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Two unemployed actors escape from police by stowing away aboard a luxury liner. But soon the ship hits the fan, and the impostors must give the performance of a lifetime-not only to evade the authorities, but to foil the dastardly plot a dangerous crewman who has explosive plans for everyone on board.
3) U-571
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Just as a U.S. Navy Captain and his crew are beginning to enjoy their shore leave, they are called back to active duty in order to infiltrate a Nazi U-boat and steal the their top-secret encoding device.
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In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive.
6) Das Boot
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Follows the daring patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves." The crew is graphically portrayed in a life-and-death struggle, challenging the British Navy at every turn.
7) Poseidon
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Over 2,000 passengers and crew are celebrating New Year's Eve aboard the luxury cruise ship 'Poseidon' on the open sea. Without warning, at midnight, a rogue wave hundreds of feet high, slams into the ship and rolls it upside down. Most of the passengers and crew are killed outright, but several hundred remain alive in the ballroom, where the party was being held. Realizing their only hope of rescue lies at the surface of the water, a handful of survivors,...
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