perilous voyage at sea theme

Someone finds themself on a perilous voyage on the high seas.

8 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 3 minor

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novel: A True Story (180) choice The story follows Lucian and his crew of 50 fellow adventurers as they undertake a perilous voyage out beyond the the Pillars of Hercules to discover what wonders lay at the end of the Atlantic ocean.
movie: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) major The Bounty and its crew sailed the seas for two years and endured much hardship.
movie: The Bermuda Triangle (1978) major The Marvin family went on a strange voyage through the Bermuda Triangle in search of the ruins of the lost city of Atlantis. They were not disappointed.
movie: The Land That Time Forgot (1975) major Some people aboard a U-boat that had run out of fuel ended up drifting at sea for a long time and ended up at an uncharted sub-continent, called Caprona, in the South Atlantic. Note that the voyage took up between a third to a half of the entire film.
play: Pericles Prince of Tyre (1609) major Three or four times Pericles set out on dangerous and fated sea traversals.
movie: Ebirah Horror of the Deep (1966) minor Three friends and a thief encountered a storm on the high seas, got attacked by a giant shrimp and washed up on what appeared to be a deserted island.
movie: Warlords of Atlantis (1978) minor Captain Daniels sailed Professor Aitken and his son Charles out past the Bermudas against his better judgment. The captain's worst fears proved correct when his schooner was attacked by a giant octopus.
novel: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1867) minor The party got caught in a severe lightning storm while traversing a vast subterranean in their makeshift raft.