submarine movies
Movies About Submarines
Submarines are a criminally underemployed class of vehicles in movies, but when they are involved, the movies have often turned out to be hits. Read on for a list of some of the best movies involving submarines...
Rank | Movie | Cast | Description |
1 | Crimson Tide (1995) | Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington | This is one of the best movies about nuclear submarines, and it deals with the position an American submarine (Alabama) faces when it comes up against a Russian rebel uprising. The chemistry between the two lead actors makes this an excellent and gripping watch. |
2 | The Hunt for Red October (1990) | Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin | Connery plays a Russian submarine commander who is approaching the United States in a dangerous manner, and Baldwin is one of the men who is expected to repel the submarine. |
3 | Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) | Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster | Out of all the WWII movies, this one is a long-running favorite. Gable plays the role of a captain of a sunken submarine, and when he gets command of a new one, he goes on a rampage to find the ship that sunk his crew. The similarities with 'Moby Dick' are uncanny. |
4 | Torpedo Run (1958) | Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine | This is one of the old movies that deals with the dilemma a captain has to make. He can choose to sink a ship of Japanese war criminals, but the problem is that the ship contains several prisoners of war, amongst whom his wife and child are also present. |
5 | Das Boot (1981) | Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer | 'The Boat' is a German movie that deals with the plight of a German crew on a U-boat. Their point of view is shown, and this offers a different perspective about what the Germans' real purpose for using these deadly U-boats was. |
6 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) | Kirk Douglas, James Mason | Based on the classic book by Jules Verne, this creation by Disney Movies is still considered to be one of the best ever made. Though the visual effects are now obsolete, the storyline is still as endearing as ever. |
7 | U-571 (2000) | Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton | Out of many war movies, this is one of the most thrilling and suspense-filled ones. The plot revolves around an American submarine that has to take over a German U-boat, and capture a device that is being used to communicate with all other U-boats in the area. |
8 | The Enemy Below (1957) | Robert Mitchum, Curd Jurgens | This submarine movie set the precedent for all such endeavors in the future, and it is a classic confrontational battle between the two commanders of an American and a German submarine. The sensations of war are always looming, and there can only be one clear winner at the end. |
9 | K-19, The Widowmaker (2002) | Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson | The story deals with a Soviet submarine that has to deal with a malfunctioning core, and the impending sense of disaster. Bad equipment and incompetence of the crew leads to devastating consequences. The movie is based on true events that occurred in 1961. |
10 | Ice Station Zebra (1968) | Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine | This is a movie that deals with a rescue mission gone wrong. When a British submarine is sent to pick up a civilian from the North Pole, a series of events put the entire mission at risk and the crew in mortal danger. |