Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "naval-commander"

1. Battleship (2012)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna

Votes: 257,723 | Gross: $65.42M

2. You Only Live Twice (1967)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba

Votes: 117,792 | Gross: $43.08M

3. The Final Countdown (1980)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino

Votes: 27,059 | Gross: $16.65M

4. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

G | 144 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

Directors: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten

Votes: 37,312 | Gross: $29.55M

5. Red Cliff (2008)

R | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).

Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen

Votes: 48,553 | Gross: $0.63M

6. 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: 12,297

7. Megalodon (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A military vessel on the search for an unidentified submersible finds themselves face to face with a giant shark, forced to use only what they have on board to defend themselves from the monstrous beast.

Director: James Thomas | Stars: Michael Madsen, Dominic Pace, Caroline Harris, Ego Mikitas

Votes: 2,571

8. Annapolis (2006)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Set against the backdrop of boxing at the Naval Academy, centers on a young man from the wrong side of the tracks whose dream of attending Annapolis becomes a reality.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: James Franco, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Donnie Wahlberg

Votes: 21,932 | Gross: $17.13M

9. 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: 1,636

10. When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

GP | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In a vein similar to the James Bond movies, British Agent Philip Calvert (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.

Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon

Votes: 2,696

11. The Ship Sails On (1983)

PG | 128 min | Drama, History, Music

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.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier

Votes: 6,749

12. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama, War

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 739

13. Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)

140 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.

Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô

Votes: 1,260

14. The Graceful Brute (1962)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.

Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Yûnosuke Itô, Hisano Yamaoka, Yûko Hamada

Votes: 407

15. On an Island with You (1948)

Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 1,049

16. Undersea Girl (1957)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama

A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money consignment.

Director: John Peyser | Stars: Mara Corday, Pat Conway, Florence Marly, Dan Seymour

Votes: 50

17. Free for All (1949)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

An inventor comes up with a pill that turns water into gasoline. Complications ensue.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Robert Cummings, Ann Blyth, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins

Votes: 88

18. The 49th Man (1953)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama

During the Cold War, the Defense Department's War Games team smuggles 48 nuclear bomb parts into the USA to test the nation's readiness for a subversive attack but an unexplained 49th bomb part mysteriously shows up.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: John Ireland, Richard Denning, Suzanne Dalbert, Robert Foulk

Votes: 227

19. Down in San Diego (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Bonita Granville, Ray McDonald, Dan Dailey, Leo Gorcey

Votes: 72

20. King of the Waves (2009)

12 min | Short, Action, Adventure

In 1969, Bill King, a retired WWII submarine commander, set out to circumnavigate the globe, alone.

Director: Luke Leslie | Star: Vincent Fegan

Votes: 14

21. Tahiti Honey (1943)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe (Dennis O'Keefe), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon).... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Simone Simon, Dennis O'Keefe, Michael Whalen, Lionel Stander

Votes: 73

22. O Tamtakos sto Naftiko (1988 Video)

Comedy

To avoid marriage, a spirited Romani lover-boy puts on his utility uniform to begin a rigorous training as the Navy's newest recruit. But, will he ever settle down?

Director: Takis Vougiouklakis | Stars: Mihalis Mosios, Yiouli Stamoulaki, Spiros Misthos, Vilma Tsakiri

Votes: 40

23. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode: The Burning Deck (1996)

TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two sailors, one a young officer with a family pedigree and a common seaman who is a childhood friend are accused of setting fire to their ship's barracks.

Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: John Thaw, Rick Bacon, Rosalind Bailey, Keith Bartlett

Votes: 98

24. Marie Antoinette (2022– )
Episode: Queen of Hearts (2022)

Biography, Drama, History

Louis becomes increasingly confident in his position as King as he throws himself into supporting the American War of Independence. Marie Antoinette spends her time at the Petit Trianon where she begins to fall for a familiar face.

Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer, Jasmine Blackborow

Votes: 157

25. Combat Dealers (2014– )
Episode: 007 (2021)

44 min | Documentary

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Directors: Rory Kaufhold, Martin O'Toole | Stars: Bruce Crompton, Ian Fleming, Freddie Kruyer

26. Fleming (2014)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2014)

TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In London, 1938, Ian Fleming is a dissolute playboy, eclipsed by his dead war hero father and successful brother. While propping up the bar at a jazz club, he meets Ann O'Neill, an alluring... See full summary »

Director: Mat Whitecross | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Samuel West, Anna Chancellor

Votes: 318

27. Partners in Crime (2015)
Episode: N or M?: Part 3 (2015)

54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tommy and Tuppence have to come up with their most ambitious and risky plan yet in order to protect the lives of British citizens.

Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Jessica Raine, Matthew Steer, David Walliams, Roy Marsden

Votes: 193

28. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
Episode: Where There's Smoke... (2016)

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

Sam and Callen go undercover as firefighters when top secret information about suspected terrorists is stolen from a secure Department of Defense container at the site of a fire.

Director: James Hanlon | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa

Votes: 284

29. Grant (2020)
Episode: Unlikely Hero (2020)

TV-14 | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In an unlikely American history story, Ulysses S. Grant rises from his humble beginnings to become the winning general in one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles.

Director: Malcolm Venville | Stars: Garry Adelman, Marcia Chatelain, Ron Chernow, Francis Chouler

Votes: 189