Your top submarine movies

[Kapitan_Phillips]

I need some opinions from you guys (who better to ask) as I'm thinking of buying a few more submarine movies. Here's what I have so far:

Das Boot (Directors Cut and Uncut)
K-19 The Widowmaker Special Edition
Down Periscope
We Dive at Dawn
Above Us The Waves




Any ideas? I'd prefer something in colour first, and if anyone says *whisper*U-571*whisper* I'll castrate them. :arrgh!:

[STEED]

The Hunt for Red October. :up::up:

Crimson Tide. :up:

[mr chris]

Run silent run deep
The enemy below
The cruel sea
Crimsion tide

[bart]

1. Das Boot uncut version.
2. We Dive at Dawn.
3. Run Silent, Run Deep.
4. Up Perescope.
5. Above us the Waves.
6. Submarine X1.
7. Torpedo Run.
8. Morning Departure.
9. The Enemy Below.
10. Destination Tokyo.
11. The Hunt For Red October.
12. Crimson Tide.

and one more which is not exactly based on a sub but is sub related and is based on a true story is..... "The Sea Wolves". Another in the same category is "The Cruel Sea".

Classics every one......:up:

[Bill Nichols]

Hellcats of the Navy, if only because of who stars in it ;)

http://www.subguru.com/images/Hellcats-of-the-navy.jpg

[ABBAFAN]

Das Boot(uncut obviously)
K 19
hostile waters
yellow submarine

[blue3golf]

Torpedo Run
The Enemy Below
Run Silent, Run Deep
Hunt for Red October

[Maverick30]

Das Boot
Hunt for Red October
Crimson Ties

[Sailor Steve]

Das Boot (uncut)
Run Silent, Run Deep
Destination Tokyo
Up Periscope
Operation Petticoat
Ice Station Zebra
The Enemy Below
Torpedo Run
U-Boote Westvaarts

Dislike anything with modern subs.

[STEED]

Kapitan_Phillips when you get through with that lot you can make your own movies in the bath tub. :lol: :lol:


PS: :arrgh!:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Kapitan_Phillips when you get through with that lot you can make your own movies in the bath tub. :lol: :lol:


PS: :arrgh!:


Already do, STEED. I already have Das Boot 2 (which was thoroughly enjoyed by the rubber duck audience) and K-19 The Bubblemaker. ;)

[3Jane]

Das Boot
Hunt for Red October
Crimson Ties

Yes, the right colour tie in a sub movie is important :D

[Kapitan]

Hunt for red october
K-19 Widow maker
Crimson tide

[gdogghenrikson]

1. Das Boot
2. crimson tide
3. Hunt for red October

[STEED]

Kapitan_Phillips when you get through with that lot you can make your own movies in the bath tub. :lol: :lol:


PS: :arrgh!:


Already do, STEED. I already have Das Boot 2 (which was thoroughly enjoyed by the rubber duck audience) and K-19 The Bubblemaker. ;)

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Camaero]

Das Boot (best movie of all time probably.)
The Enemy Below
K19
Red October

I have not really seen the others yet. I got run silent run deep coming on netflix next however.

[Captain Nemo]

Das Boot (uncut)
Run Silent, Run Deep
Destination Tokyo
Up Periscope
Operation Petticoat
Ice Station Zebra
The Enemy Below
Torpedo Run
U-Boote Westvaarts

Dislike anything with modern subs.

Sailor Steve, I like your selection of movies, but doesn't your last statement rule out Ice Station Zebra which is in your list? I know in reality that the sub used in the film was an old diesel electric (USS Ronquil) and not a nuclear boat, but the film portrays it as a modern (1960s) sub.

My selection would include yours plus:
Hunt for Red October
Crimson Tide
K19 The Widowmaker
Hostle Waters

Basically the modern sub films you dislike.

Nemo

[Letum]

http://www.b3tards.com/u/7908a0929174bffc84ea/dosbootv2.jpg

[Biggles]

Das boot
U-571
K-19.....

[DanCanovas]

Das Boot
K19-Widowmaker
Hunt for Red October

[WOD]

1. Das Boot (6 part tv version....a lot more is in it than in the DVD version)
2. The Enemy Below

Then long comes nothing

3. Run silent, run deep
4. Crimson Tide
5. Hunt for red October
6. U-Boote Westvaarts

[Smaragdadler]

1. Ice Station Zebra
2. Das Boot
3. Hunt for Red October

[Jimbuna]

Das Boot
Crimson Tide etc etc etc :D

[Iron Budokan]

1. Das Boot :rock:

then the rest of the pack...

2. Run Silent, Run Deep
3. Destination Tokyo
4. The Enemy Below
5. Operation Petticoat
6. Torpedo Run
7. Ice Station Zebra
8. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

[flintlock]

Is there anyone even out there who has seen Das Boot that didn't utterly enjoy it?

[Jimbuna]

Yeah!.....my wife :arrgh!:

[Onkel Neal]

:lol:

1. Das Boot
2. Hunt For Red Oktober

3. There is no #3 :(

[Linton]

No mention for K19 the Widow maker.Worst ever submarine film is U-571.I wish I had never bought it!
Close Quarters was made in 1943 and featured real submarine crews and not actors-it will always be my all time favourite.

[Jimbuna]

:lol:

1. Das Boot
2. Hunt For Red Oktober

3. There is no #3 :(

:roll: :hmm: I thought Crimson Tide was a pretty good 'present day' effort :sunny:

[DanCanovas]

I think K19 is better than Crimson Tide and Hunt For Red October

[Jimbuna]

40 year ago I thought nothing and nobody could beat Stingray :rotfl:

[flintlock]

3. There is no #3 :(
Technically, it just hasn't been released yet.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Yeah!.....my wife :arrgh!:


My girlfriend went out and bought the uncut version just because I said it was good. She loves it and thinks of me as the captain all the time now.






Ahh how I love her so.



:rotfl:

[Mush Martin]

:lol:

1. Das Boot
2. Hunt For Red Oktober

3. There is no #3 :(

What about "the enemy below"

[ReallyDedPoet]

There can be only one....

Das Boot:up:

[azn_132]

the sub movies I watched.

1.Das boot
2.K-19
3.A documentry of U-505's capture
4. Another Documentry on USA subs in teh pacific
5.The Hunt of red October
6. Crimson Tide
7.The Ememy Below

Forgot some sub movies that I watched too. Also the list is in waht I watched first not favorite sub movies.

[Konovalov]

Das Boot, Das Boot, and Das Boot. :D

[loynokid]

Hunt for the red october. great novel, great movie. Sean connery does a great job in this film. i recomend for anyone who wants to see a fairly realistic asw scenario.

[flintlock]

I never read the book, but I did enjoy the movie. Did you find the book better, perchance?

[loynokid]

The Movie was more exciting and more suspensefull, but the book is good too. really i would say they are about the same. if i were you i would read the book too. i think you will like it:up:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

http://www.b3tards.com/u/7908a0929174bffc84ea/dosbootv2.jpg


You goose. Thats not Das Boot. Thats Das Boot.sys!

[Snowman999]

:roll: :hmm: I thought Crimson Tide was a pretty good 'present day' effort :sunny:


Crimson Tide has more horkers per minute than any naval movie ever made. It's utterly bad.

(Start with the COB wearing an officer's cover.)

Nobody seems to have mentioned Operation Pacific, starring The Duke.

[sonar732]

:roll: :hmm: I thought Crimson Tide was a pretty good 'present day' effort :sunny:

Crimson Tide has more horkers per minute than any naval movie ever made. It's utterly bad.

(Start with the COB wearing an officer's cover.)

Nobody seems to have mentioned Operation Pacific, starring The Duke.

We loved the sonar scenes! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::ping::ping:

[trenken]

Das Boot
K19-Widowmaker
Hunt for Red October

Agreed.

[loynokid]

Das Boot
K19-Widowmaker
Hunt for Red October
Agreed.


Great list agree 100 percent

[Jimbuna]

No one mentioned Yellow Submarine (Beatles) yet :hmm:

[robbierob2005]

Das Boot (all versions, the longer the better)
Run Silent Run Deep.
The enemy Below

I do like the "hunt for red oktober" and "Crimson tide). I even bought them but I prefer those old ww2 diesels.

[Sailor Steve]

No one mentioned Yellow Submarine (Beatles) yet :hmm:
I love the Beatles, and I love Yellow Submarine, but I don't really think of it as a "submarine" movie; to me it's more of an "unidentified flying cupcake" movie.

(all versions, the longer the better)
In that case, I guess my favorite is Silent Hunter III!:sunny:

[loynokid]

No one mentioned Yellow Submarine (Beatles) yet :hmm:


Lol... thats true, great band too... :lol:

[Jimbuna]

No one mentioned Yellow Submarine (Beatles) yet :hmm:
I love the Beatles, and I love Yellow Submarine, but I don't really think of it as a "submarine" movie; to me it's more of an "unidentified flying cupcake" movie.

(all versions, the longer the better)
In that case, I guess my favorite is Silent Hunter III!:sunny:

Hey!!....I like cupcakes :lol:

[Orret]

Hellcats of the Navy, if only because of who stars in it ;)

http://www.subguru.com/images/Hellcats-of-the-navy.jpg
Bill Nichols...L:o :oK youtube´s link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KHgRRRIVRE

but my favorite film is "Dass Boot"

[rman214]

Saw this old classic flick today and it reminded me of the cold war in the 1960's. The boat in the movie seemed to be an old Skate class attack sub and showed seemingly realistic under ice ops...at least for 1968. The inside shots seemed to be accurate and reminded me of my visit on the Nautilus. However, the noise coming from the engineering spaces was deafining, at least in the movie and led the way to much quieter boats. Can any of you sub veterans tell me what "injection temperature" means or was it a goof like the 1260' deep dive. Anyway, it makes for a good afternoon star studded flick. :ping:

[Letum]

http://www.b3tards.com/u/7908a0929174bffc84ea/dosbootv2.jpg

You goose. Thats not Das Boot. Thats Das Boot.sys!

Dos, not Das

[TLAM Strike]

Well besides Das Boot and THFRO I just love Silent Steel. Ok it was more of a game (an "Interactive Movie"). Chief Jollen has some of the best one liners of any sub movie, and his Kilo boat range rant is a classic.

[Schattenkrieger]

My all time sub movie favorite is "Das Boot" in the Uncut TV Edition. "Hunt for Red Octobre" is also very funny. It covers almost every aspect of modern naval Warfare, that u can play in Dangerous Waters. I always laugh when Thompson saves the day, bringing Dallas into the Path of Red Octobre and the incoming fish. The torpedo follows Dallas- is distracted by the two countermeasures, still active and home in to the Akula Class Sub. Try this whole tactic in Sub Command/ Dangerous Waters. It won't NEVER work:rotfl: But its very cool to watch all over again. Its also funny, that they seem to use a waterfall typ sonar on Red Octobre. Jones probably brings some spare parts from Dallas along;)
Crimson Tide isn't bad either. Great acting between Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington.

[nikimcbee]

72 Meters (about a Russian Kilo)
Victory at Sea "Full Fathom Five":rock:


and "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming":rotfl: :rock:

[harryt8]

As a ex Royal Navy submariner (T, P & O Boats) "Das Boot" has such attention to detail, excellent casting, is well acted with a good plot, that it is outstanding in this field.

harryt8:yep:

[Platapus]

I will probably be keel hauled for posting this but my list is

1. K19 The actual experiences of the Hotel 1 was a bit less dramatic than the movie, but it still was a heroic crew in what they did,
2. Das Boot (perhaps this is second because I have seen it way too many times)
3. Enemy below:up:

For entertainment purposes I like Destination Tokyo with Cary Grant. It is a true propaganda movie and not all that realistic but not all that bad either.

I am very happy to see that no one put "Crash Dive" on their list. More of a love triangle love story then a sub story <blach>:down:

Torpedo Run with Glenn Ford is not bad. A pretty dramatic scene when he has to sink the Japanese transport carrying his wife and children.

I did not care for "Grey Lady Down" To me it was just another in the "Airport" disaster series with a sub.

I need to get a copy of "Torpedo Alley" and "We dive at dawn" for my sub library.

[seawolf34]

Any ideas? I'd prefer something in colour first, and if anyone says *whisper*U-571*whisper* I'll castrate them. :arrgh!:

:up: that one you should already own :D

[perisher]

Morning Departure.

[Prof]

I am very happy to see that no one put "Crash Dive" on their list. More of a love triangle love story then a sub story <blach>:down:Agreed! I bought it a few days ago and watched it last night. Looked like the German base must have been in Canada!

I need to get a copy of "Torpedo Alley" and "We dive at dawn" for my sub library.'We Dive at Dawn' is quite good. Fairly standard mid-war propaganda stuff...good to add to a collection though.

I've been looking for Morning Departure for ages...it's a very good film!

[perisher]

I've been looking for Morning Departure for ages...it's a very good film!

It's available on DVD, I recently rented a copy from Blockbusters.

John Mills at his stiff upper lip British best while Richard Attenbough plays the snivelling coward to perfection.

Quick overview :- Set just after the war, a British sub meets a drifting mine. Badly damaged and stuck on the bottom with more crew left alive than they have undamaged escape sets for.

[wally007]

I cant find these at amazon or netflix

morning departure
Close Quarters
above us the waves
we dive at dawn
the cruel sea
the sea wolves
uboote wesvaart

and torpedo run even though i have seen this on amc and stuff

any ideas

[Jimbuna]

Here's your first 3 as a set....the rest can be found here as well :up:

http://dvd.ciao.co.uk/search.php?SearchString=morning+departure&TopCategory=0&submit_basic_search.x=31&submit_basic_search.y=5

[wally007]

:rock: Thanks a bunch

[Jimbuna]

Your welcome :up:

[Chock]

For the completists among us all, here are some of the also-rans, most are crap, but the odd one or two are okay:

The Bedford Incident
Above us the Waves
Agent Red
American Heroes: submarine
Assault on a Queen
Below
Counter Measures
Forty Ninth Parallel
Full Fathom Five
Gray Lady Down
Hell and High Water
Hostile Waters
In Enemy Hands
Landfall
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific
Murphy's War
Mystery Submarine
Operation Petticoat
Sub Down
Submarine
Submarine 707R
Submarine Attack
Submarine Raider
Submarine X-1
Submerged
The Abyss
The Atomic Submarine
The Fifth Missile
The Flying Missile
The Last U-Boat
The Phantom Submarine
The Rescue
The Rift
Silent Service
The Valiant
Trapped in a submarine
Two-man submarine
U-Boat Prisoner

:D Chock

[DAB]

I'm suprised no one has listed the Bedford Incident here. The Cold Wars Enemy Below!

1) Hunt for Red October (joint first - it has a realistic depiction of sonar)
1) Das Boot (joint first - because its Das Boot)
2) Bedford Incident
3) Ice Station Zebra
4) Crimson Tide
5) Torpedo Run
6) Run Silent, Run Deep
7) We Dive at Dawn

You get the idea.

[Jimbuna]

I'm suprised no one has listed the Bedford Incident here. The Cold Wars Enemy Below!

1) Hunt for Red October (joint first - it has a realistic depiction of sonar)
1) Das Boot (joint first - because its Das Boot)
2) Bedford Incident
3) Ice Station Zebra
4) Crimson Tide
5) Torpedo Run
6) Run Silent, Run Deep
7) We Dive at Dawn

You get the idea.

It was mentioned in the post before yours :yep:

[DAB]

It was mentioned in the post before yours :yep:

With the words crap and also-ran attached to it. Those words should never be attached to The Bedford Incident!!!

[Jimbuna]

Couldn't possibly comment old chap :nope:
Not my post ;)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome:up: wally007

RDP

[Rhodes]

I saw The Bedford Incident becaused in the film description, the destroyer commander was aid by a old U-boat ace. So I bought and saw it.

I liked.

[Capt_quin]

below is the best submarine movie its about a haunted US submarine its REALLY scary

[Lafferty]

Lets see
Grey Lady Down
Crimson Tide
Das Boot
Torpedo Run
Run Silent Run deep speaking of which i have not seen it in a while.

[FAdmiral]

Has anybody seen "In Enemy Hands" and if you did, how was it?

JIM

[Jimbuna]

Not one of the best IMO....but still worth a viewing :hmm:
Here's a trailer :up:

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0316824/trailers-screenplay-E21897-10-2

[FAdmiral]

The movie public just doesn't get many WW2 submarine movies to watch.
Likewise with WW2 warship movies. It would be nice to see more of all of
these in future movies. I see that they are even starting to make remakes
of older westerns. Maybe this remake of older movies will spill over to WW2

JIM

[Kapitan_Phillips]

below is the best submarine movie its about a haunted US submarine its REALLY scary

Loved that movie. Scared the bejeezus outta me

[nikimcbee]

I cant find these at amazon or netflix

morning departure
Close Quarters
above us the waves
we dive at dawn
the cruel sea
the sea wolves
uboote wesvaart

and torpedo run even though i have seen this on amc and stuff

any ideas

The Cruel Sea is great, but I've only seen it on VHS:shifty:

[Gato76]

Murphy's War with Peter o' Toole, wow i was 8 or 9 years old when i saw this movie,i totally loved.

[Jimbuna]

Argh!!.....necro thread :o

:lol:

[von stauber]

that being said I have seen the directors cut- about 2/12 hours and the full version- 6 plus hours. No comparison in my mind -the six hours version adds all the feelings and emotions (including outright boredoom at times) of life on a sub. In fact i was quite dissaapointed in the "shorter" version having watched the longer version first.

definelty needs to be seen with German language and English subtitles-
english dubbing is good but really draws away the realism

also-surround sound with bass all the way up makes the DD attacks really scare the beejesus out of you

my two cents anyway

[Graf Paper]

Awww! Come on, jimbuna! ;)

Got to give the new guys a chance to jump in on some of these "oldies-but-goodies". :p

[Jimbuna]

Awww! Come on, jimbuna! ;)

Got to give the new guys a chance to jump in on some of these "oldies-but-goodies". :p

:lol:

[Sailor Steve]

that being said I have seen the directors cut- about 2/12 hours and the full version- 6 plus hours.
Where do people get these numbers from? The theatrical release was 2 1/2 hours, the Director's Cut is 3 1/2 hours, and the full-length version is 492 minutes, or 4 hours and 52 minutes; still long at almost 5 hours, but hardly "6 plus hours".

[V.C. Sniper]

Das Boot: The Original Uncut Version

[Platapus]

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[nancy]

HI, NEWBIE ABOARD


This was a topic in a forum in early spring 2007. Favorite sub films.


For the submarine cookbook I'm writing with assist from SUBFOR CSCM, including for the general public (civilians) the top 12 or 24 movies as recommended by submariners. Portion of book proceedss to USSVI memorial boats fund, portion to those books that sell the book.


Have many sub movie lists. Thought you might be interested in how one submariner rated his favorites.


Question: Is there a movie based on Blind Man's Bluff (fictionarlized of course)?

IGNORE MY CODE LETTERS

Das Boot 1981) German U-Boat 96

8.5
The Enemy Below (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050356/) (1957)
7.8


Morgenrot (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024352/) (1933)
7.7


Submarine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019434/) (1928)
7.7

The Hunt for Red October (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099810/) (1990) “F”, “FT”??


7.6
49th Parallel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033627/) (1941)

7.5


On the Beach (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/) (1959)


7.4
Behind the Door (1919)


20000 Leagues Under the Sea (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046672/) (1954) based on
Jules Verne story “C?”, “FU” or “FAN”?

7.4


7.2
Operation Petticoat (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053143/) (1959) “CD” “C”?

7.2
The Phantom Submarine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034021/) (1941)


7.2
Crimson Tide (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112740/) (1995)
7.1

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060921/) (1966) “CD” “C”?




6.9
Murphy's War (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067458/) (1971)


6.9
We Dive at Dawn (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036516/) (1943)


6.8
Morning Departure (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042810/) (1950)


6.8
Above Us the Waves (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047797/) (1955)

6.6
The Hunley (1999)“FT”, historical, “C”?


6.6
Ice Station Zebra (1968)



6.5
K-19: The Widowmaker (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267626/) (2002)


6.5
Operation Pacific (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043887/) (1951)


Torpedo Run (1958) 6.4


U-571 (2000) 6.4


Up Periscope (1959) “F”, “CD”. “C”? 6.4


Hell Below (1933) 6.4

6.5

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard nancy http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[nancy]

Thanks, COB Jim. You British?

[FIREWALL]

Thanks, COB Jim. You British?

Among The COB (Jim) many talents he's the Grand Master of the Emoticon.:yep:

He has one for every occasion. :D :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Yes....a lobsterback I be http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Are you US...Ohio? http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1817/thinkbigsw1yo4.gif

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD, kaleun nancy!:sunny:

[Kimmy]

Das Boot! All those sweaty men :D

[nancy]

Yes....a lobsterback I be http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Are you US...Ohio? http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1817/thinkbigsw1yo4.gif

Yeppers, COB, a Buckeye of Ohio. However, we NEVER tell folks in Michigan the true meaning of "Buckeye" -- a" hairless nut of little or no value":rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Connect Four ....I understood the first time http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6324/uowyaydh5wc2zm2.gif

http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img412/4774/thumbsuplargeon1.gif

[snakeyez]

Nancy! You're no newbie. :) Das Boot and Destination Tokyo are a couple of my favorites.

[mmm...Dönitz]

Das Boot! All those sweaty men :D

Actually I might say the same thing about The Enemy Below…

I saw this a million times as a kid, and it recently came to the top of my LoveFilm rental list. I watched it last weekend with my girlfriend and I must say I was pretty dissappointed about how hammy and camp it seems now. :( Mind you I had just watched Das Boot the week before in its original uncut 10 hour format in German with German subtitles, so anything after that was going to be a let down.

I made my girlfriend sit through the depthcharge attack schene where Johann goes berserk after TEB, just to prove a point :)

[Kapitan_Phillips]

I watched it last weekend with my girlfriend


Girls who'll watch sub films are few and far between :lol: