A bit different from the usual Pirates, but maritime is still maritime!
The following is reproduced with permission from Luukfit on Discord:
A while ago I had this idea: every movie/story with a submarine in it is awesome. This was because I watched Das Boot, Red October, Crimson Tide, The Enemy Below, and Run Silent Run Deep all in a row.
Then I watched like 50 more submarine movies and realized I was completely wrong. There's tons of terrible submarine movies. But, and maybe it's just me, I also found that I got some certain amount of satisfaction and enjoyment even from the bad movies. Seems like just putting a submarine in your movie gives it some kind of base level of interest.
So, with that in mind, I'd like to see if we can build a seriously comprehensive list of all the submarine movies ever made. Doesn't matter if it sucked or not, if it's got a submarine in it, shout it out here. And let's err on the comprehensive side: if you've got a space movie that's particularly submarine-y, throw it in (Wrath of Khan seems like it deserves at least an honorable mention).
Here's my list:
Das Boot
red october
crimson tide
u-571
run silent, run deep
the enemy below
k-19
down periscope
up periscope
operation petticoat
Operation Petticoat (TV show) with Jamie Lee Curtis
destination tokyo
gray lady down
ice station zebra
we dive at dawn
fantastic voyage
the abyss
below (2002)
the atomic submarine (1959)
the spy who loved me
voyage to the bottom of the sea (1961)
crash dive (1943)
crash dive (1997)
Morning Departure
Operation Pacific
crash dive ii
U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien
agent red (2000) (with dolph lundgren)
on the beach (1959)
On the Beach (2000, TV movie)
it came from beneath the sea
The Wolf's Call
above us the waves (1955)
submarine x-1
murphy's war
submarine command (1951)
The Silent Service (syndicated TV show, 1957-58)
torpedo run
hell below (1933)
operation pacific
black sea (2014)
in enemy hands (2004)
the hunley (1999)
hellcats of the navy (1957)
hell and high water (1954)
the bedford incident (1965)
submarine base (1943)
morning departure (1950)
torpedo alley (1952)
ghostboat (2006)
mystery submarine (1963)
submarine alert (1943)
submarinte d-1 (1937)
submarine attack (1954)
full fathom 5 (1990)
Greyhound (2020)
The Land That Time Forgot
the sea ghost (1931)
The Eagle Has Landed
the silent enemy
The valiant
I sette dell'Orsa Maggiore
Action in the North Atlantic
Black Sea
Adventure Time episode: Heat Signature (includes maybe 30 total seconds of a submarine movie, but it's pretty funny)
OK, and adding from the comments:
Stingray (BBC Marionette TV series)
Vigil (first season BBC)
Pressure
Hunter Killer (2018)
The Shipment (2022, narco-sub)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 TV movie)
Stargate: Continuum
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming (1966)
Seaquest DSV (1990s American TV; with a talking dolphin)
James Bond: The World is Not Enough (1999)
The Beatles -- Yellow Submarine (gonna be disappointing if you're watching movies FOR the submarine though)
Star Trek TOS: Balance of Terror (Episode based on The Enemy Below -- I can't believe I forgot this)
72 meters
Commander of the lucky Pike
Last operations under the Orion
Torpedo (2019)
Underwater (2020)
Kursk (2018)
Phantom (2013)
Mission Impossible: dead reckoning (submarine scene)
The Fate Of The Furious 8 (submarine scene)
Hey, Shipwreck (machinima)
Father Goose (1964 romcom)
Last Resort (American TV series 2012)
The Last Ship (American TV series 2014, submarine scenes)
USS Poseidon: The Phantom Below (2005)
The Crimson Pirate (1952; set in 17th Century but submarines)
The Four Musketeers (1974; set in 17th Century but submarines)
BBC Submarine (1980s, 3 episode documentary. Google BBC Submarine Perisher)
How To Command a Nuclear Submarine (Documentary 2011)
Project Azorian: The Secret US Mission to Recover a Soviet Submarine (documentary)
Sphere (1998)
Full Fathom Five (1990)
Das Boot (2018 German TV)
Assault on a Queen (1966; screenplay by Rod Serling! Sinatra; stick up the Queen Mary from a submarine)
The Deep (2010 BBC TV series)
The Meg (2018; research submarine scene)
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (Japan, 2020)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
GI Joe: Rise of Cobra (don't blame me if you watch these expecting good submarine action)
Spy Kids (don't blame me if you watch these expecting good submarine action)
Aquaman 1 & 2 (don't blame me if you watch these expecting good submarine action)
Men Without Women (1930, John Ford! But the version with sound was lost)
Submerged (2001 docudrama about rescure of the Squalus)
Arpeggio of Blue Steel (anime 2013, 2015)
Blue Submarine No. 6 (anime, 2000)
Terminator: Salvation (submarine scene)
Silent Venom (2009, snakes on a submarine)
Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark (submarine scene)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-8 American TV series; Irwin Allen)
The Thunderbirds (British TV series)
UFO 1970 (British TV series)
Octopus (2000)
Men of Honor (submarine scene)
Hell Below (2016 TV series docudrama)
Mystery Submarine (1950, not to be confused with 1963 film)
Ghazi/The Ghazi Attack (India 2017)
Mutiny! (1952, submarine scene)
The Leftovers (opening scene of season 3 , episode 5)
The Silent Service (Japanese. Anime and live action versions)
Assault On The Wayne
Fer-de-lance (Snakes On A Submarine, 1974)
Hostile Waters (1997)
Das Letzte U-Boot (The Last U-Boat, based on U234, 1993)
Haie & Kleine Fische (1957, Sharks & Tiny Fish, only the later half of the movie is set on a submarine)
"JAG"(TV) has multiple episodes (at least 7) which are either submarine focused or at least feature one.
"CIS" Sub Rosa (TV episode)
"Monk" Mr. Monk Is Underwater (TV Episode 2008)
Sherlock Holmes (TV episode, 1988): The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans (no actual submarine, just submarine plans)
"Doctor Who" Cold War (TV episode. 1983)
"Angel" Why We Fight (TV episode, 2004)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Time Under Fire
The Sinking of The Laconia (2011)
49th Parallel
Full Metal Panic (anime, series)
series of animated films about talking submarines:
Submarine Mobilization (no English dub)
Submarine Mobilization 2 (no English dub)
Dive Olly Dive and the Pirate Treasure
Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue
Dive Olly Dive: A Hero’s Magical Quest
Dive Olly Dive: D
eep Sea Adventure
Dive Olly Dive: Alien Encounter
Submarine Mobilization: Submarine Mobilization: Journey to the Center of the Earth (no English dub)
Submarine Mobilization: Around The World in 80 Days (no English dub)
Submarine Mobilization: Dragon Quest (no English dub)
The following is reproduced with permission from Luukfit on Discord:
A while ago I had this idea: every movie/story with a submarine in it is awesome. This was because I watched Das Boot, Red October, Crimson Tide, The Enemy Below, and Run Silent Run Deep all in a row.
Then I watched like 50 more submarine movies and realized I was completely wrong. There's tons of terrible submarine movies. But, and maybe it's just me, I also found that I got some certain amount of satisfaction and enjoyment even from the bad movies. Seems like just putting a submarine in your movie gives it some kind of base level of interest.
So, with that in mind, I'd like to see if we can build a seriously comprehensive list of all the submarine movies ever made. Doesn't matter if it sucked or not, if it's got a submarine in it, shout it out here. And let's err on the comprehensive side: if you've got a space movie that's particularly submarine-y, throw it in (Wrath of Khan seems like it deserves at least an honorable mention).
Here's my list:
Das Boot
red october
crimson tide
u-571
run silent, run deep
the enemy below
k-19
down periscope
up periscope
operation petticoat
Operation Petticoat (TV show) with Jamie Lee Curtis
destination tokyo
gray lady down
ice station zebra
we dive at dawn
fantastic voyage
the abyss
below (2002)
the atomic submarine (1959)
the spy who loved me
voyage to the bottom of the sea (1961)
crash dive (1943)
crash dive (1997)
Morning Departure
Operation Pacific
crash dive ii
U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien
agent red (2000) (with dolph lundgren)
on the beach (1959)
On the Beach (2000, TV movie)
it came from beneath the sea
The Wolf's Call
above us the waves (1955)
submarine x-1
murphy's war
submarine command (1951)
The Silent Service (syndicated TV show, 1957-58)
torpedo run
hell below (1933)
operation pacific
black sea (2014)
in enemy hands (2004)
the hunley (1999)
hellcats of the navy (1957)
hell and high water (1954)
the bedford incident (1965)
submarine base (1943)
morning departure (1950)
torpedo alley (1952)
ghostboat (2006)
mystery submarine (1963)
submarine alert (1943)
submarinte d-1 (1937)
submarine attack (1954)
full fathom 5 (1990)
Greyhound (2020)
The Land That Time Forgot
the sea ghost (1931)
The Eagle Has Landed
the silent enemy
The valiant
I sette dell'Orsa Maggiore
Action in the North Atlantic
Black Sea
Adventure Time episode: Heat Signature (includes maybe 30 total seconds of a submarine movie, but it's pretty funny)
OK, and adding from the comments:
Stingray (BBC Marionette TV series)
Vigil (first season BBC)
Pressure
Hunter Killer (2018)
The Shipment (2022, narco-sub)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 TV movie)
Stargate: Continuum
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming (1966)
Seaquest DSV (1990s American TV; with a talking dolphin)
James Bond: The World is Not Enough (1999)
The Beatles -- Yellow Submarine (gonna be disappointing if you're watching movies FOR the submarine though)
Star Trek TOS: Balance of Terror (Episode based on The Enemy Below -- I can't believe I forgot this)
72 meters
Commander of the lucky Pike
Last operations under the Orion
Torpedo (2019)
Underwater (2020)
Kursk (2018)
Phantom (2013)
Mission Impossible: dead reckoning (submarine scene)
The Fate Of The Furious 8 (submarine scene)
Hey, Shipwreck (machinima)
Father Goose (1964 romcom)
Last Resort (American TV series 2012)
The Last Ship (American TV series 2014, submarine scenes)
USS Poseidon: The Phantom Below (2005)
The Crimson Pirate (1952; set in 17th Century but submarines)
The Four Musketeers (1974; set in 17th Century but submarines)
BBC Submarine (1980s, 3 episode documentary. Google BBC Submarine Perisher)
How To Command a Nuclear Submarine (Documentary 2011)
Project Azorian: The Secret US Mission to Recover a Soviet Submarine (documentary)
Sphere (1998)
Full Fathom Five (1990)
Das Boot (2018 German TV)
Assault on a Queen (1966; screenplay by Rod Serling! Sinatra; stick up the Queen Mary from a submarine)
The Deep (2010 BBC TV series)
The Meg (2018; research submarine scene)
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (Japan, 2020)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
GI Joe: Rise of Cobra (don't blame me if you watch these expecting good submarine action)
Spy Kids (don't blame me if you watch these expecting good submarine action)
Aquaman 1 & 2 (don't blame me if you watch these expecting good submarine action)
Men Without Women (1930, John Ford! But the version with sound was lost)
Submerged (2001 docudrama about rescure of the Squalus)
Arpeggio of Blue Steel (anime 2013, 2015)
Blue Submarine No. 6 (anime, 2000)
Terminator: Salvation (submarine scene)
Silent Venom (2009, snakes on a submarine)
Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark (submarine scene)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-8 American TV series; Irwin Allen)
The Thunderbirds (British TV series)
UFO 1970 (British TV series)
Octopus (2000)
Men of Honor (submarine scene)
Hell Below (2016 TV series docudrama)
Mystery Submarine (1950, not to be confused with 1963 film)
Ghazi/The Ghazi Attack (India 2017)
Mutiny! (1952, submarine scene)
The Leftovers (opening scene of season 3 , episode 5)
The Silent Service (Japanese. Anime and live action versions)
Assault On The Wayne
Fer-de-lance (Snakes On A Submarine, 1974)
Hostile Waters (1997)
Das Letzte U-Boot (The Last U-Boat, based on U234, 1993)
Haie & Kleine Fische (1957, Sharks & Tiny Fish, only the later half of the movie is set on a submarine)
"JAG"(TV) has multiple episodes (at least 7) which are either submarine focused or at least feature one.
"CIS" Sub Rosa (TV episode)
"Monk" Mr. Monk Is Underwater (TV Episode 2008)
Sherlock Holmes (TV episode, 1988): The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans (no actual submarine, just submarine plans)
"Doctor Who" Cold War (TV episode. 1983)
"Angel" Why We Fight (TV episode, 2004)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Time Under Fire
The Sinking of The Laconia (2011)
49th Parallel
Full Metal Panic (anime, series)
series of animated films about talking submarines:
Submarine Mobilization (no English dub)
Submarine Mobilization 2 (no English dub)
Dive Olly Dive and the Pirate Treasure
Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue
Dive Olly Dive: A Hero’s Magical Quest
Dive Olly Dive: D
eep Sea Adventure
Dive Olly Dive: Alien Encounter
Submarine Mobilization: Submarine Mobilization: Journey to the Center of the Earth (no English dub)
Submarine Mobilization: Around The World in 80 Days (no English dub)
Submarine Mobilization: Dragon Quest (no English dub)
4.8 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi