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Submerged (2001)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
submarine, navy, accident, rescue mission, military, suspense, crash, rescue, team, military officer, saving a life, rescue from drowning, sinking boat, underwater fight, sea, inventor, boat accident
Time:
1930s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, disturbing and suspenseful films with plots about suspense, military, soldier, submarine, rescue, navy and danger mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Submerged: 72 Meters (2004), Sub Down (1997), Danny Boy (2021), Paskal: The Movie (2018), The Rebels of PT-218 (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film begins in the 1980s Soviet Union. Two best friends, Orlov and Muravyev, are serving at the Black Sea Navy Base in Sevastopol, Crimea. Both fall in love with one beautiful girl Nelly, and their friendship suffers a first blow. Because she ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a nuclear attack submarine crashes on the floor of the Artic ocean, it's up to a pair of research scientists to save the entire crew before time and oxygen run out.
Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true events of Lieutenant Commander Arman Anwar of PASKAL, an elite unit in the Royal Malaysian Navy, and his team's mission to rescue the MV Bunga Laurel, a tanker which was hijacked by Somalian Pirates in 2011.
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captivating, tense, inspirational, patriotic
Plot:
military, swat team, soldier, mission, assault, trap, pirate, terrorist, piracy, rescue mission, military service, navy ...
Time:
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Place:
malaysia, africa, indonesia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean becomes a deadly battleground as an American torpedo boat fights against the constant bombardment of German forces.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
sea battle, submarine, naval battle, military life, air attack, disobeying orders, military, wartime, military base, military officer, combat, suspense ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Place:
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It is during the final months of 1999 that 46-year-old physician Jerri Nielsen (Susan Sarandon) finds herself stranded at the Amundsen-South Pole Research Station along with a tiny staff of researchers and technicians. Although, at first, there is ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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