American films about water

List of the best American films about water, selected by visitors to our site: Luca, 12 Feet Deep, Waterworld, Rough Night, Hard Target 2, Max, Matt's Chance, Deepwater Horizon, Only the Brave, The Death of Superman.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA

Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

Two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:16

Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration00:40

Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, adventure, family, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

A dark comedic tale about love, revenge, and the fickle nature of human morality.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
Duration02:15

    A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    When a hulking monster arrives on Earth and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop it. But it soon becomes apparent that only Superman can stand against the monstrosity.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
    Duration01:56

    An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Meet the Murphys, a family with never ending bad luck. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," it's Murphy's law! Over a century ago a witch put a magical curse on their great-great grandfather and the whole family has been jinxed for generations! After Meg Murphy (played by Big Time Rush's Ciara Bravo) and her family's house is destroyed in yet another freak accident, the family moves into their grandfather's house in Harvest Hills. In a not-so-strange case of bad luck, Meg's nemesis Ivy is also spending the summer in town. But things start to look up, kind of, when Meg meets a local boy named Brett and he casts another spell on her, a love spell that is! With help from her brother Charlie, Meg more determined than ever, must break the hex on her catastrophically cursed family! Watch this doomed teen try for a normal existence in a world full of hijinks!

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, music
    CountryUSA

    Toni, a tomboyish boxer, lands a spot on an after-school drill team in the West End community of Cincinnati. She eagerly absorbs routines, masters drills, and even pierces her own ears to fit in. It’s the joy of her first friendships and her discovery of dance. Shortly after Toni joins the team, most of the girls on the team suffer from episodes of fainting, swooning, and shaking in a seemingly uncontrollable catharsis. Nobody can explain the mysterious outbreak. These fits soon transform into a rite of passage as the trauma draws the other girls closer together. Caught between her need for control and her desire for acceptance, Toni must decide how far she will go to embody her new ideals.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryFrance, Japan, USA
    Duration01:25

    A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:29

    A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, Japan, Hong Kong
    Duration02:05

      When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential his brother, and his fiancée's father, Admiral Shane, expect of him.

      Markimdb: 2.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, military
      CountryUSA

      When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Spain
      Duration02:29

      Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrethriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, drama, western
      CountryUSA

      After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s pregnant wife tries to come to his aid and lands in the hands of corrupt coyotes who hold her for ransom. Dissatisfied with the police department’s investigation, the former sheriff tries to uncover the truth about his wife’s death and discovers disturbing evidence that will destroy one family’s future, or tear another’s apart.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredocumentary
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, military, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Serbia, Canada
      Duration01:27

      When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada

      In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, a troubled woman from Las Vegas with a dark past, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone and ravenous zombie on her tail.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration00:07

      When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
      CountrySouth Korea, USA
      Duration02:20

      A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredocumentary
      CountryUSA

      How might your life be better with less? The popular simple-living duo The Minimalists examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from various walks of life.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Argentina
      Duration02:24

      Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA

      Madrid, Spain. The bedroom of Sofía, a luxury escort. Her new client, who has introduced himself as Hugo and appears to be an educated businessman, discovers that she has a name tattooed on her leg: Diana. Hugo cannot help asking her who Diana is.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:18

      Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genredrama, musical
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genredrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:31

      When Addison investigates the murder of his friend Kevin with the help of Phoebe, they discover that the truth is darker than they had ever imagined.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrethriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:24

      Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when White escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

      After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      When Hardy Buchanan, a senior at an elite private school, needs to make some quick cash, he enlists the help of Bo, a beautiful runaway. Together, they devise an unconventional plan of profiting off of the wayward teens at Hardy's school. When the students learn that Bo has more to offer than what meets the eye, the unlikely duo's new business takes a unique turn, tossing them headfirst into the lifestyles of the rich and dysfunctional.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, military
      CountryAustralia, USA
      Duration01:46

      After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are running out of water. They find water at the ancient well, but the well is a goal of an entire German battalion. Despite the impossible odds, Sergeant Gunn decides to defend the well.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:19

      A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest to fix their broken drone before their parents get home.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

        The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:24

        Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
        Duration02:03

        A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns to get back in the cockpit of a real plane and becomes increasingly troubled by the collateral damage he causes each time he pushes a button, Egan’s nerves—and his relationship with his wife—begin to unravel.

        Markimdb: 2.8
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        An ailing former scuba diver, who faces extremely tough times, begins experiencing otherworldly incidents.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:43

          Three groups of people are trying to survive Purge Night, when their stories intertwine and are left stranded in The Purge trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA

          In a comedy special directed by Spike Jonze, Aziz Ansari shares deep personal insights and hilarious takes on wokeness, family and the social climate.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.




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