Sailing Movies
- 2023

Philosopher of the Sea
Philosopher of the Sea8.22023HD
Elderly sailor Sven Yrvind takes on a daring solo voyage from Ireland to New Zealand. What seems like a reckless journey on the unforgiving seas is...
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- 1983

The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific
The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific01983HD
In hand-built, double-hulled canoes sixty feet long, the ancestors of today's Polynesians sailed vast distances using only the waves, the stars, and...
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- 1984

Wet Gold
Wet Gold5.81984HD
Wet Gold is the story of a young woman (Laura), who works as a waitress in a cafe. Laura stumbles across a drunk elderly man (Sampson), who fills her...
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- 1999

Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey01999HD
This award-winning PBS documentary sweeps viewers into a seafaring adventure with a community of Polynesians, as they build traditional sailing...
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- 2008

Morning Light
Morning Light6.22008HD
Fifteen young sailors... six months of intense training... one chance at the brass ring. This documentary tells the story of a group of intrepid and...
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- 2020

Verliebt in Kroatien
Verliebt in Kroatien3.32020HD
Gisela and Werner Bauer are shocked: shortly before the wedding to their only son Sebastian, dream daughter-in-law Jana has pulled the ripcord. She...
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- 2025

Knots
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While restoring her derelict sailboat, an old mariner unleashes a storm from the past
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- 2006

Caracas
Caracas22006HD
A marine adventure on the persecution of dreams becomes a pretext to play with art forms.
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- 2008

Hold Fast
Hold Fast5.32008HD
Stories of maniac sailors, anarchist castaways, and the voyage of the S/V Pestilence: a video zine three friends and I made about finding a derelict...
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- 1970

William F. Buckley Jr.'s Celestial Navigation Simplified
William F. Buckley Jr.'s Celestial Navigation Simplified01970HD
Join this world-renowned personality for the most unique program on celestial ever. Teaches the theory and practice of Celestial Navigation and also...
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- 2010

Racing Around the World Alone
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The story of the 2008/2009 Vendée Globe race. 30 skippers embark on a quest to be the fastest to sail 27000 miles around the world, non stop,...
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- 1967

Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler5.61967HD
In 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor Bushnell Keeler and brother Dave Keeler sailing on the...
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- 1977

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner7.51977HD
Orson Welles reads the poem especially for this film by Larry Jordan, which is dedicated to the late Wallace Berman, and is made possible by a grant...
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- 2014

Sailing to Paradise
Sailing to Paradise6.42014HD
A young man struggling with the death of his parents meets an extroverted girl who joins him on his sailing trip. While spending time together, the...
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- 1984

The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail
The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail91984HD
Neil Hollander sailed a ten-meter sailboat nearly 25,000 miles meeting and working alongside those men who still earned their livings using...
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- 2013

Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat
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A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search for happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he...
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- 2024

The Roman Fleet
The Roman Fleet72024HD
Between spring and autumn, thousands of ships traversed the Roman Empire to transport goods and troops. For a long time, it was assumed that they...
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- 1961

Call Me Captain
Call Me Captain01961HD
The Norfolk Broads tourist film promotes the pleasures of boating.
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- 1981

Man Overboard
Man Overboard3.81981HD
Ten-year-old David joins a sailing club. He trains hard and helps repair the sailing boats, but people have to take turns actually sailing. The club...
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- 2024

At Sea
At Sea102024HD
AT SEA is a visceral and poetic short film that blends docu-style realism with narrative fiction, following a group of faceless sailors navigating...
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