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1. Battleship (2012)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna
Votes: 257,791 | Gross: $65.42M
2. 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: 9,977
3. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
Directors: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson | Stars: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joseph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 59,663 | Gross: $26.48M
4. The Sea Hawk (1940)
Approved | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History
Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp
Votes: 10,789
5. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall
Votes: 7,531
6. Blackbeard (2006)
170 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1717, Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard is sent to the West Indies on a secret mission to destroy notorious pirate ship The Queen Anne's Revenge and its crew.
Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Mark Umbers, Richard Chamberlain, Jessica Chastain
Votes: 1,481
7. American Warships (2012 Video)
TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a US plane is taken down over seas by an unknown assailant, the army is sure it was North Korea and a new war is about to break out. Even worse, the true attacker is an alien armed force and only one old battleship can stop them.
Director: Thunder Levin | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Carl Weathers, Johanna Watts, Nikki McCauley
Votes: 2,749
8. Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter
Votes: 4,872
9. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Not Rated | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Rudolf Jelínek, Jana Brejchová, Karel Höger
Votes: 3,057
10. Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean (2021–2022)
120 min | Action, Adventure, History
TRT's historical drama, based on the life of "Barbaros" Hayreddin Pasha and his brothers. The series tells the adventures of Ishak, Oruc, Hizir, and Ilyas fighting high tides and the secrets of the seas in pursuit of the holy secret.
Stars: Engin Altan Düzyatan, Ulas Tuna Astepe, Caner Topcu, Gökhan Gencebay
Votes: 3,349
11. Dark Journey (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell
Votes: 1,462
12. The Frogmen (1951)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, War
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 1,561
13. Sailor of the King (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In 1940, Canadian sailor Andrew Brown is prisoner on a battle damaged German raider and he plans to delay the raider's at-sea repairs until a British naval task-force can destroy it.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee
Votes: 698
14. Hell and High Water (1954)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Cold War, a scientific team refits a Japanese submarine and hires an ex-Navy officer to find a secret Chinese atomic island base and prevent a Communist plot against America that could trigger WW3.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 2,245
15. Horatio Hornblower: Retribution (2001 TV Movie)
98 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, David Warner, Nicholas Jones
Votes: 3,913
16. 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: 1,206
17. Operation Bikini (1963)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, War
In 1944, an American submarine must transport an Underwater Demolition Team on a secret mission in the Japanese-infested waters of the South Pacific.
Director: Anthony Carras | Stars: Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Scott Brady, Jim Backus
Votes: 317
18. Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999 TV Movie)
93 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Lt. Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford
Votes: 4,207
19. Hornblower: Duty (2003 TV Movie)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 3,424
20. The Man Without a Country (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, an American officer who renounces his country during his court-martial is sentenced to sail the seas on American warships without ever setting foot on American soil again or getting news of America.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Beau Bridges, Peter Strauss, Robert Ryan
Votes: 225
21. Ironclads (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 94 min | War
A naval battle between two large ships: the "Monitor" and the "Merrimack".
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Alex Hyde-White, Reed Diamond, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 311
22. Mutiny (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, History
During the War of 1812, the U.S. tasks Captain James Marshall to sail through the British blockade and bring back a French loan in gold but the secret leaks out and many greedy hands, including the mutinous crew's, are after the gold.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Gene Evans
Votes: 511
23. Die Männer der Emden (2012)
180 min | Adventure, Drama, History
When their ship is sunk in the first world war, in the Indian ocean, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find allies and finally make it home to Germany. A breathtaking real-live odyssey.
Director: Berengar Pfahl | Stars: Sibel Kekilli, Ken Duken, Felicitas Woll, Matthias Schloo
Votes: 354
24. 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: 740
25. The White Ship (1941)
77 min | Drama, War
Non professional actors, filmed in a semi documentary style, show the lives of sailors and their officers ,some of whom are transferred to a hospital ship ,during WWII in Italy .
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Augusto Basso, Elena Fondi
Votes: 303
26. Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom (2021 TV Special)
47 min | Documentary, History, War
Based on Iain Ballantyne's book, and shedding new light on one of World War II's most epic sea battles, this documentary provides a thrilling countdown of the Bismarck's final 24 hours.
Director: David Gilbert | Stars: Yves Dias, Chris Parry, Jane Harrold, Iain Ballantyne
Votes: 29
27. 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
28. Caesar Against the Pirates (1962)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Julius Caesar flees Rome because of a conspirary against him and is given refuge the king of Bithnyia. He finds a woman there and while he escorts her to Rhodes their ship is attacked. ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Gustavo Rojo, Abbe Lane, Gordon Mitchell, Piero Lulli
Votes: 112
29. World of Warships (2015 Video Game)
T | Action, History, War
A naval warfare-themed massively multiplayer online game that features a vast array of warships that did or would have passed onto legend.
Director: Danila Volkov | Stars: Alena Astakhova, D.C. Douglas, Stasa Nikolic, Dasha Perova
Votes: 114
30. Prisoner of Japan (1942)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, War
On a small tropical island in the South Pacific, David Bowman (Alan Baxter), a young American planter, finds himself pitted against a ruthless Japanese agent, Matsuru (Ernst Deutsch). He ... See full summary »
Directors: Arthur Ripley, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Alan Baxter, Gertrude Michael, Ernst Deutsch, Corinna Mura
Votes: 88 | Gross: $0.35M
31. Blood Wake (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Fantasy
This vehicular combat game is set in an alternate reality somewhere in Southeast Asia. The player is a former naval officer, who joins a pirate gang to find a way to stop his traitorous brother, a power-hungry admiral who plans a coup.
Stars: Sean Donnellsen, Adam Harrington, Scott McDonald, Abigail Revasch
Votes: 34
32. RAF: Coastal Command (2000)
56 min | Documentary
Follows the heroic efforts RAF Coastal Command in its constant battle against the Nazi submarines and surface fleet as they attacked the convoy lifeline to Great Britain.
Director: Michael Dunne | Star: Don Durbridge
Votes: 7
33. Cold Waters (2017 Video Game)
Action, War
Cold War submarine simulation where you command a sub of the US, Soviet, or PLA Navy.
35.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roy Voris, Frank Manson, Douglas MacArthur
Votes: 357
36.
Task & Purpose (2014– )
Episode:
That Time US Forces Pulverized Iran's Navy
(2024)
22 min | Documentary, News
A detailed account of Operation Praying Manitis that ended the tanker wars in 1988.
Star: Chris Cappy