TOP 10: The best films about the submarine

In any country, the submarine flotilla is the strongest component of the naval forces. It can be described in a few words - maneuverability, strength and power. All these factors together allow her to hit targets at great distances without much difficulty. The cinema of fearless divers was simply impossible to ignore. For the sake of fulfilling their tasks, they risk their lives. In this article, we have selected the best films that impress with their stories.

“The Enemy Is Beneath Us,” 1957

  • Year: 1957
  • Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Military
  • Country: USA
  • Cast: Robert Mitchem, Kurd Jurgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bickel, Russell Collins, Kurt Kreuger, Frank Albertson, Biff Elliot, David Bair, Jimmy Bates

The list opens with the classic of foreign cinema - “Under us is the enemy”. The moviegoer will see the confrontation between a German submarine and an American combat destroyer. The captains of these watercraft met at the maritime arena in early 1940. Then the United States did not take part in World War II. At that moment, they did not chase each other and parted peacefully. But now each of them is ready to sink his enemy, because times have changed.

“On the Last Bank,” 2000

  • Year: 2000
  • Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
  • Country: Australia, USA
  • Cast: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Brian Brown, Jacqueline Mackenzie, Grant Bowler

When watching a movie, the viewer is plunged into the near future. Mutual missile attacks from China and America led to nuclear war. On the verge of extinction, now all human civilization has already appeared. Australia has remained the only place on the globe where people can live.

US submarine "Charleston" - the last combat unit of the fleet. The captain on the submarine is Dwight Towers. A few days ago, weak radio signals were detected near the coast of Alaska. "Charleston" leaves there from Melbourne.

"Submarine", 1981

  • Year: 1981
  • Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, Military, Historical
  • Country: Germany
  • Cast: Jürgen Prokhnov, Herbert Grönemayer, Klaus Wennemann, Habertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig, Uwe Oksenknecht

The German command instructs the crew of a German submarine to march to the places of unsuccessful battles of Nazi aviation and the flotilla. In order for the remains of the lost equipment not to fall into the hands of the enemy, it is necessary to get ahead of him and collect the remains earlier.

Hermann Lehmann-Wallenbrock, an experienced captain of the U96 submarine, understands that this task will be incredibly difficult to complete. Yes, a new high-class weapon was installed on his submarine and he would have to go into the territorial waters of the enemy, where the enemy submarines are ... The whole difficulty is that his crew has practically no combat experience and is too young.

The Battle of Orion, 2009

  • Year: 2009
  • Genre: Action, Military
  • Country: Japan
  • Cast: Yoshikuni Dotin, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Mutsutoshi Furuhata, Utah Hiraoka, Yuto Hoshi, Fumio Ito, Masaya Kikavada, Keiko Kitagawa, Andrew Krakat, Toru Masuoka

The cinema viewer will be able to travel back to the early 40s of the last century. Difficult hostilities take place in the Pacific Ocean.

The entire plot of this dramatic tape is based on the naval confrontation of the Japanese submarine and the American battleship. Their first "meeting" occurred during the capture of Indochina by Japan. Then the Japanese submarine could not overtake the American battleship. But the circumstances are so developing that these opponents still have more than one battle ...

Yu-571, 2000

  • Year: 2000
  • Genre: Action, Military
  • Country: France, USA
  • Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, John Bon Jovi, David Keith, Thomas Kretschman, Jake Weber, Jack Nousworthy, Tom Guyrie, Will Estes

The events of the film take place in 1942. The goal of the warring parties is the Atlantic. For the sake of future domination, all forces are thrown into this place. So far, the Nazis are the owners of the territories. On board the Nazi submarine U-571 is the top-secret encryption station Engima. American intelligence found out about this, after which the naval forces take all necessary measures to capture the Engima. For the USA, this is a real treasure. But the Germans are ahead of the enemy - the submarine was flooded. Several sailors and Lieutenant Taylor are the only ones who managed to survive. They continue to carry out the mission set by the command, no matter what.

"Captain Nemo", 1975

  • Year: 1975
  • Genre: Action, Fantasy
  • Country: USSR
  • Cast: Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Yuri Rodionov, Vladimir Talashko, Mikhail Kononov, Vladimir Basov, Marianna Vertinskaya, N. Bazanova, Victor Demertash, Nikolai Dupak, Elvira Khomyuk

Soviet cinemas in their own way tell the classic work of Jules Verne. Merchant and military sea ships are destroyed by a certain underwater monster. Professor Aronax in order to capture and destroy this monster equips a cartel expedition.

A battle ensued with the monster. Unfortunately, the ship is sinking. Aronax, together with whaler Ned Land and faithful servant Concelle, finds himself on an underwater mysterious ship. Captain Nemo leads this miracle of the ocean.

“72 meters”, 2004

  • Year: 2004
  • Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
  • Country Russia
  • Cast: Sergey Makovetsky, Marat Basharov, Andrey Krasko, Dmitry Ulyanov, Chulpan Khamatova, Stanislav Nikolsky, Sergey Garmash, Vladislav Galkin, Igor Livanov, Artem Mikhalkov

Two young friends Peter Orlov and Ivan Muravyov take the oath in Sevastopol. Confident and enthusiastic young people go to serve on a submarine called "Slavyanka". They gave the fleet twenty years. During this time there was everything - the division of the fleet between Ukraine and Russia, love for one girl, transfer to Severogorsk. Even together they received the rank of captain-lieutenant.

The Black Sea, 2014

  • Year: 2014
  • Genre: Adventure, Thriller
  • Country: Russia, United Kingdom, United States
  • Cast: Jude Law, Scoot McNary, Ben Mendelssohn, Bobby Schofield, Konstantin Khabensky, Sergey Puskepalis, Michael Smiley, David Trelfall, Grigory Dobrygin, Sergey Veksler

The captain of the submarine Robinson slandered and slandered. He was subsequently dismissed from service. Soon he is given a chance to restore his wounded pride, his reputation, and with all this, he also has to earn good money.

Robinson receives an offer to lead the expedition. The thing is that once in the Black Sea a submarine sank, on which there was a lot of gold. It is assumed that all this is still at the bottom. The captain, without thinking twice, creates for himself a brave team of Russian and English sailors. Underwater adventures await them ...

"1942. The Crash of Laconia, 2010

  • Year: 2010
  • Genre: Historical, Drama
  • Country: United Kingdom, Germany
  • Cast: Andrew Bakan, Ken Duken, Franca Potente, Thomas Kretschman, Brian Cox, Lindsey Duncan, Matias Keberlin, Ludovico Fremont, Jacob Machents, Frederick Lau

In September 1942, a large-scale marine disaster occurred in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which can be compared with the “Titanic” disaster. The British liner Laconia was torpedoed by a German submarine U-156. The captain of the submarine is terrified and surprised after he learned that on board the ship there were many Italians allies. Werner Hartenstein - the submarine commander wants to save those who are still alive. The ship is rapidly sinking ...

K-19, 2002

  • Year: 2002
  • Genre: Military, Drama, Thriller, Historical
  • Country: United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Canada
  • Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Sam Spruell, Tim Woodward, Steve Nicholson, Peter Stebbings, Lex Shrapnel, John Shrapnel, Leo Prygunov

This dramatic action-packed picture is based on real events.She will tell the viewer about the Soviet submarine K-19, and more precisely - about the tragic fate of her crew. The nuclear reactor of the submarine failed, which led to an explosion.

The Soviet naval forces in 1961 conducted duty maneuvers. The K-19 submarine also came out on them. At that moment, neither the crew nor the captain Alexei Vostrikov even knew about the upcoming tragedy.

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