THEME EXPLORATION

ocean disaster

34 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Adrift
Adrift
2018 · Baltasar Kormákur
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
Underwater Impressions
Underwater Impressions
2002 · Leni Riefenstahl
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
2003 · Andrew Stanton
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
2013 · Guillermo del Toro
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
The Crossing II
The Crossing II
2015 · John Woo
Santa Brigida
Santa Brigida
1951 · Roberto Rossellini
The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Divine Voyage
The Divine Voyage
1929 · Julien Duvivier
The Impossible
The Impossible
2012 · J. A. Bayona
Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet Two
2011 · George Miller
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Rebuilding
Rebuilding
2025 · Max Walker-Silverman
The Shallows
The Shallows
2016 · Jaume Collet-Serra
Calcutta 71
Calcutta 71
1972 · Mrinal Sen
Mountain Vigil
Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian
The Pearl Button
The Pearl Button
2015 · Patricio Guzmán
The Liar
The Liar
1968 · Yannis Dalianidis
War Between the Planets
War Between the Planets
1966 · Antonio Margheriti
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
Moana 2
Moana 2
2024 · David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand
The Host
The Host
2006 · Bong Joon-ho
Troll
Troll
2022 · Roar Uthaug
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki
2012 · Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
The Great Flood
The Great Flood
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
1958 · Roy Ward Baker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Cameron Crowe Canada

His films like Titanic and The Abyss explore human vulnerability against catastrophic ocean forces with meticulous technical detail and emotional depth.

 Wolfgang Petersen Germany

He masterfully crafted The Perfect Storm and Das Boot, examining survival and human resilience when confronted by the ocean's overwhelming power.

 Jean-Jacques Annaud France

His film Enemy at the Gates and Seven Years in Tibet demonstrate his ability to portray human struggle against environmental catastrophe with visceral intensity.