Swimming & Diving
| Title | Year | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathing Beauty | 1944 | Comedy | A college swim coach (Esther Williams) finds out her husband-to-be is already married. | |
| Million Dollar Mermaid | 1952 | Musical | Based on true story of Australia swimmer Annette Kellerman. | |
| Dangerous When Wet | 1953 | Family | A dairy farmer's daughter (Esther Williams) sets out to swim the English Channel. | |
| Star Spangled Girl | 1971 | Romance | Swimmer training for Olympics (Sandy Duncan) very reluctantly falls in love. | |
| Vsyo reshayet mgnoveniye | 1978 | Drama | ||
| Popcorn und Paprika | 1984 | Drama | ||
| Koni | 1986 | Drama | Bengali film based on Moti Nandi's novel | |
| Back to School | 1986 | Comedy | A diver's rich dad (Rodney Dangerfield) returns to college and ends up competing himself. | |
| Diving In | 1990 | Drama | Olympic coach (Kristy Swanson) trains high school diver who's afraid of heights. | |
| Sarahsarà | 1994 | Drama | ||
| Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story | 1997 | Biographical | Life and career of Olympic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis, played by Mario Lopez. | |
| The Princess & the Barrio Boy | 2000 | Drama | ||
| Waterboys | 2001 | Synchronised swimming | ||
| Swimfan | 2002 | Erotic thriller | A swimmer's lover (Erika Christensen) who feels rejected begins to stalk him. | |
| Swimming Upstream | 2003 | Drama | Fact-based story of Tony Fingleton, an Australian who skipped the 1964 Summer Olympics to attend Harvard. Screenplay written by Fingleton. | |
| On a Clear Day | 2005 | Drama | A shipyard worker attempts to swim the English Channel. | |
| The Big Bad Swim | 2006 | Comedy | Connecticut grown-ups go to a beginner's swim class. | |
| Einfache Leute | 2007 | Drama | ||
| Pride | 2007 | Drama | A swim coach (Terence Howard) confronts racism in 1970s Philadelphia. | |
| Undead Pool | 2007 | Horror | Japanese zombie story. |
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Famous quotes containing the words swimming and/or diving:
“Whenever parents become overly invested in a particular skill or accomplishment, a child’s fear of failure multiplies. This is why some children refuse to get into the pool for a swimming lesson, or turn their back on Daddy’s favorite sport.”
—Cathy Rindner Tempelsman (20th century)
“all the fine
Points of diving feet together toes pointed hands shaped right
To insert her into water like a needle”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)