Mutiny movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant mutiny movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting and realistic films and TV shows about / with mutiny, ship, survival, betrayal, military, rebellion, ocean, courage, heroes and captain plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mutiny: The Bounty (1984), Amistad (1997), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Hornblower: Mutiny (2001), Billy Budd (1962), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023), The Hunt for Red October (1990), In Enemy Hands (2004), Crimson Tide (1995).

List of mutiny movies

 7.1
 34K
The Bounty (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, captivating, sexy, epic ...
Plot: ship, mutiny, sea, island, sea voyage, colonialism, storm at sea, journey, royal navy, lifeboat, pacific island, captain ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1984, 1780s, 1930s
Place: england, tahiti, britain, pacific ocean, europe
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 7.3
 87K
Amistad (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style: emotional, period piece, touching, epic, inspirational ...
Audience: adult
Plot: slavery, slave trade, rebellion, african american, legal, courtroom, politics, freedom, court, lawyer, president, male nudity ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, 1840s ...
Place: africa, cuba, washington d.c., america, massachusetts ...
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
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: costume drama, epic, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mutiny, ship, ocean, brutality, corporal punishment, betrayal, captain, native tribe, language barrier, discipline, leadership, tyrant ...
Time: 18th century, 1780s, victorian era, year 1962, georgian era ...
Place: tahiti, england, persia, europe
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Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 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: serious, exciting, realistic, period piece, captivating ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, military, leadership, naval battle, navy, napoleonic era, military life, rebelliousness, uninhibited rivalry, rebel ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 1800s
Place: west indies, jamaica
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 7.8
 5K
Billy Budd (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Style: tense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: mutiny, napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, ship captain, injustice, navy, courtroom drama, male male relationship, ocean, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time: 18th century, year 1962, 1790s, georgian era
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
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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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Barney Greenwald, a skeptical lawyer, reluctantly defends an officer of the navy who took control of the Caine from its captain, Lt. Philip Francis Queeg, while caught in a violent sea storm. As the court-martial proceeds, however, Greenwald ...
Style: captivating, grim, suspenseful, psychological thriller, period drama
Audience: adult
Plot: court martial, mutiny, trial, naval officer, courtroom drama, courtroom, court, military, soldier, war crime, military officer, ethical dilemma ...
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
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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In Enemy Hands (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, ship, holocaust, world war two, military, torpedo, boat, mutiny, daring rescue, survival, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
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 7.4
 135K
Crimson Tide (1995)
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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 7.8
 61K
The Terror (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.
Style: anthology, twist ending, spooky, psychological horror, costume drama ...
Plot: arctic, violence, cannibalism, starvation, expedition, corpse, insanity, delusion, mysticism, desperation, north pole, british navy ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 2010s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: former yugoslavia
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
Style: action adventure, exciting, anamorphic, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: star wars, deception, battlefield, chubby, fat woman, good versus evil, sabotage, space opera, master apprentice relationship, flashback, space battle, betrayal ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s
Place: space western
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 8.4
 1.3M
WALL·E (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style: futuristic, touching, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: loneliness, robot, space travel, outer space, post apocalypse, technology, love, artificial intelligence, ecology, dystopia, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The Monocled Mutineer is a British television series made by the BBC in 1986, and shown on BBC1, the first episode being transmitted on 31 August 1986, intended to head BBC1's autumn season of drama. Viewed by about ten million people, the ...
Style: historical drama, costume drama, serious, period piece, suspense ...
Plot: world war one, mutiny, military, deserter, realism, biopic, pursuit, class conflict, fugitives, master of disguise, moral ambiguity, political unrest ...
Time: year 1917, 20th century
Place: britain
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Battle for Terra (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Style: atmospheric, exciting, captivating, 3d animation, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: benign alien, air battle, survival, idealism, invasion, mysterious planet, save the planet, space travel, alien, space and aliens, culture clash, space battle ...
Time: future, year 2007
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 7.0
 5K
Morituri (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so ...
Style: black and white, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, submarine, sabotage, nazi, spy, mutiny, world war, secret mission, espionage, military, war, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942
Place: japan, england, germany, asia, europe ...
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 8.0
 997K
The Martian (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style: futuristic, biting, clever, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: survival, mars, astronaut, stranded, space travel, nasa, isolation, science, outer space, struggle for survival, space, loneliness ...
Time: year 2015, 2030s, year 2016, near future, future ...
Place: china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, beijing china ...
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Treasure Island (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure ...
Style: cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: treasure, treasure hunt, pirate, treasure map, ship, swashbuckler, blind character, courage, siege, sailing, betrayal, chase ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: fictional island, caribbean, israel, england
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Damn the Defiant! (1962)
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: historical drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful, technicolor ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, ship, pirate, british navy, navy, sea adventure, mutiny, chivalry, sea, sailing, pirate ship, marine ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: europe, england, mediterranean sea
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Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, History, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The first journey around the world began under the command of Ferdinand Magellan and was concluded by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Five boats left Seville on September 20, 1519. Storms, famine, tribes… Three years later, only one made it back. An ...
Style: anime
Plot: odyssey, riot, journey, sailor, mutiny, captain, historical event, betrayal, ship, trip, battles, boat ...
Time: 16th century
Place: portugal, pacific ocean, basque country, spain, atlantic ocean
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White Slave Ship (1961)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple of political prisoners along with a dozen other women convicts, these to be sold into slavery on arrival. The woman activist frees the dozen of ...
Style: period piece, historical drama, tense, suspenseful, action drama ...
Plot: slavery, mutiny, seafaring, survival, human trafficking, rebellion, ship, escape, brutality, storm at sea, moral dilemma, redemption ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century, year 1961
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 6.6
 170
Reformation (2017)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: How a revolutionary priest named Martin Luther changed the face of Christendom and the path of European civilization forever.
Style: captivating, period piece, psychological, thrilling
Plot: reformation, christianity, liberation theology, priest, mutiny, catholic church, monk, church, sermon, historical figure, lifestyle change, storytelling ...
Time: 16th century
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The Glory of Tang Dynasty (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: It is a adapted from a novel by Cang Min Shui 沧溟水 that tells the life of a woman, intelligent and kind, who becomes a concubine of the inner court while her love for the people enables her to do great things for the country. It's standard ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera, costume drama ...
Plot: harem, tang dynasty, female rivalry, palace intrigue, royal family, mutiny, intrigue, political unrest, political intrigue, female protagonist, life, asian history ...
Time: 8th century
Place: china, ancient china
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Red Alert: The War Within (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, patriotic
Plot: undercover, rebel, insurgent, mutiny, runaway, social problems, escape, society, escape attempt, fleeing, terrorism, war ...
Place: india
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Treasure Island (1977)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Treasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel. It was filmed in 1977 on location in Plymouth and Dartford, and in Corsica, and also at BBC Television Centre at Wood Lane, London. Jim Hawkins ...
Style: suspense, dramatic, nautical, tension, period drama
Plot: pirate, treasure map, mutiny, treasure hunt, buried treasure, seafaring, coming of age, betrayal, map, island, moral ambiguity, loyalty ...
Time: 18th century
Place: corsica
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Spaceflight IC-1 (1965)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
Story: In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is stern and brutal in which one cadet, Steven, plots a revolt to turn the leadership of the command ...
Style: retro, suspense, period piece
Plot: space, spaceship, mutiny, space exploration, space colony, colonization, rebellion, survival, isolation, human nature, journey, dystopia ...
Time: 60s, future
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Treasure Island (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story: As a young boy finds an old map of a treasure island in the mid 1700s, he joins a sailing crew on an adventure to find the treasure island. He does not realize however that bloodthirsty pirates are amongst the crew, desperately wanting to claim the ...
Style: suspense, costume drama, dramatic, period piece, period drama
Plot: pirate, treasure, treasure hunt, mutiny, sailboat, coming of age, literary, seafaring, betrayal, map, sea voyage, danger ...
Time: 18th century
Place: fictional island, caribbean, scotland
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Nayeem Diaries (2021)
Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Nayeem diaries is a story of Nayeem who joined the Naxalites, killed the DIG of Special Intelligence Department (SID) in Hyderabad, went to jail and lived with 100 Naxal prisoners.
Style: tense, crime drama, political thriller, dark, bleak
Plot: mutiny, prison life, political violence, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, social commentary, anti establishment, interrogation, revenge, political corruption, class struggle, investigation
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Starfire Mutiny (2002)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In future, the ozone layer is gone and Earth is a wasteland. Most survivors are on a space station, waiting for a chance to replenish the ozone, somehow. A dangerous man tries to take over the station, but its commander fights back.
Style: suspense, grim, sexploitation film
Audience: adult
Plot: dystopia, space station, mutiny, survival, dark future, post apocalyptic, betrayal, survivor, desperation, sabotage, rebellion, isolated community ...
Time: future
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The Immortal Wars: Resurgence (2019)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The war for freedom has just begun. Trikalypse joins forces with the rebel leader and her team of freedom fighters. They must now fight back to bring Dominion down and expose him to the world.
Style: futuristic, controversial, exciting, entertaining, captivating
Plot: independence movement, fight, revolt, fantasy world, post apocalypse, insurgent, freedom, mutiny, partner, heroic mission, courage, heroes ...
Time: future
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