Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Billy Budd (1962), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), The Bedford Incident (1965), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), 'A' gai wak (1983), Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Naval Warfare movies.
Storyline: In the War of 1812, the British have sacked Washington and hope to capture New Orleans, where pirate Jean Lafitte romances blueblooded Annette de Remy and openly sells his loot in a pirates' market. But he never attacks American ships. Can the British bribe Lafitte to help them? Can Lafitte persuade American authorities of his loyalty? Will a love triangle between Annette and pretty Dutch girl Gretchen (survivor of a pirates' prize) bring about Lafitte's undoing?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: pirate, governor, senator, girlfriend, general, sea captain, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazis have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. That is, until a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, and the Allies realize this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'. But masquerading as Nazis and taking over the U-boat is the smallest of their problems. The action really begins when they get stranded on the U-boat.
Plot Keywords: naval officer, commanding officer, gunner, engineer, major, nazi, intense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway. All the men have their individual worries and concerns, but become increasingly frustrated at their avoidance of combat, for reasons unknown to them. But in the end, all get their chance to fight.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: naval officer, pilot, actor, ensign, captain, lieutenant commander, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: World War II drama in which Richard Widmark, as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence, replaces the popular commanding officer of a group of underwater demolition divers. a crew of fiercely independent studs who hang their proverbial hats in Davy Jones' locker. The martinet Lawrence tightens the discipline of the unit, making him mucho unpopular with the macho frogmen. Finally, Lawrence proves himself as more than just a stuffed white shirt, showing he has the cojones to keep up with their peculiar brand of the jones, becoming one of the team by fearlessly defusing a live torpedo at the risk of his own life.—Jon C. Hopwood
Plot Keywords: naval officer, diver, sailor, confident, gripping, patriotic, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Flag-waving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief boatswain's mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a desperate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.—mike.wilson6@btinternet.com
Plot Keywords: welder, officer, lieutenant, captain, crew member, japanese soldier, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: As he retires from the U.S. Navy, Admiral William J. Halsey (James Cagney) recalls the most daunting challenge in his career: the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Ordered to replace a close friend as fleet admiral, Halsey faces a wily and fierce adversary in Japan's Admiral Yamamoto, and spends the grueling months of the campaign confounding expectations of both the enemy and his own staff. Pained by the losses he knows they will endure, Halsey pushes his forces to the brink.
Plot Keywords: admiral, naval officer, captain, commander, chaplain, confident, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Plot Keywords: gunner, sailor, ex-girlfriend, violinist, nazi, patriotic, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they're forced to join their German captors to fight for their very lives.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: german soldier, husband, captor, survivor, american soldier, wife, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An international fleet of naval warships encounters an alien armada while on a Naval war games exercise and faces the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. An intense battle is fought on sea, land and air. If they lose, the world could face a major extinction event and an alien invasion. Will humans win this alien war, what are the aliens doing here, and what do they want?
Plot Keywords: naval officer, brother, physical therapist, admiral, crew member, alien, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.—Patrick Dominick <p-dominick@adfa.oz.au>
Plot Keywords: lieutenant, naval officer, sailor, captain, german officer, inspiring, patriotic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily.
Plot Keywords: naval officer, wife, enemy, first mate, american, soldier, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the Sea of Japan during the Korean War, an aircraft carrier is home to a group of Navy pilots. Each day, the team bombs a crucial enemy railroad knowing that they will rebuild it every night. After a friend dies in a dangerous mission, the crew must rethink their strategy and overcome their grief. But when pilot Kenneth Schecter (Dewey Martin) is blinded during a pivotal attack, it is up to Lt. Howard Thayer (Van Johnson) to guide him to safety.
Plot Keywords: naval officer, pilot, author, veteran, engaging, patriotic, aircraft carrier ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the way he keeps avoiding taking on the Japs.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: lieutenant commander, crew member, radio operator, captain, seaman, spirited, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The lives of people with dangerous jobs.
Plot Keywords: captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant, love interest, ensign, spectacular ...
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