom.

Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 77

44. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Passage (1983)

Adventure, Drama, Family

The Hobo waivers between confounding a hunter who is being paid a large sum a money to catch a falcon and helping him when he gets into trouble.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Wayne Best, David Bolt, Alfie Scopp

Votes: 12

45. The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–2021)
Episode: Madman Across the Water (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

While the group works together to cross the Mississippi River, a plot to steer the teens back home hits a snag. A member of the group must overcome past trauma to save the others from an approaching threat.

Director: Dan Liu | Stars: Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Hal Cumpston, Nicolas Cantu

Votes: 1,486

46. Close Calls: On Camera (2014– )
Episode: Episode #7.18 (2019)

29 min | Drama, Reality-TV

A schoolgirl recounts how she saved the life of her stepfather by performing CPR. An uncle and niece are filmed as they are rescued by a ferry after their dinghy capsized.

Directors: Paul Andrews, Liza Chambers, Jacqueline Paul | Star: Nick Knowles

47. Internet Historian (2017– )
Episode: The Cost of Concordia (2021)

TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

The story of the wreck of the passenger liner, Costa Concordia, and the cowardice and incompetence involved.

Director: Internet Historian | Star: Internet Historian

Votes: 60

48. Chicago Fire (2012– )
Episode: No Survivors (2021)

TV-14 | Action, Drama

The firehouse reacts to some exciting news, a mysterious stranger arrives and a shocking call takes Severide's breath away.

Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg

Votes: 398

49. Flipper (1995–2000)
Episode: Submersible (1995)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Mike and Maya take the Institute's new submersible out to sea to try to photograph the mermaid the two youngsters think they saw. Mike's inexperience places them in deadly peril when they ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Fisk | Stars: Brian Wimmer, Colleen Flynn, Payton Haas, Jessica Alba

Votes: 18

50. Killer Camp (2019–2022)
Episode: Don't Lose Your Head (2021)

Game-Show, Reality-TV

The camp-mates are still reeling from the previous night's shocking 'murder'. The survivors sink to new depths to win cash before battling for immunity from being killed.

Stars: Isabella Francesca, Syrah Mian

Votes: 10