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1. Das Boot: The Director's Cut
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge
1997, 149 min.

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Description: The Story Das Boot is the story of a single mission of one U-boat and its crew. The film follows the U-96 from its departure from La Rochelle, France, through its patrols in the North Atlantic and ...

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2. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Edition)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Producer: Paramount
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Ishaq Bux, Anthony Chinn, John Rhys-Davies, Patrick Durkin
2008, 115 min.

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Description: Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling ...

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3. Hunt for Red October, The
Directed by John McTiernan
Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
2003, 134 min.

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4. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Special Edition)
Directed by Charles A. Nichols
Producer: Walt Disney Video
James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Peter Ellenshaw, Elmo Williams, Vincent Di Fate
2003, 127 min.

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Description: Climb aboard the Nautilus ... and into a strange undersea world of spellbinding adventure! Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre star as shipwrecked survivors taken captive by the mysterious Capta ...

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5. Midway (Collector's Edition)
Directed by Jack Smight
Producer: Universal Studios
Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Edward Albert, James Coburn, Glenn Ford
2001, 132 min.

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Description: Six months after the Japanese destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Americans discovered the Japanese were planning to seize the Naval base at Midway Island--a perfect staging point fo ...

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6. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Producer: 20th Century Fox
2006, 144 min.

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Description: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" is the Japanese signal to attack - and the movie meticulously recreates the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events leading up to it. Opening scenes contrast the American and Japanes ...

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7. 1941
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Dan Ackroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary
1999, 118 min.

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8. Run Silent, Run Deep
Directed by Robert Wise
Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter
1999, 93 min.

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9. Hunt for Red October, The
Directed by John McTiernan
Producer: Paramount
Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Vlado Benden, Michael George Benko
2008, 135 min.
Description: Widescreen/Blu-Ray. PG rating. Hunt For Red October. A contemplative thriller by early 1990's standards, The Hunt For Red October was the first movie based on the successful Jack Ryan novels of Tom Cl ...

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10. Sink the Bismarck!
Directed by Lewis Gilbert (II)
Producer: 20th Century Fox
Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith, Karel Stepanek
2003, 97 min.

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Description: It's spring 1941, and Great Britain is the only country in Europe yet to be defeated by the Nazi army, but all of that could change soon. The Nazis have launched their juggernaut battleship, the Bisma ...

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11. We Dive at Dawn
Directed by Anthony Asquith
John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling, 98 min.

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12. Final Countdown (Widescreen Edition), The
Directed by Don Taylor
Producer: Blue Underground
Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal
2004, 103 min.

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Description: With a tantalizing "what-if?" scenario and a respectable cast of Hollywood veterans, The Final Countdown plays like a grand-scale episode of The Twilight Zone. It's really no more than that, and time- ...

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13. U-571
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi
2000, 116 min.

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Description: A US naval officer leads a search to recover an Enigma machine, which the Third Reich used to encrypt/decrypt its communications, from a German U-boat (U-571) during World War II. Read our review ...

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14. Enigma
Directed by Michael Apted
Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam
2002, 119 min.

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Description: This movie is based on the book by Robert Harris and was adapted for the screen by Tom Stoppard. The plot focuses on the code-breaking efforts at Bletchley Park. The filmmakers, aiming for a high degr ...

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15. Above Us the Waves
Directed by Ralph Thomas
John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice
1955, 92 min.

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16. U-571
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Producer: Universal Studios
Jon Bon Jovi, Terrence "T.C." Carson, Tom Guiry, Harvey Keitel, Thomas Kretschmann
2008, 60 min.
Description: A U.S. Navy Captain and his crew are just beginning to enjoy 48 hours of leave when they receive word to immediately return to duty. On a top-secret assignment, they must disguise themselves as Nazis ...

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17. In Harm's Way
Directed by Otto Preminger
Producer: Paramount
John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss
2001, 165 min.

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18. Crash Dive
Directed by Archie Mayo
Producer: 20th Century Fox
Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty.
2004, 105 min.

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Description: En route to submarine duty in Washington, naval officer Lt. Stewart (Tyrone Power) meets the enchanting Jean Hewitt (Anne Baxter). He begins a whirlwind courtship, unaware she is already engaged to t ...

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19. Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary (History Channel)
Directed by M. Clay Adams
Producer: A&E Home Video
2003, 690 min.

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Description: A 26-episode World War II documentary, Victory at Sea is one of the most important series in the history of television. Made in 1952, the show was a huge success, winning many major awards and even sp ...

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20. Operation Pacific
Directed by George Waggner
John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes
2007, 111 min.

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Description: World War II rages across the Pacific and Lt. Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford is in the thick of it. He evacuates children from enemy-held islands. Oversees the development of torpedoes at Pearl Harbor. And pro ...

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21. Battle of the Atlantic
Producer: BBC
2002, 146 min.

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Description: Hitler's submarines, his "Grey Wolves," made their first appearance in 1939, and by 1942 had brought the Allies to the brink of defeat. Churchill would later admit, "The only thing that ever really fr ...

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22. Cruel Sea, The
Directed by Charles Frend
Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker
1953, 121 min.
Description: This feature tells the story of the officers of a British convoy escort ship as they battle U-boats and the merciless ocean. Seen from the viewpoint of the ship's captain, the film portrays one ma ...

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23. Hunt for Red October, The
Directed by John McTiernan
Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
1990, 134 min.

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24. Agent Red
Directed by Damian Lee
Dolph Lundgren, Meilani Paul, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Natalie Redford
2004, 95 min.

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Description: A U.S. naval officer and his aide are taking a deadly virus via sub from Russia to America, when a gang of Russian terrorists take control of the sub, with the intent of launching a bioweapon attack o ...

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25. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Wolf Kahler, Paul Freeman
1981, 115 min.
Description: The year is 1936, and the American and German governments are both seeking the Ark of the Covenant (Hitler believes it holds a mystical power which will render his armies indomitable). Dr. Indiana Jon ...

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26. Attack America
1997, 52 min.
Description: This documentary, Part II of The U-boat War series, focuses on U-boat actions off the U.S. east coast in 1942, and on other action in the North Atlantic in the winter of 1942-1943. Highly-credentialed ...

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27. Enigma
Directed by Michael Apted
Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam
2001, 119 min.
Description: This movie is based on the book by Robert Harris and was adapted for the screen by Tom Stoppard. The plot focuses on the code-breaking efforts at Bletchley Park. The filmmakers, aiming for a high degr ...

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28. Operation Petticoat
Directed by Blake Edwards
Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill
1959, 124 min.

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29. Convoy
Directed by Pen Tennyson
Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell
1940, 95 min.
Description: The main plot of this feature film concerns a British cruiser that draws off a German warship in order to save a convoy. At one point, a U-boat captures a merchantman which has straggled from the con ...

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30. We Dive at Dawn
Directed by Anthony Asquith
John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling
1943, 98 min.

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