Submarine Films/Shows Worth Seeing
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- DirectorDonovan MarshStarsGerard ButlerGary OldmanCommonAn untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
- CreatorKarl GajdusekShawn RyanStarsAndre BraugherScott SpeedmanDaisy BettsA U.S. sub picks up Navy SEALs and receives an order for a nuke launch. Due to the circumstances of the order, the Captain refuses to fire. After escaping an attack from another U.S. sub, the crew and SEALs take refuge on a small island.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsGene HackmanDenzel WashingtonMatt CravenOn 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.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsSean ConneryAlec BaldwinScott GlennIn 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?
- DirectorJames B. HarrisStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierJames MacArthurAn American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
- DirectorTodd RobinsonStarsEd HarrisJulian AdamsDavid DuchovnyThe 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.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsHarrison FordSam SpruellPeter StebbingsWhen Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
- CreatorSteven KaneHank SteinbergStarsEric DaneAdam BaldwinCharles ParnellThe crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.Season 2 features a sub battle.
- DirectorByung-chun MinStarsChoi Min-sooJung Woo-sungSol Kyung-guKorea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsBruce BennettAnita LouiseOscar O'SheaOn the night before he sails in search of the steamship Arcadia's sunken gold, Paul Sinclair (Bruce Bennett) meets Madeleine Neilson (Anita Louise) in a San Francisco nightclub. On the second day at sea, Madeleine turns up as a stowaway. While diving and searching for the sunken gold off the Philippines, Paul discovers that a foreign submarine has been laying mines in order to completely cut off the Philippines from American protection.
- DirectorDamian LeeJim WynorskiStarsDolph LundgrenMeilani PaulAleksandr KuznetsovCaptain Matt Hendricks and Dr. Linda Christian are locked in a submarine with Russian terrorists that threaten to launch a chemical virus on US territory.
- DirectorAndrew StevensStarsMichael DudikoffFrederic ForrestReiner SchöneNuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, who turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL can save the day by sliding aboard while the sub is underwater.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsClark GableBurt LancasterJack WardenA U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsMichael DudikoffJames HoranAlexander KeithWhen an elite Russian Nuclear Submarine carrying a doomsday weapon is hijacked, a submarine demolitions expert and the USS Springfield are deployed to obliterate the terrorists' plan, and the sub, in a frantic race against time.
- DirectorDick PowellStarsRobert MitchumCurd JürgensDavid HedisonDuring 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.
- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
- DirectorYossi WeinStarsMichael McGradyJohn Simon JonesRobert PatteriA ship captained by the father (Dale Dye) of the leader (Michael McGrady) of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.
- DirectorMark RoperStarsJim FitzpatrickBryan GenesseGreg CollinsThe anti-terrorist Delta Force is called into action once again in this thriller, concerning a crazed genius who threatens to unleash a biological weapon with the power to kill everyone in New York City.
- DirectorMark W. TravisStarsBill PullmanWendy SchaalChris DemetralInternational disaster looms as the USS Sub Standard has to race to get a nuclear weapon ahead of the Russian forces.
- DirectorJon CassarStarsCasper Van DienGerald McRaneyStewart BickAn American submarine commander (Casper Van Dien) questions his superiors when they order a nuclear attack.
- DirectorDavid DruryStarsRutger HauerMartin SheenMax von SydowIn October 1986, a Soviet submarine carrying nuclear missles collides with an American nuclear submarine off the coast of Bermuda.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsMichael MoriartyMaria RangelTodd FieldAdapted from the best-selling novel. Navy Captain Peter Mackenzie is sent on his toughest assignment when the Soviet nuclear submarine Kirov is stolen and the weapons are aimed at the United States.
- DirectorJonathan MostowStarsMatthew McConaugheyBill PaxtonHarvey KeitelA German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsPierce BrosnanSophie MarceauRobert CarlyleJames Bond uncovers a nuclear plot while protecting an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsPierce BrosnanJonathan PryceMichelle YeohJames Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
- CreatorRobert CochranJoel SurnowStarsKiefer SutherlandYvonne StrahovskiTate DonovanFour years after Jack Bauer went on the run, the CIA agents in London manage to capture Bauer; one of their agents called Kate Morgan suspects he is up to something, and President Heller's condition is sparking worries with his staff.
- CreatorDavid MametStarsDennis HaysbertRegina TaylorAudrey Marie AndersonA secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.Sparse episodes dealing with this subject but effective submarine scenes nonetheless
- DirectorTerrence O'HaraStarsJason GedrickEric RobertsBarry BostwickOn his final voyage a commandeer aboard a nuclear submarine is making a shocking bid for world peace. With the help of mercenaries he takes over the sub in order to hold Washington D.C. and the world hostage.
- DirectorKerry BeyerStarsEric RobertsKerry BeyerJohn LanschWhen the Russian submarine K-519 sinks in the Pacific, a quirky crew of marine biologists battle a terrorist plot to recover the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Diving to the deepest part of the ocean in an untested mini-submersible, a seasick documentary filmmaker and a maniacal sub captain clash as they are forced to choose between saving the ones they love or saving mankind!
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsTakuya KimuraMeisa KurokiToshirô YanagibaIn 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsMark WahlbergAnthony HopkinsJosh DuhamelA deadly threat from Earth's history reappears and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus Prime encounters his creator in space.
- CreatorShane BrennanStarsChris O'DonnellDaniela RuahLL Cool JNCIS's covert operations team go undercover to investigate cases involving terrorism and National Security.
- StarsAdam BlackwoodCaron PascoeMiles AndersonAfter rescuing a CIA agent being held hostage, Bond travels the globe in pursuit of Nigel Bloch, a brilliant madman who is working with a mysterious corporation in a plot involving cloning, kidnapping, and political manipulation.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsLuke PerryKrista AllenTom BerengerAn American submarine traveling through dangerous territorial waters is put in even more danger when two scientists bring venomous snakes on board.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsJude LawScoot McNairyBen MendelsohnIn 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.
- DirectorJohn EyresStarsJay HarringtonRavil IsyanovDavid BeecroftDuring the Cuban Missle Crisis, a Russian sub is sunk while en route to Havana. As the sub goes down, the hold is breached and barrels full of some mysterious substance tumble out. Years later, an American nuclear submarine is transporting a captured terrorist to the States. The terrorist's henchmen, however, are planning to hijack the sub and rescue their leader. Meanwhile, a large, unidentified creature is approaching the sub at high speed...
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus WennemannA 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.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsCary GrantJohn GarfieldAlan HaleIn 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.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsCary GrantTony CurtisJoan O'BrienDuring 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.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonPaul LukasA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
- DirectorJames HillStarsRobert RyanChuck ConnorsNanette NewmanWhen Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard CrennaBen CrossJulie CoxIn the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.
- StarsMichael CainePatrick DempseyMia SaraIn 1886, a French marine biologist aboard an American warship is scouring the Atlantic Ocean in search of a sea monster that routinely attacks and sinks passing ships.
- DirectorTony GiglioStarsWilliam H. MacyTil SchweigerThomas KretschmannWhen American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsJohn MillsLouis BradfieldRonald MillarAll 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.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames GarnerEdmond O'BrienAndra MartinIn 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.
- DirectorDavid TwohyStarsBruce GreenwoodDavid CrowMatthew DavisStrange happenings occur on a WW II submarine.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsRichard BasehartDavid HedisonRobert DowdellThe submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsWalter PidgeonJoan FontaineBarbara EdenWhen the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsJonathan BrandisDon FranklinTed RaimiIn the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard WidmarkBella DarviVictor FrancenDuring 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.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsJohn MillsJohn GregsonDonald SindenThe attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsRoger MooreBarbara BachCurd JürgensJames Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsWilliam HoldenNancy OlsonWilliam BendixSubmarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsRichard ArlenWendy BarrieNils AstherGerman spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the U.S. government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsPeter O'TooleSiân PhillipsPhilippe NoiretA 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.
- DirectorStephen NorringtonStarsSean ConneryStuart TownsendPeta WilsonIn an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsJames CaanDavid SumnerNorman BowlerDuring World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.
- DirectorScott P. LevyTripp ReedStarsJeff FaheyRichard TysonJack ColemanA US submarine runs into a time rift. A special unit goes on a mission to see what's on the other side. They find themselves in an alternate dystopian America, now a one-man dictatorship. They decide to help the rebels.
- DirectorDuilio ColettiStarsLois MaxwellRenato BaldiniCarlo BelliniDuring WWII, handsome young Italian sub commander and his crew torpedo Allied freighters and transport ships for the Axis then rescue the occasional survivor and treat them humanely while seeking a safe place to put them ashore.
- DirectorStuart OrmeStarsDavid JasonIan Puleston-DaviesTony HaygarthA British Sub goes missing at the end of WWII, leaving only one survivor. Everyone believes it lost to the bottom of the Baltic Sea, then 40 years later it reappears without a crew. The British government sends for the one surviving crew member (David Jason), who is now a marine biologist. With a new crew, Jason proceeds to trace the last known happenings on the sub. But this submarine has a life of its own and the new crew soon start showing characteristics of the old crew.
- StarsAndrew BuchanKen DukenLindsay DuncanDramatisation of the true story of the sinking of the liner Laconia by a German U-boat in 1942 through the eyes of six survivors.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsRobert MontgomeryWalter HustonMadge EvansIn 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.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsAdrian PaulCatherine DentKent McCordIn the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine.
- DirectorRodney McDonaldStarsRichard NortonHannes JaenickeMiranda WolfeOver one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.
- DirectorJ. Christian IngvordsenStarsFrank ZagarinoKayle WatsonCaroline StrongAn American attack submarine on patrol in the South China Sea intercepts an SOS from a Russian freighter. The freighter was attacked by unidentified frogmen on the high seas and high grade plutonium was stolen. The FBI suspects this attack is the work of Darian Cain, a former Russian Commando turned terrorist. When a special anti-terrorist team is formed, Special Operations (SPECOP) Commander Webb Buckley and navy seal Bone Conn are chosen to join their FBI counterparts special agent William Murphy and special agent Morgan Daniels and an uneasy alliance is struck between the military and the FBI. Their mission: to capture Darian Cain and bring him back to the U.S. to face justice and to recover the high grade plutonium.
- DirectorGregg ChampionStarsStephen BaldwinGabrielle AnwarTom ContiA team of scientists are accompanying the crew of a nuclear submarine in the arctic. When a disaster at sea sinks the nuclear sub, these scientists (and their mini submersible) become the crew's only hope for survival.
- DirectorLloyd BaconByron HaskinRaoul WalshStarsHumphrey BogartRaymond MasseyAlan HaleAn American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
- DirectorAriel VromenStarsKevin CostnerRyan ReynoldsGal GadotIn a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative's mission.
- CreatorRobert CochranJoel SurnowStarsKiefer SutherlandMary Lynn RajskubCarlos BernardCounter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsVirginia MadsenAlex Hyde-WhiteReed DiamondA naval battle between two large ships: the "Monitor" and the "Merrimack".
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsJack ScaliaR. Lee ErmeyRay WiseSiren II, a submarine under the command of Capt. Phillips, ventures into the deep on a mission to recover the missing Siren I. Their quest is hindered when the submarine becomes entangled in a patch of toxic seaweed.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsTim AbellJeff RectorLisa MazzettiA terrorist creates a biological weapon in an abandoned undersea lab. A government operative is dispatched to confiscate the weapon and eliminate the terrorist. This lone Navy SEAL must undertake a dangerous underwater mission to stop a madman from unleashing a deadly toxin that could destroy the world.
- DirectorPasha PatrikiStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDolph LundgrenAl SapienzaA deep-cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.
- CreatorRod LurieStarsGeena DavisDonald SutherlandHarry LennixMacKenzie Allen becomes the first woman American president after she ascends to the job following the death of president Teddy Bridges.
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsIce-TCostas MandylorErika EleniakIce-T stars as a naval pilot that fakes his own death, and later ends up employed by a Latin American arms dealer. He steals a stealth fighter from a U.S.A.F. base in the Phillippines, and uses the stealth fighter to target certain military installations around the world. A naval reserve officer is recruited to infiltrate his plans, and succeeds.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsMatthew BroderickJean RenoMaria PitilloFrench nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.
- DirectorPhillip J. RothStarsDavid KeithSimmone MackinnonMark SheppardA mysterious trench has formed on the ocean floor, and a deadly species of creature emerges from the depths.
- DirectorMatt CoddStarsAntonio Sabato Jr.Christian ToulaliGrand L. BushThis undersea thriller follows a man and his team of divers searching for a giant shark that has destroyed an entire research station.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsDoug McClureJohn McEnerySusan PenhaligonDuring World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsRobert ConradSam WaterstonRichard RoundtreeThe crew of a Trident missile submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's Captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
- DirectorMichael J. SarnaStarsJoe LaraUdo KierJanuary Isaac BodlovicA diabolical industrialist who thinks the world is dangerously overpopulated, prepares to use his space-based weapon to cause widespread nuclear meltdowns at power plants around the world.