Last Updated on 9 January 2026

The following list is a compilation of the 50 best submarine movies of all time. I found 26 different ranked lists online of “best submarine movies” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 26 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Submarine Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. Das Boot (1981)
  2. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
  3. Crimson Tide (1995)
  4. The Enemy Below (1957)
  5. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
  6. Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
  7. U-571 (2000)
  8. The Abyss (1989)
  9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
  10. Greyhound (2020)
  11. The Bedford Incident (1965)
  12. Destination Tokyo (1943)
  13. The Command (2018)
  14. Operation Pacific (1951)
  15. Yellow Submarine (1968)
  16. Hunter Killer (2018)
  17. Torpedo Run (1958)
  18. Black Sea (2014)
  19. The Wolf’s Call (2019)
  20. Below (2002)
  21. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
  22. Operation Petticoat (1959)
  23. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
  24. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  25. Down Periscope (1996)
  26. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
  27. In Enemy Hands (2004)
  28. Phantom (2013)
  29. 1941 (1979)
  30. Deepsea Challenge (2014)
  31. The Damned (1947)
  32. The Hunley (1999)
  33. Underwater (2020)
  34. Black Water (2018)
  35. Above Us the Waves (1955)
  36. Hell and High Water (1954)
  37. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  38. Hostile Waters (1997)
  39. Operation Disaster (1950)
  40. Lorelei (2005)
  41. Sphere (1998)
  42. Up Periscope (1959)
  43. 72 metra (2004)
  44. Gray Lady Down (1978)
  45. The Last U-Boat (1993)
  46. We Dive at Dawn (1943)
  47. Crash Dive (1943)
  48. U47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958)
  49. Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
  50. Torpedo (2019)

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