Friends of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (by StuOz)
by StuOz | created - 21 May 2017 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicLink to a video I made about VTTBOTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lv1EyA2Ds
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1. The Invaders (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.
Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom
Votes: 3,432
VTTBOTS also had aliens that took over humans. Both shows also had the same grim faced determination in the lead actors.
2. Star Trek (1966–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 92,912
VTTBOTS had a touch of Star Trek (Alexander Courage music, "red shirts" who get killed by creatures, danger, adventure, explosions, blinking light computer banks on the ship, time travel, military talk, etc)
3. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
Stars: Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, William Douglas, Robert Culp
Votes: 9,302
VTTBOTS pinched some of the OL crew and was also a "monster-of-the-week" show.
4. Batman (1966–1968)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
The Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City.
Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 26,142
VTTBOTS was also a 20th Century Fox series that had many batcave props on the Seaview. VTTBOTS also had a new special guest villain each week (be it be a Russian spy, Vincent Price, Frost Men, Rock Men, etc)
5.
Batman (1966–1968)
Episode:
The Impractical Joker
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
The Joker pulls off a string of key-related pranks throughout Gotham City, then with his magic box, proceeds to snatch a priceless jeweled key right under the noses of Batman and Robin. The... See full summary »
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 362
VTTBOTS had Mr Pem instead of The Joker.
6.
Batman (1966–1968)
Episode:
The Joker's Provokers
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
After a reworking, the Joker's magic box holds the power to alter time forward and backward. Batman and Robin learn of his plans to pollute the city water supply, and butler Alfred is sent ... See full summary »
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 356
VTTBOTS had Mr Pem instead of The Joker.
7. Batman: The Movie (1966)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero
Votes: 35,790
Submarine (the inside of it is in fact the Seaview!).
8. The Return of Captain Nemo (1978 TV Movie)
102 min | Sci-Fi
After a century of being in suspended animation, the mysterious submarine commander is revived in modern times for new adventures.
Directors: Alex March, Paul Stader | Stars: José Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Mel Ferrer, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 444
Submarine. Irwin Allen. Captain Nemo. Despite lasting just three episodes, this is my second favourite submarine show/movie ever made!
9. 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: 4,203
10. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A space colony family struggles to survive when a spy/accidental stowaway throws their ship hopelessly off course.
Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 8,863
VTTBOTS used all the monsters and computer banks. The Lydecker effects for the FS1 and J2 crash landings looked alike. Both shows had a pirate played by the same actor. The Terrible Toys spaceship also appeared in LIS. The Mullendore & Leith Stevens scores in both shows sounded alike. And so it goes - I think you get the idea!
11. The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.
Stars: James Darren, Robert Colbert, Whit Bissell, John Zaremba
Votes: 4,232
Irwin Allen's sister series to VTTBOTS - I sort of view Whit Bissell (Kirk) as another Nelson. Both shows have that same grim faced determination in the lead actors.
12. Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Sci-Fi
A spaceship from Earth crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on which everything, including the human-like inhabitants, is twelve times the size of its counterpart on Earth.
Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall
Votes: 2,859
Irwin Allen. The flying sub and spaceship Spindrift look alike. VTTBOTS had many episodes about "giant" sea creatures, giant dinosaurs and even a giant man in one episode.
13. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons
Votes: 49,226 | Gross: $84.56M
Irwin Allen at sea. The footage of flooded ship corridors does indeed bring back memories of VTTBOTS.
14. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure
An extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle
Votes: 5,870
Irwin Allen at sea - a ten out of ten movie! Every single cast member is outstanding. How often can you say that about a disaster movie or any movie? This is also one of the most amusing disaster movies ever made - more amusing than the first Poseidon flick.
15. The Swarm (1978)
PG | 116 min | Horror, Thriller
A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 8,554 | Gross: $10.00M
Irwin Allen with monsters (aka bees). A good part of this movie is Michael Caine yelling at Richard Widmark but what the hell. Some of the acting is a bit average. I like the action scenes, the Irwin Allen quirks and the wonderfully LOUD Jerry Goldsmith score.
16.
Batman (1966–1968)
Episode:
Ma Parker
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
When the Dynamic Duo realizes Ma Parker has seized control of the Gotham Penitentiary, they must get in to stop her.
Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 399
"Sparks" makes an uncredited appearance at the very end as a prison guard. He only says about four words.
17. City Beneath the Sea (1971 TV Movie)
G | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit the underwater city called Pacifica. They find they must defend the city against hostile alien forces.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Colbert, Burr DeBenning
Votes: 757
A movie that has casted a lifetime spell over me. See also the 1969 mini-version which is available on Youtube.
18. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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: 6,664
Starring the submarine Seaview not the human cast. This was Irwin's first GREAT movie! Before this we got things like The Story of Mankind and The Lost World. The Paul Sawtell score is very good - and I even like the Frankie song at the start! This started the 60s, or my take on the 60s. See below for 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) for more VTTBOTS related comments.
19. Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
Approved | 167 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon.
Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: George D. Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Bakewell
Votes: 1,180
VTTBOTS also had Howard Lydecker flying craft effects (FS1).
20. Sole Survivor (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy
This story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Vince Edwards, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Lou Antonio
Votes: 984
Basehart really got a chance to show his vast acting talents in this film where he plays a General with a troubled past. In 2023 I made a Youtube video about this movie and it was/is a surprise hit.
21. Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
Passed | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The invaders come to Earth to create an H-bomb to blast Earth out of orbit so that Mars can take its place.
Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane Bradford
Votes: 480
VTTBOTS had these sort of Howard Lydecker flying craft effects. The colorized version is shorter and better.
22. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 20,828
20th Century Fox full-scale submarine. Something needs to be cleared here! VTTBOTS had a whale set seen in Jonah And The Whale. It has often been reported that Irwin pinched the set from FV. However, after looking at every frame of FV it is clear to me that the set was NOT seen in FV. It is possible the set was made for the flick but never used (this often happens in massive budget flicks like FV).
23. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
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: 37,168 | Gross: $28.20M
Before VTTBOTS came this! This was the first GOOD sub production ever put on film! The sub miniature effects very much resemble the FX for the Seaview. "Leagues" is related to VTTBOTS in a few ways as it used the massive Fox tank for some of the Nautilus scenes. IMDb reports that Howard Lydecker was an uncredited consultant on the film however no other website seems to confirm this??
24. Mysterious Island (1961)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers, a Confederate and a civilian escape the stockade using a hot-air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill
Votes: 8,539
Submarine. Captain Nemo. Bernard Herrmann music.
25. City Beneath the Sea (1969 TV Short)
11 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
Failed pilot for a show that was meant to replace Star Trek after it got canceled. In the future, humans and humanoid amphibians live in cities beneath the sea. Matthews and the crew of his sub Titan must save their city from a saboteur.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Lloyd Bochner, James Brolin, Glenn Corbett, Norman Grabowski
Votes: 55
Submarine (the flying sub re-used in fact!).
26. 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: 12,252
Submarine. VTTBOTS music cues.
27. Latitude Zero (1969)
G | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, attack.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Takarada, Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 1,035
Submarine. The early sections of this film are very VTTBOTS-ish with a diving bell, a submarine with blinking light panels, etc.
28. Fantastic Voyage (1968–1969)
30 min | Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi
The government employs a team of experts who are shrunken to microscopic size to infiltrate and combat otherwise impenetrable threats.
Stars: Marvin Miller, Ted Knight, Jane Webb
Votes: 236
Submarine (animated).
29. Stingray (1964–1965)
30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Follows the adventures of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol, particularly the crew of its most advanced combat submarine called Stingray.
Stars: Ray Barrett, David Graham, Robert Easton, Don Mason
Votes: 1,426
Submarine. My view of this series keeps changing?? There was a time in about 2003 when I thought it was one of the true TV classics! I am less interesting today. The puppets are the main issue.
30. Down Periscope (1996)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy
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: 26,686 | Gross: $25.79M
Submarine. And a COMICAL sub show - we don't get that too often!
31. U-571 (2000)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, War
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: 87,399 | Gross: $77.09M
Submarine. Great looking movie.
32. 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
Submarine. Heston.
33. 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
Submarine.
34. Aquaman (1967–1969)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of the aquatic superhero and his friends.
Stars: Diana Maddox, Pat Harrington Jr., Ted Knight, Gerald Mohr
Votes: 811
Submarines and fantastic sea creatures (animated).
35. Assault on the Wayne (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, enemy agents, posing as U.S. Navy crew, plan to sabotage a nuclear submarine and steal its anti-ballistic missile guidance system.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Lloyd Haynes, Dewey Martin, Leonard Nimoy
Votes: 166
Submarine. Leith Stevens.
36.
One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Haunted U-Boat
(1959)
Approved | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
During World War II a German U-boat is apparently haunted by a repetitive banging on the hull which only occurs when it is submerged. Eventually the noise so frightens the captain and crew ... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: John Newland, Werner Klemperer, Eric Feldary, Kort Falkenberg
Votes: 213
Submarine.
37. Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Welcome to Atlantis, where royal guardsmen wear uniforms that could easily be from the wardrobe of Ming the Merciless and some unfortunate slaves are turned into bovine-headed beasts.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, William Smith
Votes: 2,146
Submarine.
38. The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995 TV Movie)
Unrated | Documentary
An overview of the career of producer/director Irwiln Allen, using footage from his films and interviews with those who worked with and for him.
Director: Kevin Burns | Stars: June Lockhart, Bill Mumy, Irwin Allen, Sheila Allen
Votes: 85
The life of Irwin Allen.
39. The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980 TV Movie)
144 min | Drama
A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a cruise ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Foxworth, Roddy McDowall, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 160
Irwin Allen at sea.
40. The Lost World (1960)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Claude Rains
Votes: 4,471
VTTBOTS did this tale (it even pinched the footage).
41. Flood (1976 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Robert Culp, Martin Milner, Barbara Hershey, Richard Basehart
Votes: 538
Irwin Allen in hot water.
42. Behind the Scenes: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979 TV Movie)
22 min
A behind-the-scenes/Making-of Mini documentary about Irwin Allen's all-star sequel, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure.
Director: Andrew J. Kuehn | Stars: Tim McIntyre, Michael Caine, Shirley Jones, Peter Boyle
Votes: 27
Irwin Allen talks, talks and talks.
43. Inside 'the Swarm' (1978 TV Movie)
22 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick The Swarm.
Director: Andrew J. Kuehn | Stars: Tim McIntire, Irwin Allen, Michael Caine, Henry Fonda
Votes: 30
Irwin Allen talks, talks and talks.
44.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Judgment Night
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
It's 1942, and a man finds himself on a ship in the Atlantic, not knowing who he is, nor how he got there. He does know the ship will soon be attacked by a German U-boat.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Rod Serling, Nehemiah Persoff, Deirdre Owens, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 4,130
VTTBOTS also did supernatural stuff at sea.
45.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Mr. Bevis
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Rod Serling, Orson Bean, Henry Jones, Charles Lane
Votes: 3,034
VTTBOTS had Henry Jones act a bit like this, however this TZ episode is mostly average.
46.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The After Hours
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A woman is treated badly by some odd salespeople on an otherwise empty department store floor.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Rod Serling, Anne Francis, Elizabeth Allen, James Millhollin
Votes: 4,529
VTTBOTS had The Deadly Dolls that act a bit like this.
47.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Odyssey of Flight 33
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Passing through the sound barrier, a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.
Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: John Anderson, Paul Comi, Sandy Kenyon, Wayne Heffley
Votes: 3,314
VTTBOTS had a craft go through time.
48.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Shelter
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A suburban dinner party is interrupted by a bulletin warning of an impending nuclear attack. As the neighbors scramble to prepare themselves, they turn against the one family that installed a permanent bomb shelter.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Larry Gates, Joseph Bernard, Jack Albertson, Peggy Stewart
Votes: 3,546
VTTBOTS did this sort of cold-war plot.
49.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Passage on the Lady Anne
(1963)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young American couple, the Ransomes, who are trying to salvage their troubled marriage, insist on booking passage on an old trans-Atlantic cruise liner. But other passengers try to persuade them to disembark immediately.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Gladys Cooper, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Cecil Kellaway, Lee Philips
Votes: 1,712
VTTBOTS had supernatural sea stories.
50.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Thirty-Fathom Grave
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As a U.S. Navy destroyer cruises near Guadalcanal in the South Pacific, its sonar detects muted but constant hammering on metal undersea. The eerie sounds emanate from a submarine on the ... See full summary »
Director: Perry Lafferty | Stars: Mike Kellin, Simon Oakland, David Sheiner, John Considine
Votes: 1,948
VTTBOTS had weird stuff at the bottom.
51.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Black Leather Jackets
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Three leather-jacket-wearing, motorcycle-riding men invade a peaceful neighborhood.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Lee Kinsolving, Shelley Fabares, Michael Forest, Denver Pyle
Votes: 1,970
VTTBOTS had aliens who remind me of the alien leader in Black Leather Jackets.
52. Destination Inner Space (1966)
Not Rated | 83 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of scientists working in a deep-sea research station discovers a strange craft of extraterrestrial origin.
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Scott Brady, Sheree North, Gary Merrill, Wende Wagner
Votes: 646
VTTBOTS had a creature that resembles this guy.
53.
Adventures of Superman (1952–1958)
Episode:
The Jolly Roger
(1956)
TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Pirates kidnap Jimmy, Lois and Clark and hide on a remote island the U.S. Navy is about to destroy.
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: George Reeves, Jack Larson, Noel Neill, John Hamilton
Votes: 160
Mild shades of the VTTBOTS episode: Dead Men's Doubloons.
54. The Green Slime (1968)
G | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel, Bud Widom
Votes: 3,929
Retro monster in confined area.
55.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
To Be or Not to Be
(1993)
TV-PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Captain Nathan Bridger is hauled out of retirement to command the new submarine SeaQuest, under the authority of the United Earth/Oceans Organization. His ship goes up against pirate forces... See full summary »
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Roy Scheider, Stephanie Beacham, Stacy Haiduk, Don Franklin
Votes: 1,290
The Pilot. Just like the VTTBOTS pilot - Eleven Days To Zero - this has a Captain who settles into the job in a bumpy fashion.
56.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
Whale Song
(1994)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Bridger is instructed to go after someone who is sinking whaling ships. He refuses because he doesn't support whaling so he resigns. But he later finds out who is doing it; an old friend, so he returns and goes after him.
Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Stacy Haiduk, Don Franklin, Jonathan Brandis
Votes: 133
Whales. Enemy submarine. The military. Okay but just okay.
57.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
Abalon
(1994)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family
While testing a new deep-sea dive suit, Commander Ford sees a mermaid. This leads him to a recluse scientist. Meanwhile, Lucas has his first date.
Director: Les Sheldon | Stars: Roy Scheider, Stacy Haiduk, Don Franklin, Jonathan Brandis
Votes: 166
Shades of VTTBOTS episodes The Mermaid and The Menfish.
58.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
Sympathy for the Deep
(1994)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Seaquest gets called to a normally peaceful colony that is now experiencing mass hysteria and violence. Once Seaquest arrives, the same thing starts happening to the crew.
Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Rosalind Allen
Votes: 117
The mighty climax almost captures the magic of VTTBOTS.
59.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
By Any Other Name
(1994)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Seaquest receives a mayday from an underwater agricultural station. Upon arrival they find the station empty of the crew. Once back on board the flowers Henderson picked suddenly grow and begin attacking the ship.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Rosalind Allen
Votes: 115
Shades of the VTTBOTS episode The Savage Jungle. Okay but just okay.
60.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
Lostland
(1995)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The Seaquest finds an ancient helmet which seems to be from the lost city of Atlantis. A professor arrives to debunk this theory. However, the helmet starts warping the minds of the captain and some of his men.
Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Rosalind Allen
Votes: 110
The Captain of the submarine is not himself and turns into a complete bastard. Enough said.
61.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
Watergate
(1995)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family
While en-route to a USO concert with a singer on board the crew encounters some strange mythological spirits. Once they arrive at the island, they discover it to be a very large pyramid. Within the pyramid they find the spirit of Neptune.
Director: Casey O. Rohrs | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Rosalind Allen
Votes: 110
See my IMDb review of this okay but not great episode.
62. 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: 7,778
Loved in the 90s but this submarine series has not stood the test of time too well. The CGI effects now look terrible and we are now reminded that the youthful star (Brandis) took his own life in a very ugly way. However, the pilot, Abalon and "Sympathy" are must see episodes.
63.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
Resurrection
(1995)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Max Scully returns, this time as a leader of an underwater colony, but his intentions are far from noble. With the help of Elaine Morse, Seaquest tries to stop Scully from detonating a large nuclear waste dump.
Director: Oscar L. Costo | Stars: Michael Ironside, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Michael DeLuise
Votes: 81
Shades of VTTBOTS episode Submarine Sunk Here.
64.
Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode:
The Cruelest Sea of All
(1963)
TV-Y7 | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A mysterious show swimmer (Diane Baker) falls for Tod, but as she's reluctant to talk about her past Tod can't believe some of what she does reveal.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Martin Milner, Glenn Corbett, Diane Baker, Edward Binns
Votes: 85
Route 66 does the Mermaid story and VTTBOTS composer Nelson Riddle does the music. This plot line is totally out of place in Route 66 just as it was in VTTBOTS - but I love it both times anyway!
65.
Ark II (1976)
Episode:
The Balloon
(1976)
23 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Red balloons bring word of an epidemic sweeping an isolated community, but its xenophobic leader is resistant to allowing the Ark to enter with a vaccine.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Terry Lester, Jean Marie Hon, José Flores, Moochie
Votes: 22
Del Monroe as a masked character.
66.
Search (1972–1973)
Episode:
Short Circuit
(1972)
60 min | Adventure
Backup Probe C.R. Grover, with the help of daughter Lelia Mowen, must stop mad scientist and Probe Control designer Dr. Carl Mowen, and prevent Probe Control from being destroyed.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Doug McClure, Anthony Franciosa, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 18
The first five minutes of this Search episode used stock footage from VTTBOTS! On the viewing screen the gang watched a fireworks display in the Seaview control room.
67.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Twilight Town
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Little Joe is attacked by outlaws, but finds that his biggest challenge is fighting his way through the secrets of a town shrouded in mystery.
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 219
Twilight Zone? VTTBOTS also had supernatural events. A Bonanza episode that does not feel like a Bonanza episode. Little Joe and guest stars. The regulars are mostly missing.
68.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Hoss and the Leprechauns
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hoss scares a bear that has treed a green-clad little man, subsequently finds a buried strongbox filled with bags of gold dust and, when both the treasure and its owner disappear, ... See full summary »
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 254
Yes, VTTBOTS was not the only 60s adventure series with Leprechauns. With this talk about Bonanza you might be inspired to track down the series. I should warn you that I have singled out two unusual and special episodes. 95% of "normal" Bonanza will bore the crap out of you!
69. The Satan Bug (1965)
Approved | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews
Votes: 3,039
Basehart in a cold war film about a bug about to cause disaster in the USA. Great Jerry Goldsmith opening title music but a so, so flick!
70. Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A spaceship crashes upon an unexplored planet, and the rescuers sent to search for survivors discover that decades have passed due to time dilation.
Director: Arthur C. Pierce | Stars: Wendell Corey, Keith Larsen, John Agar, Paul Gilbert
Votes: 1,234
Resembles some of those lost island episodes of VTTBOTS.
71. Zaat (1971)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist transforms himself into an aquatic killer.
Directors: Don Barton, Arnold Stevens | Stars: Marshall Grauer, Wade Popwell, Paul Galloway, Gerald Cruse
Votes: 5,312
The creature has shades of VTTBOTS.
72. Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi
Votes: 6,997 | Gross: $0.25M
Shades of Journey With Fear. POTV is a visual delight but is missing a great musical score.
73. Trog (1970)
GP | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden
Votes: 3,210
Shades of Fatal Cargo with a deadly ape man killing people. Only about 20 minutes of footage has been seen so far. Joan Crawford is the star of this!
74. Baywatch (1989–2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
At a Los Angeles beach, a team of lifeguards led by Lieutenant Mitch Buchannon save lives, deal with personal dramas, fight crime and participate in over the top adventures on a daily basis.
Stars: David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Jeremy Jackson
Votes: 30,326
One early first episode about an earthquake in LA mentions VTTBOTS. One trapped guy says to another trapped guy: "VTTBOTS had everything...a mermaid...monsters...I loved it".
75.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
How to Steal a Submarine
(1975)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Morwood, a high school official, has organized a smuggling ring. His confederates are forced to toss a drug shipment overboard as the Coast Guard is ready to close in. Morwood's group knows... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Jack Cassidy
Votes: 78
Jack Lord turns into some sort of Navy commander and drops bombs on a criminal submarine down below?? No I am not joking. In fact, this is one of my favourite episodes of the series.
76. Demonic Toys (1992 Video)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A pregnant policewoman, her quarry, and an innocent delivery boy become trapped in a haunted toy warehouse.
Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum, Daniel Cerny, Michael D. Russo
Votes: 4,698
Terrible Toys 2? Have not seen the film in full. Some guy on Youtube made a very detailed retrospective of the flick. Obviously more violent than VTTBOTS.
77. Leprechaun 2 (1994)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
On his one thousandth birthday, an evil leprechaun selects the descendant of one of his slaves to have as his bride, leaving it up to the girl's boyfriend to save her.
Director: Rodman Flender | Stars: Warwick Davis, Charlie Heath, Shevonne Durkin, Sandy Baron
Votes: 11,877 | Gross: $2.26M
VTTBOTS covered this theme. Youtubers have made retrospectives of the whole movie series so I feel like I know it. However, at this stage, Leprechaun 2 is the only flick in the series I have seen from beginning to end. Verdict? I liked it but VTTBOTS did it better.
78. A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on his wife without being caught.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell
Votes: 2,917
The Abominable Snowman is briefly seen as an extra at a dinner table party scene.
79.
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970)
Episode:
Danger Island
(1968)
TV-G | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The live action adventure story of Archaeologist, Dr Haydn, his lovely daughter, Leslie and his assistant Link Simmons who arrive in an uncharted portion of the South Pacific to uncover ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank Aletter, Kim Kahana, Victor Eberg, Rockne Tarkington
Votes: 54
Dead Men's Doubloons, The Return of Blackbeard, but told in a very silly way.
80.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
A Distant Thunder
(1978)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGarrett tries to thwart a plot by Neo-Nazis to assassinate a popular political candidate.
Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Herman Wedemeyer, Cal Bellini
Votes: 78
VTTBOTS had a couple of old Germany in today episodes - Hawaii Five-0 did it here!
81.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Savage Sunday
(1969)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of revolutionaries from a Latin American country have entered Hawaii illegally, raided an armory and stolen weapons and ammunition. Their leader is wounded and captured by McGarrett... See full summary »
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong
Votes: 153
Latin American thugs (one played by a VTTBOTS guest) want guns from Hawaii. This is perhaps my favourite episode of 5-0 as it contains a very energetic 60s musical score. Shades of VTTBOTS season one.
82. House of Wax (1953)
GP | 88 min | Horror
An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 20,251 | Gross: $23.75M
VTTBOTS had a submarine of dolls (The Deady Dolls).
83. Our Man Flint (1966)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare
Votes: 7,090 | Gross: $16.00M
This film used the Seaview.
84.
Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode:
Gault's Brain
(1978)
TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The living brain of a dead billionaire seeks to have itself transplanted into the perfect physical specimen.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Floyd Levine, Cathie Shirriff
Votes: 181
VTTBOTS had a talking blob in a cage (The Monster From The Inferno).
85. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 85,754
VTTBOTS used this spaceship (The Sky Is Falling).
86. Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953–1955)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Dangerous climate changes are ravaging Earth and the U.S. government requests an investigation by masked super-scientist Commando Cody. He discovers that the disasters are being caused by space-alien forces from unknown planetary origins.
Stars: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Gregory Gaye, Craig Kelly
Votes: 204
VTTBOTS had these sort of Howard Lydecker flying craft effects.
87.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Encounter at Farpoint
(1987)
TV-PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On the maiden mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), an omnipotent being known as Q challenges the crew to discover the secret of a mysterious base in an advanced and civilized fashion.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby
Votes: 7,327
VTTBOTS had Mr Pem who resembles "Q".
88. Warlords of the Deep (1978)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Two deep-sea explorers and their crew must survive a master race of beings and monstrous creatures when they discover the fabled city of Atlantis.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie
Votes: 2,753
VTTBOTS had sea creatures and a diving bell.
89.
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978)
Episode:
Day of the Robot
(1974)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
To steal a top-secret anti-missile device a Major is kidnapped and replaced with a robot, prompting Steve to discover the impostor and keep the device from being stolen and sold to the highest bidder.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, John Saxon, Henry Jones
Votes: 271
VTTBOTS had a robot episode called: The Cyborg.
90. Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Approved | 152 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 10,263 | Gross: $13.52M
The VTTBOTS effects department got a chance to shine on the big screen in this 20th Century Fox fantasy.
91.
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978)
Episode:
Return of the Robot Maker
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dr. Chester Dolenz replaces Oscar Goldman with a new and improved robot. The impostor sends Steve Austin on a suicide mission to brave the defenses of the new Brahmin Institute. Austin ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Bondelli | Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Henry Jones, Ben Hammer
Votes: 160
VTTBOTS had a robot-maker in The Cyborg.
92. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,900 | Gross: $10.40M
VTTBOTS had a Moby Dick tale in season one.
93. The Time Machine (1960)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot
Votes: 44,837
VTTBOTS had time travel plots in season four.
94.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
All Good Things...
(1994)
TV-PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Capt. Picard finds himself shifting continually into the past, future and present and must use that to discover a threat to humanity's existence.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 9,256
VTTBOTS had Mr Pem instead of "Q".
95. Airport '77 (1977)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland
Votes: 12,312 | Gross: $30.00M
VTTBOTS had season one's Submarine Sunk Here.
96. Raise the Titanic (1980)
PG | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Once they said God himself couldn't sink her. Then they said no man on Earth could reach her. But an underwater research agency, headed by Admiral James Sandecker, is assigned the job of finding the doomed ship in her North Atlantic grave.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer
Votes: 5,438 | Gross: $14.82M
VTTBOTS had a lost ship stuck at the bottom.
97. Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Passed | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 7,022
VTTBOTS had 100 sea creatures.
98. Fail Safe (1964)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 24,407
VTTBOTS did this plot.
99. Sea Patrol (2007–2011)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Following the crew of the patrol boat HMAS Hammersley, as they patrol the northern sea border of Australia. They have to deal with foreign fishermen poaching fish, smugglers and with political unrest in a neighbouring island state.
Stars: John Batchelor, Matthew Holmes, Lisa McCune, Kristian Schmid
Votes: 2,637
VTTBOTS had a very mild touch of this Australian sea drama. Watched during the original run and again in 2023 (but only season three).
100. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,492
VTTBOTS writers worked on this spy series.
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