The underwater world has always attracted human attention with its mystery and beauty. Who lives in the depths of the ocean is still not fully known. That's why adventurers of all kinds eagerly set out to explore the seas and oceans. In this collection, you'll find 10 diving films with gripping storylines that will hold your attention until the final credits.
Content
- The Dive
- Blueback
- The Deep House
- Underwater
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
- The Meg
- The Shallows
- 47 Meters Down
- Black Sea
- Pioneer
The Dive
IMDb: 5.5/10
2023, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Germany, Belgium, UK, Malta, France, Not Rated
Director: Maximilian Erlenwein
Top Cast: Louisa Krause, Sophie Lowe, Stella Uhrig
The Dive can rattle even the most resilient viewers. It's a story about two sisters with extensive diving experience. Once again, the sisters dive into a new location, unaware of the catastrophe about unfolding. Due to a rockslide, one of the sisters gets trapped underwater, where oxygen runs out, and panic only grows. The other sister will have to summon incredible courage to make a life-altering decision and save her sister.
Blueback
IMDb: 5.9/10
2022, Drama, Family
Australia, PG
Director: Robert Connolly
Top Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Albert Mwangi, Ariel Donoghue
Blueback calls on us to reconcile with the disappearing world and help it stay with us. Teenager Abby is passionate about diving. One routine dive doesn't go as planned — she encounters a large blue grouper. This fish is on the brink of extinction. With each subsequent dive, Abby meets the grouper again. Gradually, they become friends. But one day, a group of poachers arrives in the area, only interested in profit. What will Abby do?
The Deep House
IMDb: 5.3/10
2021, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
France, Belgium, TV-MA
Director: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Top Cast: Camille Rowe, James Jagger, Eric Savin
A couple of vloggers heads to the southwest of France for new content. Their subscribers are in for something memorable, as Tina and Ben plan to explore an underwater abandoned house. There's nothing mystical about it; this region of France often suffers from floods. However, this submerged house is unlike anything Tina and Ben have seen before.
Underwater
IMDb: 5.9/10
2020, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
USA, PG-13
Director: William Eubank
Top Cast: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie
Underwater gives you chills. A group of employees at a large underwater drilling complex were working at the bottom of the Mariana Trench at a depth of 13 kilometers. They drilled into the ocean floor, unaware of what they were dealing with. First, a massive surge of water practically destroyed the station, and then the team came face-to-face with an unknown oceanic horror.
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
IMDb: 5.0/10
2019, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
UK, USA, PG-13
Director: Johannes Roberts
Top Cast: Sophie Nélisse, Corinne Foxx, Brianne Tju
Sisters Sasha and Mia, along with their friends, found themselves diving into more than just water — they dove into sheer terror. The girls set out to explore an underwater cave. At first, everything went better than ever — they swam, dived, and marveled at the cave's beauty. But one day, the adventure turned into an absolute nightmare. A raging current swept them into a confined space inhabited by bloodthirsty sharks.
The Meg
IMDb: 5.7/10
2018, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
USA, China, PG-13
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Top Cast: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson
Imagine you're exploring the underwater world and discover that a species thought to be long extinct is alive and eager to make you its next meal. That's exactly what happened to the characters in The Meg, who were working on a deep-sea submersible. After being attacked by a Megalodon, the submersible is damaged, leaving its crew stranded at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific Ocean. Time is running out, so how can they be saved? Deep-sea diver Jonas Taylor has a plan — he's faced this monstrous creature before.
The Shallows
IMDb: 6.3/10
2016, Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
USA, PG-13
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Top Cast: Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue
There's nothing more enjoyable and carefree than surfing in a warm ocean on a deserted beach with perfect weather. At least, that's what the charming surf enthusiast thought. She went out to ride the waves alone, but the trouble wasn't far behind. What was lurking in the depths eventually came to the surface. A giant shark corners the surfer on a sandbar, refusing to back off until it gets what it wants.
47 Meters Down
IMDb: 5.6/10
2017, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
UK, USA, Dominican Republic, PG-13
Director: Johannes Roberts
Top Cast: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine
A popular thrill — watching sharks from inside a cage — sounds like an experience too exciting to pass up. Tourists in Mexico do it every day. Sisters Kate and Lisa also tested their nerves and descended underwater in a cage. However, the cage's cable suddenly snapped, leaving the girls 47 meters deep with less than an hour of oxygen left. The shore is two hours away, and hungry predators are circling.
Black Sea
IMDb: 6.4/10
2014, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
UK, Russia, USA, R
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Top Cast: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn
A submarine captain has spent 30 years at sea, losing his family and personal life. Now, he's being let go, and the sense of resentment grows stronger by the day. One day, a mysterious man approaches him with an unusual proposition — to find a sunken Nazi submarine off the coast of the Black Sea. The submarine is supposedly loaded with gold to the brim. The captain, eager to make money and get back at his former employer, quickly agrees, assembles a crew of Russian and British sailors, and sets off. But soon, he realizes that he has embarked on a doomed mission.
Pioneer
IMDb: 6.0/10
2013, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Norway, Germany, Sweden, France, Finland, R
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Top Cast: Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang
Pioneer takes us back to the 1980s when rich deposits of oil and gas were discovered in the North Sea. The oil boom in Norway has begun, and now the authorities are determined to bring the resources ashore, no matter the cost. The depth is 500 meters, and the exploration of the field is in full swing. Professional diver Petter is eager to reach the bottom of the Norwegian Sea and is determined to take on this dangerous job to descend to the required depth. However, his obsession with the goal clouded his judgment of the risks, leaving him teetering on the edge of death.
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