Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "underwater-rescue"

1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith

Votes: 345,775 | Gross: $417.72M

2. The Meg (2018)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon.

Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 208,490 | Gross: $143.01M

3. Hunter Killer (2018)

R | 121 min | Action, Thriller

An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.

Director: Donovan Marsh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 74,033 | Gross: $15.77M

4. Thirteen Lives (2022)

PG-13 | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman

Votes: 68,239

5. 47 Meters Down (2017)

PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.

Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine, Chris Johnson

Votes: 61,113 | Gross: $44.31M

6. Never Say Never Again (1983)

PG | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow

Votes: 73,332 | Gross: $55.50M

7. Thunderball (1965)

PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi

Votes: 127,439 | Gross: $63.60M

8. The Marine (2006)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

Director: John Bonito | Stars: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick, Anthony Ray Parker

Votes: 35,950 | Gross: $18.84M

9. The Quest (1986)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A resourceful American orphan living in rural Australia finds himself caught up in the magic of a local Aboriginal myth that might be more real than anyone knows.

Directors: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Russell Hagg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West

Votes: 2,188

10. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Approved | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara

Votes: 2,948

11. City in the Sea (1965)

Unrated | 84 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

In 1903 Cornwall, a group of locals discover an underwater city, dating back to 1803, that hides a society of smugglers and aquatic creatures.

Directors: Jacques Tourneur, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson, Susan Hart

Votes: 2,615

12. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

While on vacation in the Caribbean with his wife, a middle-aged man unexpectedly finds, and falls in love with, a mermaid.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King

Votes: 1,354

13. Torpedo Run (1958)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, War

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones

Votes: 2,553

14. She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)

Approved | 63 min | Adventure

Two brothers, one wanted for murder, are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by nubile young women who have amassed a valuable cache of pearls.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Bill Cord, Don Durant, Lisa Montell, Jeanne Gerson

Votes: 1,123

15. Dinosaurus! (1960)

Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the population. A boy teams up with a Neanderthal and an irritated dinosaur try to stop the dinosaurs.

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Stars: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson, Paul Lukather, Alan Roberts

Votes: 1,705

16. The Patriot (1986)

R | 88 min | Action

Agent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons.

Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway

Votes: 396

17. Magic Boy (1959)

G | 83 min | Animation, Family, Adventure

A young Japanese boy climbs a mountain in search of a magic wizard. The youth finds the wizard, and is tutored by him. Reinforced with magic powers, the boy eventually fights and defeats the evil witches of down under.

Directors: Akira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita | Stars: Katsuo Nakamura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Teruo Miyazaki, Tomoko Matsushima

Votes: 502

18. Submerged (2001 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama

A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine.

Director: James Keach | Stars: Sam Neill, Shea Whigham, Emily Procter, Hugh O'Conor

Votes: 500

19. Below the Sea (1933)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Frederik Vogeding, Esther Howard

Votes: 333

20. Submarine D-1 (1937)

Passed | 100 min | Action, Drama

Navy officers fall for Ann. She has her own plans. USS Pensacola is struck during a last dive drill, there is an attempt to rescue. The USS Dolphin (D-1) and her crew depart from ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris, Frank McHugh

Votes: 322

21. Isle of Fury (1936)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Romance

In the South Seas, Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon are getting married when a ship goes down offshore. Val rescues Captain Deever and passenger Eric Blake. Later Eric saves Val from an ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, E.E. Clive

Votes: 751

22. Rire et châtiment (2003)

94 min | Comedy, Romance

Babysitter protecting young boy during home invasion.

Director: Isabelle Doval | Stars: José Garcia, Isabelle Doval, Laurent Lucas, Benoît Poelvoorde

Votes: 1,071

23. Trapped in a Submarine (1932)

63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in sub. It sinks and the trapped men are doomed, unless a diving-lung, recently added to ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Summers | Stars: John Batten, Sydney Seaward, James Enstone, Syd Crossley

Votes: 28

24. Elias og kongeskipet (2007)

76 min | Animation, Family

The little rescue boat Elias signs on to the mission to find the royal ship, who has been missing for a time due to his daughter's disappearance. During the mission Elias has to prove his bravery.

Directors: Espen Fyksen, Lise I. Osvoll | Stars: Aleksander Emil Dyrberg Ek, Marit Andreassen, Per Christian Ellefsen, Svein Tindberg

Votes: 197

25. Wraki (1957)

89 min | Thriller

Diver Antoni Barnat is falsely accused of causing an accident underwater that almost led to his fellow diver's death. Interestingly enough, they are both in love with the same girl, Teresa.

Directors: Ewa Petelska, Czeslaw Petelski | Stars: Zbigniew Józefowicz, Zbigniew Cybulski, Urszula Modrzynska, Jadwiga Prolinska

Votes: 52

26. Sea Spiders (1932)

9 min | Documentary, Short

A look at the everyay life of Tahitian natives.

Star: Gayne Whitman

Votes: 115

27. James Pond: Underwater Agent (1990 Video Game)

Adventure

The name is Pond...James Pond. When the world's oceans are threatened, there's only one fish with the guts to save the day. From plugging oil tankers and retrieving radioactive waste to ... See full summary »

Votes: 49

28. 240-Robert (1979–1981)
Episode: Bathysphere (1979)

60 min | Adventure

After dealing with a reckless driver with an amphibious car, the 240-Robert team has to rescue people trapped underwater in a malfunctioning bathysphere.

Director: Phil Bondelli | Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Lew Saunders

Votes: 8

29. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Atlantic Inferno (1966)

TV-G | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Lady Penelope persuades Jeff to take a well-earned holiday on her sheep farm in Bonga Bonga, Australia. Will Scott be able to cope with the new responsibilities he has as head of International Rescue?

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 132

30. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Terror in New York City (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport TB4 to New York City when a news crew is trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.

Directors: David Elliott, David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 208

31. Centurions (1986)
Episode: Child's Play (1986)

TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Family

Jimmy, a teenager with very strong telekinetic abilities gets a hold of Jake's Wild Weasel. He uses it to cease the abuse of a gang of bullies. Dr. Terror captures Gina, friend of Jimmy's to blackmail him to do his bidding.

Stars: Pat Fraley, Neil Ross, Vince Edwards, Ron Feinberg

Votes: 17

32. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Desperate Intruder (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Brains, the genius behind the inventions of International Rescue has another interest -- buried treasure

Director: David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 152

33. Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
Episode: The Most Dangerous Man in Eternia (2021)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While defending a village from Tri-Klops's cult, Teela's group meets Man-At-Arms, who is struggling to keep Orko alive using the town's magic water.

Directors: Adam Conarroe, Patrick Stannard | Stars: Diedrich Bader, Kevin Conroy, Liam Cunningham, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Votes: 1,626

34. Chicago Fire (2012– )
Episode: Mayday (2021)

TV-14 | Action, Drama

Firehouse 51 deals with the aftermath of the capsized boat rescue. Gallo, Ritter and Violet discuss plans for a side gig.

Director: Reza Tabrizi | Stars: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg

Votes: 365

35. The Border (2008–2010)
Episode: Shifting Waters (2008)

44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As international leaders debate Arctic sovereignty, Kessler and ICS fight to rescue a Canadian submarine crew trapped under the polar ice.

Director: Brett Sullivan | Stars: James McGowan, Grace Park, Graham Abbey, Jonas Chernick

Votes: 30

36. The Mandalorian (2019– )
Episode: Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore (2023)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The Mandalorian and Grogu explore the ruins of a destroyed planet.

Director: Rachel Morrison | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Brendan Wayne

Votes: 18,554