Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ship-scuttling"

1. Midway (2019)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans

Votes: 94,571 | Gross: $56.85M

2. The Bounty (1984)

PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox

Votes: 30,531 | Gross: $8.60M

3. Ghost Ship (2002)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.

Director: Steve Beck | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington

Votes: 109,109 | Gross: $30.11M

4. 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

5. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Approved | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara

Votes: 2,944

6. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams

Votes: 2,945

7. Le sauvage (1975)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Martin lives alone on a Caribbean island. On an excursion to the port city, he helps Nelly, who has fled from her groom.

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Luigi Vannucchi, Tony Roberts

Votes: 2,138

8. Above Us the Waves (1955)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, War

The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 1,632

9. Buccaneer's Girl (1950)

Approved | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A New Orleans entertainer falls for a pirate who has another identity.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 688

10. Gorilla Ship (1932)

Approved | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A man, his wife and his best friend are aboard a yacht at sea that later gets shipwrecked. The husband soon starts to resent the attention paid to his wife by his friend.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Ralph Ince, Vera Reynolds, Reed Howes, Wheeler Oakman

Votes: 67

11. Sinking an Aircraft Carrier (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

Sinking an Aircraft Carrier

Directors: Ian Herring, Carolyn Schmidt | Star: Cory White

Votes: 19

12. Waterfront (1954–1956)
Episode: Floating Bottle

26 min | Adventure, Crime

Herrick and Slocum find a message in a bottle that alleges a ship thought to have been lost at sea due to a fire was scuttled to cover up illegal munitions trading. Instead of turning the ... See full summary »

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Preston Foster, Rhys Williams, Douglas Fowley, Toni Gerry

13. Yarnhub (2019– )
Episode: Hunt the Bismarck! (2022)

12 min | Documentary, Animation, History

Here is the story of the final voyage of the German battleship Bismark. Tasked with attacking cargo shipments to the United Kingdom, it was spotted spotted. Despite sinking the Hood and ... See full summary »

Star: David Webb

14. Geography Geek (2020– )
Episode: Suriname is More Interesting than You may Think (2022)

7 min | Documentary

Suriname found itself in conflict with its neighbors as a result of European conflicts. First were the border disputes while the Europeans argued the about the rivers that defined the ... See full summary »

Star: Zack Fleming

15. Blowdown (2008– )
Episode: Spyship (2011)

G | Documentary, Action

An experienced demo team must use a novel explosives system to scuttle their first ship - the Hoyt S. Vandenberg. In this unprecedented demo job, Controlled Demolition Incorporated teams up... See full summary »

Directors: Sean White, Sean F. White

16. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode: Context Is for Kings (2017)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery, where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.

Director: Akiva Goldsman | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp

Votes: 6,780