![]() ![]() With so many entries, it is easy for some more than worthy entries to be lost at sea, so here are 10 submarine films worthy of watching if you feel like taking the plunge. It is a farcical, entertaining comedy - a far cry from the dark and stormy waters of wartime.Įven a sub-genre as apparently predictable as submarine movies can keep surprising you with new ideas and takes. As early as 1915, Submarine Pirate by Charles Avery and Syd Chaplin follows a hapless waiter who boards a sub to try and stop a gold heist. Even the earliest submarine movies often went for humour and parody over a more sincere outlook on life. Director: Brad Silberling Stars: Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone. You only have to look at the likes of Das Boot (1981) or The Hunt for Red October (1990) for the dramatic potential of the sub to become apparent.Įxcept they are not all gloomy, knife-edge affairs. A space-time vortex sucks scientist Rick Marshall, his assistant Holly and a survivalist Will into a world populated by dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks. The grimy, tense atmosphere of the watery depths makes a great submarine movie utterly compelling. What better dramatic setting than in a claustrophobic metal contraption several fathoms below the surface of the sea, at risk of being lost forever and attacked by a number of enemies both human and natural? Visually one of the best diving movies ever made, the film is a celebration of science, courage and human aspiration. Well over 150 films set almost entirely on submarines have since been made, and the appeal is obvious. Deepsea Challenge 3D (2014) In James Cameron’s dramatic fulfilment of a childhood dream, he pilots a submersible he designed on a dive 11km (7mi) beneath the ocean surface. ![]()
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