Movies like The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October (1990) is a action movie directed by John McTiernan. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Sum of All Fears (2002)
★ 6.4 · 2,067 votes · Thriller, Action, Drama
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
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2. Crimson Tide (1995)
★ 7.2 · 2,089 votes · Thriller, Action, Drama
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
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3. Hunter Killer (2018)
★ 6.9 · 2,502 votes · Action, Thriller
Untested American submarine commander, Capt. Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must coordinate with an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president, and hopefully prevent World War III.
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4. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
★ 6.6 · 1,248 votes · History, Thriller, War
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
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5. The Abyss (1989)
★ 7.4 · 3,631 votes · Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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6. Shutter Island (2010)
★ 8.2 · 26,598 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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7. The Lives of Others (2006)
★ 8.0 · 4,313 votes · Drama, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
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8. WarGames (1983)
★ 7.1 · 2,279 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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9. The Jackal (1997)
★ 6.4 · 2,235 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
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10. Argo (2012)
★ 7.3 · 9,253 votes · Drama, Thriller
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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11. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
★ 6.8 · 2,338 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
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12. Greyhound (2020)
★ 7.4 · 3,501 votes · War, Action, Drama
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.
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13. U-571 (2000)
★ 6.6 · 1,425 votes · War, Action, Adventure
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'.
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14. It (2017)
★ 7.2 · 20,770 votes · Horror, Thriller, Drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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15. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
★ 7.1 · 7,103 votes · Comedy, Action, Adventure
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.
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16. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
★ 7.2 · 3,240 votes · Action, Thriller, Adventure
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.
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17. Kursk (2018)
★ 6.6 · 735 votes · Drama, History, Thriller
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
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18. The Courier (2020)
★ 7.0 · 1,433 votes · Thriller, History, Drama
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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