Good war movies Navy

[Mike Random]

Can anybody suggest some good war movies about Navy/Submarine's etc

I watched Phantom last night which was poor, l thought the story could have been good but actual movie poor, and it is alledgely based on a true story.

Mike

[Matt172]

A cruel sea has got to be a good bet, one of my favourite navy war films

[Eric Mc]

Watched "Above us The Waves" a few weeks ago. A true story about the mini sub "X Craft".

[SlipStream77]

Did you try an IMDB keyword search?

http://www.imdb.com/keyword/navy/submarine/

They are ordered by rating.

[anonymous-user]

Mike Random said:

Can anybody suggest some good war movies about Navy/Submarine's etc

Das Boot.

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[LimaDelta]

The Bedford Incident.

[Hooli]

Hunt for the Red October?

[V8LM]

Das Boot

U-571 is on in 5 minutes by the way. Oh, sorry, you said good movies.

[FourWheelDrift]

Das Boot
Run Silent Run Deep
Torpedo Run
We Dive at Dawn
Above us the Waves

[Martin4356111]

I liked Crimson Tide, probably because I like anything with Denzel Washington in it.

[Simpo Two]

'The Enemy Below'; a duel between Robert Mitchum in the US destroyer and Curt Jurgens in the U-boat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enemy_Below

[nagsheadwarrior]

Cruel Sea for me or even Sink the Bismarck at a push.

Love Das Boot but better to stock up on Caffeine and watch the series back to back!

[DJFish]

I always liked 'In Which We Serve' as well but Das Boot has to be no.1.

[Simpo Two]

Whatver you do, avoid 'U-571'. The historical inaccuracy is legend but very little else in the film makes sense either. How does Jerry manage to drop depth-charges at the rate of about one a second for 30 seconds all in the same place? Are submarines really lined with pipes full of high pressure seawater that rupture but can be stopped with the handy valve just to the right?

[DJFish]

In a quiet moment at work last night we had The Perfect Storm on tv in the background, having worked at sea I had to switch it off as it was annoying me too much.
Wife phoned up to say goodnight, said she was also watching it but had to turn it off as she knew it would've annoyed me if I'd been there so it was starting to annoy her by association!

I think it's very hard to watch a film about your profession (although I never worked for Grey Funnel) or if you have a nugget of historical knowledge, without becoming very critical.

Edited by DJFish on Monday 4th November 04:25

[Asterix]

I'll drop in 'The Final Countdown' - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080736/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Sort of Navy(ish). Has some terrible reviews but I think it's a brilliant film!

[Fishtigua]

Another vote for Das Boot here but one favourite is Master & Commander. I can't believe it's 10 years old now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E794rTPa4nA

[Simpo Two]

Asterix said:

I'll drop in 'The Final Countdown' - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080736/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Sort of Navy(ish). Has some terrible reviews but I think it's a brilliant film!

I like the idea of it a lot. In another arena, you wonder what a Eurofighter might have done had it been over the Channel on 13 Sep 1940.

But that would be under 'Good War Movies (Air)'.

[FourWheelDrift]

OP wants submarine war movies doesn't he?

[Eric Mc]

He says "navy/submarine" - so not exclusively submarine themed.