No, Navy SEAL movies are not movies featuring British singer and songwriter Seal. Nor are they about the mammals found in the cold ocean waters and how their whiskers help them hunt. But you probably already assumed so. Americans probably already know that the acronym SEALs derives from the three areas in which the Navy's special operations units are trained: sea, air, and land.
Navy SEALs movies could be easily categorized under the action genre. They feature the United States military and operations based on real-life accounts or, in other cases, are complete works of fiction. Like in war movies and westerns, expect loads of shooting, fleeing, and hard-hitting, fast-paced scenes. And expect to feel drained by the time the closing credits show up.
Following the massive success of some of the best Navy SEAL movies, and arguably some of the best action movies ever made, Lone Survivor (2013), directed by Peter Berg, and American Sniper (2014), directed by the genius of westerns, Clint Eastwood, the demand for action movies featuring Navy SEALs grew tremendously. However, despite a growing market and an established audience, very few Navy SEALs movies have been released since then.
The reason is that the abundance of books and navy movies published and produced about the SEALs' operations is still met with much resistance within the SEAL community. After all, one doesn't pursue this line of work to become famous or wealthy. So whether more Navy SEAL films will hit our screens in the future is much under question.
However, despite a rather tight selection, below, we have gathered some of the best war movies and action thrillers featuring Navy SEALs. Is there a particular Navy SEAL movie you enjoyed? Let us know!
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