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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