Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
The Boat That Rocked
TITLE DETAILS

The Boat That Rocked

2009-04-01 · 135 min · ★ 7.2

Drama · Comedy

When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millions of adoring fans.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Richard Curtis
Production companies
Universal Pictures, Working Title, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, StudioCanal, Portobello Productions
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Germany
Status
Released
Budget
USD 50,000,000
Revenue
USD 36,348,784

Top Cast

Tom SturridgeTom SturridgeCarl
Philip Seymour HoffmanPhilip Seymour HoffmanThe Count
Rhys IfansRhys IfansGavin
Bill NighyBill NighyQuentin
Emma ThompsonEmma ThompsonCharlotte
Nick FrostNick FrostDave
Kenneth BranaghKenneth BranaghDormandy
January JonesJanuary JonesEleonore
Gemma ArtertonGemma ArtertonDesiree
Jack DavenportJack DavenportTwatt
Rhys DarbyRhys DarbyAngus
Chris O'DowdChris O'DowdSimon
Katherine ParkinsonKatherine ParkinsonFelicity
Katie LyonsKatie LyonsAngus' Boat Girl
Tom WisdomTom WisdomMark
Will AdamsdaleWill AdamsdaleNews John
Tom BrookeTom BrookeThick Kevin
Ralph BrownRalph BrownBob
Ike HamiltonHarold
Sinéad MatthewsSinéad MatthewsMiss C

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Streaming

HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel

Rental

Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home

Purchase

Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home

With ads

YouTube Free

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

On the Line
★ 6.1
On the Line2022Drama

A provocative and edgy radio host must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller who's kidnapped his family and is threatening to blow up the whole station.

Good Morning, Vietnam
★ 7.3
Good Morning, Vietnam1987Drama · Comedy

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

The Young One
★ 7.0
The Young One1960Drama

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

Rogue Agent
★ 6.3
Rogue Agent2022Drama

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

CQ
★ 5.9
CQ2001Drama · Comedy

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.

Easy Rider
★ 7.0
Easy Rider1969Drama

Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.

Run
★ 6.0
Run1991Drama

When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.

The Five Heartbeats
★ 7.2
The Five Heartbeats1991Drama

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.

Ali G Indahouse
★ 6.1
Ali G Indahouse2002Comedy

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.

Family Weekend
★ 6.3
Family Weekend2013Drama · Comedy

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

24 Hour Party People
★ 7.0
24 Hour Party People2002Drama · Comedy

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
★ 7.1
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2004Drama · Comedy

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

Hellion
★ 5.9
Hellion2014Drama

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.

The Organization
★ 6.3
The Organization1971Drama

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.

Chatroom
★ 5.8
Chatroom2010Drama

When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth. William is a dangerous loner, channeling all his energies into cyberspace. He's become an analyser, a calculating manipulator who finds it almost impossible to interact normally with others in the real world, instead turning his hand to manipulating people online.

Barney's Version
★ 7.0
Barney's Version2010Drama · Comedy

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

How to Have Sex
★ 6.2
How to Have Sex2023Drama

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

Treasure
★ 6.5
Treasure2024Drama · Comedy

A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.

Play Misty for Me
★ 6.6
Play Misty for Me1971Drama

A brief fling between a late-night radio disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening turn when another woman enters the picture.

The Harder They Come
★ 6.6
The Harder They Come1972Drama

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.

Similar titles

The Basketball Diaries
★ 7.4
The Basketball Diaries1995Drama

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

White Squall
★ 6.3
White Squall1996Drama

In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.

The Doors
★ 7.1
The Doors1991Drama

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
★ 6.8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988Drama

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

Hair
★ 7.3
Hair1979Drama · Comedy

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.

Escape from Alcatraz
★ 7.5
Escape from Alcatraz1979Drama

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

Bobby
★ 6.4
Bobby2006Drama

In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

The Man Without a Face
★ 6.6
The Man Without a Face1993Drama

Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.

Come in, Kitso!
★ 6.5
Come in, Kitso!1968Comedy

A naive provincial, Kitsos, who lives in Athens, accepts to work as a doorman in the apartment building where his old friend Aris lives, in order to help him marry the owner's daughter, Poly. Because the latter is quite a difficult character, Kitsos is forced to play the fool. Then, he discovers that Poly is in love with another resident of the apartment building, the famous singer Yannis Vogiatzis. Poly's father assigns Kitsos to monitor his daughter, because he suspects something, while his maid manages to charm him, and marry him, and the apartment building is disturbed by his incredible antics.

A Night to Remember
★ 7.7
A Night to Remember1958Drama

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

Reagan
★ 6.3
Reagan2024Drama

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

Synoikia to Oneiro
★ 7.2
Synoikia to Oneiro1961Drama

A poor neighborhood of Athens, Asyrmatos, is the center of the world for the people who live there and try in every way to escape from poverty and destitution. A handsome released youth, Ricos (Alekos Alexandrakis), is trying to make money, at the same time that his lover, Stefi (Aliki Georgoulis), is seeing other men and her father, Nekrophoras (Manos Katrakis), is trying to contribute in family finances. Rico will set up a job, but will spend the money raised before he can put it into action. As a result, one of his "partners" (Alekos Petsos) will commit suicide, leaving his pregnant wife, Eleni (Aleka Paizis), to her fate. Rikos, his beloved and her father, defeated and disappointed because of the expectations that were never fulfilled, will be forced to come to terms with the harsh reality.

Beyond the Night
★ 3.0
Beyond the Night1983Drama

While running a free medical clinic in the 1960s, missionary couple John and Bettie Dreisbach face heavy government opposition in their attempt to preach the Gospel to the Muslim community of West Africa.

Love You More
★ 5.8
Love You More2008Drama

Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.

Victory to the Mimers
Not rated
Victory to the Mimers2024Drama · Comedy

A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. With his beloved family trade targeted by a right-wing government with a long-standing hatred for the arts, a Mime performer desperately rallies the troops for a silent revolution, vowing to save the art form from facing the final curtain.

A Serious Man
★ 6.7
A Serious Man2009Drama · Comedy

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. He scrambles to find a semblance of meaning as he loses control of nearly every aspect of his life.

PictureHouse
Not rated
PictureHouseDrama

In 1960s South Vietnam, an eight-year-old boy finds refuge in his family's cinema, drawing hope from the films he watches as he comes of age amid a divisive war.

Lilya 4-ever
★ 7.6
Lilya 4-ever2002Drama

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

Pink Floyd: The Wall
★ 8.0
Pink Floyd: The Wall1982Drama

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Yellow Submarine
★ 7.2
Yellow Submarine1968Comedy

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.