Et blændende lyn flænger den østlige nattehimmel. Tusinder af kilometer borte bliver en olietanker opslugt af havet med rasende hastighed. Fiskerbåde bliver trukket ned i uforklarligt oprørte bølger. Gigantiske fodspor pløjer en ildevarslende sti gennem Panamas skove og Jamaicas strande. Årsagen? Et enormt uhyre, muteret af års prøvesprængninger på vej til New York. Her må to TV-reportere, en videnskabsmand, en gådefuld fransk forsikringsagent og den amerikanske hær forene deres kræfter i det sidste nådesløse slag på Manhatten.
Politichef Brody skal beskytte borgerne i Amity, efter at en anden monstrøs haj begynder at terrorisere vandet.
Fem venner nyder en uge på havet omkring Great Barrier Reef i Australien. Langt ude til havs sejler de helt bogstaveligt talt på et Great Barrier Reef og havner i vandet. De hager sig chokerede fast på den kæntrede båd og opdager, at en stor bid af skroget er borte. Fire af dem bestemmer sig for at svømme mod fastlandet, mens den femte vælger at blive og vente på hjælp. Snart indser vennerne at de forfølges af en gigantisk og sulten hvidhaj.
Kort før WW1's udbrud sejler en flok operaelskere ud i Adriaterhavet for at sprede verdens største operasangerindes aske. Virkeligheden rykker ind på deres forgyldte verden, da skibets kaptajn samler en flok serbiske bådflygtninge op, og et fjendtligt skib dukker op og forlanger skibets overgivelse. Det går slet ikke op for de verdensfjerne passagerer, at deres verdensorden er ved at forsvinde, og at skibet sejler mod en skæbne lige så uundgåelig som Titanics.
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.
Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with the help of a psychic, which could solve the mystery — or end her life.
Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are inseparable.
A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail comes and the noble prince will take you away from here. He'll take you to the world of your dreams, where you will be loved and happy." The neighbours told jokes about her, children teased her, but she waited for her prince. She trusted in the miracles and waited. Arthur Gray's rule was "if you can make a miracle, do it!". And he made a miracle for the wonderful romantic girl.
After their sailing boat mysteriously sinks, a group of friends, with no supplies and strange happenings, try to work together long enough to survive.
A boat race rivalry erupts into comical danger.
A reconstruction of the shipwreck of Costa Concordia, occurred on the night of 13 January 2012 in front of the Island of Giglio. A tragic night, full of emotions, that changed the life of those who were on board and the history of tourist navigation.
Mahi, a seasoned convict who is well-known for attacking his enemies stealthily, decides to murder someone in order to raise money for his friend.
Therese Roger, daughter of a West Indian planter, whose parents are murdered while she is a baby, becomes the adopted daughter of her aunt, Madame Roger, keeper of a haberdashery shop in one of the smaller villages in southern France. She grows up with Camille, Madame Roger's son, a sickly, sexless creature, whom she ultimately marries in deference to her aunt's wishes.
After a boat accident where he puts his son Flavio’s life at risk, fisherman Capudemazza decides to never go fishing again. Ten years later a discovery about his son awakens a feeling in him that had been buried.
A group of teenagers head out on a boat as part of an expedition uniting teenagers from around the world to be apart of one big project but when disaster strikes it becomes a survival of the fittest amongst the diverse group.