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A documentary series on the history of submarines, from their first development in the mid-19th century to the modern nuclear-powered leviathans, armed with nuclear missiles.
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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
In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
- Das Boot (1981) Only very few movies in the history of cinema can come close to Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot for its claustrophobic realism and dramatic intensity.
- The Enemy Below (1957) In American WWII submarine dramas, the enemies are often caricatured or dehumanized. Filmmaker and versatile performer Dick Powell’s The Enemy Below thankfully stays away from such reductive portrayal as Wendell Mayes’ script gives equal weight to the perspectives of US destroyer captain Murrell (Robert Mitchum) and German U-boat commander Von Stolberg (Curd Jurgens).
- The Damned (1947) The poetic realism of Rene Clement has brought us the memorable post-war French classics Forbidden Games (1952) and Gervaise (1956).
- The Hunt for Red October (1990) Despite its relentless aggression since World War II, America – as portrayed by its mass media – loves to assume a vulnerable role, where the ‘American way of life’ is threatened by a hostile power.
- 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.
Some 150 films have been made in the submarine genre between 1910 and 2010, variously depicting submarines in relatively realistic stories about World War I, World War II or the Cold War, or purely fictional and fantastic scenarios.
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1. Black Sea. 2014 1h 54m R. 6.4 (41K) Rate. 62 Metascore. In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold. Director Kevin Macdonald Stars Jude Law Scoot McNairy Ben Mendelsohn. 2. The Command.
