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1. Message in a Bottle (1999)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.
Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage
Votes: 40,466 | Gross: $52.88M
2. Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)
55 min | Drama
The construction of the R.M.S. Titanic at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast against the background of union riots, political and religious conflicts, and a romance between a young ambitious engineer and an Italian immigrant.
Stars: Kevin Zegers, Alessandra Mastronardi, Derek Jacobi, Billy Carter
Votes: 2,153
3. Noah's Ark (1928)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, War
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda
Votes: 924 | Gross: $1.37M
4. The Ring Finger (2005)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Iris finds a new job working in a preservation lab where she gradually enters into a troubled relationship with her boss.
Director: Diane Bertrand | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Marc Barbé, Stipe Erceg, Edith Scob
Votes: 1,270
5. The Virgin Queen (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson
Votes: 3,074
6. On a Clear Day (2005)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - swimming the English Channel.
Director: Gaby Dellal | Stars: Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Billy Boyd, Sean McGinley
Votes: 3,412 | Gross: $0.19M
7. Spaceship Earth (2020)
Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary
A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.
Director: Matt Wolf | Stars: Kathelin Gray, Marie Harding, William Dempster, John Allen
Votes: 2,167
8. Meet the People (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
An idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr
Votes: 488
9. Destroyer (1943)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A new World War 2 destroyer fails its sea trials so it is assigned to mail runs, but the crew ends up having to engage Japanese planes and a submarine anyway.
Directors: William A. Seiter, Ray Enright | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,314
10. Little Old New York (1940)
Approved | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Steamboat inventor Robert Fulton shows up in New York in 1807. Tavern keeper believes in him, but her boyfriend doesn't. All seems lost when sailors afraid of losing their jobs burn his boat.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene, Brenda Joyce
Votes: 265
11. Washington Story (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Romance
Joe Gresham is a hard-working but reticent congressman from Massachusetts. Reporter Alice Kingsley arrives in Washington, DC hired by Gilbert Nunnally, a tabloid columnist and cynic who ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 284
12. Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary, Drama
Dramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, showing the violence, ... See full summary »
Director: William Lyons | Stars: Charles Dance, Gordon Langford Rowe, Charles Lawson, Damian O'Hare
Votes: 207
13. Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Approved | 97 min | Drama
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe, George Bancroft
Votes: 125
14. Vasa 1628 (2011–2012)
109 min | Drama, History
In 1628 was one of Europe's largest ship, the Vasa, completed. The summer gathered thousands of curious along Stockholm's quays to see her slip out on her maiden voyage.
Stars: Katarina Weidhagen, Ola Wahlström, Frans van Hal, Dick van Dijk
Votes: 44
15. Adventure for Two (1943)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naive about British people, and ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Marjorie Fielding, Margaret Rutherford
Votes: 539
16. A Big Family (1954)
108 min | Drama
An epic of the Zhurbin family of shipbuilders, spanning several generations.
Director: Iosif Kheifits | Stars: Sergei Lukyanov, Boris Andreyev, Vera Kuznetsova, Aleksey Batalov
Votes: 270
17. Great British Ships (2018– )
60 min | Documentary, History, War
Engineer Rob Bell reveals the secrets behind some of the historic ships that shaped the history of our island nation.
Stars: Rob Bell, Eric Grove, Paul Pattison, Helen Doe
Votes: 70
18. La bocca del lupo (2009)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary, Romance
The story of a criminal Vincenzo and his trans lover Mary, who waited for him for many years while he served his prison sentence.
Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Vincenzo Motta, Mary Monaco, Franco Leo, Stefano Carappa
Votes: 677
19. Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) (1975)
30 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Godfrey | Stars: Richard Briers, Harry Fowler, Barbara Moore, Angus Lennie
Votes: 366
20. Man from Frisco (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
Matt Braddock (a fictional version of real-life Henry Kaiser) is an engineer with revolutionary ideas for shipbuilding. When he tries to set up yards for prefabricating ships on the West ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Anne Shirley, Gene Lockhart, Dan Duryea
Votes: 61
21. At Sea (2007)
60 min | Documentary
This is a soundless story of the building of 'Toledo Spirit', the container ship, its sailing and eventual beaching. Insignificant men crawl on cranes and gantries to build it and other men, sans the equipment, scrape it after beaching.
Director: Peter B. Hutton
Votes: 342
22. Den sidste viking (1997)
88 min | Action, Drama
The son of Viking Harald is left behind in his village with women and children, when his father joins a group of rebels. They are revolving against the king, but the king takes revenge by ... See full summary »
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen | Stars: Holger Thaarup, René Hansen, Moa Lagercrantz, Marika Lagercrantz
Votes: 248
23. Atlantic Ferry (1941)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
After their state-of-the-art steamship the "Gigantic" sinks a few minutes after being launched, the MacIver brothers of Liverpool begin to plan for the future of their company. David (... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Griffith Jones, Hartley Power
Votes: 152
24. Blood from a Stone (I) (2011)
98 min | Drama
The day his bank refuses to finance him, Georges will do everything he can to save his shipyard and his employees.
Director: Jacques Maillot | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Maud Wyler, Yann Trégouët, Alain Beigel
Votes: 261
25. Carthage: The Roman Holocaust (2004 TV Movie)
PG | 105 min | Documentary
When Rome was still in its infancy, Carthage was the dominant power of the Mediterranean. As Rome grew, Carthage remained its only great rival. It was that rivalry that drove Rome to utterly destroy Carthage, and massacre its people.
Director: Joseph Maxwell | Star: Richard Miles
Votes: 120
26. A Hull of a Mess (1942)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a shipyard, Popeye and Bluto compete in each building a ship for a potential exclusive military contract.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Al Eugster | Stars: Dave Barry, Jack Mercer
Votes: 162
27. Broadside (2009 TV Movie)
111 min | History
The newly restored English monarch, Charles II, leads his country into the fiercest trade war in the age of sail as well as concentrating on the inner workings of the king's court including... See full summary »
Directors: David Hickman, Bruce Twickler | Stars: Milan Alexander, Thomas Arnold, Martin Bishop, Robert Cambrinus
Votes: 35
28. 800 Leagues Over the Amazon (1959)
104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Emilio Gómez Muriel | Stars: Carlos López Moctezuma, Rafael Bertrand, Elvira Quintana, Raúl Farell
Votes: 51
29. El último magnate (2011)
80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
During the mid 1920s, a network of spies collaborated with international business interests in order to rearm Germany, gearing her up for another World War. The Weimar Republic hid this ... See full summary »
Directors: José Antonio Hergueta, Olivier van der Zee | Stars: Tuco Nogales, Pablo Diaz Morlán, Michael Mueller-Erdorf, José María Echevarrieta
30. Titanic: Building the World's Largest Ship (2022 TV Special)
60 min | Documentary
Most people know that the 'RMS Titanic' was a British passenger ocean liner, operated by the 'White Star Line', that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 as a result of ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Brénéol | Stars: Natasha Little, Bruce Beveridge, Mark Chirnside, Don Lynch
Votes: 18
31. Disney Cruise Line: Behind the Magic (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary
Stars: Ian Reed Kesler, Christiaan Abbott, Henry Andersson, Heiko Baller
Votes: 16
32. Noah's Ark: Thinking Outside the Box (2007 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Paul Varnum | Stars: Mark Looy, John Whitcomb, Ken Ham, Tim Lovett
Votes: 15
33. Jäinen horisontti (1984)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Esko Salmela, Tom Wentzel, Svante Korkiakoski, Eeva Eloranta
Votes: 8
34. London: A Tale of Two Cities (2012)
PG | 60 min | Documentary
Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century.
Director: Alexandra Revill | Stars: Justin Champion, Dan Cruickshank, Mark Goldie, John McAleer
Votes: 8
35. Lost Liners (2000 TV Movie)
TV-G | Documentary, History
Dr. Bob Ballard explores the histories and the final resting places of famous 20th-century passenger liners, including the Titanic, the Lusitania, and the Empress of Ireland.
Director: Peter Schnall | Stars: Robert Ballard, Jack Barret, Philippe Beaudry, Michael Cumpsty
Votes: 32
36. Zeb: Schooner Life (2008)
83 min | Documentary
Zeb Tilton was Martha's Vineyard's Paul Bunyan, its John Henry, and Casanova. Zeb was Captain of the Alice S. Wentworth, the sweetest schooner along the coast. She was a working vessel, but... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Massingham | Star: Whit Griswold
37. Girt by Sea (2014)
58 min | Documentary
Girt By Sea is a cinematic love letter to the coastline of Australia - a poetic celebration of our deep connection to the sea as documented over the past 100 years. Drawing exclusively from... See full summary »
Director: Shane McNeil
Votes: 18
38. Suomi maksaa (1951)
66 min | Documentary
Director: Topo Leistelä | Stars: Ilmari Harki, Carl-Erik Creutz, Topo Leistelä
Votes: 14
39. My Pop, My Pop (1940)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye's 99-year-old father won't admit he's too old to help Popeye build a ship. Popeye tells him to build one side while he builds the other; Pappy's side is a mess. He falls asleep ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Arnold Gillespie | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 184
40. I Was a General of Wehrmacht (1988)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Kazimierz Leski tells the story of his life. During the war, he was a spy of the Polish resistance, pretending to be a German general. After the war, he was tortured and imprisoned for espionage, and spent 10 years in Stalinist jail.
Director: Jacek Blawut | Star: Kazimierz Leski
Votes: 12
41. Jäänmurtaja Sampo (1961)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Harry Lewing | Star: Carl-Erik Creutz
42. Titanic Belfast: Birthplace of a Legend (2012 TV Movie)
55 min | History
Traces Belfast's emergence as a shipbuilding powerhouse and the construction of the Titanic.
Stars: Christopher Durham, Colin Cobb, Alf McCreary, Eamon Phoenix
43. Maine Experience: Liberty Ships (2007– )
16 min | Documentary, History, War
The men and women who streamed into Portland in the 1940s to work in South Portland's shipyards helped win World War II. The Liberty Ships built there became the backbone of troop and ... See full summary »
44. The Little Ships of England (1943)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary of wooden shipbuilding during World War Two, including minesweepers for the British Navy and fishing boats.
46. Quest of the H.M.S. Buffalo (1986 Video)
43 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Brian Grant | Stars: Brenton Whittle, John Bannon, Barry Eshman, Alan Hale
47. The Merchant City (1997)
55 min | Documentary
Director: José Antonio Hergueta | Star: José Antonio Hergueta
48. U nas na zavode (1972)
88 min | Drama
Director: Leonid Agranovich | Stars: Nikolay Volkov, Aleksei Kovalyov, Pyotr Konstantinov, Natalya Bespalova
49. Paddle Steamer and Barge Building in Goolwa 1853-1914 (2013 Video)
38 min | Documentary, Short, History
The historic River Port of Goolwa is located near the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia, it saw the birth of the Murray River trade and it was the only port on the Murray Darling... See full summary »
Director: Ashley Starkey | Stars: Roly Bartlett, John Packham, Graham Pratt, Anthony Presgrave
50. Ships That Changed the World (2008– )
History
This series tells the history of three great ships, the Titanic, the Bismarck, and the TS Canberra, that mirror the history of the century.
Star: Tim Collins
Votes: 14