The best diving movies of all time. In Hollywood the underwater realm struggles to compete with the glamour of space. But for decades we have seen an, er,  interesting array of diving movies. Below, in no particular order, are DIVER Magazine’s top (non documentary) movies for SCUBA divers and ocean lovers…The Abyss, 1. Jim Cameron’s ocean epic and a solid diver favourite. Liquid breathing, submersible battles, Navy SEALs with HPNS and alien water tentacles. Oh my! What more could a diving movie have to offer?

Originally written in two parts, the original ended with Ed Harris making contact with the alien species. The sequel would take over from there, but due to budgetary contraints the second movie was squished onto the end of the first. The Deep, 1. 97. 7Jacqueline Bisset in a bikini.

Oh, and some diving. Written by Peter ‘Jaws’ Benchley, this thriller sees a vacationing couple duke it out with treasure hunting bad guys on a Bermuda wreck.

One of the most loved and classic dive movies. Filmed in the British Virgin Islands on the wreck of the Rhone. Thunderball, 1. 96. Connery, back as Bond, heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads and try his luck with the wet suit clad ladies. Cue huge underwater battles and more one liners than you can shake a martini at.

Lady in Cemenet,1. Simple: Frank Sinatra being cool, Raquel Welch being stunning, a lady in cement shoes and scuba diving.

They don’t make them like they used to…Jaws of Death, 1. DIVER Magazine’s very own Publisher, Phil Nuytten stars in this forgotten classic. Watch Phil wrestle a giant octopus as a group of researchers attempt to swim with killer whales in Alert Bay. No trailer available. Yes, it’s that obscure. The Big Blue, 1. 98.

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Road to Bali, 1953 Watch the entire movie above for free! Bing Crosby and Bob Hope star in this classic hardhat diving movie. Two all singing, all dancing men escape.

Director Luc Besson’s cult classic, and the most successful French movie of the 8. Artfully shot in Greece, the 1. Sanctum, 2. 01. 1Produced by Jim Cameron, the 3. D cave diving thriller was co- written by the late Andrew Wight and is loosely based on a real life experience. Tense, unpleasant and very claustrophobic. Men of Honour, 2.

The true life story of Carl Brashear’s battle against racism to become the first African American diver in the U. S. Navy. A great cast including Robert De. Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. Leagues Under the Sea, 1. Possibly the most memorable story of the seas since Noah built a large boat.

When Confederate officer Colt Saunders returns to his Texas ranch after the war he finds his lands wanted by carpetbaggers and by corrupt provisional government.

Kirk Douglas and James Mason recreate the Jules Verne classic in the ‘Mightiest motion picture of them all’. The Neptune Factor, 1. Left on the cutting room floor, DIVER Editor Peter Golding wore a fetching yellow wet suit in this 7. Ernest Borgnine in an undersea lab lost in an earthquake and giant sea creatures battling rescue divers. Dark Tide, 2. 01.

Halle Berry squeezes into a wetsuit to take a rich businessman diving with great whites, sans cage. Berry’s ‘shark whisper’ character Kate is haunted by the memory of a shark attack and battles her own fears as she sets a course for Shark Alley.

The Dive (Dykket), 1. This little known Norwegian thriller is as nerve wracking as it gets. Two deep divers on a dive gone wrong are trapped in a diving bell at the bottom of the sea and race against time to find a way to escape to the surface, alive.

Deepstar Six, 1. 98. Deep. Star Six has just discovered a new and deadly alien menace”.

A pure 8. 0s testosterone classic. An underwater nuclear base, atmospheric diving suits and a creature from the deep that threatens it all! Oceans of Fire, 1. A TV Movie staring David Carradine and Billy Dee Williams can only mean greatness! All manner of cheesy 8. Road to Bali, 1. 95. Watch the entire movie above for free!

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope star in this classic hardhat diving movie. Two all singing, all dancing men escape marriage by moving to an island where they fall in love with a Princess.

As you do. Cue many one liners and lavish song and dance numbers that could only come from that golden era. Wake of the Red Witch, 1.

The lustiest love story on the seven seas!” Not a great deal of diving, but John Wayne does rescue someone from a large clam. The Life Aquaticwith Steve Zissou, 2. The great Bill Murray stars in this cult classic by Wes Anderson. The movie is dedicated to, and has more than a passing resemblance to the life of Jacques- Yves Cousteau. Oceanographer Zissou plans to get revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, cue much off beat and dry humour. Modern classic. Jaws, 1. You can’t talk about water related movies and not mention Jaws.

Although the actual scuba content was pretty minimal, this movie forever changed the perception of sharks for many people. One of the greatest horror movies of all time. Several sequels faded from memory but included scenes of scuba divers and large rubber sharks. Not only was the original one of the best ocean movies ever, it is arguably one of the best motion pictures of all time. Open Water, 2. 00. A small independent movie that came out of nowhere to scare the shit out of potential scuba divers the world over. A holidaying couple in the Caribbean get left behind after a boat dive, sharks appear, tension rises, diving holidays take a tumble… Looks like it was filmed by a group of students on dads camera, and definitely not for new divers, but worth checking out.

Click HERE for the trailer. Into The Blue, 2.

A movie that done more to promote diving to a male audience than any number of PADI ad campaigns, why? Jessica Alba that’s why.

Put her in a small bikini, have lots of close ups of her, er, finning technique and you’re onto a winner. Throw in Paul Walker to keep the ladies happy and some lame story about treasure hunters finding a plane wreck full of drugs and you have a movie. Or at the very least you have 9. Jessica Alba. Amsterdamned, 1. A scuba diver hiding under the surface of Amsterdam’s canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders.

The city’s best detective has few clues to work with, but his wife and daughter may be closer to finding the underwater killer than he wishes. Whatever they smoke in Amsterdam clearly works. Fools Gold,2. 00. Deep sea treasure hunter Matthew Mc. Conaughey, rekindles his relationship with estranged wife Kate Hudson during a quest to find a Spanish ship full of treasure. Surprisingly charming and funny, with a good supporting cast.

Not exactly good diving etiquette, but some exciting scenes and good family entertainment. Watch The Banshee Chapter Online The Banshee Chapter Full Movie Online. Finding Nemo, 2. 00. If you don’t love Finding Nemo, you don’t have a heart. Fact. The Pixar animation is solely responsible for Clownfish becoming the most recognised sea creature on the planet.

If you haven’t seen it, crawl out from under that rock and watch a fathers quest to rescue his son from a dentist’s aquarium. Starring hammer heads, a great white, jellyfish, turtles and anglerfish. Perfect family entertainment, and helps your kids improve their fish ID skills!

Terror Beneath the Sea, 1. This Sonny Chiba starring, 1. Japanese sci- fi masterpiece may be too much for your human senses to handle. The above trailer will pretty nicely summarise the movie and the incredible story of aquatic, cyborg fish people and a plot to populate underwater cities by the sinister Dr Moore. Sphere,1. 99. 8Michael Crichton’s novel adaptation, starring Samuel L Jackson, Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone as a crack team of scientists sent to investigate a 3. The spaceship turns out to be an American craft presumably from the future, sent back through time after a mission through space gathering up large random objects, one of which is a liquid metal sphere.

The book is way better, but Hoffman is always watchable, so worth a bucket of popcorn and a viewing. The Cave,2. 00. 5Large, flying, bloodthirsty creatures await a group of cave divers trapped a mile underground in the world’s largest cave network (filmed in Romania).

Modern day B- Movie madness, chock full of stereotypes, half dodgy effects and glorious over acting. Good fun though. Deep Blue Sea, 1. Samuel L. Jackson vs genetically modified intelligent sharks.

Three Violent People (1. IMDb. Trivia. Produced immediately after Charlton Heston completed The Ten Commandments (1. Anne Baxter. This was Heston's last film under his original Paramount contract. Watch Hannibal Online Hulu here. He felt that Tom Tryon, who was cast as his brother, was not right for the part. However, because "The Ten Commandments" had not yet been released, Heston hadn't yet achieved the star clout necessary to demand cast changes.