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1. Shetland (2013– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A local police team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.
Stars: Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson, Lewis Howden, Douglas Henshall
Votes: 26,171
2. Aquaman (2018)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson
Votes: 522,539 | Gross: $335.06M
3. Das Boot (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 265,053 | Gross: $11.49M
4. The Aftermath (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin, Jason Clarke
Votes: 23,907 | Gross: $1.62M
5. The Boat That Rocked (2009)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.
Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Michael Hadley
Votes: 116,237 | Gross: $7.99M
6. The Rig (2023– )
13+ | 51 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of workers on a remote Scottish oil rig are due to return to the mainland when a mysterious fog enshrouds them and supernatural forces take hold.
Stars: Emily Hampshire, Iain Glen, Molly Vevers, Abraham Popoola
Votes: 12,752
7. North Sea Texas (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage boy's search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby.
Director: Bavo Defurne | Stars: Ben Van den Heuvel, Eva van der Gucht, Thomas Coumans, Katelijne Damen
Votes: 10,041 | Gross: $0.03M
8. The Island (2020–2024)
48 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.
Stars: Emily Kusche, Aaron Hilmer, Adrian Grünewald, Maximilian Brauer
Votes: 2,546
9. Last Breath (2019)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary
A deep sea diver is stranded on the seabed with 5 minutes of oxygen and no hope of rescue. With access to amazing archive this is the story of one man's impossible fight for survival.
Directors: Richard da Costa, Alex Parkinson | Stars: Duncan Allcock, Kjetil Ove Alvestad, Stuart Anderson, Glenn Brunskill
Votes: 7,370
10. The Burning Sea (2021)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.
Director: John Andreas Andersen | Stars: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Henrik Bjelland, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Anders Baasmo
Votes: 7,395
11. The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, War
In the North Sea in 1944, passengers of a downed Royal Air Force transport aircraft talk about their lives while awaiting rescue in their dinghy.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Jack Watling
Votes: 740
12. Flood (2007)
TV-14 | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. It is not a question of if, but when London floods.
Director: Tony Mitchell | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Courtenay, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 7,169
13. North Sea Hijack (1980)
PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks
Votes: 5,844
14. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 6,841
15. Anna (I) (2009)
35 min | Short, Drama
In a small Danish fishing village, a young girl faces the challenges of puberty and first love.
Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson | Stars: Marie Boda, Daniel Stampe, Petrine Agger, Kristianna Nordoy
Votes: 265
16. The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara
Votes: 13,177 | Gross: $0.02M
17. Lassie Come Home (2020)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Remake of the 1943 movie based on Eric Knight's book "Lassie Come Home".
Director: Hanno Olderdissen | Stars: Nico Marischka, Sebastian Bezzel, Anna Maria Mühe, Bella Bading
Votes: 646
18. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles
Votes: 2,535
19. Vilde, the Wild One (1986)
115 min | Crime, Drama
In a rural western town in 1890 a woman has a mute old daughter after relations with her step father, which in his need of money, wants to sell them off to a rich skin tradesman. While resisting this, the woman turns lame.
Director: Vibeke Løkkeberg | Stars: Vibeke Løkkeberg, Keve Hjelm, Terence Stamp, Elisabeth Granneman
Votes: 165
20. Slack Bay (2016)
Unrated | 122 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the early 20th century, at the Pas de Calais, people mysteriously disappear as Ma Loute, son of the local fishermen family, and Billie, daughter of the snobbish Van Peteghems, fall in love each other.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jean-Luc Vincent
Votes: 4,895 | Gross: $0.11M
21. Above Us the Waves (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 1,636
22. Rejsen til Saturn (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A privately funded Danish mission to find resources on Saturn replaces navigator last minute with incompetent Per. His ex tries to warn them. Unfortunately, there are aliens on Saturn who are interested in Earth's water.
Directors: Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Craig Frank | Stars: Casper Christensen, Frank Hvam, Ali Kazim, Simon Jul Jørgensen
Votes: 3,154
23. Pioneer (2013)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A thriller set at the beginning of the 1980's Norwegian Oil Boom and centered on a diver whose obsession with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea leads to tragedy.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Stephanie Sigman
Votes: 5,311 | Gross: $0.01M
24. We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Drama, War
All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling
Votes: 1,705
25. The Edge of the World (1937)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, History, Romance
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Niall MacGinnis, Belle Chrystall, John Laurie, Eric Berry
Votes: 2,002
26. The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ex-DEA agent Quinlan enters a labyrinth of deception and death as he tries to destroy a powerful Amsterdam-based drug cartel named 'Juliana'.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 556
27. For Those in Peril (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wright | Stars: George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Nichola Burley, Michael Smiley
Votes: 1,257
28. North Sea is Dead Sea (1976)
87 min | Drama
Two 14-year-old boys try to escape their oppressive home in a working-class suburb of Hamburg, first by taking a homemade raft and later a stolen sailboat down the Elbe towards the open sea.
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Dschingis Bowakow, Uwe Bohm, Marquard Bohm, Herma Koehn
Votes: 468
29. Otto - Der Außerfriesische (1989)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian homeland, but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But when his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn to do, Otto tries to convince him.
Directors: Marijan David Vajda, Otto Waalkes | Stars: Otto Waalkes, Barbara May, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Volkmar Kleinert
Votes: 2,759
30. Roughnecks (1994– )
50 min | Drama
Drama about the lives and loves of the crew of an oil-rig.
Stars: Teresa Banham, Colum Convey, James Cosmo, Liam Cunningham
Votes: 68
31. Offshore (1996–2000)
30 min | Drama
The story is set on an oil platform in the North Sea. We follow the employees and their, at times, difficult relationships both at work and in the spare time. The main line of conflict is ... See full summary »
Stars: Finn Schau, Kjersti Døvigen, Vanessa Borgli, Kim Sørensen
Votes: 105
32. True North (II) (2006)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
Director: Steve Hudson | Stars: Peter Mullan, Martin Compston, Gary Lewis, Steven Robertson
Votes: 1,122
33. The New Life Style (Just to Be Loved) (1968)
X | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Businessman Bergmann goes on a business trip to Sylt. The serious family man gets involved in the fun-filled art scene on the coastal island. When he is reunited with an acquaintance from the outbound flight, he falls in love with her.
Director: Jerzy Macc | Stars: Horst Tappert, Charlotte Kerr, Renate von Holt, Alexy Burg
Votes: 41
34. Bermuda Triangle North Sea (2011 TV Movie)
127 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
BERMUDA-TRIANGLE NORTH SEA takes the audience into the dramatic world of Global Warming caused by Carbon dioxide emissions and its dumping under the North Sea seabed which is, in times of ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Lyon | Stars: Hannes Jaenicke, Bettina Zimmermann, Karoline Eichhorn, Josefine Preuß
Votes: 1,122
35. Blücher (1988)
94 min | Action, Adventure
Two brave deep sea divers has sworn revenge after getting fired, and to show their skills they plan an advanced deep sea expedition down to the German war ship Blücher, sunk at the start of WW2 in 1940. But are not alone on their mission.
Director: Oddvar Bull Tuhus | Stars: Helge Jordal, Frank Krog, Hege Schøyen, Geir Børresen
Votes: 132
36. Drifters (1929)
49 min | Documentary
A silent documentary film by John Grierson telling the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.
Director: John Grierson
Votes: 480
37. Kursk (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
A documentary about the Russian submarine Kursk after the terrible accident in the North-Sea in 2000.
Directors: Øystein Bogen, Per Christian Magnus
Votes: 28
38. Beach Boys - Rette sich wer kann (2003 TV Movie)
91 min | Comedy
Three friends dream of music careers - and the same girl. She ends up in Sylt
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: David Winter, Toni Snetberger, Tobias Kasimirowicz, Friederike Kempter
Votes: 58
39. Nordstrand (2013)
89 min | Drama
NORDSTRAND tells the story of two brothers, Marten and Volker, who meet in their parents' now empty house on the coast. Older brother Marten would like to pick up together their mother from... See full summary »
Director: Florian Eichinger | Stars: Lennart Bartels, Luise Berndt, William Boer, Martina Krauel
Votes: 177
40. Ocean Emergency: Currents of Hope (2022 TV Special)
Documentary
The hosts go around the globe to share a look at the state of emergency of our oceans and provide tips on how viewers can help mitigate this worldwide issue.
Stars: Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Elizabeth Stanton, Montel Williams
Votes: 28
41. Der Tote im Watt (2013 TV Movie)
89 min | Thriller
Director: Maris Pfeiffer | Stars: Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Thomas Thieme, Corinna Kirchhoff, Max von Thun
Votes: 57
42. Raising the Mammoth (2000 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary
A scientist wants to recover some mammoth DNA to clone a live mammoth. So he finds a buried mammoth in the vast, rock hard permafrost of Siberia, digs it out in the middle of a blizzard and... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Charles Deniau | Stars: Larry Agenbroad, Jeff Bridges, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol
Votes: 121
43. The Shepherd (2022 Video)
33 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A De Havilland Vampire pilot flying home from RAF Celle in northern Germany to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk on Christmas Eve 1957, suffers a complete electrical failure mid-flight. Lost in fog... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Parker
44. An Unexpected Coddiwomple
Drama, History, War | Announced
Decades after her father's passing, a Niagara Falls woman unearths a trove of 522 World War II letters he sent home, uncovering the depths of the man she never knew and kindling a poignant connection with the past.
45. Mittendrin (1989– )
30 min | Family
The ZDF-television series was developed as a spin-off of the Löwenzahn series. It was aimed at somewhat older children and young people and dealt with topics of nature and the environment or environmental pollution and protection.
Stars: Peter Lustig, Anja Franke, Helmut Krauss, Jan-Geerd Buss
Votes: 26
46. Franz (1972)
91 min | Drama, Romance
In a French seaside town, at a boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and maladies, the six male residents' lives change dramatically when two women arrive: Catherine, ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Brel | Stars: Jacques Brel, Barbara, Danièle Evenou, Fernand Fabre
Votes: 94
47. Vier Stunden von Elbe 1 (1968 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Eberhard Fechner | Stars: Carsta Löck, Klaus Höhne, Helga Feddersen, Elke Twiesselmann
Votes: 35
48. Der Seehund von Sanderoog (2006 TV Movie)
89 min | Family
Will Milla and her friends be able to save the seal "Knopfauge" and the seal station from the greedy Hajo Ehlers? Ironically, Ehler's son Henry, whom Milla knows from school and doesn't like, turns out to be a great help.
Director: Klaus Wirbitzky | Stars: Joanna Ferkic, Catrin Striebeck, Oliver Korittke, Barbara Nüsse
Votes: 35
49. Sita in de noordzee (1986)
80 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Sita is a Hindu girl from Suriname who lives with her family in The Netherlands. Trying to assimilate to Dutch culture, she looks for a job, while still learning traditional Hindu classical... See full summary »
Director: Alma Popeyus | Stars: Sita A. Kallasingh, Gurudath Kallasingh, Gaytree Kalpoe, Koeldiep Kalpoe
50. The Flat Jungle (1979)
90 min | Documentary
A documentary shot in the flat Dutch country, at the edge of the sea. It deals with very different themes. Animal documentary, activist, denouncing the capitalism that destroys the coast and employment in the maritime sector.
Director: Johan van der Keuken
Votes: 38