The Best Submarine Movies Of All Time
This is a list about the best submarine movies. Who doesn't love a good submarine film? Be honest. You know that whenever you see a trailer for a new submarine movie or hear about a great submarine movie you've never seen before that you get super excited and you feel like your head is about to implode... from the pressure. That's a submarine joke. Water. ...Depth.
From some of the top submarine and Russian sub movies like The Hunt For Red October, and Crimson Tide, to all-time great submarine movies like Das Boot, this list has everything you'll need to satisfy your insatiable need for input on the most famous and recent submarine movies. From thrillers to submarine comedy movies, this list has it all
The amount of times the word "submarine" appears in this list description is not an accident. Submarines are awesome (they go underwater, and there are people in them, and they are basically magic, and they shoot rockets and win wars!) and they deserve to be talked about more.
Thankfully, Hollywood agrees. Please enjoy this list of the best submarine movies of all time. Be sure to check Netflix and other streaming services for these awesome submarine movies.
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- Wolfgang Petersen
- Actors: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Otto Sander, Sky du Mont
- Released: 1982
Das Boot is a 1982 German epic film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been ...more - John McTiernan
- Actors: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones
- Released: 1990
Based on the popular Tom Clancy novel, this suspenseful movie tracks Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) as he abandons his orders and heads for the east coast of the United States. ...more - Robert Wise
- Actors: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Don Rickles, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter
- Released: 1956
Run Silent, Run Deep is a 1958 film starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, based on the novel of the same name by Commander Edward L. Beach, Jr.. The title refers to "silent running", a submarine ...more - Dick Powell
- Actors: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, David Hedison, Russell Collins
- Released: 1957
Watch for Free with Amazon Prime Free TrialDuring the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, two equally able captains on opposing sides square off in a life-and-death game of tactical maneuvering. American Capt. Murrell (Robert Mitchum) ...more - Kathryn Bigelow
- Actors: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel
- Released: 2002
Follows Captain Alexi Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) who, at the height of the Cold War, is ordered to take over command of the nuclear missile submarine K-19, pride of the Soviet Navy. His assignment: ...more - Tony Scott
- Actors: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini
- Released: 1995
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) signs on a relatively green but highly ...more