Os habitantes de uma comunidade do litoral da Nova Inglaterra vivem aterrorizados pelos ataques de um tubarão assassino, que causou a morte a vários banhistas. O chefe da polícia local junta-se a um cientista especializado em ictiologia e a um caçador de tubarões para, em conjunto, tentarem matar o monstruoso animal. "Tubarão", o primeiro grande sucesso mundial do realizador Steven Spielberg, é um filme que agarra o espectador à cadeira do princípio ao fim, com uma cena de abertura que já faz parte da antologia do cinema. Nomeado para quatro Óscares, em 1976, recebeu três, nas categorias de melhor fotografia, melhor banda sonora original e melhor som.
O passado misterioso de um comandante de um navio de pesca regressa para o assombrar. A ex-mulher do marinheiro insiste em abordá-lo com um desesperado pedido de ajuda, enredando a sua vida numa nova dimensão que pode não ser o que parece.
Um homem é salvo no mar pela tripulação de um barco de pesca italiano. Meio morto e completamente amnésico, não tem qualquer lembrança do passado ou documento de identidade. No entanto, fala várias línguas e possui uma série de conhecimentos de luta e autodefesa que deixam adivinhar um passado perigoso. O homem lança-se então numa busca pela sua verdadeira identidade, ajudado inicialmente pela rebelde Marie - para descobrir quem é realmente e porque motivo tantas pessoas desejam vê-lo morto...
O documentário expõe a dramática matança dos golfinhos em Taiji no Japão, em que aproximadamente 23 mil golfinhos são mortos anualmente.
Um ambicioso e rico garoto cai de um navio, sendo salvo por um pescador português. Inicialmente o garoto deseja impôr sua vontade, mas gradativamente ele vai mudando de comportamento quando aprende mais sobre a realidade. Adaptação do romance de Rudyard Kipling.
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for early parole. He realizes, however, that his movements will be limited, and he will be unable to join and wed his beloved. The only solution is to escape and hunt down the real killer, himself.
This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidlike beast that's put the entire population of a fishing village on edge. Though Leland starts his journey confident that this sea creature with an insatiable appetite is the stuff of old legends, a string of horrific occurrences soon begins to change his mind.
A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.
I won't tell you whose voice over leads us through three extreme situations that are actually the same. Will you survive?
A deep-sea diver becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a gold smuggler.
Blending sci-fi and lore, this enigmatic tale centres on the spirits that dwell in a far-flung part of the Australian wilderness, where they protect the land from those who wish to steal from it for personal gain. Director Rhys Day, who grew up in a rainforest town in Far North Queensland, brings a fresh perspective to an ancient tale, aided by stunning landscape cinematography and an eerie, provocative soundtrack.
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.
A nobleman poet embarks on boat trip with two local fishermen. As they hop the bucolic islands he recalls his youthful tragic love, his artistic impotence and uneasy relationship with common fishermen.
With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then wrestled in a small rowboat near Baja, the largest (721 pounds) great white shark caught to date in California waters, Chinook Indians catching salmon at Celilo Falls in Oregon - each with his designated place on the river where his ancestors stood, and, last, a crew on a boat off Mexico hoisting and hurling tuna using unbarbed hooks (baited only with a feather) as fast as they can as long as the school is there - backbreaking work - but a $25,000 catch.
Love in Sampan is the tale of an unfortunate young woman named Kiu. As she explains in the opening narration, she has known three men: Wah (a boy who worked in her family's shop), Chuen Wang (a local gang boss whom she is compelled to marry) and Man (a university student). But when she accidentally witnesses her best friend, Kim, fooling around with a man, Kiu's sexual curiosity is truly aroused ... and begins to grow.
mysteries of the sea are revealed before 4am. shot in Hastings, England in 2008
Dewey Winfield is a lovable loser who wants nothing more than to beat the guy who has bullied him his whole life in a big fishing tournament. In order to win, Dewey will need the help of some eccentric senior citizens who are about to be evicted from their assisted living home. When they all go fishing, comedy ensues - tragedy strikes - and Dewey discovers that his hopes and dreams of winning the fishing tournament may not be the most important thing in life after all.
Every December to January, almost a hundred squid fishing boats from Ch'ien-chen Fishing Harbor in Kaohsiung will sail from East 120 to West 60 to work at Falkland Islands in the South West Atlantic. The sailing takes 35-40 days and crew members named it "waterway." January 1st, 2015, a 65 meter long, 11 meter wide fishing boat began its journey to Falkland island. This is a documentary about 60 crew members from south-east Asia to work far away from Taiwan.