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Mark | imdb: 4.6 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:54 |
Plot | Survival, Adventure, Skirmishes, Death |
Place | Ships, Ocean |
Style | Exciting, Fascinating, Tense, Serious, Disturbing |
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom, France, USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Military, Soldier |
Plot | War, Survival, Adventure, Sword Battles |
Place | England, Roman Empire |
Style | Exciting, Atmospheric, Heavy, Tense, Serious |
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Mark | imdb: 4.4 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:54 |
Characters | Heroes |
Plot | Survival, Adventure |
Place | Ships, Ocean |
Time | New Year |
Style | Exciting, Tense, Serious, For men, Disturbing |
A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, adventure |
Country | USA, Netherlands, Italy |
Duration | 01:32 |
Characters | Sharks, Whale, Heroes, Hunters, Fish |
Plot | Survival, Adventure, Revenge, Obsession |
Place | Village, Ships, Ocean |
Style | Heavy, Tense, Serious, For men, Disturbing |
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | action, drama, western, military, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:49 |
Characters | Dogs, Snake, Slaves |
Plot | War, On real events, Survival, Revenge, Slavery |
Place | Court |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Makes me think |
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:30 |
Plot | Love, On real events, Survival, Dancing, Adventure |
Place | Sea, Ships, Ocean |
Style | Unexpected ending, Exciting, Action, Tense, Serious |
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama, adventure, biography, history |
Country | Norway, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Sweden |
Duration | 01:49 |
Characters | Fish |
Plot | Love, On real events, Survival, Adventure, Travel |
Place | Sea, Islands, Ships, Nature, Ocean |
Style | Exciting, Action, Inspirational, Fascinating, Epic |
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | drama, adventure |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Characters | Whale, Orphans |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Adventure, Travel, Shipwreck |
Place | Ships, Ocean |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Exciting, By books, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must decide whether to head for the nearest islands - a thousand miles downwind to the west - or set out on an epic journey of almost three thousand miles to reach the South American mainland. Fear of cannibals forces them to choose South America. Almost three months later, the first whaler is rescued by another whaleship. Only three men are still alive. A week later the captain's whaler is also rescued, with just two men aboard. The third whaler is never found. This is a story of human endurance and what men in extremis will do to survive.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, history |
Country | USA, Hong Kong |
Duration | 02:15 |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Disasters, Motorcycles, Death |
Place | Sea, Aircraft, Ships, Ocean, Court |
Style | Unexpected ending, Exciting, Inspirational, Touching |
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.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, biography, history |
Country | Netherlands |
Duration | 02:25 |
Characters | Heroes, Military, Soldier |
Plot | War, On real events, Skirmishes, Weapon, Freedom |
Place | Ships, Ocean |
Style | Exciting, Fascinating, Epic, Serious |
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography |
Country | USA, Hong Kong, Iceland |
Duration | 02:28 |
Characters | Newlyweds |
Plot | Love, On real events, Survival, Dancing, Travel |
Place | Sea, Ships, Ocean, Beach, Yachts |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Atmospheric, Makes me think, Disturbing |
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, adventure, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Iceland |
Duration | 02:46 |
Characters | Doctors, Climbers |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Adventure, Death, Expeditions |
Place | Mountains, Everest |
Time | Winter |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Beautiful landscapes, Disturbing |
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | action, thriller, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:38 |
Characters | Gay, Fathers |
Plot | Survival, Disasters, Adventure, Death, Shipwreck |
Place | Sea, Ships, Ocean, India |
Style | Exciting, Heavy, Tense, Disturbing |
A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
Mark | imdb: 1.6 |
Genre | action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:30 |
Characters | Nurses |
Plot | Survival, Adventure, Tsunami, Surfing |
Place | Sea, Ships, Ocean, Helicopters |
Style | Exciting, Serious, For men |
On the 100th anniversary of the original voyage, a modern luxury liner christened "Titanic 2," follows the path of its namesake. But when a tsunami hurls an ice berg into the new ship's path, the passengers and crew must fight to avoid a similar fate.
Mark | imdb: 2.4 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure |
Country | USA |
Characters | Heroes, Scientists |
Plot | Love, Apocalypse, End of the world, Friendship, Weapon |
Place | Sea |
Time | Future |
Style | Exciting, Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Tense |
A scientist readies a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. However, after the disasters reach a peak level of destruction those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, as he and other refugees look to save the world and stop the disaster using the two Supercolliders on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Mark | imdb: 1.8 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:25 |
Plot | Survival, Adventure, Earthquake, Vacation, Snow |
Place | Egypt, Trains, Pyramid |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
Massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, resulting in unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing family in Egypt must battle the rapidly cooling temperatures that usher in a new Ice Age, covering the Sphinx, Pyramids, and Sahara Desert with mountains of snow.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:34 |
Characters | Jews, Friends |
Plot | Survival, Revenge, Slavery, Death, Religious |
Place | Italy, Deserts, Roman Empire |
Style | Exciting, Fascinating, Tense, Epic, Serious |
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, military, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 03:44 |
Characters | Sharks, Military, Lawyers |
Plot | War, On real events, Survival, Dancing, Friendship |
Place | Submarines, Sea, Ocean, Court, Warships |
Time | World War II |
Style | Unexpected ending, Exciting, Fascinating, Disturbing |
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:59 |
Characters | Indians, Snake, Military, Amazons, Soldier |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Adventure, Travel, Obsession |
Place | Jungle, England |
Style | Exciting, Inspirational, Tense, Makes me think, Disturbing |
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, adventure, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:58 |
Characters | Heroes, Military, Friends |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Adventure, Conspiracies, Uprising |
Place | Ships, Ocean, England |
Time | 18th century |
Style | Exciting, Tense, Serious, For men, Disturbing |
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, adventure, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, France |
Duration | 01:33 |
Characters | Climbers |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Adventure, Travel, Loneliness |
Place | Caves, Mountains, Deserts |
Style | Tense, Serious |
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | drama, adventure, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom, France, Spain |
Duration | 02:34 |
Characters | Heroes, Military, Inventors |
Plot | On real events, Adventure, Travel, Obsession, Uprising |
Place | Ships, Ocean, Spain |
Style | Exciting, Inspirational, Atmospheric, Epic, Serious |
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Mark | imdb: 3.4 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:24 |
Characters | Dogs, Writers, Widows, Pilots |
Plot | Survival, Death, Fear |
Place | Aircraft |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
Kate Parks has spent the past year on tour promoting her book, an in-depth look at the attempted cover up of her husband's death in a plane crash. Now all she wants is to return home to her daughter, 15-year-old Samantha. But when a powerful solar flare strikes her flight home, killing the pilot, knocking out the co-pilot and frying all the electronic systems on the plane, it looks like she may not get there. As panic sets in among the passengers, Kate works with flight attendant Jake to manage the growing chaos and tension on the plane as she tries to keep 30,000 tons of steel hurtling through the air at 500 miles per hour. Flying blind, Kate tries to find a way to communicate with air traffic control - one way or another, this plane is coming down. With the passengers' lives on the line, Kate will have to find a way to land safely... or never see her daughter again.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:18 |
Characters | Pirates, Spy, Heroes, Military, Friends |
Plot | War, Adventure, Sea battles, Expeditions, Rivalry |
Place | Sea, Ships, Ocean |
Time | 18th century |
Style | Exciting, Action, Serious |
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | Spain |
Duration | 02:25 |
Characters | Heroes, Military, Soldier |
Plot | Adventure, Intrigue |
Style | Exciting, By books, Heavy, Epic, Serious |
In 17th century Spain Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, near to death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, adventure, biography |
Country | France, Belgium |
Duration | 02:12 |
Characters | Sharks, Whale, Family, Scientists, Fish |
Plot | Love, On real events, Dancing, Adventure, Travel |
Place | Sea, Aircraft, Ships, Ocean, Party |
Style | Exciting, By books, Fascinating, Makes me think |
Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:36 |
Characters | Heroes, Hunters, Investigators |
Plot | Survival, Adventure, Motorcycles, Money, Death |
Place | Nature, Mountains, Forest, Wall Street |
Style | Exciting, Heavy, Tense, Serious, For men |
Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals -- they're after him.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:14 |
Characters | Pirates, Terrorists |
Plot | On real events, Hostage |
Place | Sea, Ships, Ocean |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
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.
Mark | imdb: 2.8 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, military |
Country | USA |
Characters | Heroes, Military, Soldier, Marines |
Plot | Water, Alien invasion |
Place | Sea, Ships, Ocean, Warships |
Style | Exciting, Fascinating, Tense, Serious, For men |
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography, history |
Country | Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA |
Duration | 02:00 |
Characters | Dogs, Horses, Poets |
Plot | On real events, Death, Weapon, Border, Snow |
Place | Hotels |
Style | Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing |
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.