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  • Das Boot (1981)

    1. 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
  • Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in Crimson Tide (1995)

    2. 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
  • Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October (1990)

    3. The Hunt for Red October

    19902h 15mPG58Metascore
    7.5 (223K)
    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?
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsSean ConneryAlec BaldwinScott Glenn
  • Robert Mitchum and Curd Jürgens in The Enemy Below (1957)

    4. 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
  • Lorelei (2005)

    5. Lorelei

    20052h 8m
    5.2 (786)
    A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
    DirectorsShinji HiguchiCellin GluckStarsKôji YakushoSatoshi TsumabukiToshirô Yanagiba
  • Das Boot (1985)

    6. 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
  • Lizzy Caplan, Tom Wlaschiha, Rick Okon, Vicky Krieps, and August Wittgenstein in Das Boot (2018)

    7. Das Boot

    2018–202332 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.5 (11K)
    An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in this WWII drama.
    CreatorsJohannes W. BetzTony SaintStarsFranz DindaTom WlaschihaRick Okon
  • Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster in Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

    8. 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
  • Harrison Ford in K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

    9. 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
  • U-571 (2000)

    10. U-571

    20001h 56mPG-1362Metascore
    6.6 (90K)
    A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
    DirectorJonathan MostowStarsMatthew McConaugheyBill PaxtonHarvey Keitel
  • Hell and High Water (1954)

    11. Hell and High Water

    19541h 43mApproved
    6.1 (2.4K)
    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.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard WidmarkBella DarviVictor Francen
  • We Dive at Dawn (1943)

    12. We Dive at Dawn

    19431h 38mNot Rated
    6.7 (1.8K)
    All 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.
    DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsJohn MillsLouis BradfieldRonald Millar
  • Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Rock Hudson, and Patrick McGoohan in Ice Station Zebra (1968)

    13. 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
  • Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme in Black Water (2018)

    14. Black Water

    20181h 44mR16Metascore
    4.7 (7.8K)
    A deep-cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.
    DirectorPasha PatrikiStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDolph LundgrenAl Sapienza
  • Below (2002)

    15. Below

    20021h 45mR55Metascore
    6.1 (25K)
    The crew of a U.S. Navy submarine in World War II rescues survivors from a sunken ship, only to face a series of mysterious deaths and supernatural occurrences.
    DirectorDavid TwohyStarsBruce GreenwoodDavid CrowMatthew Davis
  • Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler in Hunter Killer (2018)

    16. Hunter Killer

    20182h 1mR43Metascore
    6.6 (78K)
    An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
    DirectorDonovan MarshStarsGerard ButlerGary OldmanCommon
  • Colin Firth and Matthias Schoenaerts in The Command (2018)

    17. The Command

    20181h 57mPG-1355Metascore
    6.6 (23K)
    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.
    DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMatthias SchoenaertsLéa SeydouxPeter Simonischek
  • Jimmy Durante, Madge Evans, Walter Huston, and Robert Montgomery in Hell Below (1933)

    18. Hell Below

    19331h 41mApproved
    6.6 (578)
    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.
    DirectorJack ConwayStarsRobert MontgomeryWalter HustonMadge Evans
  • Jude Law in Black Sea (2014)

    19. Black Sea

    20141h 54mR62Metascore
    6.4 (42K)
    In 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.
    DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsJude LawScoot McNairyBen Mendelsohn
  • Lauren Holly, William H. Macy, and Scott Caan in In Enemy Hands (2004)

    20. In Enemy Hands

    20041h 34mR
    6.0 (4.7K)
    When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
    DirectorTony GiglioStarsWilliam H. MacyTil SchweigerThomas Kretschmann

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