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

Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
8.0/10

My Octopus Teacher
2020
7.9/10

Deep Sea 3D
2006
6.6/10

Ghosts of the Abyss
2003
6.8/10

Shark Whisperer
2025
6.7/10

I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.4/10

Blackfish
2013
7.9/10

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection
2025
7.8/10

Love, Marilyn
2013
6.5/10

Free Solo
2018
7.9/10

For the Love of Spock
2016
7.4/10

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea
2026
7.2/10

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
2008
7.3/10
Unconquerable Summit
2002
10/10