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It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so-called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy British shipping. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, German U-boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of the crew of one such U-Boat, …with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers and attempted to accomplish impossible missions, all the while attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epicsuspensecult film |
| Themes: | claustrophobiacouragemilitaryherodrunkennessfeardrinkingghostfriendshipdeath |
| Mood: | darkness |
| Locations: | german submarineu boatsubmarinegermanyoceanshipairplane |
| Characters: | ship captainmilitary officerfirst officernazi officernazi soldierlove letter |
| Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
| Story: | engine roomnaval uniformtour of dutynaval battlediesel enginenaval officermediterranean seagerman navysubmarine captainsubmarine moviehead woundatlantic oceanlocker roomburning shipship crew …ship sinkingperson on firewar correspondentreference to south americaworld wearinessends with deathdamage reportclaustrophobic settingchief engineerbattery acidbattle fatiguefirst aid kitcrab licesandbarscurvykriegsmarinesubmarinerboatswainquartermasterglucosenorth atlanticfrench languagebunkdepth chargenazi propagandapistonunshaveddripping waterchanteusehullshot in the torsonazi occupied franceticking clockiron crosslisteningleakblowing bubblesgibraltarnorth seadeprivationdestroyertankerheil hitlernavalmusic hallnavigatorfilthnavigationlifting weightsperiscopesonarlanguage learningnursingreference to winston churchillwehrmachtpressuresecret codehomesicknessmediterraneandutyultrasoundconvoyedited from tv seriesenginethird reichcomrademedicshowgirlburning manhide and seekexpatriatetabootorpedowetnesswaitingfart jokeporthiding placeair raidaircraftfamous scoreoccupationatheismreturnvolunteerhazingbearded manstretcheranti warsweatnavymachineface maskboredomprayingirreverenceroomsailoroilironybraverynicknametensionblockbusterred dressreference to adolf hitlersurvivorwoundtraitorunderwatershot in the shoulderdiarymissionuniformdrowningmassacreold manbathroomvomitingbare buttundressingdrinkurinationfirebased on true storypantiessurprise endingpartyexplosiontitle spoken by characterbased on noveltwo word titlemale nudity (See All) |
Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II.
| Subgenre: | epicsuspense |
| Themes: | couragemilitaryfeardeath |
| Locations: | u boatoceanship |
| Characters: | ship captainmilitary officernazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | ship sinkingnazi occupied francewehrmachtmedictorpedoair raidstretcherface masksailoroilbraverytensionsurvivordrowningfire …based on true storysurprise endingexplosiontitle spoken by character (See All) |
In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazis have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. That is, until a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, and the Allies realize this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'. But masquerading …as Nazis and taking over the U-boat is the smallest of their problems. The action really begins when they get stranded on the U-boat. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarine |
| Characters: | ship captainnazi soldier |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | naval uniformnaval battlegerman navysubmarine movieperson on firedestroyerperiscopetorpedoshot in the shouldermissiondrowningexplosiontitle spoken by character |
Soviets create a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. Russian sub captain defects, goal of taking it to the U.S.A. to prevent the Russians from using the sub to wreak nuclear (missile) war against the U.S. Lots of plot turns and twists in this high-tech th …riller. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarydeath |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarineoceanairplane |
| Story: | naval uniformsubmarine captainsubmarine movieatlantic oceanperiscopesonartorpedonavyblockbusterunderwateruniformbased on novel |
A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on the dismantling fees. A tidal wave hits her, flipping her over so that all the internal rooms are upside down. A priest takes a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of the ship in a …n attempt to survive. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspensecult film |
| Themes: | claustrophobiacouragefeardeath |
| Locations: | oceanship |
| Characters: | ship captain |
| Story: | engine roommediterranean seaatlantic oceanship sinkingbraveryblockbustersurvivorunderwaterfirepantiesexplosionbased on novel |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | couragemilitarydrunkennessdrinkingdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | submarineshipairplane |
| Characters: | military officer |
| Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
| Story: | torpedoair raidfamous scorevolunteerblockbusterreference to adolf hitlerdrowningundressingdrinkfireexplosiontitle spoken by character |
Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globali …zation. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award(R)-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | courageherofear |
| Locations: | u boatoceanshipairplane |
| Characters: | ship captain |
| Story: | engine roomship crewpistonhomesicknessdutyportsailorbraverynicknametensionsurvivorbased on true storytitle spoken by charactertwo word titlemale nudity |
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue …more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel. (Read More)
| Themes: | courageherofearfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | oceanship |
| Characters: | ship captain |
| Story: | north atlantictankerportprayingsailoroilbraverytensionmissionbased on true storysurprise endingpartyexplosion |
When some Russian rebels takes control of some ICBM's, the Americans mobilize. Among the vessels sent is the nuclear sub, the Alabama. But before they leave they need a new X.O. and among the choices is Commander Hunter, who hasn't seen much action. But the ship's Captain, Ramsey OK's him. While on …the way, there was an incident and Hunter disagreed with how Ramsey handled it, it's evident that Ramsey doesn't think much of Hunter because Hunter was college educated while Ramsey worked his way up. They're given orders to attack but when they were in the process of receiving another order, the ship's communications were damaged, so the entire message was not received. Ramsey decides to continue with their previous order while Hunter wants to reestablish contact first. That's when the two men butt heads that ends with Hunter relieving Ramsey. Later when some men die, some of the officers feel that Hunter is not up to the task so they team up to retake control. But Hunter has taken precautions. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspensecult film |
| Themes: | military |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarineocean |
| Story: | naval uniformnaval officermediterranean seasubmarine captainsubmarine movienavalsonartorpedonavyblockbusterreference to adolf hitlerexplosiontwo word title |
The story of USSR's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. The submarine's crew, led by the unyielding Captain Alexi Vostrikov, races against time to prevent a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster which th …reatens not only the lives of his crew, but has the potential to ignite a world war between the super powers. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | couragehero |
| Locations: | submarineocean |
| Story: | submarine moviechief engineersubmarinerdutytorpedonavysurvivorunderwaterfirebased on true story |
A naval war ship encounters an alien armada and faces the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. If they lose, the world could face a major extinction event and an alien invasion. Will humans win this alien war, what are the aliens doing here, and what do they want? Based on the Hasbro naval war gam …e. (Read More)
| Themes: | couragemilitarydrunkenness |
| Locations: | oceanship |
| Characters: | ship captain |
| Story: | naval uniformnaval battlenaval officerdestroyernavalsonartorpedonavybraveryexplosiontitle spoken by character |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
| Themes: | couragemilitaryherodrunkennessfeardrinkingdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | germanyairplane |
| Characters: | nazi officernazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | iron crossheil hitlerwehrmachtthird reichcomradeair raidvolunteerbraverywoundtraitorold manbathroomdrinkfirebased on true story …partyexplosiontwo word title (See All) |
Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent sto …rm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner's intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinking |
| Locations: | ocean |
| Story: | head woundhullleaknavalnavigationwetnesssailorbraverysurvivorold mandrinkfiretitle spoken by character |
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convince …d he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | militarydrinkingfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | germanyairplane |
| Characters: | military officernazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | iron crossheil hitlerwehrmachtthird reichair raidtraitordiarydrinkbased on true storyexplosiontitle spoken by character |
Two powerful German guns control the seas past the Greek island of Navarone making the evacuation of endangered British troops on a neighboring island impossible. Air attack is useless so a team of six Allied and Greek soldiers is put ashore to meet up with partisans to try and dynamite the guns. Th …e mission is perilous enough anyway but are the Germans on the island getting further help too?. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspensecult film |
| Themes: | militaryhero |
| Locations: | germany |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | ship sinkingdestroyerair raidaircraftfamous scoreblockbustertraitormissionexplosionbased on novel |
This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. As United States and Japanese relations strain over the U.S. embargo of raw materials, Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda (Tatsuya Mihashi) plans the preemptive strike … against the United States. Although American intelligence agencies intercept Japanese communications hinting at the attack, they are unwilling to believe such a strike could ever occur on U.S. soil. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarineairplane |
| Period: | year 1941world war two |
| Story: | naval uniformconvoytorpedoair raidaircraftnavyexplosionbased on novel |
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkennessfeardrinkingdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | love letter |
| Story: | person on firehazinganti warsweatboredomoilwoundvomitingbare buttundressingdrinkurinationfirepantiestitle spoken by character …male nudity (See All) |
In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The … political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper Konig to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | courageherofriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | nazi officer |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | iron crosswehrmachtcomradehide and seekreference to adolf hitlerwoundshot in the shouldermassacrevomitingfirebased on true storyexplosion |
It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erskine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergo …es the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erskine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's secret HYDRA research department (headed by Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull), Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot; however, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America, and his war against Schmidt begins. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | couragemilitaryherodrunkennessfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarineshipairplane |
| Characters: | military officernazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | aircraftbraveryreference to adolf hitlerunderwatershot in the shouldermissionsurprise endingexplosion |
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | couragemilitaryherodrunkennessfeardeathfriendship |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarineoceanshipairplane |
| Characters: | ship captainmilitary officer |
| Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
| Story: | naval uniformnaval battlenaval officerlocker roomship sinkingperson on fireperiscopetorpedoair raidsailorbraverydrowningvomitingfirebased on true story …surprise endingexplosiontitle spoken by character (See All) |
In the middle of World War II, in turbulent 1942, a plane flies over Morocco and drops a Royal Canadian Air Force paratrooper who comes in to land on a drop zone, somewhere in the desert dunes outside Casablanca. Just in time before anyone notices him, the fearless Wing Commander Max Vatan gets in a … car and heads to the town with orders to meet Parisian Marianne Beausejour, a skillful member of the French Resistance. On a mission to assassinate the German Ambassador in Casablanca, the two operatives must convince every one of their true feelings as a married couple, while in the background, they need to make the necessary preparations for the critical soiree. Without delay, after the success of this suicide mission, Max and Marianne flee together to England with plans on marrying and making a family, regardless of the war. Instead, heavy clouds of distrust and suspicion threaten their relationship, when Max receives a call from the Secret Service Division to inform him that his beloved wife is actually an impostor. In disbelief, with a terrible task in his hands and crushed under a devastating dilemma, Max must find the courage to seek for answers in the perilous streets of bombarded London, regardless of the outcome. In the end, amid duty and love, who shall live and who shall die? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | couragemilitarydrunkennessfearfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military officer |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | dutyair raidanti warreference to adolf hitlermissionmassacrevomitingbare buttundressingfiresurprise endingpartyexplosiontitle spoken by charactermale nudity |
During World War II when the Americans needed to find a secure method of communicating they devised a code using the Navajo language. So Navajos were recruited to become what they call code talkers. They would be assigned to a unit and would communicate with other units using the code so that even t …hough the enemy could listen they couldn't understand what they were saying. And to insure that the code is protected men are assigned to protect it at all costs. One of these men is Joe Enders, a man who sustained an injury that can make him unfit for duty but he manages to avoid it and is told of his duty and that the man he is suppose to protect is Ben Yahzee. Initially there is tension but the two men learn to get along. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspensecult film |
| Themes: | couragemilitaryherodrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | dutyoilbraverytensionwoundvomitingdrinkfirebased on true storyexplosion |
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
| Subgenre: | suspensecult film |
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | oceanship |
| Story: | engine roomnaval officersailorsurvivordrowningbare buttfiretwo word titlebased on novelmale nudity |
Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and The US has already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. un …til that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epicsuspense |
| Themes: | couragedrunkennessfearfriendship |
| Locations: | ship |
| Story: | returntensionblockbustermissionuniformvomitingurinationbased on true storypartyexplosiontitle spoken by charactertwo word title |
Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation.
| Subgenre: | epiccult film |
| Themes: | herodeath |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | nazi officernazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi occupied francewehrmachtair raidnavyuniformfireexplosion |
In German-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movi …e premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | militaryherofeardeath |
| Locations: | germany |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | person on firenazi propagandahiding placenicknametensionred dressreference to adolf hitlermassacrefireexplosiontwo word title |
The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that …will help them escape to America. But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | herodrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military officernazi officernazi soldier |
| Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi occupied francepressurefamous scoretitle spoken by character |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarydrunkennessdeath |
| Characters: | nazi soldier |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | person on fireprayingreference to adolf hitlershot in the shouldermissionuniformmassacrevomitingurinationfireexplosiontitle spoken by character |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
| Themes: | feardrinkingfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Story: | ends with deathtankerexpatriateoilbraverytensionvomitingdrinkurinationfiresurprise endingexplosionbased on novel |
Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is an expert United States Naval Aviator. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly outflown and freaks. On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the carrier. When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick i …s moved up in the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father's death in combat that killed others due to his father's error. Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and in another way to Charlie Blackwood, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | militaryfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | ocean |
| Story: | naval uniformnaval officerlocker roomsweatnavyblockbusteruniformexplosiontitle spoken by charactertwo word title |
84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship …with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiance, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | herofearfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | submarineoceanship |
| Characters: | ship captain |
| Story: | quartermasternorth atlanticleakfamous scoresailorblockbustersurvivorunderwaterdrowningundressingbased on true storysurprise endingpartyexplosiontitle spoken by character |
Ben Randall is a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. When his crew is killed in an accident and his marriage ends, his commander tells him he wants Randall to go to the US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer "A" School to train other rescue swimmers. He encounters a guy named Jake who's a little cocky because he was … once a swim champion. So Ben puts him through the wringer to see if he can handle it. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarydrunkennessdeath |
| Locations: | oceanship |
| Characters: | ship captain |
| Story: | naval officerlocker roomnavydrowningfireexplosiontitle spoken by character |
ANTHROPOID is based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich. The Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler, Heydrich was the main architect behind the Final Solution and the leader of occupying Nazi forces …in Czechoslovakia whose reign of terror prompted self-exiled Czech and Slovak soldiers (played by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan) to hatch a top-secret mission that would change the face of Europe forever.i (Read More)
| Themes: | herofriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | germany |
| Characters: | nazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | head woundreference to winston churchillthird reichhiding placeoccupationbraveryreference to adolf hitlerwoundtraitormissionmassacreurinationbased on true storypartyexplosion …title spoken by character (See All) |
1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. What is the secret behind the sphere? Will they survive the mysterious 'manife …stations'? Who or what is creating these? They may never live to find out. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | feardeath |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarineoceanship |
| Story: | navydrowningbathroomfiresurprise endingexplosiontitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the we …ather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | shipairplane |
| Story: | atlantic oceanship sinkingtensionblockbusterdrinkbased on true storytitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Zululand, South Africa, 1879. The British are fighting the Zulus and one of their columns has just been wiped out at Isandlwana. The Zulus next fix their sights on the small British outpost at Rorke's Drift. At the outpost are 150 British troops under the command of Lieutenants Bromhead and Chard. I …n the next few days these 150 troops will fight about 4,000 Zulus in one of the most courageous battles in history. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epiccult film |
| Themes: | couragemilitaryherodrunkennessdeath |
| Characters: | military officer |
| Story: | occupationbraverywoundmissionuniformmassacrefiretitle spoken by character |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin …ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
| Themes: | militaryherodrunkennessfeardrinkingdeath |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | head woundhomesicknesswoundtraitormassacrebathroomundressingdrinkurinationbased on true storypartyexplosionbased on novel |
When a band of ruthless hijackers invade the world's most luxurious cruise ship, they're shocked to discover the passengers have mysteriously vanished! But that doesn't mean they are alone! Something terrifying is lurking just out of sight: a deadly force from the unexplored depths of the ocean that … begins to snatch the horrified intruders one by one! (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | friendshipdeath |
| Locations: | oceanship |
| Story: | head woundship crewtorpedored dressfiresurprise endingexplosion |
The true story of 'Desmond T. Doss' (qv), the conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery and regard for his fellow soldiers. We see his upbringing and how this shaped his views, especially his religious view and anti-killing stance. We see … Doss's trials and tribulations after enlisting in the US Army and trying to become a medic. Finally, we see the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | person on firemedicanti warbraverywoundvomitingbare buttbased on true storyexplosionmale nudity |
Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all thr …ee of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | militaryfriendship |
| Characters: | military officer |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | person on firenazi occupied francemedicbraveryblockbusteruniformdrowningvomitingbased on true storyexplosiontitle spoken by character |
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret … service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | herodeath |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarinegermany |
| Story: | person on firemediterraneantensionunderwatershot in the shouldermissionold mansurprise endingexplosiontitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | friendshipdeath |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | nazi officer |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | heil hitlerhiding placereference to adolf hitlersurvivorwoundtraitormassacrebathroomvomitingbare buttundressingurinationbased on true storypantiesparty …explosionmale nudity (See All) |
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an imp …ossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. (Read More)
| Themes: | couragemilitarydeath |
| Locations: | germanyairplane |
| Characters: | military officernazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | braveryreference to adolf hitlertraitormissionuniformfirebased on true storysurprise endingexplosiontitle spoken by character |
Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. An assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion, in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness, along with a Captain in Ge …rmany's Kreigsmarine (Navy). (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epiccult film |
| Themes: | military |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarineairplane |
| Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
| Story: | german navyperiscopeexplosion |
Fighter navigator Chris Burnett wants out: he was looking for something more than the boring recon missions he's been flying. He finds himself flying the lone Christmas day mission over war-torn Bosnia. But when he talks pilot Stackhouse into flying slightly off-course to check out an interesting ta …rget, the two get shot down. Burnett is soon alone, trying to outrun a pursuing army, while commanding officer Reigert finds his rescue operation hamstrung by politics, forcing Burnett to run far out of his way. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | couragemilitaryherodeath |
| Story: | navigatornavymissionmassacrebased on true storysurprise endingtitle spoken by charactertwo word title |
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | militaryfeardrinkingfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | ship |
| Story: | volunteeranti waruniformbare buttundressingbased on true storyexplosiontitle spoken by characterbased on novelmale nudity |
Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle …for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspensecult film |
| Themes: | militarydrunkennessfeardeath |
| Locations: | ship |
| Characters: | ship captain |
| Story: | machinetensionblockbustersurvivordrowningmassacrefiresurprise endingexplosion |
A former Australian policeman now living in the post-apocalyptic Australian outback as a warrior agrees to help a community of survivors living in a gasoline refinery to defend them and their gasoline supplies from evil barbarian warriors.
| Subgenre: | epiccult film |
| Themes: | courageherodeathfriendship |
| Story: | person on fireoilbraveryblockbustersurvivorbare buttsurprise endingexplosionmale nudity |
During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General mu …st not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst the team is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Schaffer, who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation. When one of the team dies after the parachute drop, Schaffer suspects that Smith's mission has a much more secret objective. (Read More)
| Themes: | militaryhero |
| Locations: | germanyairplane |
| Characters: | nazi soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | wehrmachtaircraftsurvivortraitormissionuniformsurprise endingexplosionbased on novel |
James Bond is back. An oil tycoon is murdered in MI6 and Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard, who has a bullet lodged in his brain from a previous agent, is secretly planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains a hand from a research scientist, Dr. Christmas Jones who witnesses the ac …tion which happens when Bond meets up with Renard, but Bond becomes suspicious about Elektra King, especially when Bond's boss, M goes missing. Bond must work quickly to prevent Renard from destroying Europe. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspensecult film |
| Themes: | hero |
| Locations: | u boatsubmarine |
| Story: | torpedooilblockbustertraitorunderwatermissionexplosiontitle spoken by character |
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