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1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer
Votes: 699,984 | Gross: $718.73M
2. The Terminal List (2022– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A former Navy SEAL officer investigates why his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.
Stars: Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough
Votes: 107,708
3. Battleship (2012)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna
Votes: 257,524 | Gross: $65.42M
4. Thirteen Lives (2022)
PG-13 | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman
Votes: 67,705
5. Crimson Tide (1995)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza
Votes: 123,510 | Gross: $91.40M
6. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, War
When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray
Votes: 29,938 | Gross: $21.75M
7. Persuasion (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Drama, Family
Anne was in love with Frederick, who was rejected by her snobby parents 8 years ago. They've now hit hard times and rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law. He returns a Royal Navy captain. Will he remember Anne?
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis
Votes: 16,524
8. Stealth (2005)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control before it initiates the next world war.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard
Votes: 56,293 | Gross: $32.12M
9. Mister Roberts (1955)
Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
Directors: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan | Stars: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
Votes: 18,266 | Gross: $21.20M
10. The Bedford Incident (1965)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam
Votes: 5,985
11. American Warships (2012 Video)
TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a US plane is taken down over seas by an unknown assailant, the army is sure it was North Korea and a new war is about to break out. Even worse, the true attacker is an alien armed force and only one old battleship can stop them.
Director: Thunder Levin | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Carl Weathers, Johanna Watts, Nikki McCauley
Votes: 2,739
12. King Kong Escapes (1967)
G | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his robot duplicate, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the job, but Kong soon escapes and battles his doppelganger.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada
Votes: 3,203
13. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall
Votes: 7,519
14. McHale's Navy (1964)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, War
The crazy crew of McHale decide to use their PT boat as an off-track betting parlor and run in to lots of trouble when they owe money to some marines and a horse they bought causes a Japanese sub to run aground.
Director: Edward Montagne | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Joe Flynn, Bob Hastings
Votes: 1,162
15. Too Late the Hero (1970)
PG | 145 min | Action, Drama, War
A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews
Votes: 3,987 | Gross: $0.31M
16. Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Approved | 116 min | Western
During the Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter's hungry men force Kelly to change his customers.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 2,739
17. Damn the Defiant! (1962)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock
Votes: 3,035
18. Hornblower: Duty (2003 TV Movie)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 3,421
19. The Bulldog Breed (1960)
97 min | Comedy
When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.
Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Ian Hunter, David Lodge, Robert Urquhart
Votes: 898
20. Piger til søs (1977)
100 min | Comedy, Family
Women have joined the military in Denmark but can still not do active duty in the Navy, which aggravates 3 women's unofficial visit on a Navy ship due to an unannounced exercise at sea. Trying to hide the trio leads to comical situations.
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Helle Merete Sørensen, Ulla Jessen, Marianne Tønsberg, Søren Strømberg
Votes: 364
21. The Man Without a Country (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, an American officer who renounces his country during his court-martial is sentenced to sail the seas on American warships without ever setting foot on American soil again or getting news of America.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Beau Bridges, Peter Strauss, Robert Ryan
Votes: 225
22. High Barbaree (1947)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Van Johnson is a Navy pilot in WWII who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 489
23. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
An 1890s widow has two daughters and two sons. The daughters fall in love with the same gentleman.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter
Votes: 340
24. The Eternal Sea (1955)
Passed | 103 min | Biography, Drama, War
Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) fights to stay on after losing a leg on an aircraft carrier in World War II.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Ben Cooper, Dean Jagger
Votes: 359
25. Submarine Raider (1942)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, War
An American yacht is sunk by a Japanese submarine on its way to Pearl Harbour, and when the single survivor is picked up by a US submarine, the commander tries desperately to warn the mainland of the imminent attack.
Directors: Lew Landers, Budd Boetticher | Stars: John Howard, Marguerite Chapman, Bruce Bennett, Warren Ashe
Votes: 207
26. The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy
When a naval officer's wife breaks her ankle and is laid up, her husband takes over running the household by employing military regimentation and discipline, which leads to a number of amusing situations.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Robert Walker, Joan Leslie, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington
Votes: 235
27. Lady Be Careful (1936)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Comedy and Romance amongst American sailors in a pre-WWII tale of antics during shore leave chasing high society ladies. It's a common tale where a confident sailor bets he can get the girl but inevitably falls in love with her.
Director: Theodore Reed | Stars: Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, Benny Baker, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 39
28. Three Cockeyed Sailors (1940)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, War
Three British sailors find they've accidentally strayed on board a German warship during World War II. They then proceed to take it over and requisition it for the Royal Navy.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding
Votes: 135
29. A Wedding (1961 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama, Family
Class distinctions, inferiority complexes, and social climbing abound as the bride, groom, and their families gather for a wedding banquet. There's a rumor that a general will be in ... See full summary »
Director: Rosemary Hill | Stars: Dennis Handby, Roger Kemp, Dennis Edwards, Hilary Mason
Votes: 18
30. 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
31. 1994 Cap'n Crunch Blockbuster Video Commercial (1994 Video)
Not Rated | Animation, Short
A commercial for Cap'n Crunch adverting Blockbuster Video.
Star: George Adams
Votes: 11
34.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Persuasion
(1995)
PG | 103 min | Drama
Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 11,399 | Gross: $5.46M
35.
Dark Skies (1996–1997)
Episode:
The Awakening (Pilot)
(1996)
TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Idealistic couple John Loengard and his girlfriend Kim Sayers arrive in Washington DC to work for the Kennedys. However, John's world shatters when he gets reassigned to Project Blue Book and uncovers an alien conspiracy.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh, Robin Gammell
Votes: 138
36.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
The Battle of San Francisco Bay
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
After a mob takes control of the docks of San Francisco, Captain David Farragut formulates a plan to enable the Navy to regain control.
Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Ronald Reagan, June Dayton, William Douglas, Hal Torey
Votes: 44
37.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Conduct Unbecoming
(1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A female Naval officer is killed during a drunken party. The Navy claims jurisdiction in the case, but detectives soon suspect that the guilty party is being protected and the wrong man is being railroaded.
Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 310
38.
Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode:
Pamela's Voice/Lone Survivor/The Doll
(1971)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Jonathan's nagging wife Pamela, whom he killed after years of being pushed around by her, haunts him. / In 1915, Allied ship finds a confused man in a lifeboat from the Titanic. / British Army Colonel Masters fights his niece's evil doll.
Directors: Richard Benedict, Rudi Dorn, Gene Levitt | Stars: Phyllis Diller, John Astin, John Colicos, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 502
39.
The Gray Ghost (1957– )
Episode:
The Rivals
(1957)
25 min | Adventure, War, Western
Mosby's men capture a Union naval officer, Captain Steven Craig, who was traveling with an army escort. Mosby knew the man before the war because the two men were rivals for the same pretty... See full summary »
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers, Toni Gerry, Ross Elliott
40.
My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode:
Kristen Scott Thomas
(2019)
46 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas explores the career of her grandfather Lt Cdr William Scott Thomas, a Royal Navy captain who played a big role in some of the key missions of WWII including the Dunkirk evacuation, the Arctic convoys and D-Day.
Director: Laura Nash | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Joshua Levine
Votes: 37
41.
The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967)
Episode:
Episode #4.15
(1966)
Comedy, Music
For the last show of 1966, Danny is jointed by singer Caterina Valente, composer Gilbert Becaud, little Victoria Meyerink and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. In one ... See full summary »
Stars: Danny Kaye, Gilbert Bécaud, Harvey Korman, Victoria Paige Meyerink
42.
Serangoon Road (2013)
Episode:
Shotgun
(2013)
56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the Cheng Detective Agency is hired by the CIA to investigate the murder of a US sailor, Sam is asked to help out as a favour to the widowed owner, Patricia.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Don Hany, Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Alaric
Votes: 47
43.
The Mysteries of Laura (2014–2016)
Episode:
The Mystery of the Sunken Sailor
(2015)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Laura dodges her birthday while probing the murder of a sailor. Billy is forced to work alongside a headstrong naval investigator.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Debra Messing, Josh Lucas, Laz Alonso, Janina Gavankar
Votes: 149
44.
NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)
Episode:
Radio Silence
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The NCIS team protects a local DJ from a threatening perpetrator and investigates the murder of a Navy Captain who was attacked while on-air with the radio show. Also, Pride's daughter, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Rob Kerkovich
Votes: 284