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Movies with a Submarine
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The Enemy BelowThe Enemy Below
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Interesting WWII Sub hunt picture. Look for all the recognizable bit players. Good depiction of both Destroyer tactics and Submarine tactics and how they interplay in a duel to the death.
Lifeboat (Special Edition)Lifeboat (Special Edition)
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You never see the submarine in this Alfred Hitchcock war movie. You just see a lifeboat of a passenger ship sunk by a sub, and you never leave the lifeboat! Surprisingly entertaining thriller, and WW2 jingoistic movie rolled into one.
Run Silent, Run DeepRun Silent, Run Deep
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Great interplay between Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster as the Capitan and the Exec (who should have been Capitan). Story about US Submarine operating in the Pacific. Not great on tactics or strategy, but a watchable movie.
Down PeriscopeDown Periscope
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Ridiculous farce based on an implausible premise. But I will admit to laughing at a few of the gags.
Operation PetticoatOperation Petticoat
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Fabulously funny movie. Great interplay between Cary Grant as the steady Capitan, and Tony Curtis as his con-man/schmoozing Exec. Based on a true story?
The Hunt for Red October (Special Collector's Edition)The Hunt for Red October (Special Collector's Edition)
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Excellent modern submarine movie from the Tom Clancy - Jack Ryan novel. Great action, fascinating sub vs. sub battle. Sean Connery is great as the Soviet sub commander.
U-571 (Collector's Edition)U-571 (Collector's Edition)
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WWII thriller with a US submarine trying to capture the German code machines from a sub they plan to ambush in the North Atlantic.
Crimson Tide (Unrated Extended Edition)Crimson Tide (Unrated Extended Edition)
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Exciting Modern Submarine movie follows a US Nuclear attack sub ordered to target a break-away Russian republic with a nuclear strike.
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are ComingThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
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Funny, anti-war movie set during the cold war. All heck breaks loose in a small NE coastal town when a Soviet submarine grounds on a sandbar.
1941 (Collector's Edition)1941 (Collector's Edition)
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Part of the main story line is a funny diversion involving a Japanese submarine off the coast of California.
Ice Station ZebraIce Station Zebra
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A key element of the story is the use of nuclear submarines to breach the polar ice cap.
Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Two-Disc Special Edition)Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Classic Disney movie, great special effects for the time depicting Capitan Nemo's Nautilus. Kirk Douglas is fun to watch.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea / Fantastic VoyageVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea / Fantastic Voyage
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This two pack is a great combo. Voyage to the bottom of the sea is the movie that spawned the TV series. 1960's Disneyesque vision of what modern nuclear submarines will be like. Fantastic Voyage takes a mini-sub in to the body of a diplomat. Based on the Isaac Asimov story. Also stars Raquel Welch.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1
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Classic TV series based on the movie.
Operation PacificOperation Pacific
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Excellent WW2 submarine movie follows the US Submarine fleet in the pacific as they pass through the early war teething pains to become an effective force.
Mysterious Island (Widescreen)Mysterious Island (Widescreen)
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I remember watching this movie once a year after school on WGN Family Classics. Great Harryhausen special effects. The crippled Nautilus is the last refuge for a depressed Captain Nemo. Enter a bunch of ship-wreck survivors and throw in a few Civil War soldiers too boot.
Das Boot - The Director's CutDas Boot - The Director's Cut
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I can't say that the director's cut is significantly better than the theatrical release. You do get more of the back story. Thankfully shorter than the full uncut TV movie. Sets the standard for WW2 submarine movies.
The Bedford IncidentThe Bedford Incident
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Intense cold war anti-war movie focusing on an encounter between a US Destroyer with a gung-ho captain, and the Soviet sub they hook onto.
Up PeriscopeUp Periscope
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Good thriller based upon a Robb White novel, follows a navy frogman and his mission onto an enemy occupied island during WW2.
Crash DiveCrash Dive
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Wartime action picture starring one of the best leading men of the era. Not a bad movie.
Gray Lady DownGray Lady Down
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US Nuclear Sub needs to be rescued from the bottom of the ocean. Charlton Heston flick.
The Hunt For Red October / K-19: The Widowmaker (Double Feature)The Hunt For Red October / K-19: The Widowmaker (Double Feature)
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Harrison Ford is the Soviet Capitain in this story about a soviet sub that suffers a reactor accident. Based on a real event. This twin-pack with Red October is a good deal (and coincidentally the first and only Jack Ryan adaptation of the Clancy series where Harrison Ford was not Jack Ryan).