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72 Meters (2004)
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Original name: 72 метра
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller
Country: Russia
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 picks Muravyev, his friend Orlov struggles with an inferiority complex and becomes a secretive alcoholic. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both friends are transferred to the Northern Fleet on the Polar Ocean. One day their sub is performing a routine training. A disturbed WWII mine slowly moves on a collision course with the sub. A mighty blast knocks down everyone inside the wrecked sub, 72 meters below the sea level. Then ensues a nerve-racking struggle for survival.
Style:
psychological, exciting, tense, thought provoking, suspense, captivating
Plot:
submarine, underwater, warship, emergency, shipwreck, unrequited love, military, accident, friendship, rescue, danger, disaster, love triangle, soldier, saving a life, rescue from drowning, sinking boat, sea, diver, navy, soviet army, goldfish, ocean, survival, boat accident ...
Place:
russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, exciting and serious films with plots about danger, submarine, underwater, ocean, underwater scene, survival and military mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like 72 Meters: Steel Rain 2 (2020), Below (2002), Incident at Map-Grid 36-80 (1982), In Enemy Hands (2004), Submarines (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Place:
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Audience:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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