Highest-Rated Movies about 'Sonar'

Das Boot (1981), X: First Class (2011), The Enemy Below (1957), The Bedford Incident (1965), Crimson Tide (1995), Finding Dory (2016), Aquaman (2018), We Dive at Dawn (1943) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sonar movies.

#1. Das Boot (1981)

Storyline: SmhIt is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so-called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy British shipping. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, German U-boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of the crew wbof one such U-Boat, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers and attempted to accomplish impossible missions, all the while attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served.

Plot Keywords: anti war, germany, claustrophobia, war correspondent, world war two, submarine, u boat ...

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#2. X: First Class (2011)

Storyline: Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.

Plot Keywords: female spy, strip club, stripper, year 1944, year 1962, professor, vigilante ...

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#3. The Enemy Below (1957)

Storyline: During World War II, the USS Haynes, an American destroyer escort discovers a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. A deadly duel between the two ships ensues, and Captain Murrell must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.—Linda Adams <Garridon@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: u boat, u.s. navy, naval battle, warship, submarine, based on novel, world war two ...

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#4. The Bedford Incident (1965)

Storyline: Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub in the depths and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to the breaking point. This one's grim tension to the end.—KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>

Plot Keywords: cold war, u.s. navy, naval officer, nuclear weapon, atlantic ocean, reporter, submarine ...

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#5. Crimson Tide (1995)

Storyline: When some Russian rebels takes control of some ICBM's, the Americans mobilize. Among the vessels sent is the nuclear sub, the Alabama. But before they leave they need a new X.O. and among the choices is Commander Hunter, who hasn't seen much action. But the ship's Captain, Ramsey OK's him. While on the way, there was an incident and Hunter disagreed with how Ramsey handled it, it's evident that Ramsey doesn't think much of Hunter because Hunter was college educated while Ramsey worked his way up. They're given orders to attack but when they were in the process of receiving another order, the ship's communications were damaged, so the entire message was not received. Ramsey decides to continue with their previous order while Hunter wants to reestablish contact first. That's when the two men butt heads that ends with Hunter relieving Ramsey. Later when some men die, some of the officers feel that Hunter is not up to the task so they team up to retake control. But Hunter has taken ...

Plot Keywords: submarine, naval uniform, nuclear weapon, american soldier, u.s. military, 1990s, u.s. navy ...

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#6. Finding Dory (2016)

Storyline: Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species.

Plot Keywords: pearl, cgi animation, teamwork, bird, popcorn, children, aquarium ...

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#7. Aquaman (2018)

Storyline: Arthur Curry, half human half from Atlantis, goes on a trip of a lifetime. Not only does this adventure compel him to come to terms with his real identity, but it also forces him to discover whether he is entirely worthy of fulfilling his own destiny: becoming a king.

Plot Keywords: tattooed trash, white trash, thug, tattoo, tattooed arm, breeding, damsel in distress ...

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#8. We Dive at Dawn (1943)

Storyline: The crew of submarine H.M.S. Sea Tiger have their leave (and assorted family problems) cut short when they are recalled for a special mission: sink the new German battleship Brandenburg. En route, they learn that their target has entered the heavily defended Baltic. Rather than fail, they follow it. Tension builds as they approach their target. After the attempt, escape seems impossible, unless they can refuel in enemy waters.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: german, teletype, prisoner of war, tommy gun, machine gun, telegram, constable ...

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#9. Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Storyline: Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed.—Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>

Plot Keywords: north pole, submarine, based on novel, cold war, satellite, double agent, u.s. navy ...

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#10. Godzilla (2014)

Storyline: In 1999, the Janjira nuclear plant was mysteriously destroyed with most hands lost including supervisor Joe Brody's colleague and wife, Sandra. Years later, Joe's son, Ford, a US Navy ordnance disposal officer, must go to Japan to help his estranged father who obsessively searches for the truth of the incident. In doing so, father and son discover the disaster's secret cause on the wreck's very grounds. This enables them to witness the reawakening of a terrible threat to all of Humanity, which is made all the worse with a second secret revival elsewhere. Against this cataclysm, the only hope for the world may be Godzilla, but the challenge for the King of the Monsters will be great even as Humanity struggles to understand the destructive ally they have.

Plot Keywords: radiation, creature, kaiju, disaster, nuclear power plant, combat, professor ...

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#11. Destroyer (1943)

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: death of friend, sailor, port, pacific ocean, sonar, death, violence ...

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#12. Below (2002)

Storyline: In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine U.S.S. Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fear that lurk just below the surface of the ocean and deep inside the human psyche.

Plot Keywords: submarine, mirror, towel, shower, explosion, fight, u boat ...

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#14. It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)

Storyline: After an encounter at sea with an unknown underwater creature, a naval commander works with two scientists to identify it. The creature they are dealing with is a giant, radioactive octopus that has left its normal feeding grounds in search of new sources of replenishment. As the creature attacks San Francisco, the Navy tries to trap it at the Golden Gate Bridge but it manages to enter the Bay area leading to a final confrontation with a submarine.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: radiation, creature feature, part stop motion, san francisco california, giant monster, female scientist, monster movie ...

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#15. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Storyline: The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient superspecies, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

Plot Keywords: monster, terrorism, destruction, creature feature, kidnapping, showdown, monster movie ...

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