Movies like Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide (1995) is a thriller movie directed by Tony Scott. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. The Wolf's Call (2019)
★ 7.5 · 2,208 votes · Thriller, Action, Adventure
Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability, and one time, whilst highly stressed, he makes a incorrect call which put his entire crew in mortal danger. Trying to regain the confidence of his comrades, he conducts an unauthorised investigation of an apparent plot which, it turns out, risks escalating into a nuclear apocalypse. Suddenly working under pressure with the fleet admiral, they must do whatever is necessary, even the unthinkable, to prevent a nuclear war, since a confirmed nuclear strike order cannot be countermanded.
Movies like The Wolf's Call →
2. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
★ 8.2 · 11,715 votes · Action, Drama
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Movies like Top Gun: Maverick →
3. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
★ 7.4 · 3,796 votes · Action, Thriller
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Movies like The Hunt for Red October →
4. 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.
Movies like The Abyss →
5. 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.
Movies like K-19: The Widowmaker →
6. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
★ 7.1 · 11,080 votes · Action, Thriller, Adventure
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
Movies like Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol →
7. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
★ 6.5 · 1,736 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Movies like Behind Enemy Lines →
8. 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.
Movies like The Spy Who Loved Me →
9. Under Siege (1992)
★ 6.3 · 1,815 votes · Action, Thriller
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a 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.
Movies like Under Siege →
10. Sicario (2015)
★ 7.4 · 9,970 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Movies like Sicario →
11. 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.
Movies like Greyhound →
12. The Rock (1996)
★ 7.2 · 5,425 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Movies like The Rock →
13. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
★ 7.0 · 5,068 votes · Thriller, Drama
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Movies like Zero Dark Thirty →
14. 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'.
Movies like U-571 →
15. 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.
Movies like Kursk →
16. Last Breath (2025)
★ 6.9 · 715 votes · Thriller, Drama
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Movies like Last Breath →

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Movies like Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide (1995) is a thriller movie directed by Tony Scott. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. The Wolf's Call (2019)
★ 7.5 · 2,208 votes · Thriller, Action, Adventure
Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability, and one time, whilst highly stressed, he makes a incorrect call which put his entire crew in mortal danger. Trying to regain the confidence of his comrades, he conducts an unauthorised investigation of an apparent plot which, it turns out, risks escalating into a nuclear apocalypse. Suddenly working under pressure with the fleet admiral, they must do whatever is necessary, even the unthinkable, to prevent a nuclear war, since a confirmed nuclear strike order cannot be countermanded.
Movies like The Wolf's Call →
2. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
★ 8.2 · 11,715 votes · Action, Drama
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Movies like Top Gun: Maverick →
3. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
★ 7.4 · 3,796 votes · Action, Thriller
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Movies like The Hunt for Red October →
4. 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.
Movies like The Abyss →
5. 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.
Movies like K-19: The Widowmaker →
6. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
★ 7.1 · 11,080 votes · Action, Thriller, Adventure
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
Movies like Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol →
7. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
★ 6.5 · 1,736 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Movies like Behind Enemy Lines →
8. 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.
Movies like The Spy Who Loved Me →
9. Under Siege (1992)
★ 6.3 · 1,815 votes · Action, Thriller
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a 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.
Movies like Under Siege →
10. Sicario (2015)
★ 7.4 · 9,970 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Movies like Sicario →
11. 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.
Movies like Greyhound →
12. The Rock (1996)
★ 7.2 · 5,425 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Movies like The Rock →
13. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
★ 7.0 · 5,068 votes · Thriller, Drama
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Movies like Zero Dark Thirty →
14. 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'.
Movies like U-571 →
15. 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.
Movies like Kursk →
16. Last Breath (2025)
★ 6.9 · 715 votes · Thriller, Drama
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Movies like Last Breath →

1. The Wolf's Call (2019)

2. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

3. The Hunt for Red October (1990)

4. The Abyss (1989)

5. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

6. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

7. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

8. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

9. Under Siege (1992)

10. Sicario (2015)

11. Greyhound (2020)

12. The Rock (1996)

13. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

14. U-571 (2000)

15. Kursk (2018)

16. Last Breath (2025)

Related lists

1. The Wolf's Call (2019)

2. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

3. The Hunt for Red October (1990)

4. The Abyss (1989)

5. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

6. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

7. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

8. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

9. Under Siege (1992)

10. Sicario (2015)

11. Greyhound (2020)

12. The Rock (1996)

13. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

14. U-571 (2000)

15. Kursk (2018)

16. Last Breath (2025)

Related lists