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Movies like this?

posted 14 years ago by sgraf_x
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Gotta admit I am a sucker for these (Submarine/U-Boat) type of films. This one, Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, U571, Run Silent Run Deep are all films I have seen and enjoyed. I am wondering if there are any others that I may be missing out on. And yeah Das Boot is the King.

Please make recommendations, thanks.

There is NO Gene for the Human Spirit.

[–] Fingaroo 14 years ago

I found Gray Lady Down to be pretty good (although not in the same class as some of the others you have mentioned.)

[–] SeanJoyce 13 years ago

The Bedford Incident

"...if that was off, I'd be whoopin' your ass up and down this street." ~ an irate Tarantino

[–] brentnevers 12 years ago

They call Ala-BAMA....Crimson Tide!

[–] dannieboy20906 9 years ago

The running gag in Crimson Tide is the ongoing submarine movie trivia quiz. One of the correct answers is "The Enemy Below." I'm not sure, but I think the question is, "Stars Robert Mitchum and Curd Jurgens."

[–] bjlevine 12 years ago

You might want to watch the Star Trek episode: Balance of Terror.

"Oh no...they sent the wrong Spock!"

[–] the_la_baker 9 years ago

I'll throw out a few more sub movies:

Hell and High Water (1954)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Down Periscope (1996) -comedy but good.
Enigma (2001)
Torpedo Run (1958)
Submarine Command (1951)
Phantom (2013) - kinda weak worth one watch
K-19 (2001) - also kinda weak but worth one watch as well
In Enemy Hands (2004) - takes place on a sub, not really a sub movie per-say, more of a POW story, William H Macy & Scott Caan both star.

Blue Submarine No. 6 - Anime future sci-fi fantasy, but quite good(ranked as the 70th best anime of all time by the Japanese magazine Animage, 25th best anime of all time by Wizard's Anime Invasion, & "Best OVA, U.S. Release" for 2000). I'm not a big anime fan, FTR.

Full Fathom Five (1990) & USS Seaviper (2012) - So bad they're kinda fun to watch

[–] KobiyashiMauru 9 years ago

Ice Station Zebra (1968) , which was Howard Hughes favourite film actually. 🐳

[–] the_la_baker 9 years ago

Never heard of that one. I'll have to check it out. I'm obsessed with submarines.
Thanks.

[–] mangoman1 9 years ago

Pretty good flick, also with Jim Brown, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, & Lloyd Nolan (who most people today won't remember).

[–] dannieboy20906 9 years ago

Up Periscope (1959) drama starring James Garner
Run Silent Run Deep (1958) Clark Gable plays the radar antenna
Operation Pacific (1951)
Operation Petticoat (1959)

[–] gamertrav 9 years ago

Captain Horatio Hornblower RN is another great naval warfare movie, although it doesn't involve subs (since it takes place during the Napoleonic wars in the early 19th century).

All the other sub movies I know of have been listed already.

[–] Bowserb46 8 years ago

Brit movie We Dive at Dawn with John Mills.

[–] ayf_1983 8 years ago

Cold War submarine movies are good too. Gosh, I miss the Cold War (at least in movies). Lots of great dramatic material.