Battleship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant battleship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense and captivating films and TV shows about / with battleship, military, ship, heroes, danger, battles, soldier, war, sea and boat plots mostly in Drama, Action and War genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as battleship: Battleship (2012), Greyhound (2020), The Last Ship (2014), American Warships (2012), Yamato (2005), Hunter Killer (2018), A Glimpse of Hell (2001), The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), Operation Bikini (1963).
Best films
List of battleship movies
251K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, military, u.s. navy, ship, battleship, evil alien, navy, alien encounter, battles, sea battle, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2012, year 2005, year 2006, 2010s ...
Place:
hawaii, tokyo, new york, pacific ocean, london ...
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101K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, emotional, compassionate, motivational ...
Plot:
world war two, submarine, war, convoy, navy, u.s. navy, warship, ocean, us military, captain, battleship, naval officer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
san francisco, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
Style:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy, battleship, apocalypse, chaos, heroes, military, deadly virus, save the world, survival, plague, human existence, fate of humanity ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battleship, warship, ocean, aircraft carrier, sea, battles, naval battle, ship, heroes, chaos and mayhem, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pentagon
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, exciting, serious, touching
Plot:
world war two, navy, battleship, japanese history, military, war, battles, heroes, warship, lost love, first love, sea ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, epic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, battles, sea battle, heroic mission, leadership, naval battle, sailboat, friendship, military, royal navy ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, regency period, edwardian era, georgian era
Place:
england, france, brazil, europe, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, navy, swat team, warship, battleship, save the day, world war three, tough heroes, daring rescue, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., scottish highlands, scotland, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
u.s. navy, military, society, military life, investigation, fighting the system, ship, political conspiracy, campaign, army investigation, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, iowa
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-1598), where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his ...
Style:
epic, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
korean history, war, military, battleship, battles, heroic mission, human spirit, against the odds, warrior, sea battle, naval battle, ship ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
joseon dynasty, navy, battleship, sea battle, combat, suspense, military, battles, wartime, historical event, fight, island
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
world war two, submarine, dream, love interest, fistfight, scuba diving, island, japanese soldier, ocean, battleship, battles, soldier ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In the year 2220 A.D., the Earth Federation launches a plan to evacuate Earth when discovering that a travelling black hole capable of destroying anything in its path is on course towards the solar system. As the people on Earth prepare to relocate ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, exciting, captivating
Plot:
space, space travel, black hole, battleship, spacecraft, military, tyranny, space opera, space battle, space shuttle, space wars, save the world ...
Time:
23rd century
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, u.s. navy, terrorism, terrorist plot, suspense, one man army, lone hero, violence, mercenary, one against many, terrorist, hostage ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, 80s
Place:
new jersey, san francisco, hawaii, pentagon, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and ...
Style:
dramatic, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, shark, warship, u.s. navy, ocean, survival, war, sea, military, submarine, rescue, disobeying orders ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, san francisco, the philippines, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In 'The Philadelphia Experiment', a secret government research project tries reviving the World War II "Philadelphia Experiment," which was an attempt to create a cloaking device to render warships invisible. When the experiment ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, save the day, experiment gone awry, technology gone awry, government facility, disorder, chaos, death threat, plane crash, alien, back in time, mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Near the end of World War II, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship cling to life aboard a crowded lifeboat. With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost – until an eerily silent German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, weird
Plot:
vampire, world war two, fascist, beast, supernatural, ship, nazi zombie, unhappy ending, german, little girl, suspense, castaway ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
atlantic ocean
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Style:
exciting, intense, tense, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, island, military, behind enemy lines, german, suspense, nazi, resistance, mercenary, gunfight, battles ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
greece, germany, fictional island
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420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, psychotronic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
monster, giant monster, dinosaur, disaster, godzilla, catastrophe, mutant, creature, kaiju, giant, military, deadly creature ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, 2010s, year 2014, year 1999 ...
Place:
japan, hawaii, san francisco, tokyo, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, sea monster, military, sea, octopus, dinosaur, monster, suspense, battleship, father daughter relationship, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, submarine, ocean, diver, kriegsmarine, battles, military, soldier, leadership, war, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A seductive and ruthless spy in the service of Germany steals state secrets- including the formula for poison gas-from England and France during World War I. British intelligence, in turn, tries to hunt her down.
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war one, spy, war, cult, female spy, betrayal, espionage, submarine, lesbian seduction, lesbianism, lesbian, world war two ...
Time:
year 1916
Place:
france, scotland, germany, russia, england ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, pirate, navy, british navy, sea, mutiny, royal navy, courage, french revolution, boat, napoleonic era ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a ...
Style:
epic, psychological, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, ocean, sailboat, mutiny, betrayal, suspense, captain, leadership, brutality, sea, rebelliousness, military ...
Time:
18th century, 60s, 1930s, georgian era, 1780s ...
Place:
tahiti, england, europe
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19K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct military theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The first season was co-produced with NBC ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
military, marines, legal, lawyer, navy, army investigation, court martial, insubordination, courtroom drama, military life, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
future, 90s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, serious, exciting, rough
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, heroes, french revolution, adventurer, sailing, sea, pirate, napoleonic era, seafaring, boat, courage ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1790s
Place:
france, europe, brittany
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style:
exciting, serious, feel good
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, heroes, battles, french revolution, sea, sailing, success, courage, boat, pirate ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
north africa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
WWII drama.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, youth, war, military, u.s. navy, coming of age, battleship, basic training, military life, military base, prison, power relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in ...
Style:
melancholic, intense, epic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, military, politics, revolution, police investigation, pow, betrayal, korean war, soldier, rebellion, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s
Place:
usa, japan, australia, china, korea ...
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Genre: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Former gunfighter Django has become a monk and abandoned his violent former ways. His daughter is kidnapped by rogue Hungarian soldiers using slave labor to run a silver mine. Django casts off his habit and digs up his machine gun to practice a ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monastery, cowboy, liberation theology, heroes, one man army, monk, gunfighter, mexican revolution, righting the wronged, tough heroes, abduction, old west ...
Time:
19th century
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88K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style:
exciting, bleak, scary, sad, motivational ...
Plot:
world war two, sea battle, naval battle, aerial combat, aircraft carrier, warship, air battle, fighter plane, fighter pilot, navy, u.s. navy, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 1930s, year 1937, year 1941 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., hawaii ...
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