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- Gino Orlandini
- Das Boot (1981) George Orwell wrote in 1946, "The word Fascism has now no meaning except insofar as it signifies 'something not desirable.'" It's a rejoinder to linguistic laziness that divides the world into two types: Nazis, and everybody else.
- The Enemy Below (1957) "The Enemy Below" (1957) depicts a gripping back-and-forth naval battle in the South Atlantic during WWII between a U.S. destroyer and a German U-boat.
- The Abyss (1989) "The Abyss" is mostly an underwater habitat movie, similar to Barry Levinson's "Sphere." But James Cameron's far superior 1989 sci-fi thriller features submarines with windows, and that allows for the best underwater chase ever put to film.
- The Hunt for Red October (1990) Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels have been made into exactly two classic films: "Patriot Games" in 1992 and "The Hunt for Red October" in 1990.
Mar 10, 2024 · There is a long list of memorable and acclaimed submarine movies that use confined spaces and tension to set up some thrilling plots. Submarine movies have fascinated audiences since all the way back in the silent film era at the beginning of the 20th century.
- Zachary Moser
The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake Weber and Matthew Settle. The film follows a World War II German submarine boarded by American submariners to capture her Enigma cipher machine.
Jun 11, 2020 · A submarine-versus-destroyer duel hinted at in the clip and depicted in The Good Shepherd shares similarities with a real-life clash between the U.S.S. Borie and U-boat U-405.
- Meilan Solly
Aug 15, 2023 · The plot of Crimson Tide was inspired by the real-life mutiny that was attempted aboard a submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The biggest difference between the film and this real-life event was that it actually happened aboard a Soviet submarine and not an American one.
Jul 24, 2002 · K-19: The Widowmaker is based on the true story of a near-disaster aboard the Soviet Union's first nuclear ballistic submarine. But while National Geographic is involved, this...
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Jun 20, 2019 · Those familiar with the fate of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk, which sank in the Barents Sea during a 2000 naval exercise, will already know how Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Command” ends.
