Sailing- and Boating-Related Movies

Quite possibly the internet’s most comprehensive collection of sailing-related movies!

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(Red indicates ones I’ve watched.)

Fiction/Entertainment

• [M] Abandoned (2015)
• [M] African Queen (1951)
• [M] All Is Lost (2013)
• [M] The Boat (2018) – Amazon
• [M] The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• [M] Captain Ron (1992)
• [M] Captains Courageous (1937) – Amazon
• [M] Captains Courageous (1977)
• [M] Captains Courageous (1996)
• [M] The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) – Amazon
• [M] Courage (2009) – Amazon
• [M] The Cruel Sea (1953)
• [M] Cutthroat Island (1995)
• [M] Das Boot (1981)
• [M] Dead Calm (1989)
• [V] The Fisherman (2015)
• [M] Hide Away (2011) – Amazon
• [M] Hot Pursuit (1987) – Amazon
• [M] The Hunt for Red October (1990) – Amazon
• [M] In Enemy Hands (2004) – Amazon
• [M] Knife in the Water (1962)
• [M] Life of Pi (2012)
• [M] Master and Commander (2003)
• [M] Moana (2016)
• [M] Moby Dick (1956) – Amazon
• [M] Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
• [M] The Old Man and the Sea (1958) – Amazon
• [M] The Old Man and the Sea (1990) – Amazon
• [M] Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
• [M] Overboard (1987)
• [M] Overboard (2018) – Amazon
• [M] The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) – Amazon
• [M] The Perfect Storm (2000)
• [M] Pirates of the Caribbean 1: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) – Amazon
• [M] Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) – Amazon
• [M] Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End (2007) – Amazon
• [M] Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides (2011) – Amazon
• [M] Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) – Amazon
• [M] The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
• [M] Sea Fever (2020)
• [M] The Sea Wolf (1993)
• [M] Serenity (2019) – Amazon (not the Firefly one 😉 )
• [M] Styx (2018) – Amazon
• [M] Swallows and Amazons (1974)
• [M] Swallows and Amazons (2016) – Amazon
• [M] Titanic (1997)
• [M] Triangle (2009)
• [M] Turning Tide (En solitaire) (2013) – Amazon
• [M] The Voyage Of The Yes (1973) – Amazon

Non-Fiction

• [M] 180° South (2010)
• [M] 80° North: Sailing on Top of the World (2020)
• [M] Admiral (2015) – Amazon
• [M] The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) – Amazon
• [M] Adrift (2018)
• [M] Aixa: The Last Master of Ibiza (2017) – Amazon
• [M] Alone Against the Tasman (2010) – Amazon
• [M] Antarctic Dream (2016) – Amazon
• [M] Aquarela (2019) – Amazon
• [M] Between Home (2012) – Home
• [M] Blue Water Odyssey (2006) – Amazon
• [M] The Bounty (1984)
• [M] Captain Phillips (2013)
• [M] Coyote: The Mike Plant Story (2017) – Amazon
• [M] Crowhurst (2018)
• [M] Deep Water (2006) – Netflix
• [M] The Dove (1974)
• [M] Dream Cruises (2017) – Amazon
• [M] The Endless Summer (1966)
• [M] The Finest Hours (2016)
• [M] Following Seas (2016) – Amazon
• [M] Go Fast. Go North. (2017) – Amazon
• [M] Greyhound (2020)
• [M] The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney (1994) – Vimeo, YouTube
• [M] In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
• [M] Into the Gyre (2012) – Amazon
• [M] Kon Tiki (1950)
• [M] Kon-Tiki (2012)
• [M] Land Of Mist Around Vancouver’s Island (2000) – Amazon
• [M] The Last Adventure of the Gandul (2017) – Amazon
• [M] Let the Boat Sail (2019) – Amazon
• [M] Losing Sight of Shore (2017) – Amazon
• [M] Madagascar Maverick (2010) – Amazon
• [M] Maiden (2019) – Trailer, Amazon
• [M] Maidentrip (2013) – Amazon
• [M] The Mercy (2018) – Amazon
• [M] Morning Light (2008) – Amazon
• [M] Of Boats and Brothers: The Yacht Building Herreshoffs (2000?) – Amazon
• [M] The Old Man and the Sea: Return to Cuba (2018) – Amazon
• [M] One Ocean: No Limits (2017) – Amazon
• [M] Pacific Rescue – by Ninox Films, New Zealand – about Queen’s Birthday storm – YouTube
• [M] Port Townsend Sails: A Woman, A Place, A Passion (2013)
• [M] Red Dot on the Ocean: The Matt Rutherford Story (2014)
• [M] Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Lifesavers (2010) – Amazon
• [M] Sailing Around the World – The California Campaign (2013) – Amazon
• [M] Sailing Around the World – The Transpac (2013) – Amazon
• [M] Sailing the World Alone (1996) by László Pal – DVD only???
• [M] Sea Change (2018) – Amazon
• [M] Sea Fever: For Those in Peril (2010) – Vimeo
• [M] Of The Sea: fishermen, seafood and sustainability (2016) – Home, Amazon
• [M] Sea Gypsies: The Far Side of the World (2017) – Home, Amazon, Vimeo
• [M] Sea of Shadows (2019)
• [M] Shackleton’s Captain (2012) – Amazon
• [M] Sir Robin Knox-Johnston: Sailing Legend (2020) – YouTube
• [M] South (1919) by Frank Hurley (footage from Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition)
• [M] SS France: A Cruise Legend Returns (2018) – Amazon
• [M] True Spirit (2018) – Jessica Watson story
• [M] Two Came Back (1997) – YouTube
• [M] Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
• [M] USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) – Amazon
• [M] Vanishing Sail (2015) – Home
• [M] Voyage (2014) – Amazon
• [M] The Weekend Sailor (2016) – Vimeo
• [M] When the Road Ends (2020) – Amazon
• [M] White Squall (1996)
• [M] Wild Eyes: The Abby Sunderland Story (2011) – Amazon (DVD only?)
• [M] Wind (1992) – Amazon
• [M] Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958)
• [M] With Jean-du-Sud Around the World (1983) – Vimeo

Instructional

• [M] Yachting Skool (2015) – Amazon

Other Collections

• Top 15 Sailing Films
• A Mariner’s Movie Marathon by Rick Martell
• Best cult boat films ever by Stef Bottinelli
• A Mariner’s Movie Marathon by Rick Martell

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