Now excuse me while I pop this gem into my DVD. I’m becoming convinced that the best sub movies were made from historical source material – this is a prime example. Normally I choose subtitles over dubbing every time – and I still do with this flick – but if you positively can’t do subtitles, know that every actor did his own dubbing in English. Gripping story and compelling characters. No wonder this movie was nominated for so many Oscars. The handheld camera shots and actual sub-scaled sets certainly add to the tension and realism. And for the ladies, they have their pick of eye candy in a young Alec Baldwin or a very distinguished Sean Connery.ĭas Boot – Arguably the best submarine movie ever made. Twenty years later, the politics and technology may have advanced some, but the movie still feels as fresh as when it came out. Filmed during the cold war, it’s a naval cat-and-mouse chase. He thought that the government would have shut down or censored the movie and book. I have a family member who is a civilian working with the Navy on designing submarines who said that he couldn’t believe the up-to-date accuracy of naval weaponry. The Hunt for Red October – Fraught with tension, this thriller is full of twists and turns as well as fairly accurate military procedure. But I am sharing my opinion about what I consider the best submarine movies if you too enjoy this particular genre. ![]() So, I have chosen to devote my time to more fun enterprises with higher rates of payoff. “Submerged” starring Steven Seagal also has very few scenes on a sub and is a truly terrible movie unless you are a die-hard Seagal fan. “The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming” starring Carl Reiner is a case in point – it’s still a worthwhile movie to watch, just not what I would call a movie really about a submarine. Other so-called sub movies have a submarine in it, but many turn out to have very few scenes on or even about the sub. ![]() The movie “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” had an unrealistically huge sub and included a scene with a man blowing a trumpet standing on a table while women danced around him – oh the horror. Silly me! Oh the rot my spouse and I have sat through. At one time, my love for submarine movies drove me to make the goal of wanting to watch all submarine movies ever made.
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