As well as providing the subject for Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, Jacques Mayol did more than anyone to establish the sport of free diving to enormous depths without an oxygen supply. Using breathing techniques derived from yoga, he went to 50, 60, and even 100 meters—depths no one had considered to be within the bounds of human possibility. Mayol was a sportsman, a mystic, a vagabond, but above all, a man who believed in testing the limits of experience. This visually stunning tribute shows a man’s quest to be at one with the vastness of the ocean and to have no fear of the abyss within, where lurks serenity, freedom and finally, death.

The Deepest Breath
2023
7.6/10

Deepsea Challenge 3D
2014
6.6/10

Deep Blue
2003
6.9/10

Last Breath
2019
7.5/10

Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
2025
6.9/10

Dolphin Reef
2018
6.8/10

My Octopus Teacher
2020
7.9/10

Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
8.1/10

Ghosts of the Abyss
2003
6.8/10

Shark Whisperer
2025
6.7/10

I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.4/10

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection
2025
7.8/10

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10

Free Solo
2018
7.9/10

Deep Sea 3D
2006
6.6/10

Blackfish
2013
7.9/10

Aliens of the Deep
2005
6.1/10

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea
2026
7.2/10

Chasing Coral
2017
7.7/10

For the Love of Spock
2016
7.4/10
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012
7.2/10