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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: 215,332 | 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: 73,928 | Gross: $15.77M

3. Never Say Never Again (1983)

PG | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow

Votes: 73,296 | Gross: $55.50M

4. 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: 15,930 | Gross: $23.30M

5. Father Goose (1964)

Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good

Votes: 12,356 | Gross: $12.50M

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: 3,903

7. Malaya (1949)

Passed | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet

Votes: 1,450

8. Roboshark (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A great white bites a UFO aircraft in the Pacific and turns into a robo/shark hybrid.

Director: Jeffery Scott Lando | Stars: Alexis Peterman, Matt Rippy, Nigel Barber, Vanessa Grasse

Votes: 1,334

9. 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

10. Prison Ship (1945)

Approved | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

At the end of WW2, a Japanese freighter sails with Allied prisoners as cargo but, sensing doom, the prisoners plan to overpower their guards and capture the prison-ship.

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Nina Foch, Robert Lowery, Richard Loo, Ludwig Donath

Votes: 171

11. Silent Steel (1995 Video Game)

Action, Adventure

A submarine captain must hunt a Libyan sub on the loose in his patrol zone, while keeping an eye on a Russian sub that is bearing down on him--all the while trying to find a saboteur aboard his sub.

Director: Tony Markes | Stars: Brian McNamara, Jim Metzler, Fredric Lehne, John Short

Votes: 43

12. 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

13. 688 Attack Sub (1989 Video Game)

Go on missions with a Los Angeles class 688 Attack Sub, during the cold war. Alternately you can play as a Soviet Alpha class submarine. Go through training missions, espionage missions, and finally actual combat as the cold war turns hot.

Star: Scott Cronce

Votes: 11

14. War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode: Part VII (1988)

Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, War

Natalie, Louis and her uncle Aaron Jastrow find themselves in Paris having been transferred there from the prisoner exchange camp in Baden Baden courtesy of Aaron's former student, the ... See full summary »

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant

Votes: 100

15. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.5 (2019)

Documentary, History, War

While Nazi scientists were conducting brutal experiments in an attempt to create an Aryan master race, a team of zoologists were overseeing their own bizarre science trials.

Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska | Stars: Klint Janulis, Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Joshua Levine

16. Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode: Blockade (2004)

Documentary, History, War

We explore how blockades have the ability to destroy or at least damage a country's ability to wage war.

Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Karl Dönitz