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

1. The Meg (2018)

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

A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon.

Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 207,484 | Gross: $143.01M

2. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Votes: 108,273 | Gross: $62.30M

3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

With a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 210,908 | Gross: $24.01M

4. Nim's Island (2008)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.

Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman

Votes: 36,881 | Gross: $48.01M

5. The Bay (II) (2012)

R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly, Kether Donohue, Frank Deal

Votes: 29,604 | Gross: $0.03M

6. Surface (2005–2006)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teen-aged boy find their lives fundamentally changed by the emergence of a new, and often dangerous, species of sea life, while government agents work to keep the affair under wraps.

Stars: Lake Bell, Jay R. Ferguson, Carter Jenkins, Leighton Meester

Votes: 10,373

7. The Triangle (2005)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle. The team discovers a threat that might unravel time itself and cause the world to end.

Stars: Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Davison

Votes: 9,771

8. The 11th Hour (I) (2007)

PG | 95 min | Documentary

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.

Directors: Leila Conners, Nadia Conners | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai

Votes: 5,907 | Gross: $0.70M

9. The Odyssey (2016)

PG | 122 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.

Director: Jérôme Salle | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou, Laurent Lucas

Votes: 6,190

10. The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)

Passed | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A seaside community is terrorized by a hideous sea monster, which has been created by experiments in atomic radiation.

Director: Dan Milner | Stars: Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen, Helene Stanton

Votes: 2,056

11. Children of the Sea (2019)

Not Rated | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.

Director: Ayumu Watanabe | Stars: Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishû Uragami, Win Morisaki

Votes: 3,685

12. The Deep (2010)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A research submarine beneath the Arctic stumbles upon a terrifying secret with earth-shattering consequences.

Stars: James Nesbitt, Orla Brady, Goran Visnjic, Minnie Driver

Votes: 1,470

13. Becoming Cousteau (2021)

PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography

A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Carol Burnett, Louis Malle, Fidel Castro

Votes: 1,442

14. Rivages

52 min | Sci-Fi | Filming

Following the inexplicable sinking of a trawler and its fishermen who remain untraceable, Abigail, an oceanographer, is sent by IFREMER on a mission to Fécamp, her hometown, which she left a few years earlier following a family tragedy.

Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Jonas Bloquet, Fleur Geffrier, Guillaume Labbé

15. Dark Waters (2003 Video)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Moneyless, ocean-exploring gigolo and his worldly lady-friend are forced to take part in looking into the possibility that aggression - utilizing marine life - is being planned.

Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Simmone Mackinnon, Jeffrey Gorman, Ross Manarchy

Votes: 853

16. Gavilan (1982–1983)

60 min | Adventure

Robert Gavilan is a former CIA agent. who is now working for Oceanographic Institute headed by Marion Jaworski. Now was in awhile someone from his past as a spy comes to him asking for his ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Urich, Patrick Macnee, Kate Reid, Tadashi Yamashita

Votes: 43

17. Love Deeply (2021– )

60 min | Drama, Romance

Mio Nagisa has a job as an oceanographer at the Shibaura University of Marine Science and Technology and has an interest in fish and also loves the sea. But she is reticent about her family... See full summary »

Stars: Gô Ayano, Satomi Ishihara, Mio Imada, Takeshi Kaga

Votes: 61

18. The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea (2020)

94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An unbeatable team of five teenage friends, the Peppercorns, unites to find out who is behind the kidnapping of a missing oceanographer who has discovered a means of getting rid of plastic waste in the ocean.

Director: Christian Theede | Stars: Emilia Flint, Caspar Fischer-Ortmann, Leander Pütz, Charlotte Martz

Votes: 95

19. Ocean's Deadliest (2007 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Documentary

Host Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter," in his last documentary, teams up with oceanographer Phillippe Cousteau to explore the deadliest sea creatures living in the waters between Australia's Gold Coast and the Great Barrier Reef.

Director: John Stainton | Stars: Steve Irwin, Philippe Cousteau Jr., Jamie Seymour, Craig Adams

Votes: 248

20. Avalon: Beyond the Abyss (1999 TV Movie)

92 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

An island blows up, and from its remains a black poison fills the ocean. A team of underwater specialists with high-tech gear have to stop the poison before it contaminates the earth, but ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Parker Stevenson, Mehgan Heaney-Grier, Billy Rieck, Shelli Lether

Votes: 375

21. Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Oceans (2021 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary

Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle and a cast of pioneering marine scientists tell the story of the incredible work being undertaken across the planet to protect the fragile ecosystem of ... See full summary »

Director: Naomi Austin | Stars: Michel Andre, Ghislain Bardout, Emma Camp, Sylvia Earle

Votes: 112

22. The Secret of Loch Ness (2008 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Family, Fantasy

A young boy who's father passed searches for the Lochness Monster while living with his single mother biologist and his grandfather.

Director: Michael Rowitz | Stars: Lisa Martinek, Lukas Schust, Hans Werner Meyer, Thomas Fritsch

Votes: 226

23. The Wild World of Madison Jaxx (1996 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Corel Corporation's educational trivia FMV game. Madison Jaxx heads Global Special Services, a private agency that hires outliers from all areas of expertise to track down over the top ... See full summary »

Director: Troy Lyndon | Stars: Roy Werner, Cara Rene, Richard E. June, Don Long

24. Airwolf (1984–1986)
Episode: Condemned (1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

String and Caitlin travel to a deserted island where a cure is being researched for a biological plague that was developed in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the plague has already gotten out ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Blank | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, Jean Bruce Scott, Ernest Borgnine

Votes: 115

25. Inspector Gadget (1983–2023)
Episode: Don't Hold Your Breath (1983)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Chief Quimby and Penny aid Inspector Gadget in rescuing three famous oceanographers who are kidnapped by M.A.D. Safety Tip: Wash small cuts and scratches and use a little iodine to prevent infection.

Directors: Dave Cox, Edouard David, Raymond Jafelice, Ken Stephenson, Bruno Bianchi | Stars: Don Adams, Cree Summer, Frank Welker, Don Francks

Votes: 76

26. New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode: Out of Towner Alien Encounter/Down Horace-Scope (2020)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Adventure

Marvin the Martian abducts Bugs in an attempt to force him to help him take over Earth. / Horace and Porky go undercover to capture a submarine captain who may be behind the worldwide theft of sponges from the bottom of the ocean.

Director: Ian Wasseluk | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bennett, Bob Bergen

Votes: 7

27. Wacky and Packy (1975)
Episode: Let's Make a Bundle (1975)

Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

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Star: Allan Melvin

28. History Specials (2010– )
Episode: Who Really Discovered America? (2010)

TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, History, War

Did other explorers beat Columbus to our shores? New evidence suggests that America may have been discovered -- and rediscovered -- by Asian, Celtic, and Polynesian tribes, among others. ... See full summary »

Votes: 18

29. An Optimist's Guide to the Planet (2024– )
Episode: Dusk or Dawn (2024)

48 min | Documentary

Nikolaj begins his journey to find out how to tell dusk from dawn in the age of climate change.

Director: Mark Stevenson | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nukâka, Karin Sugiura

Votes: 9

30. Life as a Mermaid (2016–2018)
Episode: Potions and Other Magic (2017)

15 min | Family, Fantasy

While Valerie must do all kinds of weird underwater magic to repair the mirror, Will takes Madison on a date, and the guys go out looking for a long-lost French oceanographer.

Director: Julia Alexa Miller | Stars: Taylor Huff, Marcella Di Pasquale, Maria Feist, Cambell Dodson