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1. Greyhound (2020)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
Several 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.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Matt Helm
Votes: 115,387
2. In Harm's Way (1965)
Approved | 165 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon
Votes: 10,366 | Gross: $4.20M
3. Operation Petticoat (1959)
Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill
Votes: 15,925 | Gross: $23.30M
4. Midway (1976)
PG | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford
Votes: 21,525
5. 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: 12,296
6. The Admiral (2015)
TV-PG | 151 min | Action, Biography, Drama
When 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.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma, Lieke van Lexmond
Votes: 10,447
7. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, History
The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 8,332 | Gross: $6.54M
8. 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
9. Operation Pacific (1951)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes
Votes: 3,901
10. Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter
Votes: 4,870
11. Yamato (2005)
145 min | Drama, History, War
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.
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Shidô Nakamura, Kyôka Suzuki, Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Votes: 2,417
12. Battlefield 4 (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, War
In Battlefield 4, players once again step into the role of the U.S. Marines. They will experience nail biting single player missions and competitive multiplayer action ranging from areas across the world.
Directors: Lars Gustavsson, Tom Keegan | Stars: Andrew Byron, Elena Nikitina Bick, Daniel Curshen, Kevin Dorman
Votes: 8,008
13. Hitler: A Career (1977)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History
This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.
Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret
Votes: 3,044
14. 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
15. War Thunder (2013 Video Game)
T | Action, History, War
A highly realistic mid- 20th century military vehicle simulation multiplayer game where the player and his team must complete objectives and battle an enemy team with tanks, planes, and other vehicles from the major countries in WWII.
Stars: Jozef Aoki, Noa Bodner, Samuel Brewer, Jay Britton
Votes: 386
16. Convoy (1940)
78 min | Drama, War
A tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII.
Director: Pen Tennyson | Stars: Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell
Votes: 444
17. Crash Dive (1996 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Nuclear 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.
Director: Andrew Stevens | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Frederic Forrest, Reiner Schöne, Jay Acovone
Votes: 979
18. Easter (2023–2024)
Approved | Mystery
The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.
Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino
19. Combat Ships (2017–2023)
TV-PG | Documentary, War
A documentary series on combat ships through the ages, from the 16th century to the present day.
Stars: Joseph Balderrama, Kieran O'Brien, Craig Symonds, Andrew Gordon
Votes: 69
20. Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen (1960)
99 min | Drama, War
In 1945 with the advance of the red army millions of refugees fled from the east of Germany. The "Wilhelm Gustloff" loaded with 10,000 civilians and wounded soldiers was sank by a Soviet submarine in less than 55 minutes.
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Sonja Ziemann, Gunnar Möller, Erik Schumann, Brigitte Horney
Votes: 208
21. Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom (2021 TV Special)
47 min | Documentary, History, War
Based on Iain Ballantyne's book, and shedding new light on one of World War II's most epic sea battles, this documentary provides a thrilling countdown of the Bismarck's final 24 hours.
Director: David Gilbert | Stars: Yves Dias, Chris Parry, Jane Harrold, Iain Ballantyne
Votes: 28
22. World of Warships (2015 Video Game)
T | Action, History, War
A naval warfare-themed massively multiplayer online game that features a vast array of warships that did or would have passed onto legend.
Director: Danila Volkov | Stars: Alena Astakhova, D.C. Douglas, Stasa Nikolic, Dasha Perova
Votes: 114
23. Haie und kleine Fische (1957)
120 min | War, Drama
Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive.
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Sabine Bethmann, Mady Rahl, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 202
24. First Invasion: The War of 1812 (2004 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
Elaborate reenactments are juxtaposed with comments by historians in this glossy review of America's "Second War of Independence" against Britain (1812-15). Included: the causes of the ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Foreman | Stars: Mark D. Hutter, Sally E. Bennett, Dave Fagerberg, H. David Wright
Votes: 156
25. Empire of the Seas (2010)
60 min | Documentary
Historian Dan Snow presents Empire of the Seas a four-part series charting the remarkable story of the role the Royal Navy played in Britain's struggle for modernity - a grand tale of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Dan Snow, Aryan Klein, Neil Mogridge, Mark Fearn
Votes: 117
26. World's Greatest Warships (2019)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
They have changed modern warfare. Warships are the ultimate symbol of a nation's military might. Vessels with massive guns, torpedo planes and manned by thousands of crew members. Here the ... See full summary »
Stars: Nick Hewitt, Andrew Choong, Mark Stille, Jann Witt
Votes: 29
28. The Log of the U-35 (1919)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, War
A documentary filmed aboard a German U-Boat during the First World War, featuring footage of the capture and sinking of cargo ships and a private schooner.
Director: Hans Brenner | Star: Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
Votes: 61
29. Pervyy posle Boga (2005)
99 min | Action, Drama, War
The film is based on the true story of Captain Marinesku and set in 1944 during WWII at the Russian Navy Base. Young and beautiful Tanka is in love with Aleksandr Marinin, the brave Captain... See full summary »
Director: Vasiliy Chiginskiy | Stars: Dmitriy Orlov, Mikheil Gomiashvili, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Irina Björklund
Votes: 362
30. Kampf um Norwegen - Feldzug 1940 (1940)
80 min | Documentary, War
Describes the sequence of events leading up to the invasion of Norway, especially the Anschluss of Austria, the division of Czechoslovakia after the Munich agreement and finally the invasion of Poland in September, 1939.
Directors: Werner Buhre, Martin Rikli
Votes: 127
31. Q-Ships (1928)
60 min | Drama, War
During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. German U-boat commander Capt. Von Haag spots one... See full summary »
Directors: Geoffrey Barkas, Michael Barringer | Stars: J.P. Kennedy, Roy Travers, Douglas Herald, Jack McEwan
Votes: 24
32. The Submarine Mine-Layer (1917)
Animation, Short
Animated drawings demonstrate how specialized German submarines laid mines in the English Channel during World War I.
Director: Jacob Leventhal
33. The Battle of the Atlantic (1978 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, War
The technical and tactical innovations that developed in the vital naval battle of the Eastern Theatre of World War II.
Stars: Patrick Beesly, Carl Emmermann, George King, Hans Meckel
34. Second to None (1926)
Drama, War
A commander's adopted son deserts the Navy when his sweetheart weds a spy.
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Moore Marriott, Ian Fleming, Benita Hume, Mickey Brantford
35. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 67 (1917)
Documentary, Short
Subjects include: The Submarine Mine-Layer (1917), "Modern Farming", "Women Patriots", and Picto Puzzles (1917).
Director: P.D. Hugon
36. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 63 (1917)
Documentary, Short
Subjects include: "Abalone Pearl Fishing", "Ye Old Time Coon Hunt", "The Submarine Mine Layer", Picto Puzzles (1917), and the cartoon Bobby Bumps Outwits the Dogsnatcher (1917).
Director: P.D. Hugon
37. Wolfpack (1991 Video Game)
Action, War
Play the commander in naval battles of WWII, either in a Nazi U-Boat or on a British convoy vessel.
38. PT-109 (1988 Video Game)
War
Simulation game that let's you take command of a U.S. Navy PT-109 torpedo boat in World War Two.
39. Naval Warfare Expert Rates 9 Sea Battle Tactics in Movies and TV (2021 Video)
19 min | Documentary
Naval warfare expert Evan Wilson rates nine naval warfare scenes in movies and television shows, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", for realism. Wilson is an ... See full summary »
Star: Evan Wilson
40. Carriers at War (1992 Video Game)
War
Naval warfare strategy game based on the battles between the U.S. and Japanese navy in World War Two. The player can choose between both sides participating in skirmishes between 1941 and 1945.
Directors: Roger Keating, Ian Trout
45. Battlestations: Midway (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
Battlestations: Midway is an immense action game that drops players into massive air, sea, and undersea battles from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway.
Votes: 70
48. 688 Attack Sub (1989 Video Game)
Go on missions with a Los Angeles class 688 Attack Sub, during the cold war. Alternately you can play as a Soviet Alpha class submarine. Go through training missions, espionage missions, and finally actual combat as the cold war turns hot.
Star: Scott Cronce
Votes: 11
49. Destroyer (1986 Video Game)
War
Hybrid game between a simulation and an action-game. You are the captain of a U.S. Navy destroyer in World War II send on missions against the Japanese. You encounter enemy ships, submarines, fighter-planes.