The film was nominated for three Oscars, including Best Director and Best Writing, Original Story.
“Lifeboat” is a tense thriller that follows American and British civilians and a German soldier on a lifeboat after their ship is sunk by a German submarine. The film was nominated for three Oscars, including Best Director and Best Writing, Original Story. “The characters are reasonably free of cliched personalities, so what happens between them is rarely predictable,” according to Douglas Pratt from Hollywood Reporter.