Movies by Lists - Maritime Movies (230 [275]) 
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| 49th ParallelA World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S. | 1941 | Michael Powell (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 7.3 (6.5K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| 1492 - Conquest Of ParadiseChristopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people. | 1992 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.5 (29.7K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain KiddRocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure. | 1952 | Charles Lamont | Adventure, Comedy, Musical | 5.7 (2.3K votes) | 70 | 20240224 |
| Above Us the WavesThe attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II. | 1955 | Ralph Thomas | Drama, War | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Across the PacificIn December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone. | 1942 | John Huston, Vincent Sherman | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | 6.8 (4.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Admiral Roaring Currents, TheAdmiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang. | 2014 | Han-min Kim | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (11.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| AdriftA true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. | 2018 | Baltasar Kormákur | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.6 (56.5K votes) | 96 | 20220822 |
| AdventureDark, romantic, complicated drama about a rowdy merchant mariner and sophisticated librarian who clash over their lifestyles and values - and then fall in love. | 1945 | Victor Fleming (*) | Drama, Romance, Comedy | 6.2 (1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Martin Eden, TheAuthor writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published. | 1942 | Sidney Salkow | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance | 5.7 (141 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| African Queen, TheIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship. | 1951 | John Huston (*) | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | 7.8 (77.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Against All FlagsBrian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar. | 1952 | George Sherman | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (2.6K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Alaska SeasThe owner of a salmon cannery in Alaska hires a man who had formerly been his partner, and comes to regret it. | 1954 | Jerry Hopper | Adventure, Crime, Drama | 6.0 (223 votes) | 78 | 20240609 |
| All Is LostAfter a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face. | 2013 | J.C. Chandor | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.9 (80K votes) | 106 | 20220414 |
| All the Brothers Were ValiantIn the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls. | 1953 | Richard Thorpe | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.3 (971 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| AmistadIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally | 1997 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (75.2K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| And the Ship Sails On (E La Nave Va)In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers. | 1983 | Federico Fellini (*) | Drama, History, Music | 7.6 (6.1K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Assault on a QueenA motley crew of treasure hunters plan to rob the cruise-liner RMS Queen Mary, using a recovered WW2 German submarine. | 1966 | Jack Donohue | Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama | 5.6 (1.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Atlantic [Titanic - Disaster in the Atlantic]On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. | 1929 | Ewald André Dupont | Drama | 5.2 (281 votes) | 90 | 20240511 |
| Attack on the Iron CoastDuring World War II, a commando leader named Major Jamie Wilson leads a group of soldiers on a suicide mission to destroy a Nazi naval stronghold on the French coast. | 1968 | Paul Wendkos | Action, Drama, War | 5.5 (654 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Away All BoatsThe story of a U.S. Naval ship and its crew in the Pacific, from 1943 to 1945. | 1956 | Joseph Pevney | Drama, War | 6.3 (1.3K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Battle Hell [Yangtse Incident - The Story of H.M.S.]In 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip finds its way blocked by a barrage fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries. | 1957 | Michael Anderson | Drama, History, War | 6.8 (673 votes) | 113 | 20220731 |
| Battle of the Coral SeaIn 1942 submarine commander Jeff Conway secretly photographs Japanese aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea but his submarine is damaged and he's forced to surrender. | 1959 | Paul Wendkos | Action, Drama, Romance, War | 5.6 (799 votes) | 86 | 20231231 |
| Battle of the Japan Sea [Nihonkai daikaisen]Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. | 1969 | Seiji Maruyama | Drama, History, War | 6.4 (221 votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Battleship Potemkin, TheIn the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre. | 1925 | Sergei M. Eisenstein (*) | Drama, History, Thriller, War | 8.0 (56.4K votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
| Bedford Incident, TheAn American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined. | 1965 | James B. Harris | Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (5.1K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| BelowStrange happenings occur on a WW II submarine. | 2002 | David Twohy | Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (23.5K votes) | 105 | 20230728 |
| Beyond the Poseidon AdventureAn extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes. | 1979 | Irwin Allen | Action, Adventure | 4.6 (5.7K votes) | 114 | 20231001 |
| Big Blue, TheThe rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown. | 1988 | Luc Besson (*) | Adventure, Drama, Sport | 7.6 (50.6K votes) | 168 | 20211228 |
| Billy BuddWhen a good-hearted sailor accidentally kills the master-at-arms, his superiors have to decide whether to hang him or set him free. | 1962 | Peter Ustinov | Adventure, Drama, War | 7.8 (4.2K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Black Pirate, TheSeeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death. | 1926 | Albert Parker | Adventure, Action | 7.1 (1.9K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Black SeaIn order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold. | 2014 | Kevin Macdonald | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (37.2K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Black Swan, TheAn ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love-hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems. | 1942 | Henry King | Adventure, Drama | 6.8 (4.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Blackbeard the PirateHonest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard. | 1952 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Adventure, Romance | 6.0 (1.5K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Blackbeard, the PirateHonest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard. | 1952 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Adventure, Romance | 6.0 (1.5K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Blood AlleyHis ship seized by the Chinese Communists, American Merchant Captain Tom Wilder languishes in prison but Chinese villagers help him escape to sail them to Hong-Kong. | 1955 | William A. Wellman, John Wayne | Action, Adventure | 6.3 (3.1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Botany BayIn 1787, American medical student Hugh Tallant and British convicts are sent from London to New South Wales on a ship commanded by the evil Captain Gilbert. | 1952 | John Farrow | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.1 (521 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Bounty, TheFed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action. | 1984 | Roger Donaldson | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 7.1 (26.5K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Boy on a DolphinA woman finds a treasure and is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it and one who wants to gift it to Greece. | 1957 | Jean Negulesco | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.2 (1.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Buccaneer, TheDuring the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet. | 1958 | Anthony Quinn | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.5 (2.5K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Buccaneer, TheSemi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812. | 1938 | Cecil B. DeMille (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.7 (687 votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Caine Mutiny, TheWhen a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny. | 1954 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Drama, War | 7.7 (27.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Captain BloodAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean. | 1935 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Action, Adventure, History, Romance | 7.7 (14K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters. | 1951 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.3 (6.5K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Captain KiddThe unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery. | 1945 | Rowland V. Lee | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.3 (1.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Captain PhillipsThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. | 2013 | Paul Greengrass | Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (444.9K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Captains CourageousA spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work. | 1937 | Victor Fleming (*) | Adventure, Drama, Family | 8.0 (9.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Captain's Paradise, TheThe captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port. | 1953 | Anthony Kimmins | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (1.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Cargo to CapetownThe plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship's engineer. The pair soon find themselves at odds over their mutual affection for Drew (who happens to be Crawford's fiancee). | 1950 | Earl McEvoy | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance | 6.1 (121 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| China SeasWhen earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize Gaskell's ship. | 1935 | Tay Garnett | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (2.5K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Cockleshell Heroes, TheDuring World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them. | 1955 | José Ferrer | Action, Drama, War | 6.6 (1.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Command, The [Kursk]The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. | 2018 | Thomas Vinterberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller | 6.6 (19.1K votes) | 117 | 20220822 |
| ContrabandEarly in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies. | 1940 | Michael Powell (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War | 6.9 (1.2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| ConvoyA tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII. | 1940 | Pen Tennyson | Drama, War | 6.2 (301 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Corvette K-225The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain. | 1943 | Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks | Action, Drama, Romance, War | 6.7 (467 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Crab-Drum, The [Le Crabe-Tambour]A dying mariner, full of regret, is looking for his longtime colleague somewhere on the high seas. | 1977 | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Adventure, Drama, War | 7.2 (740 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Crash DiveA submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl. | 1943 | Archie Mayo | Drama, War | 6.4 (1.5K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Crest of the Wave [Seagulls Over Sorrento]A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed. | 1954 | John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Drama, War | 5.6 (290 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Crimson Pirate, TheDuring the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo. | 1952 | Robert Siodmak (*) | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (6.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Crimson TideOn 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. | 1995 | Tony Scott (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller, War | 7.3 (109.5K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Cruel Sea, TheThe World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers. | 1953 | Charles Frend | Drama, War | 7.5 (4.5K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Cutthroat IslandA female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure. | 1995 | Renny Harlin | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 5.7 (29.5K votes) | 124 | 20230806 |
| Dangerous CrossingWhen a beautiful bride boards an ocean liner with her new husband, he goes into hiding, and she becomes the target of a murder conspiracy. | 1953 | Joseph M. Newman | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (2K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Dangerous WatersWhile a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend. | 1936 | Lambert Hillyer | Drama | 6.5 (34 votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
| Dark JourneyDuring World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love. | 1937 | Victor Saville | Adventure, Romance, Thriller, War | 6.3 (1.3K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Das Boot [The Boat]The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. | 1981 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Drama, War | 8.3 (244.3K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Dawn [Morgenrot]In 1915, Captain Liers, commander of a submarine is leaving his hometown, where he, his 2nd officer and the radio-operator, who is married there, spend their shore leave. Liers two brothers were already killed in action, so his mothe | 1933 | Vernon Sewell, Gustav Ucicky | Drama, War | 7.0 (120 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Dead CalmAfter a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship. | 1989 | Phillip Noyce | Horror, Thriller | 6.8 (39.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Death ShipA mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel. | 1980 | Alvin Rakoff | Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 4.9 (4.6K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Death Ship, TheA mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel. | 1980 | Alvin Rakoff | Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 4.8 (5.5K votes) | 91 | 20231109 |
| Decks Ran Red, TheA band of dishonest seamen plan a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind. | 1958 | Andrew L. Stone | Adventure, Crime, Drama | 6.2 (496 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Deep Six, TheCalled to active duty during WW2, reserve Navy Lieutenant Alec Austin struggles to do his military duties while observing his Quaker beliefs, at the dismay of his comrades. | 1958 | Rudolph Maté | Drama, War | 6.1 (453 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Deepwater HorizonA dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history. | 2016 | Peter Berg | Action, Drama, History, Thriller | 7.1 (165.3K votes) | 107 | 20220415 |
| Defection of Simas Kudirka, TheBased on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten yea... | 1978 | David Lowell Rich | Drama | 7.1 (151 votes) | 100 | 20230424 |
| DerelictAdventure follows a ship on its watery course between Latin America and the United States. | 1930 | Rowland V. Lee, Louis J. Gasnier | Adventure | 6.2 (58 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Destination TokyoIn 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. | 1943 | Delmer Daves | Adventure, War | 7.1 (5K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| DestroyerA new World War 2 destroyer fails its sea trials so it is assigned to mail runs, but the crew ends up having to engage Japanese planes and a submarine anyway. | 1943 | William A. Seiter, Ray Enright | Drama, War | 6.4 (1.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Devil and the DeepMan sets out for revenge after learning of his wife's affair. | 1932 | Marion Gering | Drama | 6.3 (615 votes) | 78 | 20220414 |
| Don't Give Up the ShipDuring the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing. | 1959 | Norman Taurog | Comedy | 6.5 (773 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Down to the Sea in ShipsWhaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling trip to teach him core life values while First Mate Dan Lunceford is tasked with tutoring Jed. | 1949 | Henry Hathaway | Action, Adventure, Drama, Family | 7.3 (943 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| DunkirkAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. | 2017 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War | 7.8 (614K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Enemy Below, TheDuring 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. | 1957 | Dick Powell | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War | 7.5 (10.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Ensign PulverLife becomes so harried after Ensign Pulver's prank, he and the Captain are swept off deck during a storm, ending up on a tropical island, a group of ship wrecked nurses, dancing natives, and one very big case of appendicitis. | 1964 | Joshua Logan | Comedy, Drama, War | 5.9 (1.6K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Escape to GloryA British ship is attacked by a German U-boat at the onset of World War II. The reactions of the frightened passengers-from a German doctor to a drunken Irishman-are chronicled in this good story. | 1940 | John Brahm | Drama, War | 6.6 (47 votes) | 64 | 20211228 |
| Fair Wind to JavaIn 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies. | 1953 | Joseph Kane | Action, Adventure, Drama | 5.7 (404 votes) | 92 | 20240419 |
| ffolkes [North Sea Hijack]When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them. | 1980 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 6.3 (5.1K votes) | 95 | 20220414 |
| Finest Hours, TheThe Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. | 2016 | Craig Gillespie | Action, Drama, History, Thriller | 6.8 (65.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Fire Down BelowThe friendship between two tramp boat owners is threatened by the arrival of a beautiful and seductive passenger. | 1957 | Robert Parrish | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.0 (1.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Flat TopDuring the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan. | 1952 | Lesley Selander | Drama, War | 5.9 (553 votes) | 83 | 20240930 |
| Flying Missile, TheFictional account of the role played by a somewhat impetuous US Naval commander in developing the first means of launching missiles from submarines. | 1950 | Henry Levin | Drama, War | 5.9 (175 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Follow the FleetA Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco. | 1936 | Mark Sandrich (*) | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 7.2 (4.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| For Those in PerilAn RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel. | 1944 | Charles Crichton (*) | Drama, War | 6.3 (146 votes) | 67 | 20240605 |
| Francis in the NavyA story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy. | 1955 | Arthur Lubin | Comedy, Fantasy | 5.9 (659 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Frogmen, TheThe 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. | 1951 | Lloyd Bacon (*) | Adventure, Drama, War | 6.5 (1.6K votes) | 96 | 20240622 |
| GatewayIrish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island. | 1938 | Alfred L. Werker | Drama, Romance | 6.1 (81 votes) | 75 | 20240622 |
| Ghost ShipA salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board. | 2002 | Steve Beck | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.6 (107.3K votes) | 91 | 20231101 |
| Ghost Ship, TheTom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. At first things look good, Stone sees Merriam as a younger version of himself and Merriam sees Stone as the first adult to ever treat him as a friend. But aft | 1943 | Mark Robson | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (3.3K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Glory at Sea [Gift Horse]In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis. | 1952 | Compton Bennett | Adventure, Drama, War | 6.4 (583 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Gray Lady DownA Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. | 1978 | David Greene | Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller | 6.2 (3.1K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Great War of Archimedes, The [Archimedes no Taisen]In 1933, a young naval officer and math prodigy uncovers a conspiracy regarding the construction of Japanese warships for the ongoing World War 2. | 2019 | Takashi Yamazaki | Action, Drama, Mystery, War | 6.6 (846 votes) | 130 | 20221228 |
| GreyhoundSeveral months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack. | 2020 | Aaron Schneider | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.0 (107.7K votes) | 91 | 20231016 |
| Guardian, TheA high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice. | 2006 | Andrew Davis | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.9 (91K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Gung Ho! - The Story of Carlson's Makin Island RaidersThe true story of Carlson's Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island. | 1943 | Ray Enright | Drama, History, War | 6.1 (1.4K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| H.M.S. DefiantOn the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny. | 1962 | Lewis Gilbert | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Hell and High WaterDuring 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. | 1954 | Samuel Fuller (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (1.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Hell Below ZeroThe captain of an Antarctic whaling ship falls overboard in mysterious circumstances and his daughter, aided by a sympathetic American, decides to investigate the accident. | 1954 | Mark Robson | Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 5.9 (489 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Hell DiversStory of rivalry between 2 Navy aircrewmen on and off duty. | 1931 | George W. Hill | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.4 (622 votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Hellcats of the NavyThe daring exploits of a submarine commander whose mission is to chart the minefields in the waters of Japan during World War II. | 1957 | Nathan Juran | Drama, Thriller, War | 5.5 (1K votes) | 82 | 20220723 |
| Hook, TheIn the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner. | 1963 | George Seaton | Drama, War | 6.5 (682 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Hostile WatersIn October 1986, a Soviet submarine carrying nuclear missles collides with an American nuclear submarine off the coast of Bermuda. | 1997 | David Drury | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War | 6.3 (1.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Hunley, TheDuring the siege of Charleston of 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley becomes the first submersible to sink an enemy warship in wartime. | 1999 | John Gray | Action, Drama, History, War, Western | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 94 | 20240625 |
| Hunt for Red October, TheIn November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain, in a new undetectable sub, violates orders and heads for the U.S. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect, or to start a war? | 1990 | John McTiernan (*) | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 7.6 (191.7K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Hunter KillerAn untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general. | 2018 | Donovan Marsh | Action, Thriller | 6.6 (60.4K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Ice Station ZebraUSN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station. | 1968 | John Sturges (*) | Adventure, Thriller | 6.6 (11.8K votes) | 148 | 20240229 |
| Icebreaker, The [Ledokol]Toward the icebreaker "Mikhail Gromov" is moving a huge iceberg. Leaving from collision, the ship falls into the ice trap, and is forced to drift near the coast of Antarctica. | 2016 | Nikolay Khomeriki | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.1 (1.9K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| In Harms WayA Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese. | 1965 | Otto Preminger (*) | Drama, War | 7.3 (8.8K votes) | 165 | 20211228 |
| In the Heart of the SeaA recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick. | 2015 | Ron Howard | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.9 (133.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| In Which We ServeThis "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft. | 1942 | Noël Coward, David Lean | Drama, War | 7.2 (5.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Islands in the StreamAn isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII. | 1977 | Franklin J. Schaffner (*) | Drama | 6.5 (1.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet [Rengô kantai shirei chôkan - Yamamoto Isoroku]The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943. | 2011 | Izuru Narushima | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.7 (1.2K votes) | 140 | 20230830 |
| Jamaica InnIn Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. | 1939 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Adventure, Crime | 6.3 (9.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| JawsWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. | 1975 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Adventure, Thriller | 8.0 (573.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Jaws - The RevengeChief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge. | 1987 | Joseph Sargent | Adventure, Horror, Thriller | 3.0 (49.6K votes) | 89 | 20240511 |
| Jaws 2Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters. | 1978 | Jeannot Szwarc | Adventure, Horror, Thriller | 5.8 (84.6K votes) | 116 | 20240511 |
| Jaws 3-DA giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone. | 1983 | Joe Alves | Adventure, Horror, Thriller | 3.7 (48.3K votes) | 99 | 20240511 |
| Johnny AngelWhen a New Orleans merchant ship captain finds his father's sister ship derelict at sea, he investigates the crew's mysterious disappearance amid rumors of a smuggled gold cargo. | 1945 | Edwin L. Marin | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (970 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| JuggernautA blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner Britannic. | 1974 | Richard Lester (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (5.4K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| K-19 - The WidowmakerWhen Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster. | 2002 | Kathryn Bigelow | Drama, History, Thriller, War | 6.7 (67.3K votes) | 138 | 20240416 |
| Key, TheDuring World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a lonely Swiss-Italian young war-widow lives. | 1958 | Carol Reed (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 6.6 (1.5K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Last Of Sheila, TheA year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly. | 1973 | Herbert Ross | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (6.2K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Last Voyage, TheAfter a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink. | 1960 | Andrew L. Stone | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (2.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Legend of 1900, TheA baby boy, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land. | 1998 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Drama, Music, Romance | 8.1 (62.5K votes) | 169 | 20211228 |
| Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, TheWith a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son. | 2004 | Wes Anderson (*) | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (191.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| LifeboatSeveral 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. | 1944 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Drama, War | 7.6 (28.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Long Voyage Home, TheA merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war. | 1940 | John Ford (*) | Drama, War | 7.0 (4.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| MalayaNewspaperman 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. | 1949 | Richard Thorpe | Adventure, Drama, War | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Master and Commander The Far Side of the WorldDuring the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America. | 2003 | Peter Weir (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | 7.4 (214.8K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Memory of Eva Ryker, TheA 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 circumstances of her mother's death 30 years previo | 1980 | Walter Grauman | Drama | 6.8 (137 votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Men of HonorThe story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him. | 2000 | George Tillman Jr. | Biography, Drama | 7.2 (113.7K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Men of the Fighting LadyA famous writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dang | 1954 | Andrew Marton | Drama, War | 6.3 (577 votes) | 79 | 20220419 |
| Michiel de RuyterWhen the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter (Frank Lam | 2015 | Roel Reiné | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.0 (9.7K votes) | 151 | 20220415 |
| MidwayA dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. | 1976 | Jack Smight | Action, Drama, History, War | 6.8 (19.1K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| MinesweeperAfter deserting from the U.S. Navy in the 1930s, an officer re-enlists under a fake name after Pearl Harbor and serves on a minesweeper. | 1943 | William Berke | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | 5.1 (425 votes) | 67 | 20240622 |
| Mister RobertsIn the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritatio | 1955 | John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan | Comedy, Drama, War | 7.7 (16.4K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Moby DickThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. | 1956 | John Huston (*) | Adventure, Drama | 7.3 (19.6K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| MorituriA war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies. | 1965 | Bernhard Wicki | Action, Drama, Thriller, War | 7.0 (3.8K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Mutiny On The BountyIn 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian. | 1962 | Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 7.2 (15.9K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Mutiny on the BountyFirst mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny. | 1935 | Frank Lloyd | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.7 (22.3K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Mystery Sea RaiderAt the outset of World War II, June McCarthy meets Carl Cutler aboard the S.S.Aleria, a British vessel en route to New York from London, where she has been dancing. The ship is sunk in mid-voyage by an unidentified submarine, and Cut | 1940 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Drama, War | 6.7 (65 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Navy Comes Through, TheA U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis. | 1942 | A. Edward Sutherland | Drama, War | 6.0 (300 votes) | 82 | 20220414 |
| Never Let Me GoAn American reporter stationed in post-war Moscow marries a ballet dancer, but their relationship is threatened by the country's political volatility. | 1953 | Delmer Daves | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.2 (803 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Night to Remember, AOn its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. | 1958 | Roy Ward Baker | Drama, History | 7.9 (15K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Ölümlü DünyaThe 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. | 2018 | Thomas Vinterberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller | 6.6 (19.1K votes) | 117 | 20220822 |
| On the BeachAfter 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. | 1959 | Stanley Kramer (*) | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (12.8K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Open WaterBased on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left. | 2003 | Chris Kentis | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.8 (56.4K votes) | 79 | 20240416 |
| Operation DisasterThe crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air? | 1950 | Roy Ward Baker | Drama, History, War | 7.0 (766 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Operation PacificDuring 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. | 1951 | George Waggner | Drama, Romance, War | 6.7 (3.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Operation PetticoatDuring 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. | 1959 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Romance, War | 7.3 (14K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| OrcaA hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate. | 1977 | Michael Anderson | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.7 (11.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Passage To MarseilleFive patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis. | 1944 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | 6.8 (4.4K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pearl HarborA tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941. | 2001 | Michael Bay | Action, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.2 (331.8K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
| Perfect Storm, TheAn unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger. | 2000 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (164K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| PhantomThe haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery. | 2013 | Todd Robinson | Drama, History, Thriller, War | 5.9 (14.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| PhantomThe haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery. | 2013 | Todd Robinson | Drama, History, Thriller, War | 5.9 (15.1K votes) | 98 | 20240210 |
| Plymouth AdventureTrials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts. | 1952 | Clarence Brown | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 6.2 (1.7K votes) | 105 | 20240622 |
| PoseidonOn New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. | 2006 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 5.7 (102.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Poseidon Adventure, TheA cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A ragtag group of survivors, spearheaded by a Priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape. | 2005 | John Putch | Adventure, Action, Drama, Thriller | 4.4 (3.4K votes) | 174 | 20211228 |
| Poseidon Adventure, TheNine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down. | 1972 | Ronald Neame | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (43.9K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| PT Raiders [The Ship That Died of Shame]A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo. | 1955 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (462 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Pursuit of the Graf Spee [The Battle of the River Plate]In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship. | 1956 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 6.6 (4.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Raise The TitanicOnce 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 | 1980 | Jerry Jameson | Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure | 5.1 (4.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Reap the Wild WindFlorida ship salvager, Loxi, falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor. | 1942 | Cecil B. DeMille (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (3.2K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Rengô kantai shirei chôkan - Yamamoto Isoroku [Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto]As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believe | 1968 | Seiji Maruyama | Drama, War | 6.7 (177 votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Retreat from Kiska, TheIn 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska, Alaska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most darin | 1965 | Seiji Maruyama | Drama, History, War | 7.3 (72 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Run Silent Run DeepA U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. | 1958 | Robert Wise (*) | Action, Drama, War | 7.3 (11.3K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Sailor of the King [Single-Handed]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. | 1953 | Roy Boulting | Action, Drama, Romance, War | 6.9 (591 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| San Demetrio LondonThe San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms way. | 1943 | Charles Frend, Robert Hamer | Adventure, Drama, War | 6.8 (418 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Sand Pebbles, TheIn 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China. | 1966 | Robert Wise (*) | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | 7.6 (14.5K votes) | 182 | 20211228 |
| Saving Leningrad [Spasti Leningrad]September 1941. In a turn of events young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board of a barge that will evacuate people from sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy plane... | 2019 | Aleksey Kozlov | Action, Drama, War | 5.6 (2.1K votes) | 96 | 20221228 |
| Sea Chase, TheAs World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships. | 1955 | John Farrow | Action, Drama, War | 6.5 (3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Sea Hawk, TheGeoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword. | 1940 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Action, Adventure, History, Romance | 7.7 (9.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Sea of Lost ShipsThe son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the same age. When they get older both are accepted into the Coast Guard Academy, but the hero's son winds up being thrown out, bringing disgra | 1953 | Joseph Kane | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.8 (39 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Sea SpoilersWhen Coast Guard Commander arrives at his actress girlfriend's yacht he find the owner killed, contraband seal skins, and no girlfriend. | 1936 | Frank R. Strayer | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.3 (159 votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| Sea WifeIn 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is | 1957 | Bob McNaught | Drama, Thriller, War | 5.7 (645 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Sea Wolf, TheAfter being fished out of the sea by a sailer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny. | 1941 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Adventure, Drama | 7.5 (3.7K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Sealed CargoIn 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast. | 1951 | Alfred L. Werker | Drama, Romance, War | 6.7 (784 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Seas BeneathIn the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping. Posing as a harmless s | 1931 | John Ford (*) | Action, Drama, War | 5.8 (357 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Seven Days from Now [Seven Waves Away]Ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner. | 1957 | Richard Sale | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (1.7K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Sharkfighters, TheDuring WW2, U.S. Navy scientists working in Cuba attempt to find an effective shark repellent to be used by servicemen stranded in shark-infested waters. | 1956 | Jerry Hopper | Adventure, Drama, War | 5.2 (218 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Ship of FoolsA varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society. | 1965 | Stanley Kramer (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 7.1 (5.9K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Ships with WingsLt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself. | 1941 | Sergei Nolbandov | Drama, War | 5.7 (140 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Shout at the DevilDuring World War I, a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur, and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battlecruiser, which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. | 1976 | Peter R. Hunt | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | 6.2 (2.9K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Silent Enemy, TheDuring WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions. | 1958 | William Fairchild | Action, Biography, History, War | 6.7 (634 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Silver Fleet, TheJaap van Leyden (Sir Ralph Richardson) is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later, a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic du | 1943 | Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley | Drama, War | 6.8 (473 votes) | 88 | 20220414 |
| Sink the Bismarck!The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship. | 1960 | Lewis Gilbert | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (7.4K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Son of Fury - The Story of Benjamin BlakeCheated out of his estate by his sadistic uncle, young Benjamin Blake goes to the South Seas to make his fortune so he can return to claim his birthright. | 1942 | John Cromwell | Drama | 7.1 (1.6K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Souls at SeaCooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842. | 1937 | Henry Hathaway | Action, Adventure, History, Romance | 6.8 (757 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Spawn of the NorthFriends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict. | 1938 | Henry Hathaway | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.8 (497 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Spy in Black, TheA German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet. | 1939 | Michael Powell (*) | Thriller, War | 6.9 (2.2K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Stand by for ActionDuring WW2, two Navy officers take command of an obsolete, World War I-vintage, destroyer that is assigned to convoy-escort duty in the Japanese-controlled waters of the South Pacific. | 1942 | Robert Z. Leonard | War | 6.5 (679 votes) | 109 | 20220414 |
| SubmarineTwo 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 when one the men is in a submarine trapped be | 1928 | Frank Capra, Irvin Willat | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.1 (279 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Submarine BaseShip engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman operating from an out-of-the-way island off of the coast of So... | 1943 | Albert H. Kelley | Drama | 4.4 (223 votes) | 65 | 20240316 |
| Submarine CommandSubmarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt. | 1951 | John Farrow | Drama, War | 6.2 (650 votes) | 87 | 20230619 |
| Submarine D-1Navy officers fall for Ann. She has her own plans. USS Pensacola is struck during a last dive drill, there is an attempt to rescue. The USS Dolphin (D-1) and her crew depart from Connecticut to San Diego via the Panama Canal. They co | 1937 | Lloyd Bacon (*) | Action, Drama | 5.8 (203 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Submarine PatrolA naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew. | 1938 | John Ford (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | 5.9 (234 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Taiheiyô no washiJapanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but overrule | 1953 | Ishirô Honda | Drama, History, War | 7.5 (86 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Task ForceAs he is retiring, Jonathon Scott reminisces about his long Navy career and the development of the role of the aircraft carrier from the early 20s. | 1949 | Delmer Daves | Drama, War | 6.6 (1K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| They Were ExpendableA Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II. | 1945 | John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Drama, War | 7.2 (8.2K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Thunder BayShrimpers and oilmen clash after an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oil rig. | 1953 | Anthony Mann (*) | Adventure, Drama | 6.5 (2.2K votes) | 103 | 20240319 |
| TitanicThird Reich's Nazi propaganda epic about a heroic fictional German officer on board of the RMS Titanic. On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and starts to go down. | 1943 | Herbert Selpin, Werner Klingler | Action, Drama, History | 6.2 (1.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| TitanicAn unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic. | 1953 | Jean Negulesco | Drama, History, Romance | 7.0 (7.1K votes) | 98 | 20220723 |
| TitanicA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. | 1997 | James Cameron (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.8 (1.1M votes) | 194 | 20211228 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora!The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness. | 1970 | Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.5 (35.8K votes) | 144 | 20230619 |
| Torpedo [Torpedo U-235]During the height of World War II, commander Stan and a courageous group of resistance fighters are given a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine filled with atomic uranium. Hunted down by Hitler's army, the motley cr... | 2019 | Sven Huybrechts | Action, Adventure, History, War | 5.9 (2.6K votes) | 102 | 20221228 |
| Torpedo AlleyCarrier 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, appl | 1952 | Lew Landers | Drama | 5.9 (169 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Torpedo Bay [Beta Som]An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters whilst being stalked by a British commander (James Mason). The Italian sub manages to make it into the neutral port of Tangiers, followed by the British c... | 1963 | Charles Frend, Bruno Vailati | War, Drama | 6.1 (102 votes) | 99 | 20240622 |
| Torpedo RunA submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners. | 1958 | Joseph Pevney | Drama, War | 6.5 (2.1K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Two Years Before the MastThe playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his father's ships after he is unwillingly press-ganged aboard. | 1946 | John Farrow | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.9 (507 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| U-571A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine. | 2000 | Jonathan Mostow | Action, War | 6.6 (81.2K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Under Ten Flags [Sotto dieci bandiere[German raider, using various disguises, forces British ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view. | 1960 | Duilio Coletti | Drama, War | 6.6 (492 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Up PeriscopeIn 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes. | 1959 | Gordon Douglas | Action, Drama, Romance, War | 6.5 (1.8K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Voyage of the DamnedThe tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. Louis carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no nation is willing to save from certain doom. | 1976 | Stuart Rosenberg (*) | Drama, War | 6.4 (3K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Wackiest Ship in the Army , TheDuring WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships. | 1960 | Richard Murphy | Comedy, Drama, War | 6.4 (2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Wake of the Red WitchDuring the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus. | 1948 | Edward Ludwig | Action, Adventure, Romance | 6.5 (2.6K votes) | 106 | 20220423 |
| We Dive at DawnAll leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home. | 1943 | Anthony Asquith | Action, Drama, War | 6.8 (1.5K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| White SquallTeenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage. | 1996 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Drama | 6.6 (23.5K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| WindRomance and adventure happen during the America's Cup series of yachting races. | 1992 | Carroll Ballard | Action, Drama, Sport | 6.4 (3.1K votes) | 126 | 20240407 |
| Wing and a PrayerIn WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces. | 1944 | Henry Hathaway | Action, Drama, War | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Wolf's Call, The [Le chant du loup]In the near future, a French submarine finds itself in a crisis situation. | 2019 | Antonin Baudry | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (16.2K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Wreck Of The Mary Deare, TheA disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name. | 1959 | Michael Anderson | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (2.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Yamato [Otoko-tachi no Yamato]The movie follows 3 Japanese friends from embarking on Yamato, the world's largest battleship, until it's sunk 3 1/2 years later on April 7, 1945 on it's way to Okinawa to stop American advance at the end of WWII. | 2005 | Jun'ya Satô | Drama, History, War | 6.5 (2.2K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Entre Calais et Douvres | 1897 | Georges Méliès | Short, Comedy | 5.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Combat naval en Grèce | 1897 | Georges Méliès | Short | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Visite sous-marine du Maine | 1898 | Georges Méliès | Short, Drama, News, War | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Silent Command | 1923 | J. Gordon Edwards | Drama | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Unsere Emden | 1926 | Louis Ralph | Drama, History, War | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands | 1927 | Walter Summers | Drama, War | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Exploits of the Emden | 1928 | Ken G. Hall | Drama, War | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kreuzer Emden | 1932 | Louis Ralph | Drama, War | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Heldentum und Todeskampf unserer Emden | 1934 | Louis Ralph | Documentary, Drama, War | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Britannic | 2000 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Action, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, War | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic | 2007 | Christopher Spencer | Documentary, Drama, History, War | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Admiral | 2008 | Andrey Kravchuk | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Torpedo Boat | 1942 | John Rawlins | Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Action in the North Atlantic | 1943 | Byron Haskin, Lloyd Bacon, Raoul Walsh | Drama, War | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Underwater Warrior | 1958 | Andrew Marton | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Valiant | 1962 | Roy Ward Baker | Action, Drama, War | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hell Boats | 1970 | Paul Wendkos | Drama, War | 5.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Sea Wolves | 1980 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Action, History, War | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | 1991 | Robert Iscove | Action, Drama, History, War | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Konvoy PQ-17 | 2004 | nan | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Die Gustloff | 2008 | Joseph Vilsmaier | Drama, History, War | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| En fiende att dö för | 2012 | Peter Dalle | History, Thriller, War | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | 2016 | Mario Van Peebles | Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War | 5.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Men Like These | 1932 | Walter Summers | Action, Adventure, Drama, History | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Phantom Submarine | 1940 | Charles Barton | Adventure, Mystery, Romance, War | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Uomini sul fondo | 1941 | Francesco De Robertis | Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Submarine Raider | 1942 | Budd Boetticher, Lew Landers | Drama, War | 4.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Two-Man Submarine | 1944 | Lew Landers | Action, Drama, Romance, War | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La grande speranza | 1954 | Duilio Coletti | Action, Drama, Romance, War | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Submarine Seahawk | 1958 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | War | 4.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Orzel | 1959 | Leonard Buczkowski | Drama, War | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Submarine X-1 | 1968 | William A. Graham | Action, Drama, War | 5.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| In Enemy Hands | 2004 | Tony Giglio | Drama, Thriller, War, Action | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Sinking of the Laconia | 2010 | nan | Drama, History, War | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Das Boot | 2018 | nan | Drama, War | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mystery Submarine | 1950 | Douglas Sirk | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War | 5.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ostatni po Bogu | 1968 | Pawel Komorowski | Action, Drama | 5.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| 72 metra | 2004 | Vladimir Khotinenko | Drama, Action, Thriller | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Captain Pirate | 1952 | Ralph Murphy | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ironclads | 1991 | Delbert Mann | War | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hellship Bronson | 1928 | Joseph Henabery | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Girl on the Barge | 1929 | Edward Sloman | Drama, Romance | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Annapolis Farewell | 1935 | Alexander Hall | Drama | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Golden Rendezvous | 1977 | Ashley Lazarus, Freddie Francis | Action, Crime, Thriller | 5.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | 1990 | Alberto Negrin | Drama, History, Thriller | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The North Water | 2021 | nan | Adventure, Drama, Mystery | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |