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Submarine Films

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  • Harrison Ford in K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

    1. K-19: The Widowmaker

    20022h 18mPG-1358Metascore
    6.7 (70K)
    When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
    DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsHarrison FordSam SpruellPeter Stebbings
  • Jeremy Northam, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, and Dougray Scott in Enigma (2001)

    2. Enigma

    20011h 59mR64Metascore
    6.4 (22K)
    A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsDougray ScottKate WinsletSaffron Burrows
  • Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster in Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

    3. Run Silent Run Deep

    19581h 33mApproved62Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    A U.S. submarine commander who's obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship butts heads with his first officer and crew.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsClark GableBurt LancasterJack Warden
  • Martin Balsam, Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Wally Cox, James MacArthur, and Eric Portman in The Bedford Incident (1965)

    4. The Bedford Incident

    19651h 42mApproved
    7.3 (6.3K)
    An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
    DirectorJames B. HarrisStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierJames MacArthur
  • Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in Crimson Tide (1995)

    5. Crimson Tide

    19951h 56mR66Metascore
    7.4 (131K)
    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.
    DirectorTony ScottStarsGene HackmanDenzel WashingtonMatt Craven
  • Cary Grant and John Garfield in Destination Tokyo (1943)

    6. Destination Tokyo

    19432h 15mApproved
    7.1 (6K)
    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.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsCary GrantJohn GarfieldAlan Hale
  • Das Boot (1981)

    7. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (280K)
    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.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • Das Boot (1985)

    8. Das Boot

    19853 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.8 (36K)
    A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.
    StarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in Operation Petticoat (1959)

    9. Operation Petticoat

    19592h 4mApproved
    7.2 (17K)
    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.
    DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsCary GrantTony CurtisJoan O'Brien
  • Peter O'Toole in Murphy's War (1971)

    10. Murphy's War

    19711h 47mPG-13
    6.7 (4.2K)
    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.
    DirectorPeter YatesStarsPeter O'TooleSiân PhillipsPhilippe Noiret
  • Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Rock Hudson, and Patrick McGoohan in Ice Station Zebra (1968)

    11. Ice Station Zebra

    19682h 28mG49Metascore
    6.6 (12K)
    USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRock HudsonErnest BorgninePatrick McGoohan
  • The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)

    12. The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming

    19662h 6mApproved69Metascore
    7.0 (11K)
    A Soviet officer and crewmen go ashore for help after their submarine runs aground off Nantucket.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsCarl ReinerEva Marie SaintAlan Arkin
  • Robert Mitchum and Curd Jürgens in The Enemy Below (1957)

    13. The Enemy Below

    19571h 38mApproved
    7.4 (13K)
    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.
    DirectorDick PowellStarsRobert MitchumCurd JürgensDavid Hedison
  • Gray Lady Down (1978)

    14. Gray Lady Down

    19781h 51mPG
    6.2 (3.8K)
    A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.
    DirectorDavid GreeneStarsCharlton HestonDavid CarradineStacy Keach
  • Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, and Janet Margolin in Morituri (1965)

    15. Morituri

    19652h 3mApproved
    7.0 (4.7K)
    A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on a freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
    DirectorBernhard WickiStarsMarlon BrandoYul BrynnerJanet Margolin
  • Lifeboat (1944)

    16. Lifeboat

    19441h 37mApproved78Metascore
    7.6 (33K)
    Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter Slezak
  • James Garner, Andra Martin, and Edmond O'Brien in Up Periscope (1959)

    17. Up Periscope

    19591h 52mApproved
    6.4 (2.3K)
    In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames GarnerEdmond O'BrienAndra Martin
  • Lauren Holly, Kelsey Grammer, and Rob Schneider in Down Periscope (1996)

    18. Down Periscope

    19961h 32mPG-1339Metascore
    6.2 (29K)
    Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days.
    DirectorDavid S. WardStarsKelsey GrammerLauren HollyRob Schneider
  • Torpedo Alley (1952)

    19. Torpedo Alley

    19521h 24m
    5.8 (192)
    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 soon afterwards, looking for redemption, applies for submarine duty. At the New London, Conn., training base he renews acquaintance with Commander Heywood (James Millican) and Lieutenant Gates (Douglas Kennedy), the skipper and engineering officers of the sub that rescued him at sea. Bingham falls in love with Navy nurse Lieutenant Susan Peabody (Dorothy Malone), daughter of Warrant Officer Peabody (Charles Winninger) and the steady girl friend of Gates. Heywood gets a submarine command at the outbreak of the Korean "police action" and Bingham and his friend, Lieutenant Graham (Bill Williams), are part of the officer's group on Heywood's sub.
    DirectorLew LandersStarsMark StevensDorothy MaloneCharles Winninger
  • U-Boat 29 (1939)

    20. U-Boat 29

    19391h 17mApproved
    6.9 (2.8K)
    A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
    DirectorMichael PowellStarsConrad VeidtValerie HobsonSebastian Shaw
  • Tyrone Power, Dana Andrews, and Anne Baxter in Crash Dive (1943)

    21. Crash Dive

    19431h 46mApproved
    6.3 (1.9K)
    A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.
    DirectorArchie MayoStarsTyrone PowerAnne BaxterDana Andrews
  • Above Us the Waves (1955)

    22. Above Us the Waves

    19551h 32mApproved
    6.6 (1.7K)
    The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
    DirectorRalph ThomasStarsJohn MillsJohn GregsonDonald Sinden
  • The Sinking of the Laconia (2010)

    23. The Sinking of the Laconia

    2010– 2 epsTV Mini Series
    7.0 (1.3K)
    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.
    StarsAndrew BuchanKen DukenLindsay Duncan
  • John Wayne in Operation Pacific (1951)

    24. Operation Pacific

    19511h 51mApproved
    6.6 (4K)
    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.
    DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsJohn WaynePatricia NealWard Bond
  • Azorian: The Raising of the K-129 (2010)

    25. Azorian: The Raising of the K-129

    20101h 45mTV-PGTV Movie
    7.4 (349)
    In 1968 the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 sank in the Central North Pacific. American intelligence located it within weeks of its demise. The CIA crafted a secret program to raise the submarine in 1974.
    DirectorMichael WhiteStarsNick JacksonPeter BeilVance Bolding

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