Here is a list of movies with diving content (divers in the water) this is primarily a list of Hollywood drama type films, a few documentaries of note are included.
I used IMDb to find movies tagged with Diving or Scuba. Synopsis of the films are likewise from IMDb.
Films with ??? after the date may or may not have actual footage of divers. If anyone can verify weather or not there is dive footage in a film please post it here.
Star ratings are based on Scubaboard posts recommending these films.
I’m sure there are more out there, here is what I found so far.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Silent film some of the earliest UW filmmaking, Jules Verne
No More Women (1934)
Two deep-sea divers, "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," battle to salvage sunken gold at forty fathoms deep in the ocean.
Both go to work for Helen Young, the owner of a tug-boat and a salvage business.
Lady in Cement (1968)
Frank Sinatra scuba flick
Black Water Gold (1970)
TV Movie A scuba team, a marine archaeologist and a Mexican historian join forces to reach the wreck of an historic Spanish galleon before a well-armed commercial expedition does.
The Aquarians (TV 1970)
Ricardo Monelban salvage divers
Blue Water, White Death (1971)
Documentary quest to film Great Whites in the wild
When Eight Bells Toll (1971) *
In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.
Jaws (1975) ***
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. Great scuba scenes
The Deep (1977)
The Scuba Classic****
Sharks' Treasure (1975) *
Eccentric charter skipper Jim Carnahan and his team of hard-luck dreamers battle sharks, bandits and their own greed to recover sunken treasure off the coast of Honduras.
Maco; Jaws of Death (1976), a Vietnam vet uses his ability to talk to sharks as a weapon against his enemies. Lots of UW shark footage
Barracuda (1978) ???
Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.
Jaws 2 (1978)
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Hunters of the Reef (TV 1978)
Zombie (1979)
Italian horror
Zombie Holocaust (1980)
More Italian horror
Goliath Awaits (TV 1981)
People traped in a wreck for years discovered by divers
For Your Eyes Only (1981) *
James Bond
Never Say Never Again (1983)
James Bond Scuba
Jaws 3 (1983) ???
The Quest (1986)
Australian film Frog Dreaming (original title) American boy, Cody, whose parents have died, lives in Australia with his guardian, Gaza. Cody is very imaginative, inventive, and inquisitive. He comes accross some strange events happenning in Devil's Knob national park associated with an aboriginal myth about "frog dreamings"
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Amsterdamned (1988)
Scuba killer in Amsterdam???
The Big Blue (1988)****
French free diving film, a favorite amongst Scubaboarders
Leviathan (1989)*
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results
The Dive (Dykket)(1989)* ???
Two divers trapped in a diving bell. Norwegian and English
Deep Star Six (1989)
At the bottom of the ocean, the Deep Star Six has just discovered a new and deadly alien menace.
The Abyss (1989) ***
A civilian diving team are enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species
National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994)
Direct to video
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
King of California (2007) ???
An unstable dad who after getting out of a mental institution tries to convince his daughter that there's Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia
Fools Gold (2008)***
A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple's sense of adventure -- and their estranged romance.
Matthew McConaughey lots of UW footage
The Cove (2009)
Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health., stealth diving
Oceans (2009)
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world
Into the Blue 2: The Reef (2009)**
A pair of professional divers are hired to find Columbus' hidden treasure. Straight to Video
Piranha (2010)
Piranhas attack
Dark Tide (2011)
A professional diver returns to deep waters after nine years following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark, the nightmare is still lurking in the deep, more carnivorous and hungry than ever.
Sanctum (2011)
Cave diving gone terribly wrong
So whats missing?
