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1. Torpedo Alley (1952)

84 min | Drama

Carrier pilot Lieutenant Bob Bingham (Mark Stevens) is rescued at sea by a submarine after he freezes at the controls and crashes, killing his two crewmen. He returns to civilian life but ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Charles Winninger, Bill Williams

Votes: 185

2. Ghazi Shaheed (1998 TV Movie)

120 min | War

The film covers a story of mysterious loss of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi. She has participated in second and third Indo-Pakistani wars (1965 and 1971) and has been sunk in December 1971 nearby Indian coast.

Director: Kazim Pasha | Stars: Mobina Dossal, Shabbir Jan, Adnan Jilani, Ghalib Kamal

Votes: 15

4. The Rift (1990)

R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Siren II, a submarine under the command of Capt. Phillips, ventures into the deep on a mission to recover the missing Siren I. Their quest is hindered when the submarine becomes entangled in a patch of toxic seaweed.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise, Deborah Adair

Votes: 2,769

5. Time Under Fire (1997)

R | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A US submarine runs into a time rift. A special unit goes on a mission to see what's on the other side. They find themselves in an alternate dystopian America, now a one-man dictatorship. They decide to help the rebels.

Directors: Scott P. Levy, Tripp Reed | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Richard Tyson, Jack Coleman, Bryan Cranston

Votes: 555

6. Siluri umani (1954)

87 min | Drama, War

The Italian Navy attack the British fleet in 1941 when they are anchored in the bay of Suda in Crete.

Directors: Antonio Leonviola, Marc-Antonio Bragadin, Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Raf Vallone, Franco Fabrizi, Andrea Checchi, Ettore Manni

Votes: 59

7. Fratelli d'Italia (1952)

103 min | Drama

Capodistria, 1915. Captain Nazario Sauro, an officer in the Autrian Navy, is one of those patriots who militate for Italy to enter World War I. When he is about to be arrested by the ... See full summary »

Director: Fausto Saraceni | Stars: Ettore Manni, Olga Solbelli, Paul Muller, Mario Ferrari

Votes: 6

9. SS Papanikolis (1971)

91 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The story of the sailors of the submarine "Papanikolis" that sailed for the Adriatic shortly after the declaration of war in '40.

Director: George Zervoulakos | Stars: Kostas Kazakos, Giannis Fertis, Aimilia Ypsilanti, Pavlos Liaros

Votes: 106

10. Phantom (I) (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, History, Thriller

40 Metascore

The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.

Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: Ed Harris, Julian Adams, David Duchovny, William Fichtner

Votes: 15,164 | Gross: $0.49M

11. Orzel (1959)

104 min | Drama, War

Based on a true story of the Polish submarine ORP Orzel (Eagle). In September 1939, Orzel docks in the neutral Estonian harbor of Tallin. Under pressure from Germany, the Estonians have ... See full summary »

Director: Leonard Buczkowski | Stars: Wienczyslaw Glinski, Aleksander Sewruk, Jan Machulski, Roland Glowacki

Votes: 193

12. Full Metal Panic! (2002–2006)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Sousuke Sagara, a member of a covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese high school girl.

Stars: Tomokazu Seki, Satsuki Yukino, Jason Douglas, Yukana

Votes: 5,894

13. Counter Measures (1998 Video)

R | 93 min | Action, Thriller, Drama

When an elite Russian Nuclear Submarine carrying a doomsday weapon is hijacked, a submarine demolitions expert and the USS Springfield are deployed to obliterate the terrorists' plan, and the sub, in a frantic race against time.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, James Horan, Alexander Keith, Scott Marlowe

Votes: 514

15. Depth Charge (2008 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Thriller

On his final voyage a commandeer aboard a nuclear submarine is making a shocking bid for world peace. With the help of mercenaries he takes over the sub in order to hold Washington D.C. and the world hostage.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Jason Gedrick, Eric Roberts, Barry Bostwick, Chris Warren

Votes: 557

16. Western Approaches (1944)

83 min | Drama, War

A wartime film, made under the auspices of the Crown Film Unit, serving as a tribute to the Merchant Navy. During WWII, they kept the lifeline to America and the Commonwealth open so that ... See full summary »

Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Eric Fullerton, Duncan MacKenzie, W. Kerr, Eric Baskeyfield

Votes: 157

17. Crash Dive (1996 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, who turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL can save the day by sliding aboard while the sub is underwater.

Director: Andrew Stevens | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Frederic Forrest, Reiner Schöne, Jay Acovone

Votes: 977

18. Submerged (2001 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama

A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine.

Director: James Keach | Stars: Sam Neill, Shea Whigham, Emily Procter, Hugh O'Conor

Votes: 500

19. Last Resort (I) (2012–2013)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A U.S. sub picks up Navy SEALs and receives an order for a nuke launch. Due to the circumstances of the order, the Captain refuses to fire. After escaping an attack from another U.S. sub, the crew and SEALs take refuge on a small island.

Stars: Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Daisy Betts, Camille De Pazzis

Votes: 22,179

21. Sluchay v kvadrate '36-80' (1982)

69 min | Action, Drama

Russian naval pilots risk death to help stop a American Submarine whose defective reactor threatens a nuclear meltdown.

Director: Mikhail Tumanishvili | Stars: Boris Shcherbakov, Mihai Volontir, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Vladimir Sedov

Votes: 160

23. Sekretny farvater (1986 TV Movie)

Action, Adventure, War

Scene of film action takes place in Baltic Sea during WWII in 1944-45.

Director: Vadim Kostromenko | Stars: Anatoliy Kotenyov, Sergey Bystritskiy, Larisa Guzeeva, Vyacheslav Bogatyrev

Votes: 98

24. 1941 (1979)

PG | 118 min | Action, Comedy, War

34 Metascore

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen

Votes: 36,279 | Gross: $31.76M

25. Murphy's War (1971)

GP | 107 min | Drama, War

A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson

Votes: 3,949 | Gross: $0.21M

26. The Cruel Sea (1953)

Approved | 126 min | Drama, War

The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.

Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 5,410

27. Submarine Base (1943)

Approved | 65 min | Drama

Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman operating from an ... See full summary »

Director: Albert H. Kelley | Stars: John Litel, Alan Baxter, Eric Blore, Georges Metaxa

Votes: 226

28. Chetvyortyy periskop (1939)

Adventure

1930s. During naval maneuvers, three submarines must "attack" the battleship. During a training battle, a fourth periscope appears on the horizon. The battleship is in danger if the unknown... See full summary »

Director: Viktor Eysymont | Stars: Boris Blinov, Vladimir Chestnokov, Mariya Domashyova, Konstantin Nassonov

Votes: 24

29. Gray Lady Down (1978)

PG | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty

Votes: 3,537

30. Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Thriller, War

The daring exploits of a submarine commander whose mission is to chart the minefields in the waters of Japan during World War II.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Arthur Franz, Robert Arthur

Votes: 1,150

31. Ice Station Zebra (1968)

G | 148 min | Adventure, Thriller

49 Metascore

USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown

Votes: 11,883

32. Assault on a Queen (1966)

Approved | 106 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller

A motley crew of treasure hunters plan to rob the cruise-liner RMS Queen Mary, using a recovered WW2 German submarine.

Director: Jack Donohue | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Conte

Votes: 1,238

33. We Dive at Dawn (1943)

Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Drama, War

All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling

Votes: 1,701

35. On the Beach (1959)

Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

55 Metascore

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins

Votes: 14,418 | Gross: $11.00M

36. On the Beach (2000 TV Movie)

195 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie

Votes: 4,155

37. Lorelei (2005)

128 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.

Directors: Shinji Higuchi, Cellin Gluck | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yû Kashii

Votes: 762

38. Captain Nemo (1975)

PG | 203 min | Fantasy, Adventure, Action

An expedition is dispatched to find the mysterious monster roaming the seas. Three crew members learn it to be an advanced submarine crewed by free men and headed by Captain Nemo. Their adventures continue aboard the amazing submarine.

Director: Vasili Levin | Stars: Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Yuri Rodionov, Mikhail Kononov, Vladimir Talashko

Votes: 335

39. Below (2002)

R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

55 Metascore

Strange happenings occur on a WW II submarine.

Director: David Twohy | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, David Crow, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany

Votes: 24,139 | Gross: $0.61M

40. Marinai senza stelle (1948)

69 min | Drama, War

An educational sailing trip is cut short by the outbreak of war, and the boys must decide what to do.

Director: Francesco De Robertis | Stars: Antonio Gandusio, Cesarina Gheraldi, Vittorio Mattiussi, Tito Stagno

Votes: 46

41. Trapped in a Submarine (1932)

63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in sub. It sinks and the trapped men are doomed, unless a diving-lung, recently added to ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Summers | Stars: John Batten, Sydney Seaward, James Enstone, Syd Crossley

Votes: 28

42. Sensuikan I-57 kôfuku sezu (1959)

104 min | War

A story set in the time of WWII about one of the most famous Japansese submarines fighting through hardships to achieve its final goal

Director: Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Tatsuya Mihashi, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Kubo

Votes: 25

43. Pirate Submarine (1951)

Approved | 69 min | Drama, War

In November of 1942, the French submarine, the "Casabianca,", escapes from German-held Toulon, and, upon joining the Free French forces at Algiers, is sent on a secret mission to Corsica to... See full summary »

Director: Georges Péclet | Stars: Pierre Dudan, Gérard Landry, Jean Vilar, Paulette Andrieux

Votes: 34

44. Torpedo Zone (1954)

86 min | Action, Drama, Romance

During WWII, handsome young Italian sub commander and his crew torpedo Allied freighters and transport ships for the Axis then rescue the occasional survivor and treat them humanely while seeking a safe place to put them ashore.

Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini, Carlo Bellini, Aldo Bufi Landi

Votes: 164

45. Above Us the Waves (1955)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, War

The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 1,631

46. Phantom: The Submarine (1999)

110 min | Action, Thriller

Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.

Director: Byung-chun Min | Stars: Choi Min-soo, Jung Woo-sung, Sol Kyung-gu, Byeon-chul Min

Votes: 497

47. Submarine Raider (1942)

Approved | 64 min | Drama, War

An American yacht is sunk by a Japanese submarine on its way to Pearl Harbour, and when the single survivor is picked up by a US submarine, the commander tries desperately to warn the mainland of the imminent attack.

Directors: Lew Landers, Budd Boetticher | Stars: John Howard, Marguerite Chapman, Bruce Bennett, Warren Ashe

Votes: 207

48. Submarines (2003 Video)

R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Having seized a Soviet nuclear submarine, the terrorist group's general Sajid Khan sail to the coasts of California decided to raze Los Angeles with a rain of nuclear missiles. American ... See full summary »

Director: David Douglas | Stars: Stephen Ramsey, Robert Miano, Jim Davidson, Jodi Bianca Wise

Votes: 279

49. Mystery Submarine (1962)

92 min | Adventure, Drama, War

During WWII, the British Royal Navy uses a captured German submarine to trick the enemy and protect their supply convoy.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Payne, Joachim Fuchsberger

Votes: 74

50. Submarine Patrol (1938)

Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft

Votes: 288

51. Submarine Seahawk (1958)

Approved | 83 min | War

For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost... See full summary »

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: John Bentley, Brett Halsey, Wayne Heffley, Steve Mitchell

Votes: 364

52. Submarine Command (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Drama, War

Submarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, Don Taylor

Votes: 684

53. Submarine (1928)

Passed | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change ... See full summary »

Directors: Frank Capra, Irvin Willat | Stars: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Ralph Graves, Clarence Burton

Votes: 313

54. Submarine D-1 (1937)

Passed | 100 min | Action, Drama

Navy officers fall for Ann. She has her own plans. USS Pensacola is struck during a last dive drill, there is an attempt to rescue. The USS Dolphin (D-1) and her crew depart from ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris, Frank McHugh

Votes: 318

55. Submarine X-1 (1968)

G | 89 min | Action, Drama, War

During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: James Caan, David Sumner, Norman Bowler, Brian Grellis

Votes: 737

56. 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Captain Nemo goes even deeper into insanity in this mesmerizing fantasy tale. Once again at the helm of his fearsome, wildly advanced vessel, the nautical madman endeavors to turn the world above the waves upside down.

Director: Gabriel Bologna | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor, Natalie Stone, Kim Little

Votes: 1,789

57. Haie und kleine Fische (1957)

120 min | War, Drama

Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive.

Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Sabine Bethmann, Mady Rahl, Wolfgang Preiss

Votes: 201

58. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Paul Gross

Votes: 1,046

59. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)

TV-PG | 158 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi

In 1886, a French marine biologist aboard an American warship is scouring the Atlantic Ocean in search of a sea monster that routinely attacks and sinks passing ships.

Stars: Michael Caine, Patrick Dempsey, Mia Sara, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Votes: 1,680

60. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

83 Metascore

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre

Votes: 37,188 | Gross: $28.20M

61. The Sinking of the Laconia (2010– )

Drama, History, War

Dramatisation of the true story of the sinking of the liner Laconia by a German U-boat in 1942 through the eyes of six survivors.

Stars: Andrew Buchan, Ken Duken, Lindsay Duncan, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 1,204

62. Battle Under Orion (2009)

120 min | Action, War

World War II story alternates between the past and present, linked by a fateful song. Japanese sub I-77 battles an American destroyer off the coast of Okinawa. Before heading to war, the ... See full summary »

Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Yoshikuni Dôchin, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Mutsutoshi Furuhata, Yûta Hiraoka

Votes: 516

64. 72 metra (2004)

115 min | Drama, Action, Thriller

Every second is precious for a Russian submarine crew, as they are stranded 72 meters below the ocean's surface.

Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Sergey Makovetskiy, Marat Basharov, Andrey Krasko, Dmitriy Ulyanov

Votes: 1,774

65. U-571 (2000)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, War

62 Metascore

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.

Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi

Votes: 87,423 | Gross: $77.09M

66. Down Periscope (1996)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy

39 Metascore

Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days.

Director: David S. Ward | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 26,695 | Gross: $25.79M

67. Torpedo Run (1958)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, War

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones

Votes: 2,541

68. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)

TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

The submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...

Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell, Del Monroe

Votes: 4,204

69. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

49 Metascore

When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.

Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre

Votes: 6,665

70. Destination Tokyo (1943)

Passed | 135 min | Adventure, War

In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely

Votes: 5,751

71. The Hunley (1999 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Drama, History

During the siege of Charleston of 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley becomes the first submersible to sink an enemy warship in wartime.

Director: John Gray | Stars: Armand Assante, Donald Sutherland, Alex Jennings, Chris Bauer

Votes: 1,308

72. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Family

In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.

Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Ted Raimi, Darwin

Votes: 7,782

73. Tskalqvesha tkveobashi (1942)

20 min | Action, Short, War

World War 2 naval conflict between Germany and the USSR. German submarine torpedoes Russian ship and captures one surviving Russian sailor (Shalnov), hoping to force him to reveal military ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Legoshin | Stars: V. Chernetsky, P. Ermilov

74. In Enemy Hands (2004)

R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller, War

When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.

Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Thomas Kretschmann, Clark Gregg

Votes: 4,555

75. The Atomic Submarine (1959)

Not Rated | 72 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Ships mysteriously disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a specially-equipped submarine is sent to investigate.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Tom Conway

Votes: 1,838

76. T-9 Submarine (1943)

68 min | Drama, War

The Great Patriotic War. The Soviet submarine T-9, having passed through the minefields of the North Sea, penetrates into the enemy port. Sailors sink enemy transport ships, but soon find ... See full summary »

Director: Aleksandr Ivanov | Stars: Douglas Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Allegrov, Mirza Babayev, Boris Baykov

Votes: 24

77. Podvodnaya lodka (1962)

36 min | Short, Adventure

American submarine goes on position for missile attack of the USSR. All crew is tired and nervous. Moscow radio announce a special newscast, and captain commands ship combat readiness.

Director: Yuri Vyshinsky | Stars: Vsevolod Yakut, Nikolai Prokopovich, Ants Eskola, Valentin Gaft

78. The Last U-Boat (1993 TV Movie)

99 min | Drama, War

In 1945 an advanced type of German U-boat loaded with atomic technology en route for Japan and escorted by Japanese naval officers receives news that Germany has capitulated.

Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur, Kaoru Kobayashi, Gorô Ôhashi

Votes: 309

79. Black Sea (2014)

R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

62 Metascore

In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall

Votes: 40,894 | Gross: $1.17M

80. Das Boot (1981)

R | 149 min | Drama, War

85 Metascore

A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

Votes: 264,403 | Gross: $11.49M

81. Das Boot (1985)

TV-MA | 293 min | Drama, War

A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.

Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

Votes: 33,431

82. Pervyy posle Boga (2005)

99 min | Action, Drama, War

The film is based on the true story of Captain Marinesku and set in 1944 during WWII at the Russian Navy Base. Young and beautiful Tanka is in love with Aleksandr Marinin, the brave Captain... See full summary »

Director: Vasiliy Chiginskiy | Stars: Dmitriy Orlov, Mikheil Gomiashvili, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Irina Björklund

Votes: 361

83. The Hunt for Red October (1990)

PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

58 Metascore

In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill

Votes: 214,812 | Gross: $122.01M

84. Operation Petticoat (1959)

Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Romance, War

During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill

Votes: 15,876 | Gross: $23.30M

85. Danger Beneath the Sea (2001 TV Movie)

92 min | Thriller

An American submarine commander (Casper Van Dien) questions his superiors when they order a nuclear attack.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Gerald McRaney, Stewart Bick, Tammy Isbell

Votes: 540

86. Operation Petticoat (1977–1979)

30 min | Comedy, War

An American submarine has to accept a group of nurses on its voyage. One way or another, the submarine is painted pink in the process.

Stars: Melinda Naud, Jim Varney, Richard Brestoff, John Astin

Votes: 291

87. Crash Dive (1943)

Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War

A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason

Votes: 1,749

88. Konvoy PQ-17 (2004)

416 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

On June 27, 1942, a caravan of ships, codenamed PQ-17, left Reykjavik for Arkhangelsk. The way of the ships with cargo for Russia lay across the North Atlantic, where they were waiting for ... See full summary »

Stars: Andrey Merzlikin, Mariya Bekker, Sergey Tsepov, Aleksey Devotchenko

Votes: 91

89. The Commander of the Lucky Pike (1973)

101 min | Action, War

The Lucky Pike is a spacious submarine, manned by a picturesque and good hearted crew, in this World War II melodrama.

Director: Boris Volchek | Stars: Pyotr Velyaminov, Donatas Banionis, Elena Dobronravova, Vladimir Ivanov

Votes: 136

90. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

PG-13 | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller

58 Metascore

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbings, Christian Camargo

Votes: 67,419 | Gross: $35.17M

91. Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

Approved | 93 min | Action, Drama, War

62 Metascore

A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter

Votes: 13,116

92. Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode: Hostile Waters (1997)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In October 1986, a Soviet submarine carrying nuclear missles collides with an American nuclear submarine off the coast of Bermuda.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow, Colm Feore

Votes: 2,179

93. The Enemy Below (1957)

Approved | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.

Director: Dick Powell | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel

Votes: 12,255

95. Crimson Tide (1995)

R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

66 Metascore

On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza

Votes: 123,368 | Gross: $91.40M

96. The Damned (1947)

Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

In the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Henri Vidal, Florence Marly, Fosco Giachetti

Votes: 1,135

97. Das Boot (2018– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, War

An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in this WWII drama.

Stars: Franz Dinda, Tom Wlaschiha, Rick Okon, Rainer Bock

Votes: 9,911

98. U-Boote westwärts! (1941)

100 min | Drama, War

This Nazi propaganda film follows the exploits of a German submarine as it prowls the North Atlantic.

Director: Günther Rittau | Stars: Herbert Wilk, Heinz Engelmann, Joachim Brennecke, Wilhelm Borchert

Votes: 82

99. Na vsekh shirotakh (2009)

360 min | Adventure, Romance, War

A love story of navy officer and young singer, who met after long separation.

Stars: Aleksandr Vasilevskiy, Anna Gorshkova, Vladimir Begma, Evgeniy Berezovskiy



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