Seafaring films based on actual events

Titanic is a 1997 American epic historical romance film written and directed by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictional aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as members of different social classes who fall in love during the ship's ill-fated maiden voyage. The ensemble cast includes Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner and Bill Paxton.

1925 film directed by Sergei Eisenstein

2013 film directed by Paul Greengrass

1935 film by Frank Lloyd

1962 war film

1970 American-Japanese war film

2002 film by Kathryn Bigelow

2000 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen

2012 film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg

1984 film directed by Roger Donaldson

1953 film by Jean Negulesco

1958 film by Roy Ward Baker

2016 film directed by Craig Gillespie

1976 film directed by Jack Smight

British 1960 war film

1976 film by Stuart Rosenberg

1956 film by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

2016 film by Mario Van Peebles

2018 film by Thomas Vinterberg

2000 television film

1996 TV miniseries directed by Robert Lieberman

1996 film by Ridley Scott

2025 film directed by Alex Parkinson

1980 film by Andrew V. McLaglen

2015 film by Roel Reiné

2017 film by James Marsh

2012 Danish film by Tobias Lindholm

1948 film by Charles Frend

2018 Ukrainian film

1963 film by Leslie H. Martinson

2019 fiction film

2004 television film directed by Jack Sholder

2000 Italian animated feature film directed by Camillo Teti

2013 American film directed by Todd Robinson

2023 film directed by Sarah Spillane

1998 film by Iradj Azimi

1959 film directed by Paul Wendkos

1974 film by Charles Jarrott

1955 film by Ralph Thomas

1997 television film directed by David Drury

1957 film by Michael Anderson

1996 television film directed by John Mackenzie

2025 film directed by Lav Diaz

1929 film directed by Jean Epstein

1957 film by Richard Sale

2011 television film directed by Uwe Janson

1969 British film by William A. Graham

1955 film by José Ferrer

Border 2 is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language war film co-written and directed by Anurag Singh. A standalone sequel to J. P. Dutta's 1997 film Border, it was produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, J. P. Dutta, and Nidhi Dutta under the banners of T-Series Films and J. P. Films. Set against the backdrop of the India–Pakistan war of 1971, the film serves as a multi-front war drama, expanding the scope of its predecessor by featuring the combined operations of the Indian Armed Forces – Army, Air Force, and Navy. The film stars Sunny Deol in the leading role, alongside an ensemble cast including Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty. The film also features Mona Singh, Sonam Bajwa, Medha Rana and Anya Singh in pivotal roles.

2000 film by Khal Torabully

Three Minutes of Silence () is a 2023 Russian coming-of-age disaster film written and directed by Boris Khlebnikov, created by the CTB Film Company with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, a free adaptation of Georgi Vladimov's novel Three Minutes of Silence. Starring Makar Khlebnikov and Oleg Savostyuk as student sailors, with Aleksandr Robak and Timofey Tribuntsev about a battered seiner called "Bullfinch" and the trials that befell the crew of a fishing trawler.

1952 film by Compton Bennett

1935 film by Denison Clift

1960 film by Shūe Matsubayashi

1999 film by John Gray