Destination Tokyo (1943) Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale.

The Frogmen (1951) Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews

Up Periscope (1959); James Garner, Edmond O'Brien.

Crimson Tide (1995?) Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington. A boomer runs into a bit of trouble during an international crisis. Good flick.

more movies
 

The Eternal Sea - 1955

Flat Top - 1952, Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson

The Sand Pebbles (1966) Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Crenna. Directed by Robert Wise. One of those angsty '60's movies about a Yangtze River gunboat in the 1920's. Stays with you.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953) William Holden, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney. Directed by Mark Robson. Korean War Navy pilots, the soapiness one expects from the decade it was made, and the rare downer ending that feels honest.

Sub movie I would NOT recommend
 

Crash Dive 1945

Tyrone Power
Dana Andrews
Ann Baxter

Not so much a sub story but a love story and a pretty awful one at that. :nope:

Dana Andrews is the Captain of a submarine. Tyrone Power is the new exec.

Dana is engaged to Ann. Tyrone puts the smooth moves on Ann. Why does Ann not tell Tyrone that she is engaged? Because she is a tramp!

Both men are doing the same woman and guess what, they soon find out they are both doing the same tramp. Tensions mount and finally Dana gives the tramp to Tyrone

Thats pretty much the movie.

Oh by the way, there are a few scenes on a Sub. :down:

Friends don't let friends watch "Crash Dive"

I would rather watch U-571.... twice :damn:

I too am surprised that not everyone mentioned Das Boot, but I guess that movie is so canon that it really does not need to be mentioned.

One which I do feel should be mentioned is "Operation Pacific". 1951 with John Wayne.. nuf said

Nice details on the running of a sub. Adm Lockwood was the tech advisor on this.

The only negative is that there is a sappy love story between John and Patricia Neal and Philip Carey (who is currently(2008) fighting lung cancer. good luck to him). I don't need no stinkin love story, I want subs sinkin ships!

Best part is when the crew is trying to figure out how to test the impact detonators on the warheads. The problem is how to reproduce the force of the impact. Jack Pennick, playing the Chief of the boat, suggests, Why don't you just lift it up high and drop it?:up: Leave it up to the Chief of the Boat to come up with the practical answer.

Trivia question: What other submarine movie is referenced in "Operation Pacific"?:know:

Pick a title... any title
 

Brown on Resolution is a great naval story by C.S. Forester. It was made into some pretty good movies. The only problem is trying to figure out the different titles :damn:

Brown on Resolution 1935 The original novel was set in WWI
- aka Bound for Glory
- aka Forever England

Sailor of the King (1953) oops suddenly it is in WWII Should have been entitled "son Brown on resolution. It must run in the family)

- aka C.S. Forester's Sailor of the King
- aka Brown on Resolution
- aka Single Handed

No matter what title or what war, it is an exciting story. If you ever wanted to know what one man with a rifle can do against a German Raider, this movie will set you straight (it is not the size of the gun but what you can do with it :D )

From M. Sarsfield

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) - This movie redefined the way sub movies were made. Clark Gable plays a very determined and gruff captain and Burt Lancaster is excellent in his role as XO. Very good effects for that era.

Excellent choice!

Favourite line

Clark Gable (Captain) talking to Jack Warden (Yeoman Mueller)

Mueller, do you think I am a damn fool?

Sir?

Mr. Bledsoe (Burt Lancaster as the exec) thinks I am and I have a great respect for his opinions :rock:

Love that line

I was doing some downloading and Google'ing for a list of navy movies, and came up with this topic high in the results. The thread was helpful and I am already a member here, so I thought I would necro it and write a few more entries myself.

- ***1/2 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)

w/Gregory Peck. A really well produced major film that I thought captured the original personality of Forrester's Hornblower much better than the modern TV series did.

- *** In Which We Serve (1942)

w/Noel Coward. Most reviewers give this film a higher rating than I do, but I found the shoreside melodramas to be somewhat tiresome. And the British effeteness of Noel Coward with its underlying message of class superiority - as an American - rubbed me the wrong way as well. But overall, a pretty good navy movie.

- ***1/2 Action in the North Atlantic (1943) and *** San Demetrio London (1943)

Both somewhat similar stories of merchant crews going up against the submarine threat in the Atlantic. I give the edge to Bogart and AitNA, but San Demetrio is a good film too. And I bet most Americans have never even heard of it.

Das Boot
Sink the Bismark
tora tora tora
midway - pretty horrible though
that new russian film about the captain in ww1 caught up in the revolution. I think it was called Admiral. Great battle scene at the beginning
U571 - the one with john bon jovi in it
Proud - think this was about destroyers
Nihonkai daikaisen - Great Battle of the Japan Sea - A must see for any fleet enthusiasts. This movie gets an A from me like das boot.
Master and commander
hornblower - another A

what I really want is a good flick about ww1 ship or sub combat. Why does everybody think ww1 was so dull?

Bridges at Toko Ri - William Holden Korean war CV flick.

In Which We Serve - RN Destroyers loosely based on the career of Louis Mountbatten as Captain D.

Under Ten Flags - The highly coloured story of Raider Atlantis.

Ironclad - cheesy TV movie from Ted Turner about the USS Monitor vs, CSS Virginia fight at Hampton Roads in 1862.

The Cruel Sea - Jack Hawkins classic from the book of the same name.

Ice Station Zebra, Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, & Jim Brown.

Below, a fairly recent movie (2002) about a haunted U.S. sub in 1943. Matthew Davis, Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams.

Here's a few:

"Men of the Fighting Lady" starring Van Johnson during the Korean War
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047230/

"Away All boats" with Jeff Chandler, some pretty intense Kamikaze action and a uncredited role for Clint Eastwood.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048971/

"Damn the Defiant" With Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde & Anthony Quayle
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055884/

"The Hunley" With Armand Assante and Donald Sutherland. I rented this "made for TV" movie a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162897/

"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" Can't believe I forgot this classic. Gotta love those B-25's taking off from the Hornet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037366/

I didn't like it all that much, but that was for personal and historical reasons. It does do a good job of recreating the period and feel, so it's worth it.

Another Ted Turner production you might like is Ironclads.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102129/

It too has a lot of flaws, but the models are wonderful.

Thanks Sailor Steve. I remember seeing Ironclads when it was first aired but must admit that I don't recall too much about it. Not the greatest reviews but still, a interesting battle that I should try to watch again.

Just curious about the historical reasons you refer to for "The Hunley"? Being Canadian, I'm not that familiar with the Civil War but the IMDB site doesn't have the usual bashing about historical accuracy that you see so often.

Well, I only saw it once, and that was way back when it first aired. I'm not sure it is as bad as Ironclads (which has a lot of minor technical flaws) in that respect, but both movies are like Midway, in that they waste a lot of time telling fictional love stories that could have been spent filling out the actual story.

That said, my opinion on this is personal, and should be taken that way. And these are the only movies that tell those stories, so I feel they could have been better but are still worth owning for the true fan of the subject.

I know so many cool Civil War naval stories that will never be filmed. Oh well. :cry:

Okay, I see what your saying. I completely agree about Midway. Would of been much better if they deleted the love story and included the Coral Sea battle footage. I believe I've only seen that footage once on TV. As for "The Hunley", I must admit that I didn't mind the love story aspect probably because it was flashbacks and kind of set the tone for Captain Dixon's state of mind. Lost the love of his life. Not much to live for but determined to take some of the enemy with him when he goes.

You got me curious about Civil War naval battles. I've always been interested in "Age of Sail" battles but haven't really read much about the Ironclad age. I'll have to check it out.