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1. Avatar (2009)

PG-13 | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez

Votes: 1,387,430 | Gross: $760.51M

2. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch

Votes: 497,226 | Gross: $228.78M

3. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 148,841 | Gross: $25.02M

4. The Fog (1980)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman

Votes: 83,068 | Gross: $21.38M

5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy.

Director: William Shatner | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 64,234 | Gross: $52.21M

6. Antwone Fisher (2002)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama

Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.

Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Malcolm David Kelley

Votes: 38,446 | Gross: $21.08M

7. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Paul Gross

Votes: 1,046

8. 10th & Wolf (2006)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.

Director: Bobby Moresco | Stars: James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo

Votes: 6,959 | Gross: $0.05M

9. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, War

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart

Votes: 9,216

10. The Great Impostor (1960)

Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. is a versatile man who gets his kicks out of impersonating a marine, a monk, a navy surgeon and a prison warden, eventually getting in trouble with the law for it.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Tony Curtis, Karl Malden, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 1,710

11. Borstal Boy (2000)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.

Director: Peter Sheridan | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney

Votes: 2,571 | Gross: $0.09M

12. Road to Rio (1947)

Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical

Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard

Votes: 3,525 | Gross: $4.50M

13. Chilly Willy (1953)

Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Action

A schooner anchors at the South Pole, and the skipper goes ashore and leaves the ship's mascot, a St. Bernard dog, to stand watch and guard the ship. A small penguin, Chilly Willy (the only... See full summary »

Director: Paul J. Smith | Stars: Sara Berner, Dal McKennon

Votes: 239

14. The City and the Dogs (1985)

Unrated | 135 min | Drama

Four angry cadets form an inner circle to beat the system, boredom and the stifling confinement of the military academy, sparking a chain of events that begins with a robbery and leads to murder.

Director: Francisco J. Lombardi | Stars: Pablo Serra, Gustavo Bueno, Luis Álvarez, Juan Manuel Ochoa

Votes: 717

15. Captain Conan (1996)

129 min | Drama, War

The war exploits of French captain Conan and his men during World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich

Votes: 2,450

16. The Fleet's In (1942)

Passed | 93 min | Musical, Romance

After a shy sailor is kissed by a female starlet as part of a publicity stunt, he becomes known as a stud; his friends then bet that he'll be able to defrost an icy nightclub singer.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton

Votes: 428

17. The Navy Way (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Drama, War

The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, William Henry, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 160

18. Seven Days' Leave (1942)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary, Mapy Cortés

Votes: 391

19. Sergeant Murphy (1938)

Passed | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer. When he thinks it's ready, he ... See full summary »

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Ben Hendricks Jr.

Votes: 190

20. Mutiny (I) (1999 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, War

Fact-based story about 300 predominantly black sailors who were killed on July 17, 1944 while loading munitions on a ship in San Francisco. Three weeks later, 50 survivors were ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Michael Jai White, Duane Martin, David Ramsey, Matthew Glave

Votes: 320

21. When Hell Broke Loose (1958)

Approved | 78 min | Drama, War

In 1945, a GI falls in love with a German woman while elite German troops in U.S.uniforms carry out sabotage and assassinations behind American lines.

Director: Kenneth G. Crane | Stars: Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckel, Violet Rensing, Robert Easton

Votes: 323

22. The Brig (1964)

Not Rated | 68 min | Drama

A ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, ... See full summary »

Directors: Jonas Mekas, Judith Malina | Stars: Warren Finnerty, Jim Anderson, Henry Howard, Tom Lillard

Votes: 303

23. Cruise Cat (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Tom is the official cat on the cruise ship S.S. Aloha, but he'll be kicked off if the captain finds even one mouse. That one, of course, is Jerry, who sneaks on board just before sailing ... See full summary »

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Paul Frees, William Hanna, Harry Lang

Votes: 959

24. Salute to the Marines (1943)

Passed | 101 min | Drama, Romance, War

Wallace Beery stars in this patriotic World War II drama about a tough retired Marine who is caught in the middle of the Philippines campaign, experiencing action, heroics and tragedy. ... See full summary »

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Keye Luke

Votes: 273

25. The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, War

A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory.

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Robert Webber, Anna Sten, Leo Gordon, Hari Rhodes

Votes: 96

26. The Cuban Love Song (1931)

Passed | 86 min | Musical, Romance

A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find his illegitimate child.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Velez, Ernest Torrence, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 227

27. Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix (1942)

6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Popeye and Bluto agree that women are too much trouble, so they agree to swear off them, which lasts about 5 seconds, until Olive comes on board ship for a tour. The boys vie for her attention.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 203

28. Dog Watch (1945)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

As a ship's crew is on shore leave, seadog Pluto is left to stand watch. He sees a threatening shape, but it turns out to be a cache of bones. He grabs one and settles in contentedly. A rat... See full summary »

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: John Dehner, James MacDonald

Votes: 249

29. Swing It, Sailor! (1938)

Passed | 57 min | Adventure, Comedy

Husky Stone (Ray Mayer), strongest man in the Navy, and as short on brains as he is as long on muscle, has an urge to get married, as his enlistment is up. The object of his affection is ... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Cannon | Stars: Wallace Ford, Ray Mayer, Isabel Jewell, Mary Treen

Votes: 89

30. Clipped Wings (1953)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Family

Slip and Sach mistakenly enlist in the Air Force where Sach is mistakenly assigned to the WACs.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Renie Riano

Votes: 323

31. Hell's Cargo (1935)

58 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A stowaway becomes mixed up with gunrunners.

Director: Walter Summers | Stars: Jack Doyle, Tamara Desni, Henry Mollison, Cecil Ramage

Votes: 18

32. Ocean Swells (1934)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy

Dorothy and Carol are aboard a yacht, having sights of Bunny and Hopping believing them to be members of the aristocracy, when in fact, they're just crew members.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Dorothy Granger, Carol Tevis, Grady Sutton, Edgar Dearing

Votes: 24

33. The Prison Ship (1912)

Short, Drama, Romance

During the American Revolution, an American girl, Helen Carpenter (Anna Q. Nilsson)betrays the Colonie by helping her fiancé, Lieutenant Waldon (Guy Coombs), a British naval officer escape from a prison ship.

Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Guy Coombs, Anna Q. Nilsson, Hal Clements, Henry Hallam

34. Heavy Metal: The Evolution of the Naval Warship (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

This two-hour series covers the evolution of the design and armament of ocean-going warships. From wooden hulls and sails to nuclear powered floating naval bases, Heavy Metal has it all. ... See full summary »

Votes: 13

35. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Affliction (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Enterprise is visiting Earth, Phlox is abducted by the Klingons and forced to research a cure for a virus destined to wipe out the race. Reed is tapped by a secret agency and ordered to betray Archer. Trip transfers to the Columbia.

Director: Michael Grossman | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,554

36. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Anomaly (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After an attack by Osaarian pirates, Enterprise follows them to a mysterious sphere.

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,632

37. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Borderland (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a Klingon ship is attacked, it's discovered the imprisoned Dr. Soong's genetically enhanced humans are responsible. Archer takes him to prevent a war.

Director: David Livingston | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,692

38. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Chosen Realm (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise is taken over by religious zealots who want to use the ship in a war against heretics.

Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,645

39. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Divergence (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Enterprise tries to bring Trip on board to reverse the malicious Klingon modifications, Phlox and Antaak find a cure for the virus that will not please General K'Vagh.

Director: David Barrett | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,530

40. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: E² (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Trying to pass through a subspace corridor, Enterprise is stopped by a version of itself from the future.

Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,673

41. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: In a Mirror, Darkly (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set in the dark and oppressive Mirror Universe, Commander Archer leads a mutiny in a bold attempt to seize control of an advanced starship - a vessel from the future that may be the key to saving the Terran Empire.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 2,020

42. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Rajiin (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise helps an alien woman, Rajiin, seeking to escape her life as a sex slave. Once on board she uses her alien abilities to gather biometric data about humans and is recaptured by her employers, the Xindi council.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,628

43. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Storm Front, Part II (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After Silik attacks Trip, Vosk wants to make a deal with Archer: supplies of the ship for the completion of his time machine in return for a trip to the 22nd Century.

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,664

44. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Stratagem (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Archer and the Xindi Degra are in a shuttle. With Degra suffering from memory loss, Archer tells him they escaped together from a prison and that the Insectoids took power after destroying Earth.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,651

45. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Terra Prime (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Paxton threatens to destroy Starfleet Headquarters if all aliens don't leave Earth. Enterprise must shut down the verteron array on Mars, but it is extremely well defended.

Director: Marvin V. Rush | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,635

46. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: The Augments (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Augments have yet again escaped. While Dr. Soong wants to hide the embryos, Malik has an entirely different and way more cruel plan.

Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,631

47. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Twilight (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

His memory crippled, Archer awakens years in the future, after the Xindi have reduced Earth to a cinder and the remnants of humanity have settled on a distant planet. Now, Archer learns that he may be the key to undoing this tragedy.

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 2,150

48. Justice League (2001–2004)
Episode: War World (2002)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While handling an asteroid in space, Superman and J'onn J'onzz are captured and banished to Warworld, a planet where combatants are forced to duel to the death.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Maria Canals-Barrera, Phil LaMarr, Carl Lumbly, George Newbern

Votes: 844

49. The Lieutenant (1963–1964)
Episode: A Very Private Affair (1963)

60 min | Drama

Rice reports for his first day as a commissioned officer, and is handed a command known for its ill discipline. Rice needs to understand the issues within the unit and try and meld them into a cohesive force.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Gary Lockwood, Robert Vaughn, James Gregory, Laura Devon

Votes: 27

50. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: The Deal (1972)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Mobsters Larson, and Rogan have made a deal to support Gen. Oliver Hammond in his bid to take over the island nation of Camagua. The IMF capture the mobsters en route, and force them to ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus

Votes: 152