Best Scuba Diving Films and Documentaries

Famous pioneer diver Valerie Taylor debunks the big bad shark myths

When you are not in the water scuba diving, you are probably watching films about scuba diving. Here is an eclectic selection of scuba diving films.

Incredible Technical and Emotional Diving Feats

• Last Breath - This chilling documentary follows a British commercial diver as he faces the terrifying prospect of drowning alone in the depths of the ocean when he becomes trapped on the sea floor with dwindling oxygen and little hope of a timely rescue.

• Thirteen Lives - Based on the true story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand, this film tells the harrowing tale of divers from around the world who risked their lives to save a trapped youth soccer team and their coach.

  
  
  
  

Last Breath is a gripping true story film about commercial diving and incredible survival

Diving for Legends

• Monty Hall Dive Mysteries - This series explores the fascinating world of underwater archaeology through legendary places and wrecks.

• Ray A Life Underwater - This documentary is an affectionate portrait of one man's deep sea diving career, told through his extraordinary collection of marine artefacts.

  
  

To Put You Off Diving

• The Dive - This suspenseful film tells the story of two divers who become trapped in a submerged cave.

• Open Water - Based on a true story, this horror film depicts the terrifying ordeal of two scuba divers who are accidentally left behind by their dive boat.

  
  

To Make You Scared of Sharks

• Jaws - Steven Spielberg's classic horror film introduced the world to the fearsome Great White Shark. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water: the first one remains the best of all 4 films and its music will haunt you forever.

• The Meg - This action-packed sci-fi film features a prehistoric megalodon shark that terrorizes a research team.

  
  

Jaws taps into ancestral fears and has been called the scariest movie ever made.

To Remind You Sharks Would Do Well to Be Scared of Humans

• Shark Water - Extinction is a thrilling and inspiring action-packed journey that follows filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes the massive illegal shark fin industry and the political corruption behind it which may lead to the extinction of these majestic creatures.

• Playing with Sharks - This film follows Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, as she dedicates her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks

  
  

Discovering Mysterious Life In the Depths

• The Sphere - The mostly excellent main cast play scientists sent to investigate a large, spherical object that the US Navy has discovered lying on the ocean floor, it may be of alien origin...

• The Abyss - James Cameron's sci-fi thriller takes viewers to the depths of the ocean, where they encounter extraterrestrial life.

  
  

Bios of Famous Divers

• Becoming Cousteau - This documentary tells the inspiring story of Jacques Cousteau, the legendary ocean explorer and how his relationship with the ocean changed over time.

• Mission Blue - This film follows the efforts of iconic oceanographer Sylvia Earle to protect the world's oceans.

  
  

Sylvia Earle ring the alarm bell on the state of the world's reefs