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The Greatest Lost At Sea Movies Ever Made

Updated January 7, 2021 4.9k votes 1.2k voters 122.3k views41 items

List RulesVote up your favorite movies about being lost at sea.

This list is water-tight and full of wonderful lost at sea movies, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The best lost at sea movies offer adventure as they showcase the lead characters' will to survive and capture the might and power of the open ocean. Lost at sea films often feature one person's journey, but some of the best overboard movies include star-studded casts. A few of the greatest lost at sea films are even based on true stories.

What films will you find on this best lost at sea movies list? Titanic has everything that movie fans look for in a great film. Jack and Rose's epic love story is tested as the Titanic sinks to the bottom of the sea. Would Jack have fit on that door? Probably, but this fantastic movie took home 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards in 1998 anyway. Life of Pi is another great lost at sea film and is one of the few movies set on the open ocean to feature a tiger! So if you want movies like Adrift and Open Water, then this list is for you.

Robert Redford barely spoke a line of dialogue in All Is Lost, but his face conveyed all the emotions involved with being stranded in the ocean without hope of rescue (or is there?!). Other good films on this top lost at sea movies list include Cast Away and Lifeboat.

Do you have a favorite lost at sea movie? Give the best films a vote up and keep an eye out for new ocean survival films as they are added to the list.

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The Mercy
Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz
Released: 2018
Directed by: James Marsh
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Cast Away
Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt
Released: 2000
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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Titanic
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
Released: 1997
Directed by: James Cameron
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The Perfect Storm
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg
Released: 2000
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
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Adrift
Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin
Released: 2018
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
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Life of Pi
Gérard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan
Released: 2012
Directed by: Ang Lee
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Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener
Released: 2013
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
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Sea Fever
Connie Nielsen, Hermione Corfield
Released: 2020
Directed by: Neasa Hardiman
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All Is Lost
Robert Redford
Released: 2013
Directed by: J. C. Chandor
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In the Heart of the Sea
Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy
Released: 2015
Directed by: Ron Howard
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Unbroken
Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson
Released: 2014
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
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Maidentrip
Dick Dekker, Kim Dekker
Released: 2013
Directed by: Jillian Schlesinger
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The Poseidon Adventure
Gene Hackman, Stella Stevens
Released: 1972
Directed by: Irwin Allen, Ronald Neame
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Open Water
Saul Stein, Blanchard Ryan
Released: 2003
Directed by: Chris Kentis
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The Deep
Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bissett
Released: 1977
Directed by: Peter Yates
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Triangle
Melissa George, Michael Dorman
Released: 2009
Directed by: Christopher Smith
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Lifeboat
Tallulah Bankhead, Hume Cronyn
Released: 1944
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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The Reef
Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering
Released: 2010
Directed by: Andrew Traucki
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White Squall
Jeff Bridges, Ryan Phillippe
Released: 1996
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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The Finest Hours
Chris Pine, Casey Affleck
Released: 2016
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
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Black Sea
Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn
Released: 2014
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
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Moby Dick
Orson Welles, Gregory Peck
Released: 1956
Directed by: John Huston
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Open Water 2: Adrift
Eric Dane, Cameron Richardson
Released: 2006
Directed by: Hans Horn

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Satan's Triangle
Kim Novak, Doug McClure
Released: 1975
Directed by: Sutton Roley
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A Hijacking
Dar Salim, Johan Philip Asbæk
Released: 2012
Directed by: Tobias Lindholm