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1. Raise the Titanic (1980)
PG | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Once they said God himself couldn't sink her. Then they said no man on Earth could reach her. But an underwater research agency, headed by Admiral James Sandecker, is assigned the job of finding the doomed ship in her North Atlantic grave.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer
Votes: 5,476 | Gross: $14.82M
2. Into the Deep (2020)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
When journalist Kim Wall disappears after boarding inventor Peter Madsen's submarine, his changing story about her fate masks a terrifying truth.
Director: Emma Sullivan | Star: Peter Madsen
Votes: 4,171
3. Salvage 1 (1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Harry runs a salvage operation, in which he and his partners reclaim trash and junk and sell it as scrap (or as other things). Harry also has a home-made spaceship which he sometimes uses to reclaim junk satellites.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, Trish Stewart, J. Jay Saunders
Votes: 449
4. Fear Is the Key (1972)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet
Votes: 2,282
5. Azorian: The Raising of the K-129 (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 105 min | Documentary
In 1968 the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 sank in the Central North Pacific. American intelligence located it within weeks of its demise. The CIA crafted a secret program to raise the submarine in 1974.
Director: Michael White | Stars: Nick Jackson, Peter Beil, Vance Bolding, William Colby
Votes: 321
6. Operation Disaster (1950)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, History, War
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Peter Hammond, Andrew Crawford
Votes: 850
7. Frost Giant (2010 TV Movie)
88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A dedicated explorer and his team search for a 19th century shipwreck off an island in the Arctic ocean. After the team digs up an alien ice creature that has been buried in the ice for ... See full summary »
Director: Víctor Garcia | Stars: Dean Cain, Steven Waddington, Lucy Brown, Louisa Clein
Votes: 958
8. December 7th (1943)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Directors: John Ford, Gregg Toland | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
Votes: 1,011
9. The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Drama
A disgraced sea captain goes into the ship-salvage business but he suspects that his partner uses misplaced lanterns to intentionally wreck ships during stormy nights.
Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 73
11.
The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
Episode:
The Secret of Fu Manchu
(1956)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Glen Gordon, Lester Matthews, Clark Howat, Carla Balenda
12.
Barbary Coast (1975–1976)
Episode:
Guns for a Queen
(1975)
60 min | Western
When a load of rifles is hijacked, Cable has Cash put out the word that he know an interested buyer: Jeff in disguise. The plan is complicated by the arrival of a girl from both their pasts... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: William Shatner, Doug McClure, John Ericson, Fred Beir
Votes: 27
13.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Empok Nor
(1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,041
14.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Pegasus
(1994)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Riker finds out his former commander from the starship Pegasus has orders that entail more than what is revealed to Picard, who thinks the Enterprise is en route to recover the lost ship. And Riker is ordered to secrecy.
Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,442
15.
Tales of the South Seas (1998–2000)
Episode:
The Devil's Pearl
(2000)
Adventure
An exotic black pearl suspected of having supernatural powers finds its way into Matavai and into Grief's possession. A mysterious foreigner arrives to claim it.
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: William Snow, Rene Naufahu, Rachel Blakely, Rowena King
Votes: 7
16.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Piper Maru
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The agents investigate the mystery surrounding a sunken World War II aircraft.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Clothier
Votes: 4,404
17.
Robotech (1985)
Episode:
Enter Marlene
(1985)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Invid send a "simul-agent" into the midst of Scott Bernard and friends in order to find out how much this band of freedom fighters knows about them and their plans. The Invid plan backfires when Rand discovers the Simul-agent.
Stars: Robert Axelrod, Emilie de Azevedo Brown, Bill Capizzi, Frank Catalano
Votes: 96
18.
Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #3.17
(2020)
95 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Jeremy asks - Are the wealthy celebrities saying the rich should pay more tax hypocrites? Should primary school teachers wear body cameras? Should the Titanic be left in peace?
Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Alex Polizzi, Stephanie Hirst
19.
The Investigation (2020)
Episode:
Dag 1
(2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Head of Homicide for Copenhagen Police Jens Møller comes in for the morning briefing, an investigator reports on a strange case. A homemade submarine carrying a female Swedish journalist and the submarine's inventor has gone missing.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård
Votes: 371
20.
Internet Historian (2017– )
Episode:
The Cost of Concordia
(2021)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
The story of the wreck of the passenger liner, Costa Concordia, and the cowardice and incompetence involved.
Director: Internet Historian | Star: Internet Historian
Votes: 59
21.
Captain Fathom (1965– )
Episode:
Ghost Ship
(1965)
Animation, Adventure, Family
When the captain of several freighters who have wrecked on a treacherous reef report they swerved to avoid being rammed by a ghost ship, Captain Fathom and his crew are asked to investigate... See full summary »
Director: David Detiege | Star: Warren Tufts
Votes: 12
22.
Florida Man (2023)
Episode:
The Chain
(2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mike's plans to retrieve the truck hit a snag when Sonny gets involved. In Philly, Iris attends a memorial service and gets intel on Mike's whereabouts.
Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis
Votes: 302
23.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
The Wynkahthu Job
(2016)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The rebels join forces with ruthless pirates to salvage a freighter full of weapons the rebellion needs. However, the mission turns out to be way more dangerous than they expected.
Directors: Melchior Zwyer, Justin Ridge | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,240
24.
Ransom (2017–2019)
Episode:
Promised Land
(2018)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As Eric negotiates for the release of a couple being held hostage by illegal immigrants in rural Canada, the situation turns dire when the coyotes the immigrants escaped from take the whole group hostage.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Luke Roberts, Brandon Jay McLaren, Nazneen Contractor, Karen LeBlanc
Votes: 78