Morituri (1965), Sealed Cargo (1951), The Final Countdown (1980), The Sea Hawk (1924), Above Us the Waves (1955), Against All Flags (1952), The Riddle of the Sands (1979), Up Periscope (1959) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Naval Warfare movies.
Storyline: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.—Daniel Bruce <danbec@one.net.au>
Plot Keywords: war, spy, world war ii, drama, suspense, germany, submarine ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: During the war off Nova Scotia a fishing boat comes across a badly damaged Danish schooner with only the captain aboard after it has apparently been shelled by a German U-boat. Not realising the sinister real purpose of the larger boat, the fishermen agree to tow it into an isolated harbour.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, war, historical, action, suspense, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1980, the assistant of the Department of Defense Warren Lasky is assigned by his mysterious chief Richard Tideman to visit the aircraft carrier USS Nimtz commanded by Capt. Matthew Yelland as an observer of the routines. Lasky finds that Wing Commander Richard T. Owens has a great knowledge of history. Out of the blue, the vessel faces a weird storm and they find that they have traveled back in time to the eve of the attack of Pearl Harbor on 06 December 1941. When the two Japanese Zeros attack the motorboat of Senator Samuel Chapman, the crew of the Nimitz rescues the senator and his assistant Laurel Scott. But sooner Lasky learns that the senator had disappeared on that day and Capt. Matthew Yelland is planning to attack the Japanese. Will these actions create a time paradox?
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, military, time travel, world war ii, pearl harbor, alternate history, cold war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Framed for murder by his own half brother, Sir Oliver Tressilian (Milton Sills) is impressed into service aboard a British ship. When that ship is captured by the Spanish Armada, he is put to work as a galley slave. Escaping to a band of Barbary pirates, he eventually becomes their leader. He gains wealth and fame during his adventures as "The Sea Hawk," but he dreams of returning to England to exact revenge on his brother -- and to reclaim his fiancée.
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, historical, romance, drama, silent film, swordplay ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In World War II, the greatest threat to the British Navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. Being anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack it with any chance of success. But the Navy trains a special commando to attack it, using little submarines to plant underwater explosives under it.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, british, navy, submarine, military operation, historical ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1700, the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered, flogged, and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate "republic." There, Hawke meets lovely Spitfire Stevens, a pirate captain in her own right, and the sparks begin to fly; but wooing a pirate poses unique problems. Especially after he rescues adoring young Princess Patma from a captured ship. Meanwhile, Hawke's secret mission proceeds to an action-packed climax.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, historical, romance, comedy, swordplay, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.—Jonathon Dabell <J.D.@pixie.ntu.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: adventure, spy, mystery, nautical, adaptation, british, cold war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.—Martin H. Booda <booda@datasync.com>
Plot Keywords: war, submarine, world war ii, military, spy, adventure, action ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In March 1943, in World War II, the Germans use the neutral harbor of the Portuguese colony of Mormugoa to transmit information to a U-Boat about the allied ships to sink them in international waters. In Calcutta, the British Intelligence assigns Colonel Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Captain Gavin Stewart (Sir Roger Moore) to spy in Goa and they discover that there are three German vessels anchored in the area and the famous spy Trompeta (Wolf Kahler) is based in Goa. They kidnap Trompeta to interrogate him, but Lewis accidentally kills the spy after fighting with him in the runaway car. Meanwhile, Gavin has a one night stand with the gorgeous and elegant Mrs. Cromwell (Barbara Kellerman), who is the partner of Trompeta. They fail in their mission, but Lewis and Gavin convince their chief to use the veterans from Calcutta Light Horse led by the retired Colonel W.H. Grice (David Niven) to travel to Goa on board of the old ship Phoebe, pretending to be drunken businessmen on vacation. They prepare to destroy the Ehrenfels and the two other Nazi radio ships and get the German secret codes under the command of Lewis. Meanwhile, Gavin on shore has a love affair with Mrs. Cromwell and prepares the diversion to facilitate the mission of Lewis and his men.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, action, adventure, history, based on true story, espionage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.—WesternWildcard
Plot Keywords: war, navy, submarine, korean war, military, drama, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: war, british, world war ii, navy, patriotism, military, historical ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. after Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman whose true purpose has been discovered by the French.—dinky-4 of Minneapolis
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, war, historical, drama, spy, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Los Angeles is under attack by monsters. The mechs attempting to fight them off are better armed than their precursors, but so are the creatures.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, action, adventure, monster, disaster, military, alien creatures ...
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