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1. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,282,941 | Gross: $659.33M
2. The Love Boat (1977–1987)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.
Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Fred Grandy
Votes: 13,660
3. Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 741,504 | Gross: $188.37M
4. Billy Budd (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, War
When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war in 1797, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crewmates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers
Votes: 4,919
5. Nowhere Boy (2009)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff, David Threlfall
Votes: 38,957 | Gross: $1.45M
6. A Night to Remember (1958)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, History
On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Votes: 17,199
7. Das Traumschiff (1981– )
60 min | Drama, Romance
Every episode features a cruise to a different spectacular location aboard a German luxury liner. There are usually several storylines, mostly of the romantic kind, involving the passengers... See full summary »
Stars: Heide Keller, Horst Naumann, Siegfried Rauch, Sascha Hehn
Votes: 627
8. Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, War
An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Julie Bishop
Votes: 4,554
9. Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey (2014)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Thirty-year-old Alice's occupation is rather unusual for a woman: she works as an engineer on a freighter. She loves her job and does it competently but even in a greasy blue overall a ... See full summary »
Director: Lucie Borleteau | Stars: Ariane Labed, Melvil Poupaud, Anders Danielsen Lie, Pascal Tagnati
Votes: 907 | Gross: $0.00M
10. Western Approaches (1944)
83 min | Drama, War
A wartime film, made under the auspices of the Crown Film Unit, serving as a tribute to the Merchant Navy. During WWII, they kept the lifeline to America and the Commonwealth open so that ... See full summary »
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Eric Fullerton, Duncan MacKenzie, W. Kerr, Eric Baskeyfield
Votes: 157
11. San Demetrio London (1943)
Approved | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned.
Directors: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer | Stars: Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael, Neville Mapp
Votes: 538
12. Captain Fandis Bastounis (1968)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
A compassionate captain takes a homeless stowaway in his house to live with his money-grubbing family; however, when he is lost at sea, they will rush to take control. But, is he truly dead? Can his "resurrection" force a change of plans?
Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Maro Kodou, Lavrentis Dianellos, Dimitris Nikolaidis
Votes: 601
13. Cargo to Capetown (1950)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship's engineer. The pair soon find themselves at odds over their mutual affection for Drew (who happens to be Crawford's fiancee).
Director: Earl McEvoy | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 145
14. Der Untergang der Pamir (2006 TV Movie)
180 min | Action, Drama
The Story of the German Sail-School Ship Pamir that sunk in a hurricane.
Director: Kaspar Heidelbach | Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Milanovic Miki, Jan Josef Liefers, Dietmar Bär
Votes: 188
15. Hollands glorie (1977–1978)
750 min | Drama
Stars: Hugo Metsers, Jan Blaaser, Rudi Falkenhagen, Jan Teulings
Votes: 37
16. Melodie der Welt (1929)
40 min | Documentary, Short
An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over the world. The film is constructed like a symphony.
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Stars: Ivan Koval-Samborsky, Renée Stobrawa, Grace Chiang, O. Idris
Votes: 244
17. Vier Stunden von Elbe 1 (1968 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Eberhard Fechner | Stars: Carsta Löck, Klaus Höhne, Helga Feddersen, Elke Twiesselmann
Votes: 35
18. La Paloma (1989 TV Movie)
178 min | Documentary
Director: Eberhard Fechner | Stars: Heinrich Bick, Leonhard Daubenmerkel, Paul Frackowiak, Arnold Fürst
19. Kalle Aaltosen morsian (1948)
91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Director: Ossi Elstelä | Stars: Helge Ranin, Hillevi Lagerstam, Laila Rihte, Ossi Elstelä
Votes: 49
20. The Good and the Bad: Memories of a Merchant Seaman (2008)
19 min | Documentary, Short, History
Joe Deacon went to sea, aged only 14 in 1942. Now nearly 80, he vividly looks back at his wartime experiences.
Director: Richard Manning
21. Der Fall Kapitän Behrens - Fremdenlegionäre an Bord (1966 TV Movie)
72 min | Drama
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Wolfgang Preiss, Hans Schellbach, Manfred Reddemann, Jochen Sehrndt
Votes: 21
22. Die letzte Nacht der Titanic (1955 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Director: Volker von Collande | Stars: Axel Monjé, Rolf Nagel, Heinz Drache, Günther Schramm
Votes: 22
23. Year of Siege (1962)
28 min | Documentary, Short
September 1940 - October 1941. The Battle of the Atlantic begins. Men of the Winnipeg Grenadiers and Royal Rifles leave for a fateful mission in Hong Kong.
Stars: Budd Knapp, Karl Bodenschatz, Wilhelm Brückner, Winston Churchill
Votes: 9
24. Kapetanios gia... klamata (1961)
79 min | Comedy, Romance
A mildly inebriated second mate promises to marry an unknown woman; however, when he sobers up, he sends a jovial midshipman to get him off the hook, convinced that she is unattractive. But, what happens if she is truly ravishing instead?
Directors: Kostas Hatzihristos, Apostolos Tegopoulos | Stars: Kostas Hatzihristos, Giorgos Kabanellis, Martha Karagianni, Mayia Melayia
Votes: 34
25.
Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)
Episode:
Episode dated 19 May 1997
(1997)
TV-PG | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Lance Henriksen talks about his impoverished but colorful globetrotting youth and promotes his new show Millennium (1996) from the mind of The X-Files creator Chris Carter.
Director: Jerry Foley | Stars: David Letterman, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Biff Henderson, Lance Henriksen
26.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The War Against the U-Boats
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
An in depth look at the World War II Battle of the Atlantic, the people who commanded the fighting, the national leaders, and the equipment used.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
Votes: 7
27.
A House Through Time (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #4.4
(2021)
59 min | Documentary, Biography, History
WWII puts residents of Number 5 in danger. Leeds is a shock to a Greek war bride with a tragic past. The post-war period sees No. 5 home to a film critic and his wife. There is a return for students who lived here at the Millennium.
Director: Nicola Seare | Star: David Olusoga
Votes: 7