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1. The Hunt for Red October (1990)

PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

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: 214,981 | Gross: $122.01M

2. Hunter Killer (2018)

R | 121 min | Action, Thriller

An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.

Director: Donovan Marsh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 73,714 | Gross: $15.77M

3. 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: 15,896 | Gross: $23.30M

4. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

R | 128 min | Action, Drama, History

During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter

Votes: 14,349

5. Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

Approved | 93 min | Action, Drama, War

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: 13,137

6. Operation Pacific (1951)

Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War

During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes

Votes: 3,896

7. 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: 4,158

8. 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: 12,276

9. Black Water (2018)

R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A deep-cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.

Director: Pasha Patriki | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Al Sapienza, Courtney Blythe Turk

Votes: 7,403

10. The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.

Director: Ben Verbong | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Eliza Bennett, Rosemary Harris, Yvonne Catterfeld

Votes: 684

11. 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: 1,751

12. Up Periscope (1959)

Approved | 112 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr.

Votes: 2,256

13. 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: 2,543

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: 2,238

15. 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

16. 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: 685

17. A Twist of Sand (1968)

G | 90 min | Adventure

A former British Naval Officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly being caught by the authorities in Malta, ... See full summary »

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Richard Johnson, Honor Blackman, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 294

18. 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: 481

19. Going Under (1991)

PG | 80 min | Comedy

International disaster looms as the USS Sub Standard has to race to get a nuclear weapon ahead of the Russian forces.

Director: Mark W. Travis | Stars: Bill Pullman, Wendy Schaal, Chris Demetral, Ty Granderson Jones

Votes: 830

20. Hell Below (1933)

Passed | 101 min | Romance, Drama, War

In 1918, U.S. Navy Lt. Tommy Knowlton participates in dangerous submarine missions, disobeys orders, gets court-martialed and romances a married woman who happens to be his C.O.'s daughter.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 561

21. U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958)

91 min | Drama, War

In 1939 German U-boat captain Günther Prien receives orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships.

Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger, Harald Juhnke

Votes: 211

22. 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

23. 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: 362

24. Bombay Clipper (1941)

Passed | 54 min | Mystery

An American foreign correspondent, Jim Wilson, and his wife Frankie, who wishes he would give up his traveling job and settle down in one location, get involved with some foreign spies of ... See full summary »

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Charles Lang, Maria Montez

Votes: 89

25. 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: 315

26. Atlantic Convoy (1942)

Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

German agents infiltrate an Iceland port used by the US Navy for anti-sub patrols protecting convoys. Their goal is to block the harbor and trap the patrols. The officers in charge must stop the plot before the subs are left unchecked.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Virginia Field, John Beal, Clifford Severn

Votes: 113

27. Escape to Danger (1943)

Approved | 84 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

Joan Grahame (Ann Dvorak), an English teacher in Denmark, appears to be working for the Axis but is really a double-agent doing her duty for the Allies. The Nazis send her to England on a ... See full summary »

Directors: Lance Comfort, Victor Hanbury | Stars: Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak, Karel Stepanek, Ronald Ward

28. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The War Against the U-Boats (2002)

Documentary, History, War

An in depth look at the World War II Battle of the Atlantic, the people who commanded the fighting, the national leaders, and the equipment used.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Martin Dunbar-Nasmith

Votes: 7

29. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk Is Underwater (2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Monk is put in an uncomfortable position when Natalie asks him to help investigate the apparent suicide of her old friend's commanding officer.

Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,194

30. Wallander (2008–2016)
Episode: The Troubled Man (2015)

TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kurt is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case - the disappearance of his daughter's father-in-law.

Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Terrence Hardiman, Kenneth Branagh, John Lightbody, Jeany Spark

Votes: 693