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The Boat (2011)

Series · 1h 15m episodes · Rated TV-14 · In Spanish

Action, Adventure, Drama, Foreign (non-English), Mystery

A global cataclysm forces a school-ship crew to navigate an isolated, bleak ocean, their only home.

Suspenseful and epic. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 29, 2026.

The Boat parents guide

Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past a TV-14: some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
Not rated yet
We were not sure enough to call this one.
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is The Boat scary?
Only a little. The Boat has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is The Boat?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is The Boat rated, and is it OK for kids?
Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated TV-14, with strong violence.

What is The Boat about?

A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation of the particle accelerator will lead to the crew and students of the school-ship Polar Star to live the greatest adventure of their lives. Isolated and aware that we only have each other, the ship will become their only home.

Cast and crew

Created byIván Escobar, Álex Pina
StarringJuanjo Artero, Mario Casas, Blanca Suárez, Irene Montalà, Luis Callejo, Neus Sanz

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