20 movies like Gray Lady Down, ordered by similarity : Adrift(2018), The Odyssey(2016), The 33(2015), Captain Phillips(2013), Operation Pacific(1951), USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage(2016), Dunkirk(2017), The Challenger Disaster(2013), Hunter Killer(2018), Unstoppable(2010), Lone Survivor(2013), The Poseidon Adventure(2005) ...
Drama
1978
111 Minutes
Charlton Heston David Carradine Stacy Keach Ned Beatty Ronny Cox Rosemary Forsyth Dorian Harewood Hilly Hicks Michael O'Keefe Christopher Reeve
navy seal naval officer navy brat tense suspenseful thrilling submarine ocean disaster navy sea rescue rescue escape 1970s
A Navy captain (David Carradine) uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
Hong Kong|Iceland|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Sam Claflin Jeffrey Thomas Elizabeth Hawthorne Grace Palmer Marisiale Tunoka Kael Damlamian Neil Andrea Apakuki Nalawa Tim Solomon
sailor husband wife shipwreck survivor shipmate couple thrilling gripping frightening emotional incredible suspenseful boat ocean sea shipwreck ship pacific ocean shipwreck survival
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Adventure, Drama
2016
123 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Pierre Niney Audrey Tautou Laurent Lucas Benjamin Lavernhe Vincent Heneine Thibault de Montalembert Roger Van Hool
pioneer innovator filmmaker researcher conservationist inspiring engaging sea research station pioneering innovation filmmaking research sea sea creatures sea rescue discovery rescue 1970s
Thirty years in the life of Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the researcher, scientist, inventor, and filmmaker whose contributions made the general public more curious about the sea.
Drama
Chile|Colombia|Spain|USA
2015
125 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Rodrigo Santoro Juliette Binoche Gabriel Byrne Lou Diamond Phillips Mario Casas Juan Pablo Raba Tenoch Huerta Adriana Barraza Kate del Castillo Cote de Pablo
miner mine owner rescue worker family member friend reporter bleak brooding intense chile mine office hospital house car mining disaster rescue survival stress
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2013
133 Minutes
Tom Hanks Catherine Keener Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdirahman Faysal Ahmed Mahat M. Ali Michael Chernus Corey Johnson Max Martini Chris Mulkey Yul Vazquez
navy seal captain wife seaman hostage gunman dark emotional tense intense somalia coast cargo ship boat airport lifeboat hijacking kidnapping rescue terrorism
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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.
Drama, Action, History, War
USA
2016
135 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Tom Sizemore Thomas Jane Matt Lanter Weronika Rosati Cody Walker Brian Presley Emily Tennant Callard Harris Emily Marie Palmer
captain lieutenant admiral childhood friend chief petty officer love interest thrilling tense intense suspenseful brash gripping philippines sea disaster world war ii uss indianapolis military seafaring courage
During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Drama
USA
2013
90 Minutes
William Hurt Bruce Greenwood Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Brian Dennehy Kevin R. McNally Eve Best Langley Kirkwood Robert Hobbs
physicist nobel laureate astronaut scientist criminal intense patriotic suspenseful brooding profound office laboratory space center space station challenger disaster investigation conspiracy danger nasa pursuit
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|France|USA
2018
121 Minutes
Gerard Butler Gary Oldman Common Michael Nyqvist Linda Cardellini Zane Holtz Caroline Goodall Alexander Diachenko Michael Gor Yuri Kolokolnikov Toby Stephens
submarine officer soldier navy seal russian minister tense suspenseful thrilling submarine pentagon white house office base camp ship political coup submarine navy mission war quest
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
War, Drama
USA|UK
2013
121 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Taylor Kitsch Eric Bana Emile Hirsch Ben Foster Sammy Sheik Yousuf Azami Ali Suliman
navy seal soldier afghan terrorist warlord survivor bleak frenetic dark intense suspenseful afghanistan field desert battlefield betrayal determination surveillance shoot-out war
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
Adventure, Drama, Action
Australia|UK
2005
120 Minutes
Adam Baldwin Rutger Hauer Steve Guttenberg Bryan Brown C. Thomas Howell Peter Weller Alex Kingston
tourist terrorist captain bishop survivor suspenseful thrilling patriotic powerful brutal cruise ship sea cruise terrorism bomb explosion death adventure rescue revenge
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Iceland
2015
121 Minutes
Jason Clarke Josh Brolin John Hawkes Robin Wright Emily Watson Michael Kelly Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Martin Henderson Elizabeth Debicki Ingvar Sigurdsson
mountain climber sherpa team leader survivor friend family member bleak emotional gripping tense intense mount everest base camp house trail helicopter hospital mountain climbing storm danger
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Drama
UK
1949
88 Minutes
pilot commandant submarine officer girlfriend barmaid gory sultry thrilling disturbing intense submarine bar world war ii submarine bomb revenge quest pursuit adventure discovery
Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. He sinks what he believes is a German submarine, but which later proves to be British. He is ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
racketeer government agent accountant reporter district attorney love interest thrilling suspenseful tense washington, d.c. treasury department office tax evasion crime love undercover operations investigation kidnapping escape underdog
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters ... See full summary »
Drama, War
USA
2004
94 Minutes
William H. Macy Til Schweiger Scott Caan Thomas Kretschmann Lauren Holly Rene Heger Matt Lindquist Jeremy Sisto Ian Somerhalder A.J. Buckley Clark Gregg
german soldier husband captor survivor american soldier wife thrilling gripping intense family home atlantic ocean submarine military life naval warfare perseverance life at sea life during wartime survival escape rescue
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
Drama
2004
96 Minutes
Hayden Panettiere Bill Pullman Bianca Collins Nathaniel Lee Jr. Mercedes Colon Mehcad Brooks Jansen Panettiere Lisa Dean Ryan Ty O'Neal Troy Evans Gary Weeks
naval officer navy brat father mother emotional spirited aircraft carrier pacific ocean navy sept. 11th father/daughter relationship seafaring war growing up 2000s
Terrorists strike on Sept. 11, 2001, while a teenager (Hayden Panettiere) is visiting her father (Bill Pullman) aboard the USS Constellation.
Drama, History, War
USA
2004
87 Minutes
Ossie Davis Albert Jones Jeffrey Nash Darnell Williams Michael Scott Kidada Jones Reggie Austin Vernel Bagneris Marcus Chait Erik LaRay Harvey Rashad Haughton
sailor naval officer grandfather crew member grandson inspiring powerful thrilling battleship sea navy overcoming the odds segregation racism world war ii underdog adventure 1990s
The true story of one of only two U.S. Navy ships that saw combat in World War II with African-American crews.
Drama
South Korea
2018
141 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang Sung-min Lee Cho Jin-Woong Ju Ji-hoon
spy broker government official wife businessman kim jong-il thrilling gripping intense suspenseful tense engaging north korea south korea espionage government secrets intelligence nuclear weapons korean relations mission
In the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
Drama, History
UK
1958
123 Minutes
Kenneth More David McCallum Honor Blackman Jill Dixon Laurence Naismith Frank Lawton Alec McCowen George Rose Ronald Allen Robert Ayres
captain sailor passenger tense gripping ocean liner atlantic ocean survival sinking ship disaster historical events class distinctions fall rescue sacrifice 1910s
On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.