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* ''[[G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]'' features what amounts to a dogfight [[In Space|UNDER WATER!]]
** It also features what amounts to the trench run in ''[[Star Wars]]'' Episode 4 [[In Space|UNDER WATER!]].
* ''[[Down Periscope]]'' involves a wargame that tests if a rogue [[World War Two]]-era diesel submarine, run by a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]], is capable of outmaneuvering the US Navy and cause significant damage to major ports. The diesel's main opponent? A ''[
** The exercise included two simulated attacks on naval ports where the diesel sub is assumed to do significant damage. The first attack has a scene where the old boat surfaces and launches flares (stand-ins for actual weapons) in sight of two admirals eating dinner. The second one was where Admiral Winslow (Rip Torn) authorised the use of live torpedoes by Lt Commander Tom Dodge ([[Kelsey Grammer]]), in place of the flares.
* ''[[The Abyss]]'' deserves a mention here. The minisubs involved aren't fighting with weapons- they're fighting ''over'' a weapon.
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* Averted in ''[[Das Boot]]'' and ''The Enemy Below''. Both of these are German U-boats versus Allied surface ships. In ''Das Boot'', the only encounter the U-Boat has with another submarine is almost colliding with one when they are both on the surface.
** And one of their own subs at that.
*** Most WWII sub movies are sub vs surface. [[Hot Sub
*** Though a Japanese sub is sunk in Run Silent, Run Deep. They had to lure it to the surface, and then fire the torpedo under a ship to hit the enemy sub.
* There's a sub v. sub fight in, of all places, [[Zombie Apocalypse]] novel ''[[World War Z]]''. And no, neither sub was piloted by Zombies. If they were, this entry would be on the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page.
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