Three favorite seafaring movies

[Na Daeyong's Apprentice]

Top 3, huh? Could be tough to narrow down.

1. Top spot goes to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Peter Weir is an absolute master of his craft, and it's hard to find a better period naval piece that's as entertaining as this film.

2. Perhaps not a popular pick, but I'm partial to White Squall. It was Ridley Scott a decade before he started to suck and an interesting "based on a true story" kind of tale about building comaraderie out at sea.

3. This is a tough one. Could be Das Boot, All is Lost, even Down Periscope (a much underappreciated comedy), but the one I keep going back to most often these days Noryang: Deadly Sea. It's the third film of an anthology about Admrial Yi Sunsin of Korea. The battle is epic, the history is more on point than its other predecessors, and its a good story about the fragility of wartime collaboration.

Dishonorable Mention/Guilty Pleasure: Battleship. They might as well have called it USS Iowa vs. s. Dumber than a Michael Bay film, but just try to tell me it doesn't sound like fun.

 

[AllanKP69]

Great picks. Had to look up your avatar name and found it interesting, going back nearly 500 years.
Allan

 

[Spars]

Top 3, huh? Could be tough to narrow down.

1. Top spot goes to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Peter Weir is an absolute master of his craft, and it's hard to find a better period naval piece that's as entertaining as this film.

2. Perhaps not a popular pick, but I'm partial to White Squall. It was Ridley Scott a decade before he started to suck and an interesting "based on a true story" kind of tale about building comaraderie out at sea.

3. This is a tough one. Could be Das Boot, All is Lost, even Down Periscope (a much underappreciated comedy), but the one I keep going back to most often these days Noryang: Deadly Sea. It's the third film of an anthology about Admrial Yi Sunsin of Korea. The battle is epic, the history is more on point than its other predecessors, and its a good story about the fragility of wartime collaboration.

Dishonorable Mention/Guilty Pleasure: Battleship. They might as well have called it USS Iowa vs. s. Dumber than a Michael Bay film, but just try to tell me it doesn't sound like fun.

Some more movies to dd to my watch list.

 

[Bobby K.]

Master and Comander
Black Sail
Paddle to the Sea

 

[maltbyguy]

I have just started The Onedin line.. not a film but a 70s series here in the UK

 

[Na Daeyong's Apprentice]

An odd one is "Riddle of the Sands". Early 20th century sailing and espionage story set along the German Coast

I gave this one a shot last night. While I don't think I would put it in my top five, it was an entertaining spy film.

 

[wmgrimball]

Master and Commander is a classic example of cherry picking. The series of 21 books is well worth reading. If one takes the time and trouble, it is, in my opinion, better than the Hornblower series,which is simply terrific. The author of the books takes his time and gets it right. There are other characters including highly interesting females that make it excellent and much more interesting than what is presented in the film. The books ought to be presented in a TV series. NETFLIX could get it right.