Nautilus is the first movie in the Nautilus trilogy by Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. It is based on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a novel by Jules Verne, and follows Pierre Arronnax, Max Arronnax, Ned Lance, Princess Mara and Captain Nemo in a series of adventures in the giant submarine Nautilus as they try to escape the merciless Admiral Hermes Tennyson and his henchman, Officer Swift. The movie was nominated for six Oscars and won all of them and is acclaimed as one of the 10 best movies of all time.