The Final Countdown (1980)

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Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

• Released: 1980-01-31
• Genres: War, Action, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 43m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 700 votes

Directed by Don Taylor.

Top cast

• Kirk Douglas as Capt. Matthew Yelland
• Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky
• Katharine Ross as Laurel Scott
• James Farentino as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
• Ron O'Neal as Commander Dan Thurman
• Charles Durning as Senator Samuel Chapman
• Victor Mohica as Black Cloud
• James Coleman as Lt. Perry
• Soon-Tek Oh as Simura
• Alvin Ing as Lt. Kajima

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Final Countdown

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Darkroom, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Xumo Play, Mometu, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, MovieMe; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• United Kingdom: watch free on Pluto TV; rent on MovieMe
• India: rent on MovieMe
• Canada: watch free on Tubi TV, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, MovieMe; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Australia: watch free on SBS On Demand; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, MovieMe; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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