The Hunt for Red October

1990 • 135 minutes
4.5
77 reviews
88%
Tomatometer
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About this movie

Based on Tom Clancy's bestseller, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, The Hunt For Red October seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their hands. A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) 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 Russion naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

Ratings and reviews

4.5
77 reviews
A Google user
December 19, 2016
A gripping movie that keeps you intrigued with many plot points and a star cast. Well worth watching
LORRAINE DENISE THOMPSON
July 31, 2018
Great film and I have watched it over and over now ten times.
Al Gibbs
October 19, 2013
A classic, a definite must watch for any movie goers