Movies and TvShows featuring "female-swimmer" theme.

Diana Nyad, a former athlete turned sports journalist, becomes obsessed with completing a grueling 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida at the age of 60. With the help of her best friend and coach, Diana embarks on a thrilling journey to conquer the 'Mount Everest' of swims without a shark cage.

When a massive hurricane hits Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears - relentless attacks from a pack of aggressive alligators soon become their deadliest threat.

Drowning by Numbers is a dark comedy set in a small town in Suffolk, England. The film revolves around three generations of women who all have the same name and a penchant for murdering their husbands by drowning them. The story explores themes of dysfunctional relationships, friendship, and the absurdity of life. With its surrealism and biting satire, Drowning by Numbers is a unique and thought-provoking film.

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.

A naive and clumsy young man named Nathaniel takes a job on a ship called the Queen Catherine in order to prove himself a man. Along the way, he encounters strange characters, hallucinations, and absurd situations, leading to a series of comedic mishaps and adventures.

Murina is a coming-of-age drama that follows a teenage girl living on a remote island in the Adriatic Sea. She struggles with her father's emotional abuse and her submissive role in their family dynamic. As she explores the island and the ocean, she discovers her love for swimming and underwater photography. Through her journey, she finds empowerment and breaks free from the oppressive environment.

A young woman in Ireland must make a life-changing decision when she discovers she's pregnant and faces the harsh reality of Ireland's lack of support for women in her situation.

Dive into these exciting short films from France, Lithuania and the UK that explore the hopes, loves, aspirations and even the darker side of girls on the cusp of adulthood.

This made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize after Florence Chadwick, a then-famous American swimmer who was widely expected to win, dropped out in the middle of the race. Half of this heart-warming movie is devoted to the 21 hour swim in which the 16-year old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.

Short documentary portrait of French swimmer Christine Caron.