It's actually, somewhat of a thinking man's film. Joe Glass (Gerard Butler), captain of the USS Omaha submarine, is sent to Russian waters to rescue the president. The captain decides to play cat-and-mouse with the Soviets, but he has no idea it will have tragic consequences for both sides.Russia’s president is overthrown and captured by the minister of defense during the visit to the Northern Marine base. Following the saga of a German U-boat during World War II’s ‘Battle of the Atlantic,’ director Wolfgang Petersen gives viewers a claustrophobic look at the hardships a the German crew must endure in order to fulfill their mission. It's interesting to ask yourself what you would do. A silly plot! I believe it's supposed to be a screwball comedy, but I'm not quite sure. Nominated for six Oscars, ‘Das Boot’ is arguably the most gripping and realistic submarine movie ever made. The movie features Hollywood stars including Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Colin Firth, and Matthias Schweighöfer.During its mission off the Greenland coast, the American destroyer USS Bedford detects a Soviet submarine. During the Cold War, Soviet nuclear submarines haunted the U.S. Navy like underwater ghosts. Johnny Rico is a U.S. Army veteran and the author of "Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green: A Year in the Desert with Team America." The submarine film is a subgenre of war film in which the majority of the plot revolves around a submarine below the ocean's surface. British submarine on routine patrol encountering derelict war mine 1950 United States Mystery Submarine (Phantom Submarine) Douglas Sirk: Thriller. The leadership conflict is based on an aborted signal ordering the submarine to fire its nuclear weapons while the world is on the cusp of a third World War. The risk of drowning in the sea is still better than sitting through this painful attempt at an action film.One of the rare films that show the second World War from the The film works because we care about the sailors (not much more than really scared eighteen-year-old kids) and because we're not sure how it's going to end.The first in the Jack Ryan franchise (this one with a young Alec Baldwin), it features Sean Connery as a Soviet submarine commander headed towards the United States (after some playful maneuvers with the U.S. Navy) in order to claim asylum. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. I didn't laugh once, so maybe it was a drama? From dealing with kamikaze pilots and a dastardly enemy navy, the film is exciting and, most important, it has decent characters that you actually invest in. Or should they risk losing the war and waiting until the order can be confirmed? Two big lumbering underwater machines moving around each other doesn't often make for dynamic viewing. Paraplegic American veteran's struggle re-entering society 1950 United Kingdom Morning Departure (Operation Disaster) Roy Ward Baker: Drama. The crew is forced to act fast to try and prevent a massive nuclear disaster, but is the sub’s destiny already decided?Interesting fact: The first script was completely rewritten after sailors involved in the real life drama complained it was not accurate.Based on Tom Clancy’s bestselling novel, the movie follows Marko Ramius, captain of a new Soviet submarine, who secretly wants to defect to the Americans with his boat. Submarine movies are few and far between for a reason. It's exciting, has great production values, and is an all around fun film. LiveAbout uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. Both Hackman and Denzel are fantastic performers. The movie features cinematic heavyweights Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin.Another movie based on real events, Hostile Waters is about the Soviet K-219 submarine that collided with the USS Aurora not far from America’s eastern coast. Aha! FACT: A Submarine vs.
Another movie based on real events, Hostile Waters is about the Soviet K-219 submarine that collided with the USS Aurora not far from America’s eastern coast. It's difficult to dramatize the action onboard a Starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, this is the first definitive submarine movie ever made by Hollywood, and it's a classic: An American sub in a cat and mouse game with a Japanese sub, while battling it out in the Pacific theater during World War II. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, it starred Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson.