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Pre-World War II

• Pimple’s Dream of      Victory 1915 — UK Comedy-Short      silent directed by Fred Evans, Joe Evans      depicting US sailor day-dreaming of submariner adventures
• The Secret of the Submarine 1915 — US Action-Adventure silent serial directed by George L. Sargent      depicting prevention of US submarine from falling into enemy hands
• A Submarine Pirate 1915 —      US Heist-Comedy-Short directed by Charles      Avery & Syd Chaplin depicting waiter attempting to foil      sea-heist of gold-filled cargo vessel by submarine; AKA Submarine      Stor’y, AKA Submarino Pirata
• Civilization 1916 —      US Allegorical-Drama directed by Reginald      Barker, Thomas H. Ince, Raymond      B. West, et al. depicting pacifist German Count’s construction of      submarine with order to sink ocean liner Lusitania      presumably also carrying enemy munitions; AKA La cruz de la humanidad,      AKA Civilização
• A Devil at His Elbow 1916 — US Drama directed by Burton      L. King depicting engineer preparing new submarine for US government      under approaching deadline encounters his worst nightmare
• The Hero of      Submarine D-2 1916 — US Drama directed      by Paul      Scardon depicting Naval Academy official reassigned as submarine      commander discovers Ruanian (fictional for “German”) plot to      destroy US Navy fleet; AKA Colton, U.S.N.
• Might and the Man 1917 — US Drama directed by Edward Dillon depicting
• The Showdown 1917 — US Drama directed by Lynn F. Reynolds depicting wealthy passengers      aboard ocean liner sunk by German U-boat      marooned on deserted isle; AKA Back to the Primitive
• The Slacker’s Heart 1917 — US Drama directed by Frederick J. Ireland      depicting US pacifist supports war effort after submarine carrying his      family is torpedoed by German U-boat
• El milagro del      Tepeyac 1917 — Mexican Drama      directed by Carlos E. González, José Manuel Ramos      & Fernando Sáyago      depicting ship of Mexican diplomat on diplomatic mission to Europe      torpedoed by German U-boat; AKA Tepeyac
• The Little American 1917 — US Action-Drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille & Joseph Levering      depicting ship of young American returning to ancestral French home      torpedoed by German U-boat & witness to German brutality while      imprisoned; AKA A Pequena Americana, AKA La petite américaine
• Hunting the U-Boats 1918 — US Comedy-Short directed by Bud      Fisher [animated film]
• On the Jump 1918 —      US Comedy directed by Raoul Walsh depicting US reporter joins Liberty      Loan campaign before he must rescue girlfriend & stolen secret      fuel formula from German agent rendezveauing with German U-boat
• Over the Top 1918 — US Drama directed by Wilfrid North depicting      German U-boat      commander whose submarine transports kidnapped US woman to his      headquarters in Belgium before her US beau in British service can attempt      behind enemy lines rescue
• Patriotism 1918 — US Mystery-Drama directed by Raymond      B. West depicting search in Scotland for German agent sending vital      information to German U-boat fleet off of Scottish coast
• The Spreading Evil 1918 — US Drama directed by James Keane      depicting ship of German chemist with cure for syphilis on way to New York      torpedoed by US submarine
• Behind the Door 1919 —      US Action-Drama directed by Irvin      Willat depicting German-American naval officer takes revenge against      the German U-boat      commander who brutalized his wife after sinking his ship; AKA Detrás de      la puerta
• Crimson Shoals 1919 — US Drama directed by Francis Ford depicting thief using      submarine to steal coral from island
• The False Faces 1919 —      US Espionage-Drama directed by Irvin      Willat depicting thief who becomes reluctant US agent infiltrates      German U-boat      to deliver vital enemy information; AKA The Lone Wolf
• The Isle of Conquest 1919 — US Adventure-Drama directed by Irvin      Willat based on Arthur Hornblow novel man & woman marooned      on deserted isle after their ship is sunk by German U-boat; AKA By      Right of Conquest, AKA The Broken Barrier, AKA The Call of      Nature
• The Light of Victory 1919 — US Espionage-Drama directed by William Wolbert      depicting young alcoholic US Navy officer court-martialed for losing vital      documents to German spies & exiled to Pacific island before providing      sensitive information to German submarine planning to sink his former ship      USS ”Victory”
• The Littlest Scout 1919 — US Drama directed by Paula      Blackton depicting children kidnapped by German spies rescued by Boy Scouts      and help capture spies & their German U-boat
• Unknown Love 1919 — US Romance-Drama directed by Léonce Perret depicting young woman traveling to      Europe to visit injured US soldier before ship is sunk by German U-boat; AKA Stars      of Glory
• The Woman of Mystery 1920 — US Action-Adventure directed by Grace      Cunard & Francis Ford depicting submarines      & submarine train; edited      with additional footage from 1914 silent film serial Lucille      Love: The Girl of Mystery
• Mare Nostrum 1926 —      directed by Rex Ingram
• Submarine 1928 —      directed by Frank Capra
• Men Without Women 1930 — fictional USS S-13
• Morgenrot 1933
• Hell      Below 1933 — USS AL-14
• Phantom Submarine U67 1939 — US Action-Thriller directed by William      Nigh depicting US Navy captain at odds with German U-boat Captain      & search for sunken treasure
• The Land That Time Forgot 1975 — depicts stranded WWI U-boat crew on uncharted South-Atlantic      sub-continent of “Caprona”
• The      Hunley 1999 — CSS Hunley

World War II

• Three Little Sew and Sews 1939 — US Comedy-Short directed by Del Lord      depicting Three Stooges as sailors working in a ships’      tailor shop tricked into stealing submarine by Nazi spies
• The      Phantom Submarine 1940 — US Action-Mystery      directed by Charles Barton
• U-Boote westwärts (U-Boat,      Course West!) 1941 — German war film promoting Kriegsmarine      & Unterseeboot service
• Alfa Tau! 1942 — history of Italian submarine Enrico Toti
• Crash      Dive 1943 — fictional USS Corsair
• Destination Tokyo 1943 —      fictional USS Copperfin
• The Silver Fleet 1943 —      British Drama directed by Vernon      Sewell & Gordon Wellesley depicting Dutch submarine      builder forced to work for Nazis
• Submarine Alert 1943 —      US Thriller directed by Frank      McDonald depicting former gangster supplying German U-boat commanders      with torpedoes in South America
• Submarine Base 1943 — US Drama directed by Albert H. Kelley      depicting Nazi spies using stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to      broadcast top secret shipping info to offshore Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
• We Dive at Dawn 1943 —      UK Action-Drama directed by Anthony      Asquith depicting fictional submarine HMS ”Sea Tiger” on      mission to sink fictional German battleship Brandenburg
• Mystery Submarine 1950 — directed by Douglas      Sirk depicting mission to destroy U-boat off coast of South America;      AKA Phantom Submarine
• Operation Pacific 1951 —      fictional USS Thunderfish
• Submarine Command 1951 —      US Drama directed by John Farrow depicting US submarine commander      forced to confront consequences of sudden high-sea submersion while crew      remain outside sub; AKA The Submarine Story
• Ubåt 39 (U-Boat 39) 1952      — Swedish Drama directed by Hampe      Faustman depicting crew of U-39
• Torpedo Alley 1953 —      US Drama directed by Lew Landers depicting US Navy pilot rescued at sea      by submarine before applying for submarine duty; AKA Down Periscope
• Above Us the Waves 1955 —      Royal      Navy midget submarines v. Tirpitz
• La grande speranza (Submarine_Attack)      1965 — Italian Action-Romance directed by Duilio      Coletti depicting Italian submarine sinking      Allied shipping during Battle of the Atlantic; AKA Torpedo      Zone
• Hellcats of the Navy 1957 — fictional USS Starfish
• The Enemy Below 1957 —      US Action-Drama directed by Dick      Powell depicting duel between American destroyer escort & German U-boat in      South Atlantic
• Run Silent, Run Deep 1958 — fictional USS Nerka (which loosely shares plot elements      and the villain destroyer captain, Bungo Pete, with Edward L. Beach‘s novel, but not much of      the plot)
• Submarine Seahawk 1958 —      US Action-Drama directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet depicting US      submarine commander with reconnaissance mission to locate fleet of Imperial Japanese Navy fighting ships;      AKA Submarine X-2
• Torpedo Run 1958 —      US Drama directed by Joseph Pevney depicting US submarine commander      confronted with destroying Imperial Japanese Navy ship with Allied      prisoners & civilians
• Battle of the Coral Sea 1959 — USS Dragonfish
• Operation Petticoat 1959 — US Comedy directed by Blake      Edwards depicting fictional USS      Sea Tiger; remade in 1977 TV series Operation Petticoat
• Orzeł (The Eagle) 1959      — Polish Drama directed by Leonard Buczkowski depicting ORP Orzeł & Orzeł incident
• Up Periscope 1959 —      US Drama directed by Gordon Douglas depicting US Navy frogman on      mission aboard submarine to be smuggled into Japanese-held island; AKA Up      Periscope!
• Mystery Submarine 1963 — UK Action-Drama directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards depicting      British captured U-boat used for mission
• Morituri 1965 —      US Drama directed by Bernhard Wicki depicting German blackmailed by      English to impersonate SS      officer aboard ship; AKA Saboteur: Code Name Morituri
• McHale’s Navy (TV      series), 36-24-73 [Season 4, Episode      23] 1966 — US Comedy episode directed by Hollingsworth Morse depicting PT Boat      crew capturing German U-boat
• Submarine X-1 1969 —      X class submarines
• Murphy’s War 1971
• Papanikolis 1971 Greek movie
• Operation Petticoat (TV series) 1977–79 — Comedy directed by Hollingsworth Morse depicting fictional USS      Sea Tiger; spinoff of 1959 film Operation Petticoat producing 32      episodes
• 1941 1979 — US Comedy      directed by Steven Spielberg depicting Imperial Japanese Navy submarine      terrorizing California coast
• Das      Boot 1981 —U-96
• U-571 2000 — fictional U-571
• Below 2002 — fictional USS      Tiger Shark (horror)
• In Enemy Hands 2004 —      fictional USS Swordfish and U-429; AKA U-Boat
• Ghostboat (TV)      2006 — Mystery-Thriller based on George E. Simpson      & Neal R. Burger novel      & directed by Stuart Orme depicting      fictional HMS Scorpion lost during WWII &      resurfacing near end of Cold War
• The Land That Time Forgot 2009 — Action-SciFi directed by C. Thomas Howell depicting stranded WWII      U-boat crew in time void on island inside Bermuda Triangle
• 中文字幕 (Battle under Orion) 2009 — Japanese Action-Drama directed      by Tetsuo Shinohara depicting Imperial Japanese Navy submarine      against US Destroyer near end of war; AKA Manatsu no Orion, Last      Operations Under the Orion
• USS Seaviper 2012 — US submarine must intercept U-Boat out of Kiel carrying      Uranium 235 to a Japanese destroyer near Sumatra. Directed by Ralph A.      Villani.

Cold War

• Morning Departure 1950 —      UK Drama directed by Roy Ward Baker depicting crew of sunken British      submarine trapped on the sea floor; AKA Operation Disaster
• Hell and High Water 1954 — US Action-Adventure directed by Samuel      Fuller depicting WWII surplus Japanese submarine battling Chinese submarine
• On the Beach 1959,      — fictional USS Sawfish
• The Atomic Submarine 1959 — fictional USS      Tiger Shark
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 — Adventure-SciFi directed by Irwin      Allen depicting fictional USOS      Seaview; remade in 1964 TV series Voyage to the Bottom      of the Sea
• Voyage to the Bottom      of the Sea (TV series) 1964 —      Adventure-SciFi directed by Jus      Addiss depicting fictional USOS      Seaview; spinoff of 1961 film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
• Beta Som (Torpedo Bay)      1963 — Italian-French Drama directed by Charles      Frend & Bruno Vailati depicting      British warship & Italian submarine operating in Strait of Gibraltar & meeting in      neutral Rick’s Cafe; AKA Défi à Gibraltar
• The Bedford Incident 1965
• The Russians Are      Coming, the Russians Are Coming 1966 —      US Comedy directed by Norman Jewison depicting fictional Soviet      submarine Спрут; AKA The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are      Coming!
• Ice Station Zebra 1968 — fictional USS      Tigerfish (SSN-509) (In novel: USS Dolphin)
• Mission Impossible (TV      series), Submarine [Season 4,      Episode 7] 1969 — US Action-Adventure episode directed by Paul      Krasny depicting former SS officer with plans to fund Neo-Nazis
• The Boatniks 1970 —      Comedy directed by Norman Tokar depicting a salami in a submarine      torpedo tube
• Assault on the Wayne 1971 — fictional missile submarine USS Wayne (also named in      The Spy Who Loved Me)
• Fer-de-Lance (film) 1974 — fictional submarine USS Fer-de-Lance
• The Spy Who Loved Me — 1977 American, British & Soviet submarines
• Gray Lady Down 1978 —      fictional USS Neptune
• Raise the Titanic 1980 — US Submarine confronts Soviet warship and escorts salvaged      Titanic to port
• Firefox 1982 —      US submarine surfaces in polar ice cap to act as refueling station for      stolen advanced Russian jet fighter “Firefox”
• The Fifth Missile 1986 —      fictional USS Montana
• Russkies 1987, Soviet submarine
• Full Fathom Five 1990 — fictional USS Aspen versus “Alpha Victor Three class      submarine CCCP Kirov“
• The Hunt for Red October 1990 — fictional Red October (Красный      Октябрь), fictional V.K. Konovalov (В. К. Коновалов),      USS Dallas (SSN-700), DSRV-1      Mystic
• Going Under 1990 — US Comedy-Parody directed by Mark W. Travis depicting      fictional submarine USS Standard in race      with Soviets to retrieve nuclear weapon
• Silent Service 1995 —      JMSDF Seabat (Japan’s first nuclear powered submarine) (anime)
• Hostile Waters 1997 —      K-219
• K-19: The Widowmaker 2002 — K-19

Post Cold War

• Crimson Tide 1995 —      USS Alabama
• Down Periscope 1996 —      Comedy directed by David S. Ward depicting fictional USS Stingray      (SS-161)
• Sub Down: Take the      Dive 1997
• Crash Dive 1997
• Crash Dive 2      Counter Measures 1998
• Phantom: The      Submarine (유령) 1999 — South Korean      action-thriller film directed by Byung-chun Min, depicting      South Korea’s fictional first nuclear submarine ROKS Yuryong      (former Russian Sierra-class submarine); AKA Yuryeong
• On the Beach 2000 —      fictional Los Angeles-class submarine,      USS Charleston (SSN-704)
• Danger Beneath the Sea 2001
• Phantom Below 2005
• Depth Charge 2008
• Last Resort 2012 — fictional Ohio-class submarine, USS Colorado      (SSBN-753)

Future or Fantastic Past

• Le voyage à travers l’impossible (An Impossible Voyage) 1904 — French Adventure-Comedy      silent-short directed by Georges Méliès depicting Geographic Society      members on around-the-world journey using various modes of transport      including submarine; AKA The Voyage Across the Impossible, AKA The      Impossible Voyage; predecessor to 1907 silent film 20000 lieues sous les mere
• The Aerial Submarine 1910 — UK Adventure-Fantasy silent-short directed by Walter      R. Booth depicting hybrid submarine used for high-seas heist; AKA Aerial      Submarine: A Startling Forecast – Piracy on Sea and in Air
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1907, 1916, 1954, 1997, Hallmark,      1997,      Village Roadshow — Jules Verne‘s fictional Nautilus (science      fiction/fantasy)
• The Three Stooges in Orbit 1962 — Comedy directed by Edward      Bernds depicting Three Stooges assisting inventor with new      military hybrid (tank, helicopter, submarine) vehicle to aid in defense of      Martian invasion
• Atragon 1963 — fictional Gotengo (science      fiction/fantasy)
• Yellow Submarine 1968 — (psychedelic fantasy)
• Captain Nemo and the      Underwater City 1969 — Jules      Verne‘s fictional Nautilus (science      fiction/fantasy)
• The Neptune Factor 1973 —      undersea rescue (science fiction)
• The Return of Captain Nemo 1978 — Jules Verne‘s fictional Nautilus (science      fiction/fantasy)
• Thundersub 1979 — (anime)
• The      Abyss 1989 — fictional USS Montana      (science fiction/fantasy)
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 1989 — Jules Verne‘s fictional Nautilus (anime)
• seaQuest DSV 1993;      — (science fiction/fantasy)
• Super Atragon 1995; — (anime)
• Blue Submarine No. 6 1998 — (anime)
• The League of      Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003 — Jules      Verne‘s fictional Nautilus (fantasy)
• Submarine 707R 2004 —      (anime)
• The Life Aquatic with Steve      Zissou 2004 — USA      Adventure-Comedy-Drama directed by Wes      Anderson
• Lorelei: The Witch of the      Pacific Ocean 2005 — (World War 2, Science      Fiction)
• Tide-Line Blue 2005 —      (anime)
• Aoki      Hagane no Arpeggio; (manga)