Movies about admirals

Movies about admirals
List of the best films about admirals according to the audience: Task Force, That Hamilton Woman, In Harm's Way, You're in the Navy Now, Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World, Admiral, Admiral, Battleship, Ferry Number Seven.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:45

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryJapan
Duration02:20

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US history it wouldn’t have happened if the Japanese government had listened to Yamamoto in 1939 and searched for a more peaceful way to end their war campaign, proving his many ominous presages of the outcomes of the attack to come true.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genremelodrama, adventure, cartoon
CountrySpain

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 incredible adventure around the planet whose roundness was finally proven.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, history
CountryRussia
Duration02:04

This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his heart faces the revolution in his own country His destiny is to become the Supreme Rules of Russia.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
CountryNetherlands
Duration02:25

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Japan, Hong Kong
Duration02:05

    When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential his brother, and his fiancée's father, Admiral Shane, expect of him.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, military
    CountryRussia

    Very little time has passed since the beginning of World War II. The young captain of the ship receives a crucial task - to deliver a secret cargo. But besides this, prisoners are brought on board. During swimming, convicts riot. At the same time, an enemy aircraft is circling the ship. In this difficult moment, the crew of the ship have to join forces with the prisoners, because this is the only way to resist death...

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:44

    The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:04

    In this true story from 2002, South Korean patrol boats engaged in a deadly battle with North Korean patrol boats who crossed the maritime border known the Northern Limit Line and attacked.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, military, biography, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:06

    The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-1598), where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, military
    CountrySoviet Union
    Duration01:33

    An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryItaly, France, West Germany

    Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryJapan, USA
    Duration02:24

    In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:14

      The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryJapan

      Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
      Duration02:58

      The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, biography, history
      CountryGermany

      The era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship appears on the horizon. However, Störtebeker is badly wounded in the attempted capture and the pirates suffer ignominious defeat. Not only their ship is down the drain - Störtebeker himself is suddenly plagued by anxiety and doubt about his very existence as a pirate. He is drawn to the beautiful country girl Bille, while Michels gets rebuffed by the friesian princess Okka. In the very moment that the crew have mutinied and co-captain Michels is literally at the end of his tether, they discover on board their ramshackle old tub a most unique wonder weapon. Glory days are quickly revived - until the mighty Hanse consolidate their power and weaponry and go to war against the pirates. Störtebeker and Michels are forced to decide: To live as a farmer or to die as a pirate.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:46

      When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:14

      At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, military
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:56

      In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Japan
      Duration02:15

        New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, France, Italy, Germany
        Duration02:04

        Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, China, Japan
        Duration02:03

        Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration02:21

          The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:23

          Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, New Zealand
          Duration02:12

          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 his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:28

          Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genreaction, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:54

          Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genreaction, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
          Duration01:46

          As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genredrama, history, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:20

          True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, military, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the trouble really starts when Joe realizes he's falling for his buddy's girl.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama, military, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Netherlands, France, USA
          Duration02:27

          The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genreaction, thriller
          CountryUSA, France
          Duration01:43

          This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback -- an error that could be fatal.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Germany, USA, France
          Duration02:04

          Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:19

          A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

          A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
          CountryUSA, Luxembourg
          Duration02:00

          A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genreaction, comedy, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

          In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genreaction, drama, military, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:12

          This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.




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