Film Theme: Terror in the Water

1.

Piranha 3D

2010 American 3D horror comedy film directed by Alexandre Aja

Overview: Piranha 3D is a 2010 American 3D horror comedy film that serves as a remake of the comedy horror film Piranha (1978) and an entry in the Piranha film series. Directed by Alexandre Aja and written by Pete ...

Release date: 20 August 2010

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Action, Comedy

Director: Alexandre Aja

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue, Christopher Lloyd, Eli Roth, Jerry O'Connell

Producer: Alexandre Aja, Stefan Atkins

Writer: Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg

After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves ...

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2010s English-language films 2,129T

Films with screenplays by Josh Stolberg 8T

2010 comedy horror films 25T

2.

Jaws 2

1978 American horror film directed by Jeannot Szwarc

Overview: Jaws 2 is a 1978 American horror thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws fr ...

Release date: 16 June 1978

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Drama

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Cast: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox Paxton

Producer: Joe Alves, David Brown

Writer: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

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1970s English-language films 3,267T

Films shot in Martha's Vineyard 7T

The Zanuck Company films 34T

3.

Jaws

1975 film by Steven Spielberg

Overview: Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist ...

Release date: 20 June 1975

Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Drama

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb

Producer: David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck

Writer: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb

When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the ...

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1970s American films 2,632T

1970s English-language films 3,900T

Films shot in Martha's Vineyard 7T

4.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954 American monster film

Overview: Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story ...

Release date: 5 March 1954

Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Jack Arnold

Cast: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell

Producer: William Alland

Writer: Harry Essex, Arthur A. Ross

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization ...

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1954 3D films 16T

1950s English-language films 1,585T

Films shot in Big Bear Lake, California 28T

5.

Anaconda

1997 film directed by Luis Llosa

Overview: Anaconda is a 1997 American adventure horror film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, and Owen Wilson. It focuses on a documentary film ...

Release date: 11 April 1997

Genre: Thriller, Horror, Adventure, Action

Director: Luis Llosa

Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson

Producer: Andy Fickman, Verna Harrah

Writer: Hans Bauer, Jim Cash

A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and ...

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1990s Spanish-language films 232T

1990s English-language films 3,955T

Films set in the Amazon 18T

6.

The Abyss

1989 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron

Overview: The Abyss is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the ...

Release date: 9 August 1989

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: James Cameron

Cast: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd

Producer: Gale Anne Hurd, Van Ling

Writer: James Cameron

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.

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1980s American films 3,361T

1980s English-language films 3,428T

1980s science fiction adventure films 28T

7.

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962 film by Carol Reed, Lewis Milestone

Overview: Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American Technicolor epic historical drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh ...

Release date: 8 November 1962

Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance

Director: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed

Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tarita

Producer: Aaron Rosenberg

Writer: Charles Lederer, Charles Nordhoff

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh ...

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1960s English-language films 3,136T

American historical drama films 310T

1960s historical drama films 84T

8.

Lake Placid

1999 film by Steve Miner

Overview: Lake Placid is a 1999 American comedy horror film directed by Steve Miner and written by David E. Kelley. It is the first installment in the Lake Placid film series and stars Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda ...

Release date: 15 July 1999

Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Director: Steve Miner

Cast: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, David James

Producer: Peter Bogart, Jeff Kalligheri

Writer: David E. Kelley

Three people attempt to stop a gigantic crocodile, who is terrorizing residents in Black Lake, Maine.

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1990s English-language films 3,886T

1999 comedy films 297T

American natural horror films 232T

9.

Jason and the Argonauts

1963 film by Don Chaffey

Overview: Jason and the Argonauts (working title: Jason and the Golden Fleece) is a 1963 independent fantasy adventure film distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Don ...

Release date: 19 June 1963

Genre: Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Action

Director: Don Chaffey

Cast: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Niall MacGinnis, Michael Gwynn

Producer: John Dark, Ray Harryhausen

Writer: Jan Read, Beverley Cross

The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.

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1960s English-language films 1,311T

Films with screenplays by Beverley Cross 6T

Films produced by Charles H. Schneer 24T

10.

Ghost Ship

2002 American film

Overview: Ghost Ship is a 2002 American supernatural horror film directed by Steve Beck from a screenplay by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue. It follows a marine salvage crew in the Bering Sea who discover a mysterious ...

Release date: 22 October 2002

Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Steve Beck

Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades

Producer: Gilbert Adler, Bruce Berman

Writer: Mark Hanlon, John Pogue

A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead i ...

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

Films shot at Village Roadshow Studios 34T

Poisoning in film 40T

11.

Deep Blue Sea

1999 American science fiction horror film by Renny Harlin

Overview: Deep Blue Sea is a 1999 American science fiction horror film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, and LL Cool J. It is the first film ...

Release date: 26 July 1999

Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Renny Harlin

Cast: Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård

Producer: Bruce Berman, Akiva Goldsman

Writer: Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers

Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight ...

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1990s American films 4,714T

1990s English-language films 6,331T

1990s adventure thriller films 4T

12.

The Deep

1977 adventure film by Peter Yates

Overview: The Deep is a 1977 adventure film based on Peter Benchley's 1976 novel of the same name. It was directed by Peter Yates, and stars Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Adventure, Thriller

Director: Peter Yates

Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Dick Anthony Williams, Robert Shaw, Earl Maynard, Bob Minor

Producer: Peter Guber, George Justin

Writer: Peter Benchley, Tracy Keenan Wynn

In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II ...

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1970s English-language films 1,343T

EMI Films films 100T

Films based on works by Peter Benchley 9T

13.

Tentacles

1977 film by Ovidio G. Assonitis

Overview: Tentacles (Italian: Tentacoli) is a 1977 horror-thriller film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Henry Fonda.

Release date: 25 February 1977

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis

Cast: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Delia Boccardo, Cesare Danova

Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Ovidio G. Assonitis

Writer: Jerome Max, Fabrizio Carpi

A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.

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1970s English-language films 3,270T

English-language Italian films 705T

Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani 88T

14.

Sphere

1998 American science fiction psychological thriller film by Barry Levinson

Overview: Sphere is a 1998 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed and produced by Barry Levinson, adapted by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson. It ...

Release date: 13 February 1998

Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Barry Levinson

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber, Queen Latifah

Producer: Patricia Churchill, Michael Crichton

Writer: Michael Crichton, Kurt Wimmer

A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.

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1990s American films 4,774T

Films with screenplays by Paul Attanasio 6T

1990s English-language films 6,425T

15.

Piranha

1978 American comedy horror film by Joe Dante

Overview: Piranha is a 1978 American horror film directed and co-edited by Joe Dante from a screenplay by John Sayles, based on a story by Richard Robinson and Sayles. The film stars Bradford Dillman, Heather M ...

Release date: 3 August 1978

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Joe Dante

Cast: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, Barbara Steele

Producer: Roger Corman, Jon Davison

Writer: Richard Robinson, John Sayles

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

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1970s English-language films 3,269T

1978 independent films 30T

1978 comedy films 162T

16.

Orca

1977 American thriller film by Michael Anderson

Overview: Orca (also known as Orca: The Killer Whale) is a 1977 American thriller film directed by Michael Anderson, from a screenplay by Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Donati, and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte ...

Release date: 15 July 1977

Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Action, Adventure

Director: Michael Anderson

Cast: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn, Robert Carradine

Producer: Dino De Laurentiis, Luciano Vincenzoni

Writer: Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati

A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.

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1977 independent films 20T

American films about revenge 627T

American natural horror films 223T

17.

Open Water

2003 American survival horror thriller film by Chris Kentis

Overview: Open Water is a 2003 American survival horror thriller film. The story concerns an American couple who go scuba diving while on vacation, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in shark-filled ...

Release date: 26 October 2003

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Biography, Romance

Director: Chris Kentis

Cast: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Michael E. Williamson, Cristina Zenarro, John Charles

Producer: Estelle Lau, Laura Lau

Writer: Chris Kentis

Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.

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2000s English-language films 4,275T

Adventure horror films 52T

2003 psychological thriller films 32T

18.

Man-Thing

2005 television film directed by Brett Leonard

Overview: Man-Thing is a 2005 monster film based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. Directed by Brett Leonard and written by Hans Rodionoff, it stars Matthew Le Nevez, Rachael Taylor, and Jack Thompson ...

Release date: 21 April 2005

Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Brett Leonard

Cast: Matthew Le Nevez, Rachael Taylor, Jack Thompson, Rawiri Paratene, Alex O'Loughlin, Steve Bastoni

Producer: Avi Arad, James Coyne

Writer: Steve Gerber, Hans Rodionoff

Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: M ...

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Films based on works by Roy Thomas 2T

2000s English-language films 4,356T

Australian monster movies 6T

19.

Leviathan

1989 film by George P. Cosmatos

Overview: Leviathan is a 1989 science fiction horror film directed by George P. Cosmatos and written by David Webb Peoples and Jeb Stuart. An international co-production of the United States and Italy, it stars ...

Release date: 17 March 1989

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Cast: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, Michael Carmine

Producer: Aurelio De Laurentiis, Luigi De Laurentiis

Writer: David Webb Peoples, Jeb Stuart

Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners led by head oceanographer Steven Beck comes face to face with a mutant creature ...

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1980s American films 3,365T

1980s English-language films 3,470T

Italian science fiction horror films 32T

20.

Jaws: The Revenge

1987 film by Joseph Sargent

Overview: Jaws: The Revenge is a 1987 American horror film produced and directed by Joseph Sargent. The fourth and final film in the Jaws franchise, it stars Lorraine Gary, who came out of retirement to reprise ...