20 movies like Run Silent, Run Deep, ordered by similarity : We Dive at Dawn(1943), Crash Dive(1943), The Fighting Seabees(1944), The Boat(1981), Whisky Galore!(1949), The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957), Wunderland(2018), Attack!(1956), Sands of Iwo Jima(1949), The Dam Busters(1955), Wake Island(1942), Submarine Seahawk(1958) ...
War
USA
1958
93 Minutes
Clark Gable Burt Lancaster Jack Warden Brad Dexter Nick Cravat Mary LaRoche Don Rickles Eddie Foy III
commander military officer sailor enemy thrilling patriotic submarine military base pacific ocean world war ii vengeance rebellion naval warfare obsession pursuit revenge rivalry 1940s
A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
War
UK
1943
98 Minutes
Eric Portman John Mills Leslie Weston Reginald Purdell Niall MacGinnis Joan Hopkins Josephine Wilson Louis Bradfield Ronald Millar Jack Watling Caven Watson
commanding officer sailor military officer enemy resistance fighter patriotic underwater military base england denmark world war ii submarine military engagement chase pursuit escape 1940s
All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.
War
USA
1943
105 Minutes
Tyrone Power Anne Baxter Dana Andrews James Gleason Dame May Whitty Harry Morgan
sailor teacher military officer emotional thrilling tense tender atlantic ocean connecticut military base naval base love triangle world war ii duty military adventure love sacrifice rivalry 1940s
A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.
War
USA
1944
100 Minutes
John Wayne Susan Hayward Dennis O'Keefe William Frawley Leonid Kinskey J.M. Kerrigan Grant Withers Paul Fix Ben Welden William Forrest Addison Richards
construction worker soldier coworker marine enemy doctor heartwarming patriotic japan military base island construction war jealousy instincts invasion love triangle quest rescue rivalry
During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
War, Drama
West Germany
1981
150 Minutes
Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann Hubertus Bengsch Martin Semmelrogge Bernd Tauber Erwin Leder Martin May Heinz Hoenig Uwe Ochsenknecht
captain reporter sailor soldier tense somber thrilling submarine underwater germany battle fatigue world war ii disillusionment military quest pursuit 1940s
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.
Comedy, War
UK
1949
82 Minutes
Basil Radford Joan Greenwood Gordon Jackson Catherine Lacey Bruce Seton Wylie Watson Gabrielle Blunt Jean Cadell Morland Graham John Gregson James Woodburn
shopkeeper daughter sailor military officer villager captain airy amusing cheeky scotland island ship small town countryside world war ii military rebellion liquor pursuit discovery
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
William Holden Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa Jack Hawkins James Donald Geoffrey Horne Andre Morrell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin
soldier captain rival prisoner of war captor gritty military base bridge burma world war ii munitions construction military battle bombing rivalry quest revenge 1940s
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
War, Drama
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Tom Berenger Steven Luke Wade Dienert Andrew Stecker Cody Fleury Aaron Courteau Casey Sill Jeremy Michael Pereira Zach Hardin Billy Zane Luke Steinborn
soldier enemy medic lieutenant commander civilian bleak brutal intense gritty gripping patriotic battlefield woods road belgium france luxembourg battle of the bulge war
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been ordered to hold... See full summary »
Drama, War
USA
1956
107 Minutes
Jack Palance Eddie Albert Lee Marvin Robert Strauss Richard Jaeckel Buddy Ebsen Jon Shepodd Peter Van Eyck Jimmy Goodwin Steven Geray Jud Taylor
soldier lieutenant german troops coward captain suspenseful gripping patriotic belgium battlefield war world war ii arrogance battle of the bulge revenge escape rivalry 1940s
In 1945, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.
War
USA
1949
110 Minutes
John Wayne John Agar Forrest Tucker Adele Mara Wally Cassell James Brown Richard Webb Arthur Franz Jacqueline Wells James Holden Peter Coe
sergeant marine private corporal woman patriotic gritty intense hawaii pacific ocean iwo jima, japan battlefield apartment world war ii military life war training respect survival sacrifice
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
War
UK
1955
119 Minutes
Richard Todd Michael Redgrave Ursula Jeans Stanley Van Beers Raymond Huntley Hugh Manning Patrick Barr Basil Sydney Ernest Clark Derek Farr Laurence Naismith
pilot military officer government official engineer bomber confident gripping patriotic powerful airplane workplace bar united kingdom world war ii war fighting bombing adventure pursuit quest
The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
War
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Robert Preston Macdonald Carey William Bendix Albert Van Dekker Walter Abel Mikhail Rasumny Rod Cameron Bill Goodwin Damian O'Flynn Frank Albertson
marine major lieutenant captain private enemy intense gritty patriotic wake island military base world war ii showdown survival bravery invasion outnumbered quest underdog rivalry
December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
War
USA
1958
83 Minutes
John Bentley Brett Halsey Wayne Heffley Steve Mitchell Henry McCann Paul Maxwell
lieutenant commander crew member radio operator captain seaman spirited suspenseful patriotic submarine pacific ocean world war ii secret mission naval warfare following orders honor pursuit discovery 1940s
For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost... See full summary »
War
USA
1943
127 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Raymond Massey Alan Hale Jacqueline Wells Ruth Gordon Sam Levene Dane Clark Peter Whitney
sailor nazi friend patriotic engaging spirited ship atlantic ocean showdown military dangerous assignment seafaring revenge quest pursuit 1940s
An American tanker's sunk by a German U-boat and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment; bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
War
USA
1951
111 Minutes
John Wayne Patricia Neal Ward Bond Scott Forbes Philip Carey Paul Picerni William Campbell Kathryn Givney Vincent Fotre Martin Milner Cliff Clark
submarine officer captain ex-wife pilot commander enemy gripping tense emotional submarine sea pearl harbor hospital naval base world war ii navy brother relationship divorce duty sea rescue
During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.
War
USA
1951
96 Minutes
Richard Widmark Dana Andrews Gary Merrill Jeffrey Hunter Warren Stevens Robert Wagner
naval officer diver sailor confident gripping patriotic inspiring spirited submarine pacific ocean under the sea island world war ii naval warfare authority respect brotherhood adventure quest 1940s
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
War
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Franchot Tone Anne Baxter Erich von Stroheim Akim Tamiroff Peter Van Eyck Fortunio Bonanova Konstantin Shayne Fred Nurney Miles Mander Leslie Denison Ian Keith
soldier innkeeper clerk field marshal erwin rommel tense thrilling engaging hotel desert cairo war espionage dangerous assignment world war ii adventure sacrifice pursuit 1940s
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
War, Drama
USA
1949
132 Minutes
Gregory Peck Dean Jagger Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Millard Mitchell Bob Arthur Paul Stewart John Kellogg Robert Patten Lee MacGregor
pilot military officer soldier patriotic thrilling emotional england military base airplane horrors of war world war ii air raids aviation quest sacrifice 1940s
A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
War, Fantasy, Drama
Mexico|Spain
2006
120 Minutes
Sergi López Maribel Verdú Ivana Baquero Álex Angulo Doug Jones Ariadna Gil Federico Luppi Roger Casamajor Manolo Solo
young girl mother military officer stepfather servant monster dark creative touching forest household spain war fascism rebellion fable death magic discovery escape
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
War
USA
1957
98 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Curt Jurgens Theodore Bikel Al Hedison Russell Collins Kurt Kreuger Frank Albertson Biff Elliot Alan Dexter Doug McClure Joe Di Reda
captain sailor soldier enemy friend doctor gritty tense gripping ocean ship world war ii battle showdown survival respect quest rivalry 1940s
During World War II, an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, thus ensuing in a deadly duel between the two ships. The American Captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
War, Drama, History
USA|Canada
2019
138 Minutes
Ed Skrein Patrick Wilson Luke Evans Woody Harrelson Dennis Quaid Mandy Moore Aaron Eckhart Nick Jonas Darren Criss Tadanobu Asano Geoffrey Blake
navy pilot fighter pilot japanese soldier american soldier wife naval officer brooding gripping emotional passionate patriotic spectacular naval base pacific ocean transport ship military base war zone ship world war ii battle of midway
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.