Movies about fishermen

Movies about fishermen
List of the best films about fishermen according to the audience: Daytime Shooting Star, Angel's Egg, White Mane, The Man Who Sued God, La Terra Trema, The Forty-First, Убить дракона, Nymph, Big Fish, Captains Courageous.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama
CountryJapan
Duration01:38

Fifteen-year-old country girl Suzume Yosano has to move to Tokyo to live with her uncle due to her father's transfer. She bumps into a mysterious man who ends up taking her to her uncle's place after she gets lost. Turns out, Suzume will be seeing him a lot more often once she starts school because... he's her homeroom teacher?!

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama, cartoon, detective, anime
CountryJapan

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, family
CountryFrance

In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of wild horses too proud to let themselves be broken by humans. Only Folco, a young fisherman, manages to tame him. A strong friendship grows between the boy and the horse, as the two go looking for the freedom that the world of men won’t allow them.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration01:37

A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama
CountryItaly

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:33

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantasy, drama, family
CountryWest Germany, Soviet Union
Duration02:03

Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ranging from a "dragon" to a "samurai" to a "Nazi", scare the hell out of all people, except Lancelot. Finally Dragon drops all his masks, to become the most dangerous of his incarnations - "himself". And the battle begins

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountrySerbia, Montenegro

Two young American women go on a Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned military fortress.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

    Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:56

    Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.

    Genredrama
    Duration03:22

    In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:30

    The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved community has been set up here. Despite the modern technologies and a spaceport nearby the people of the village live the way they would in the Neolithic Era. There is neither government nor social services or jobs. The postman's beloved woman escapes the village life and moves to the city. Postman's outboard engine gets stolen and he can no longer deliver mail. His normal pattern of life is disrupted. The postman makes a decision to leave for the city too but returns before long with no certain reason. The script is based on real characters' stories. People from the village play their own parts in the film. The search for the protagonist lasted for over a year.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic
    CountryUSA

    They're not human. But they hunt human women. Not for killing. For mating.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantasy, drama, family
    CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:43

    10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate..

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:46

    Ex-convict Eddie and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer Mike Vido is determined to send Eddie back to prison.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror
    CountryBrazil

    A strange black spot approaches the coast, bringing death and destruction to a fishing village. In a desperate flight to escape the chaos, lonely Albino fights for the great love of his life at the risk of his own soul.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryAustralia

    An innocent Cambodian boy is sold to a Thai broker and enslaved on a fishing trawler. As fellow slaves are tortured and murdered around him, he starts to wonder if his only hope of freedom is to become as violent as his captors.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:30

    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: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada

    Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:12

    A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryJapan, Uzbekistan, Qatar

    A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:35

    The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryPeru, Colombia, France, Germany
    Duration01:40

    A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:48

    After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryGermany, Italy
    Duration01:44

    The breath-taking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, one said a radical No: Georg Elser, disparaged as an assassin, is one of the greatest resistance fighters.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantasy, comedy
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:56

    Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:43

    A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Republic of Ireland

    The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryGermany, Canada, France
    Duration01:50

    A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and they continue their separate lives but also continue their affair through the years, loving each other despite their differences.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, cartoon
    CountryFrance, Canada, Belgium

    On the last day of summer, Louise, an old woman realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in a small seaside resort town, abandoned by everyone. The weather quickly turns for the worse followed by the seasonal tides. Fragile and coquettish, not nearly as well-prepared as a would-be Robinson Crusoe, Louise isn’t likely to make it through the winter. Yet, Louise takes her abandonment as a challenge. She’s going to survive, confronting the elements as well as her memories, which have found the perfect occasion to join in the adventure…

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, cartoon, crime, biography
    CountryPoland, United Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg, Netherlands
    Duration02:17

    The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production. As remarkable as Vincent’s brilliant paintings are his passionate and ill-fated life and mysterious death.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, action, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    Mr. Freeze turns Killer Croc and Bane into super-sized monsters, and they bash their way through downtown Gotham until the Caped Crusader and his team of heroes join the fight in their giant robot mechs.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryIceland, France, Norway
    Duration02:01

    Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.

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