History Film / OpenWater

* PersonalEffectsReveal: The final scene is a shark caught by a fishing boat having its stomach cut open, revealing Danial's underwater camera. A fisherman wonders if it still works.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based on the story of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Eileen_Lonergan Tom and Eileen Lonergan]], who were lost at sea after being left behind by their diving boat. As no one knows exactly what happened, the "at-sea" scenes (which comprise the majority of the movie) have been inferred.

''Open Water'' is a 2003 indie drama/thriller hybrid about a thirtysomething couple who find themselves stranded at sea when coming back from a scuba dive and realizing their boat has left without them. Based on the true story of a married couple who were lost at sea under the same circumstances.

* ThreateningShark: [[spoiler: The sharks eat one of them by the end]].

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based on the story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who were lost at sea after being left behind by their diving boat. As no one knows exactly what happened, the "at-sea" scenes (which comprise the majority of the movie) have been inferred.

* FollowTheLeader: Without this movie, other movies like ''Film/{{Frozen 2010}}'', ''Film/TheCanyon'' and ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' probably wouldn't have been made.

* DevelopingDoomedCharact ers: The first thirty minutes or so.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: The first thirty minutes or so.

* FollowTheLeader: Without this movie, other movies like ''Film/{{Frozen}}'' (no not ''THAT Disney/{{Frozen}}!''), ''The Canyon'' and ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' probably wouldn't have been made.

* FollowTheLeader: Without this movie, other movies like ''Film/{{Frozen}}'', ''The Canyon'' and ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' probably wouldn't have been made.

* FollowTheLeader: Without this movie, other movies like ''Film/{{Frozen}}'', ''The Canyon'' and ''OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' probably wouldn't have been made.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Susan, after her husband bleeds to death and she realizes she's not gonna last much longer]]. Also Daniel, earlier, when he screams ''We '''paid''' to do this.''.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: The first thirty minutes or so

* HopeSpot: When the boat crew realizes someone's been left behind and launches a rescue attempt. It looks like they're going to get there in time [[spoiler:to save Susan. They don't.]]

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler: Susan hysterically screams at Daniel not to "leave me out here all by myself"]]
* SayYourPrayers: [[spoiler: A dying Daniel babbles The Lord's Prayer as he succumbs to his injuries]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: It is two hours of people stranded at sea waiting for a rescue [[spoiler:that will never come.]]

''Open Water'' is a 2003 indie drama/thriller hybrid about a twentysomething couple who find themselves stranded at sea when coming back from a scuba dive and realizing their boat has left without them. Based on the true story of a married couple who were lost at sea under the same circumstances.

There is a sequel, made in 2005, called ''Adrift''. [[DolledUpInstallment It was not initially intended to be a sequel]], but the similar premise gave them the idea that changing the title would be more marketable.

!! Both films have examples of:

* DownerEnding

!!''Open Water'' has examples of:

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Susan, after her husband bleeds to death and she realizes she's not gonna last much longer]]. Also Daniel, earlier, when he screams ''We '''paid''' to do this.''.

!!''Adrift'' has examples of:

* CaliforniaDoubling: Although set off the coast of Mexico, it was filmed in Malta (in keeping with the movie being an InternationalCoProduction, German-produced but filmed in English with an almost completely American cast).
* DolledUpInstallment
* GainaxEnding
* KarmaHoudini: Dan is a [[JerkAss Jerk Ass]] who grabs aquaphobic Amy and jumps with her into the water (thus kicking off the ordeal), pops Michelle's dolphin floatie, botches the swimsuit-rope attempt and ends up mortally wounding Zach trying to protect a boat he lied about owning. [[spoiler: Naturally he survives, and only after an 11th hour [[InterruptedSuicide suicide attempt]] where Amy has to face her [[MyGreatestFailure worst fear]] just to rescue him.]]
* InNameOnly: ''Adrift'' was rebranded, post-production, as ''Open Water 2: Adrift'' to cash in on the original's popularity.
* MrFanservice: At one point the characters in ''Adrift'' remove their swimwear to fashion a crude rope. Lots of male nudity ensues.
* OnlySaneMan: James is the only one who doesn't act like a complete idiot at some point, having gone into the water after friends.[[spoiler: He later tries to break off a piece of the propeller to use that and the knife to get back up on the boat. He ends up fracturing his skull, which sadly brings him down to everyone else's intelligence level before ultimately killing him.]]
* TooDumbToLive: All the characters in ''Adrift'', especially the idiot who grabbed the woman who was afraid of water and jumped in ''without putting the ladder down first.'' Some of the others (James, Lauren) could be excused because there were other people on the boat when they went into the water.

* FollowTheLeader: Without this movie, other movies like ''Film/{{Frozen}}'', ''The Canyon'' and ''OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' probably wouldn't've been made.

* OnlySaneMan: James is the only one who doesn't act like a complete idiot at some point, having gone into the water after friends.[[spoiler: He later tries to break off a piece of the propeller to use that and the knife to get back up on the boat. See below for the outcome.]]

* ThreateningShark: [[spoiler: the sharks eat one of them by the end]]

* OnlySaneMan: James is the only one who doesn't act like a complete idiot at some point, having gone into the water after friends.[[spoiler: He later tries to break off a piece of the propeller to use that and the knife to get back up on the boar. See below for the outcome.]]

There is a sequel, made in 2005, called ''Adrift''. It was not initially intended to be a sequel, but the similar premise gave them the idea that changing the title would be more marketable.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Anyone who has ever worn a wetsuit knows how incredibly buoyant they are. That's why diver wear weight belts, to counter the suit and the body's own natural buoyancy. The divers are shown ditching their belts early in their ordeal but at the end [[spoiler: Susan doffs her tank and life vest and ducks underwater, never to resurface and presumably giving herself up to the sharks.]]. This is impossible to do without a great deal of effort in a wetsuit.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Anyone who has ever worn a wetsuit knows how incredibly buoyant they are. That's why diver wear weight belts, to counter the suit and the body's own natural buoyancy. The divers are shown ditching their belts early in their ordeal but at the end [[spoiler: Susan doffs her tank and life vest and ducks underwater, never to resurface and presumably drowning]]. This is impossible to do without a great deal of effort in a wetsuit.

* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: [[spoiler: the sharks eat one of them by the end]]

* OnlySaneMan: YourMileageMayVary but James is the only one who doesn't act like a complete idiot at some point, having gone into the water after friends.[[spoiler: He later tries to break off a piece of the propeller to use that and the knife to get back up on the boar. See below for the outcome.]]