THEME EXPLORATION

submarine disaster

31 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
Mystery Submarine
Mystery Submarine
1950 · Douglas Sirk
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Roland Emmerich
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
Santa Brigida
Santa Brigida
1951 · Roberto Rossellini
The Crossing II
The Crossing II
2015 · John Woo
The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Impossible
The Impossible
2012 · J. A. Bayona
The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers
1951 · Jean Rouch
Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet Two
2011 · George Miller
Everest
Everest
2015 · Baltasar Kormákur
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Rebuilding
Rebuilding
2025 · Max Walker-Silverman
Calcutta 71
Calcutta 71
1972 · Mrinal Sen
Mountain Vigil
Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian
War Between the Planets
War Between the Planets
1966 · Antonio Margheriti
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
The Host
The Host
2006 · Bong Joon-ho
Troll
Troll
2022 · Roar Uthaug
K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Kathryn Bigelow
The Great Flood
The Great Flood
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
1958 · Roy Ward Baker
Death in the Land of Encantos
Death in the Land of Encantos
2015 · Lav Diaz
Flight Crew
Flight Crew
2016 · Nikolay Lebedev
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wolfgang Petersen Germany

His masterpiece 'Das Boot' (1981) remains the definitive submarine disaster film, exploring the claustrophobic horror and human vulnerability within a doomed U-boat.

 Kathryn Bigelow United States

Her visceral direction in 'K-19: The Widowmaker' (2002) captures the psychological and physical devastation of submarine catastrophe with unflinching intensity and technical precision.