Films like Life of Pi

10 to watch next

1. 1

   Where the Wild Things Are

   Film · 2009 · also adventure and drama

   Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their kin...

   Films like Where the Wild Things Are →
2. 2

   Moby Dick

   Film · 1956 · also adventure and drama

   In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian...

   Films like Moby Dick →
3. 3

   White Squall

   Film · 1996 · also adventure and drama

   In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teac...

   Films like White Squall →
4. 4

   Beasts of the Southern Wild

   Film · 2012 · also adventure and drama

   Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares h...

   Films like Beasts of the Southern Wild →
5. 5

   Finding Nemo

   Film · 2003 · also adventure

   Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a...

   Films like Finding Nemo →
6. 6

   Kensuke's Kingdom

   Film · 2024 · also adventure and drama

   A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote isla...

   Films like Kensuke's Kingdom →
7. 7

   War of the Worlds

   Film · 2005 · also adventure

   Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weeke...

   Films like War of the Worlds →
8. 8

   The Sea Beast

   Film · 2022 · also adventure

   When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters — and make history to boot.

   Films like The Sea Beast →
9. 9

   True Spirit

   Film · 2023 · also adventure and drama

   When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the...

   Films like True Spirit →
10. 10

    Abandoned

    Film · 2016 · also adventure and drama

    In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days befor...

    Films like Abandoned →