Swimming Drama Movies

List of the best swimming drama movies selected by visitors to our site: One Breath, The Parent Trap, Five Feet Apart, The Guardian, Hostiles, Gold, Togo, The Great Gatsby, Wonder, The Big Short.

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

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, sport
CountryRussia

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: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:08

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places. Hallie meets her mother, and Annie meets her father for the first time in years.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:19

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: 7.2
Genredrama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:32

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:31

Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
CountryUSA

The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration02:23

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, family
CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration02:15

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

    The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:38

    Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
    Duration01:58

    The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:00

      A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, drama, family, sport
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration02:20

      12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

      An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets in Chicago.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:46

        The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

          The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, USA
          Duration01:54

          Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:25

          Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:43

            A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

            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: 7.6
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:27

            Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

              Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:56

                On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

                Markimdb: 8.4
                Genredrama
                CountryLebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, United Kingdom
                Duration02:05

                Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genredrama, adventure, family
                CountryUSA, Canada

                Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genredrama, detective, biography
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration00:40

                After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrecomedy, drama, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:07

                George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genredrama, adventure, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:55

                A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:56

                  In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:41

                  A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

                  Markimdb: 8.3
                  Genredrama
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

                  A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genredrama
                  CountrySpain, Thailand, USA
                  Duration01:49

                    In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

                    Markimdb: 6.9
                    Genrecomedy, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA, Canada
                    Duration01:11

                    Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

                    Markimdb: 8.1
                    Genredrama, sport
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:20

                    The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
                    CountryUSA

                    A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

                    Markimdb: 7.4
                    Genremelodrama, drama
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration02:25

                    A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

                    Markimdb: 7.7
                    Genredrama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:38

                    A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

                    Markimdb: 7.3
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:17

                    In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

                    Markimdb: 6.8
                    Genremelodrama, drama
                    CountryUSA, Canada
                    Duration01:44

                    Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genredrama
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
                    Duration01:41

                      Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

                      Markimdb: 8.1
                      Genredrama, biography, history
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration02:13

                      In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genrecomedy, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:34

                      A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:32

                      A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.




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