Diving films: 23 of the best underwater films
Diving films: 23 of the best underwater films
We list the best diving films of all time, from exciting underwater episans to Hollywood blockbusters with incredible underwater scenes
with the dark depths of the ocean as a backdrop, the threat of a churned sea and an increasingly scarce air supply, diving should be ripe for spectacularly exciting film actions.
Unfortunately, the underwater world trouble to gain a foothold in the shine, glamor and the special effects of the modern Hollywood blockbuster.
whether it is the latest superhero reboot, a science fiction thriller or a historical epic, the effect-driven jobber that drives the modern film industry, the underwater cinema seems to be overlook.
This can be because diving films are more expensive to film and sink more than swimming. Far too many were cash strikers and received a lazy green spot in contrast to a fresh red rating in Rotten Tomatoes.
However, this did not deter us. In the following we explore the best diving films of all time (even if you cannot always keep up with alternatives without diving). The list is a versatile mix of films from the archives of Hollywood, which show the underwater world in one way or another.
Best diving films
Here are our best diving films of all time, in no specific order.
the Abyss (1989) An epic adventure film that sends a team of civil divers and navy seals in a search and rescue mission after a sunken atom-submarine to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Le Grand Blue (The Big Blue) (1988) The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two youth friends and today world -famous freedom, becomes a beautiful and dangerous journey into the unknown.
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The Deep (1977) Tiefse diver compete with a Haitian drug dealer to rescue a luggage charge sunken morphium. Based on the bestseller novel by Peter Benchley.
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Deepsea Challenge 3D (2014) in James Cameron's dramatic fulfillment of a childhood dream he controls a diving boat he designed 11 km (7 miles) below the surface of the sea. Visually one of the best diving films of all time, the film is a celebration of science, courage and human striving.
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Thunderball (1965) Classic Bond with Sean Connery. 007 sets off to the Bahamas to mount two nuclear warheads that Specter agent Emilio Largo stolen in an international blackmail program.
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the Frogmen (1951) The new commander of a marine sub-water demolition team-nickname Frogmen-must earn the respect of the men of his unity who still mourn the death of their former commander.
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Men of Honor (2000) as the son of a tenant from Kentucky joined the newly integrated navy, his tough training officer does not want to have a share in his ambitions. Inspired by the true history of the first African American championship diver of the US Navy.
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20,000 miles under the sea (1954) is a classic film based on a classic book, and the first science fiction film that was made with Cinemascope. A ship that has been sent to examine a wave of mysterious undercates meets the advanced submarine nautilus, which is commanded by Captain Nemo.
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Blue Water, White Death (1971) Peter Gimbel and a team of photographers set out to find and film the big white shark for the first time. The expedition lasted over nine months and led from South Africa via the Indian Ocean to South Australia.
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Amsterdamned (1988) A mysterious diver, which is hidden in the Amsterdam channel system, embarks on a cruel series of murder and leaves only a few notes for the best detective in the city. When the number of corpses begins to rise, the detective's daughter tries uncleanly to track down the murderer.
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Open Water (2003) based on the true history of two divers who accidentally stranded in the water contaminated by sharks after their excursion boat has run off. What follows is a memory for us how much "fun" it is to fear our most original fears - namely before what we think it could stay directly below the surface.
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pioneer (Pionér) (2013) At the beginning of the Norwegian oil boom, the authorities want to bring the 500 m deep oil ashore. Petter and his brother Knut have the courage to accept the mission, but there is a tragic accident.
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Pressure (2015) Four deep -sea divers are caught in their saturation bell on the seabed off the Kenyan coast. After their boat has dropped during a storm, the survivors have to find out how they reach the surface before they run out of air.
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Black Sea (2014) A renegade submarine captain (Jude Law) and an outsider crew start hunting for an allegedly sunken treasure in this exciting adventure thriller, but greed will soon drive the men against each other.
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Diving Into the Unknown (Takaisin Pintaan) (2016) After a terrible accident deep in an underwater cavity, the survivors are forced to risk their own life to bring the corpses of their friends home. Deeply claustrophobic and annoyance.
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aliens of the deep (2005) James Cameron works in this documentary with NASA scientists to explore the Central Ocean back, a submerged mountain chain that surrounds the earth and is home to some of the most unique life forms of the planet.
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sanctum (2011) A team of cave divers embarks on a fatal expedition for the largest but least accessible cave system in the world. When a storm forces them deep into the caves, they have to fight thunderous water, deadly terrain and gradual panic to escape.
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Ocean Men: Extreme Dive (2001) accompany the Freaugen Pipin Ferreras and Umberto Pelizzari on a trip to the deep blue world with breathtaking underwater photography and revealing animations.
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ray: a life underwater (2011) A documentary about a villain with an eye for salvage - and the ladies. The short film is a loving portrait of a man's deep -sea diving career, tells based on his extraordinary collection of marine artifacts.
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Lady in Cement (1968) During a dive in the sea, the detective Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) from Miami finds the body of a woman whose feet are enclosed in a concrete block, and starts to clarify the murder case.
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The Dive (Dykket) (1989) A Norwegian deep diver has 524 dives in the North Sea and plans his retirement when it is persuaded into a last lucrative but risky job.
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Last Breath (2019) The true history of a deep sea diver, which was stranded on the sea floor of the North Sea in 2012. Divers Chris Lemons accidentally cuts its umbilical cable and is 100 m below the surface with only a little air trapped in the back.
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chasing coral (2017) Coral reefs all over the world disappear at unprecedented speed. In Chasing Coral, a team of divers, photographers and scientists embarks on an exciting sea adventure to find out why this is so, and to reveal the secret of the underwater world to the world.
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reader suggestions
Our readers have added the following to our list of the best diving films.
- ball
- 47 meters into depth
- Airport 77
- robber from under the sea
- in the blue
- wreck of the Mary Deare
- September storm
- forbidden island
- fool gold
- deep blue sea
- The boy on a dolphin
- under the sea around the world
- The cave
- Life in the water with Steve Zissou
*Jaws (1975) is praised. Although the underwater scenes were sowed quite thin, this is one of the most iconic films that have ever played on or under water.