Nuclear submarine movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nuclear submarine movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense and realistic films and TV shows about / with nuclear submarine, submarine, danger, underwater scene, heroes, catastrophe, boat, military, navy and ocean plots mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nuclear submarine: Phantom (2013), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Wolf's Call (2019), The Hunt for Red October (1990), By Dawn's Early Light (1990), Kursk (2018), Vigil (2021), Gray Lady Down (1978), Incident at Map-Grid 36-80 (1982), The Abyss (1989).
Best films
List of nuclear submarine movies
16K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot:
submarine, nuclear submarine, military, cold war, nuclear threat, navy, underwater, nuclear missile, military life, mission gone awry, danger, sea disaster ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed ...
Style:
captivating, serious, educational
Plot:
submarine, nuclear power, cold war, navy, military, nuclear submarine, u.s. navy, maverick, science and technology, atomic weapons, military officer, science ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, realistic, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, navy, nuclear submarine, radiation, courage, underwater, radiation sickness, nuclear, radioactivity, sea, sea disaster ...
Time:
60s, year 1989, year 2002, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
soviet union, nova scotia, russia, moscow russia, atlantic ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Thriller set in the milieu of French nuclear submarines.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, political thriller, futuristic
Plot:
submarine, sea battle, torpedo, naval battle, sea, nuclear submarine, nuclear threat, chain of command, nuclear missile, investigation, danger, water ...
Time:
near future
Place:
france, mediterranean sea, syria, finland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, political, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
submarine, cold war, navy, espionage, spy, nuclear threat, politics, cold war era, water, cia, nuclear submarine, torpedo ...
Time:
80s, year 1990, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
russia, washington d.c., usa, atlantic ocean, maine ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a nuclear missile is launched by presumably Soviet forces toward Turkey, the beginning of the ultimate war to end all wars WW 3 is started. Powers Boothe, his girlfriend and copilot Rebecca DeMornay and their flight crew take off in a B 52 on ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear explosion, world war three, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nato, nuclear threat, aviation, nuclear bomb, doom, post apocalypse, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union ...
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24K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, talky, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue attempt, disaster, torpedo, fire, death of father, death of husband, survival, politics, struggle for survival, danger ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s
Place:
eastern europe, russia
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31K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land ...
Style:
enigmatic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder mystery, female police detective, murder, policewoman, murder investigation, lesbian relationship, submarine, conspiracy, lesbian, investigation, intelligence agency, puzzle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
united kingdom, britain, scotland
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underwater, submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue, drowning, daring rescue, survival, heroes, save the day, danger, tough heroes, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
pentagon
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Russian naval pilots risk death to help stop a American Submarine whose defective reactor threatens a nuclear meltdown.
Style:
suspense, tense, patriotic, political thriller
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear submarine, cold war, navy, soviet army, submarine, aviation, air force, nuclear threat, rescue mission, heroism, seafaring, ocean ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
208K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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135K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
On a US 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.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
submarine, nuclear threat, cold war, navy, nuclear bomb, u.s. navy, underwater, nuclear explosion, spy, terrorist, nuclear missile, military ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alabama, mediterranean sea, pacific ocean, russia
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226K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, light, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
shark, giant monster, giant animal, underwater, sea monster, giant creature, killer shark, animal attack, ocean, professor, killer animal, survival ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, prehistory, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, usa, asia, pacific ocean, california ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the ...
Style:
parody, witty, humorous, not serious, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, military, navy, rivalry, underwater, nothing goes right, goofy hero, stupidity, against the odds, boat, sailing ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century
Place:
usa, florida, russia, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
The seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agent, cia agent, disguise, mission impossible, train wreck, spy thriller, undercover agent, cia, artificial intelligence, secret service ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, italy, amsterdam, venice, rome italy ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jason Gedrick and Eric Roberts lead the cast of this thriller about a submarine captain who attempts to hold Washington, D.C. hostage for a billion dollars, and the heroic doctor who struggles to thwart the plan before the situation escalates.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
submarine, confined, hostage, save the world, nuclear threat, danger, good versus evil, terrorism, save the day, state affairs, blackmail, extortion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Intrigue aboard a nuclear sub with foreign agents infiltrating the crew to get their hands on a top secret device.
Style:
political thriller
Plot:
submarine, cold war, naval battle, torpedo, spy, cold war era, covert operation, nuclear submarine, impostor, missile, infiltration, navy ...
Place:
san diego california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
For nearly two months, the USS Newark, carrying an experimental, top-secret military cargo, has been lost at sea. When the sub is finally discovered sixty miles off the coast of California, the government, eager to regain the lost cargo, assembles a ...
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, dark
Plot:
submarine, killer animal, danger, military, secret project, top secret, creature feature, claustrophobia, government conspiracy, cover up, sea, isolation ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain ...
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
apocalypse, nuclear, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, nuclear war, save the world, atomic bomb, post apocalypse, chaos, survival, heroic mission, race against time ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia, asia, melbourne, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
After Col. Steve Austin fails to retrieve the contents of a safe owned by arms dealer Arlen Findletter, he takes up an friendly offer of a holiday in the Bahamas. There he runs into Soviet Agent Alexi Kaslov and his lovely assistant Katrina Volana, ...
Style:
heroic, action packed, suspense, retro, tense ...
Plot:
arms dealer, cold war, superhero, espionage, secret agent, government agency, spy thriller, conspiracy, undercover, rescue mission, suspicion, spy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
bahamas
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The science of miniaturization has been unlocked, and the army has big plans. But when a scientist carrying the secret of the process is injured in a surprise attack, a life-threatening blood clot puts him into a coma. Now, a team of adventurers ...
Style:
medical horror, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
submarine, double agent, space and aliens, medical, rescue, military, assassination attempt, danger, chases and races, shrinking, trippy, scientist ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, year 1966, 60s, future
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1960s American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name. Both were created by Irwin Allen, which enabled the movie's sets, costumes, props, special effects models, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, vintage
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sea monster, underwater, ocean, kaiju, time travel, diver, shark, scuba diving, magic, future war, mermaid, disaster ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The crew of the nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, but the victims turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL, now a submarine consultant, can save the ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, boat, die hard, tough heroes, killed during sex, naval battle, water, disaster, hijacking, terrorism, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the 14th century a village seeking escape from the Black Death are guided by a boy's vision to tunnel into an abandoned mine and emerge into 20th century New Zealand.
Style:
emotional, harsh, exciting, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
medieval, time travel, tunnel, boy, heroic mission, danger, supernatural ability, follow your dream, young heroes, rescue, fish out of water, rivalry ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, future, 14th century, 20th century ...
Place:
england, europe, new zealand
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, a Russian submarine strays into American waters. On board is a nuclear cargo destined for Castro. The Americans attack and destroy the sub. 38 years later US submarine Roosevelt is in the same waters. An ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, scary, rough, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sea monster, giant octopus, octopus, creature feature, giant squid, submarine, save the day, deadly creature, danger, monster, animal attack, killer animal ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s
Place:
cuba
Is relevant?
74K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, action adventure, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, cia agent, spy, violence, swat team, terrorism, husband wife relationship, female agent, tough guy, espionage, secret service, prison ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
west virginia, london, big ben london, delaware, russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, post apocalypse, demolished city, end of the world, evil alien, creature, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic, chase, alien, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland, Bahamas, Canada, Italy, Egypt, Brazil, Spain, France, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Austria, Thailand
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, witty, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
007, cold war, james bond, espionage, secret agent, female agent, car chase, secret service, chase, villain, female spy, secret service agent ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
egypt, england, sardinia, cairo egypt, soviet union ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Canada, Czech Republic, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style:
exciting, action adventure, breathtaking, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cia, mission, gunfight, frame up, female spy, escapades, undercover, chases and races, tough guy, working undercover ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, budapest, washington state, bay area, iran ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Time travelers from the 23rd century return to 1992 to warn Japan that Godzilla will cause a catastrophic nuclear incident in the 21st century and suggest a way to rid the world of him forever. They intend to go back to 1944, to Ragos Island, where ...
Style:
daikaiju, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, prehistoric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, time travel, world war two, monster, dragon, dinosaur, reptiles, giant animal, time machine, monster versus monster ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, future, 23rd century, near future ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, east asia
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