Movies thrillers about yachts

List of the best yacht thriller movies selected by visitors to our site: Dead Calm, Dear John, Disconnect, Split, Gone Girl, Anonymous, The Ledge, Doctor Sleep, Nightcrawler, Bridge of Spies.

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration01:36

An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm weather conditions, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

    Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

      Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration02:27

      Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:29

        With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
        Duration02:10

          Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
          Duration01:41

          A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom

          A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

            When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrethriller, drama, history
            CountryUSA, Germany, India
            Duration02:39

              During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:51

              Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genrethriller, drama, biography
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration02:00

              As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
              CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
              Duration01:47

              France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:14

                The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:56

                Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:59

                A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:57

                  An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:42

                    An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

                    Markimdb: 8.1
                    Genrethriller, drama
                    CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
                    Duration02:32

                    Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

                    Markimdb: 6.8
                    Genreaction, thriller, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA
                    Duration01:53

                    An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a former Stazi agent, he sets out to prove who he is and find out why people are trying to kill him.

                    Markimdb: 7.4
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, USA
                    Duration02:19

                    Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

                    Markimdb: 7.4
                    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
                    CountryUSA, Mexico
                    Duration01:45

                    A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration01:52

                      After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

                      Markimdb: 7.3
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryGermany, USA, Mexico
                      Duration02:00

                      A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                      CountryGermany, USA
                      Duration01:50

                      Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:53

                      In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

                      Markimdb: 6.5
                      Genrethriller, melodrama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:48

                      When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

                      Markimdb: 7.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:08

                      Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his, former Sheriff, partner.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryMexico, Spain, USA
                      Duration02:05

                      Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:58

                      Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:39

                      The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:04

                      Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

                      Markimdb: 6.9
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:51

                      Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

                      Markimdb: 7.3
                      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA, France
                      Duration02:13

                        A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

                        Markimdb: 8.1
                        Genrethriller, drama, western, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:02

                          Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

                          Markimdb: 6.5
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:35

                          Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

                          Markimdb: 8.2
                          Genrethriller, drama, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:18

                          World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

                          Markimdb: 7.3
                          Genrethriller, crime
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:08

                          Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

                          Markimdb: 8.5
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA, Hong Kong
                          Duration02:31

                          To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

                          Markimdb: 7.2
                          Genrethriller, drama, detective
                          CountryUSA, Germany
                          Duration02:04

                          Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

                          Markimdb: 6.7
                          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:55

                            A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

                            Markimdb: 6.8
                            Genrethriller, drama, detective
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:34

                            Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

                            Markimdb: 7.7
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:38

                            The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

                            Markimdb: 7.3
                            Genrethriller, drama
                            CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
                            Duration02:18

                            Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

                            Markimdb: 7.2
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:52

                            A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

                            Markimdb: 7.8
                            Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

                            What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

                            Markimdb: 6.4
                            Genreaction, thriller, crime
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                            Duration01:42

                            Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

                            Markimdb: 7.4
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime
                            CountryUSA

                            A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

                            Markimdb: 6.5
                            Genrethriller, crime
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:00

                            Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

                            Markimdb: 7.3
                            Genrethriller, melodrama, crime
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:49

                            Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.




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