Movies about swimming

Movies about swimming
List of the best swimming movies selected by visitors to our site: One Breath, The Shallows, Barracuda, Swimming with Men, The Guardian, The Big Bad Swim, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Some Like It Hot, Sink or Swim, Swimming Upstream.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, sport
CountryRussia
CharactersStrong women, Trainers
PlotSports, Swimming, Obsession, Friendship, Loneliness
PlaceRussia, Depth
StylePsychological problems, Heavy, Womens in main roles, Serious, Disturbing

Following her divorce, Marina thinks that she’ll never meet love again. Little does she know that one day, she’ll find the love of her life in freediving, one of the most extreme sports in existence, built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath. In the vast, mysterious realm of the sea, Marina not only regains her sense of peace and well being, but also redefines her existence.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:15
CharactersSharks, Monsters, Strong women, Tourists, Surfers
PlotSurvival, Death, Surfing, Hunting, Pursuit
PlaceSea, Islands, Ocean, Beach, USA
StyleTense

An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, sport
CountryAustralia
Duration00:30
PlotSports, Sports, Swimming, Rivalry
StyleSerious

Melbourne 1996. The Golden Age of Australian swimming is beginning and a scholarship to an exclusive boys school brings 16-year-old Danny Kelly one step closer to his ultimate goal - winning Olympic gold. Initially, Danny struggles to find his place in the prestigious social circles of the private boys school. However under the charge of highly regarded coach Frank Torma and a friendship/rivalry with teammate Martin Taylor, Danny is soon on track to become Australia’s youngest swimming champion, the unstoppable 'Barracuda'.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:04
CharactersFamily
PlotFriendship, Swimming, Rivalry
StyleInspirational, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching, Serious

A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:19
CharactersTeachers, Lifeguards, Military, Teachers
PlotFriendship, Death, Swimming
PlaceOcean, Alaska, Helicopters
StyleExciting, Disturbing

A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer, Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
CountryUSA
CharactersTeens, Friends, Teachers
PlotFriendship, Swimming
PlaceUSA
StyleLight, Vital signs

An adult swim class sets the stage for this sexually charged comedy-drama about love, loss, and second chances. Three strangers -- inextricably connected through personal heartbreak -- find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't always about diving right in -- it's about getting your feet wet once in awhile.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:46
CharactersLosers, Old man
PlotLove, Adventure, Travel, Relationship, Mystery
StyleTo cry, Philosophical, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Fancy

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:59
CharactersGangsters, Musicians
PlotRelationship, Music, Love triangle, Chase, Cheating
StyleRomantic, Light, Fascinating, Black and White

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:56
CharactersMusicians, Friends, Trainers
PlotDancing, Friendship, Depression, Swimming, Competitions
PlaceFrance
StyleLight, Soulful, Touching, For a group of friends, For men

40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication he gulps down all day, every day, and his wife's encouragement, he is unable to find any meaning in his life. Curiously, he will end up finding this sense of purpose at the swimming pool, by joining an all-male synchronised swimming team.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration01:54
CharactersFathers, Mothers
PlotOn real events, Sports, Life, Swimming, Competitions
PlaceAustralia, USA
StyleTo cry, Soulful, Touching, Serious

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:38
CharactersAlcoholics, Businessmen, Priests
PlotMoney, Obsession, Success, Oil, Rivalry
PlaceCalifornia, Small cities
StyleAction, Atmospheric, Smart, Epic, Intellectual

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainviews motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, adventure, sport
CountryFrance, Italy, USA
Duration02:12
CharactersDolphins
PlotAdventure, Friendship, Diving, Rivalry
PlaceSea, Ocean, Italy, Greece
StyleTo cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching, Serious

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men (he even considers a school of dolphins as his extended family). As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:29
CharactersTeens, Childrens, Brothers, Old man
PlotDancing, Friendship, Swimming, Birthday, Hunger
PlaceForest, Lake
StylePsychological problems, To cry, Fascinating, Touching

Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, history
CountryRussia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, France, Spain
Duration02:01
CharactersFamily
PlotRelationship
PlaceGulag, USSR

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:05
CharactersSurgeons, Widows
PlotLove, Loneliness, Death
PlaceUSA
StyleFascinating, Tense, Gloomy, Depressive, Numbers in the title

This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:04
CharactersDogs, Horses, Cowboys, Friends, Hunters
PlotDancing, Friendship, Death, Divorce
PlaceDeserts
StyleRomantic, To cry, Soulful, Atmospheric, Fascinating

While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, sport
CountryGermany, USA
Duration01:44
CharactersTeens
PlotOn real events, Swimming, Rivalry
StyleSoulful, Touching, Serious

In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryMexico
Duration02:20
CharactersTeens, Monsters
PlotAdventure, Friendship, Loneliness, Mystery, Swimming
PlaceForest, Mexico, Lake, Boarding school
StylePsychological problems, Atmospheric, Heartbreaking, Serious

A young teen and his misfit group of friends try to escape from a strict boarding school that holds dangerous secrets.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, sport
CountryRussia
Duration01:45
PlotSports, Gymnastics, Rivalry
PlaceRussia, Moscow
StyleExciting, Inspirational, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Makes me think

The story of three Russian Olympic champions. Ordinary people, who have become the pride of their family and country, and made history of world sports.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38
PlaceUSA
StyleFascinating

Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA, France, Austria, Luxembourg
Duration01:41
CharactersStudents, Tourists
PlotRelationship, Vacation, Fate
StyleRomantic, To cry, Soulful, Smart, Intellectual

On his way to Vienna, American Jesse meets Céline, a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the U.S. departs the next morning and he has no money for lodging, they wander the city together, taking in the experiences of Vienna and each other.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama
CountryItaly, France, Belgium
Duration01:54
PlotDeath, Swimming
StyleSoulful, Gloomy, Serious

HANNAH is the intimate portrait of a woman’s loss of identity as she teeters between denial and reality. Left alone grappling with the consequences of her husband’s imprisonment, Hannah begins to unravel. Through the exploration of her fractured sense of identity and loss of self-control, the film investigates modern day alienation, the struggle to connect, and the dividing lines between individual identity, personal relationships, and societal pressures.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySouth Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France
Duration02:14
CharactersTeens, Gay, Fathers
PlotTime travel, Loneliness, Swimming
PlaceMountains

Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:36
CharactersDogs, Animals, Wolves, Rabbits, Blind
PlotLove, Dancing, Basketball, Relationship, Friendship
PlaceIslands, Forest, Greece, Hotels
TimeFuture
StyleDystopian, Philosophical, Deep Meaning, Smart, Vital signs

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA
CharactersHorses, Jews, Photographers
PlotSoccer, Weapon, Swimming
TimeSummer
StyleSoulful, Touching, Disturbing

A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
CountryJapan
CharactersTeens, Gay
PlotSwimming

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryArgentina, USA, France
Duration01:25
CharactersGay, Cats
PlotFriendship, Swimming

Have you ever met someone who made your body heat up, get a little nervous and sweaty, and made your crotch stir a bit? Sexual Tension: Volatile will reignite those lustful feelings as it weaves six scintillating experiences of men in various stages of nudity and many forms of erotic male bonding. A pulsating, sexually-charged thrill ride.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:50
CharactersSharks, Fish
PlotAdventure, Shipwreck, Expeditions, Treasures, Diving
PlaceIslands, Ocean, Night Clubs
StyleExciting, Tense, Serious, For men, Disturbing

When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, as a ruthless gang of criminals gets word of what they have uncovered.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:44
PlotFriendship, Love triangle
PlaceParis, France

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim. Both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine, but it's Jules who wins her hand. After the war, Jim visits Jules, Catherine and their daughter in their Austrian home and discovers not only that his feelings for Catherine are unchanged, but also that they're reciprocated.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryFrance
PlotFriendship, Swimming, Living together
PlaceFrance, Beach

A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends at an apartment, ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills - only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.





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