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K-19: The Widowmaker

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When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster. From TMDB

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  • Lum @brokentoys.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    He had some clout, both from his rank and his reputation as a hero - if you ever saw the movie "K-19, the Widowmaker" - it was a true story, and that sub commander was Arkhipov. He ordered the sub to surface, identify himself, and take on fresh air so they could contact command and think clearly.

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  • chatsubo657.bsky.social @chatsubo657.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    Hey #Filmsky , I’m on an not very urgent quest to watch all of Kathryn Bigelow’s films (well, maybe not the the art school films) and just found out she directed K-19 -The Widowmaker. Sort of thing you think you get free on streaming, but apparently not. Worth a rent or a buy?

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  • Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2026

    In 2002, the mediocre film “K-19: The Widowmaker” purported to tell the story of the catastrophic 1961 accident, but many of the actual sailors objected to how they and their dead crew mates were portrayed, particularly the inclusion of fictitious incidents of cowardice and a non-existent revolt.

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  • Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2025

    In 2002, the mediocre film “K-19: The Widowmaker” purported to tell the story of the catastrophic 1961 accident, but many of the actual sailors objected to how they and their dead crewmates were portrayed, particularly the inclusion of fictitious incidents of cowardice and a non-existent revolt.

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  • Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    K-19: The Widowmaker. What could be more romantic than a movie where a bunch of Russian sailors die horribly from radiation sickness?

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  • Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.comBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    I did not have time to contribute to this because I was at a festival but IF I did, the Harrison Ford movie I would’ve written about would’ve been K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER.

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  • Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.comBluesky · Apr 29, 2025

    For the film’s 20th anniversary a few years ago, I wrote about how K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER totally altered Harrison Ford’s career. He went from pushing his persona and making interesting choices to taking some ill-advised low-hanging fruit.

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  • Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2023

    For the first few years of our relationship my husband kept talking enthusiastically about the film K-19. It took me *years* to discover that it is not, in fact, a movie about a teenage dog.

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  • Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.comBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    Ford is also on the record of K-19 being his most under-appreciated film!!

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  • Jesse Hammer @jessehammertime.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 13, 2026

    Anything set on a submarine is a top-notch Dad movie. Crimson Tide, K-19: The Widowmaker, Hunt For Red October...

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  • Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2024

    In 2002, the mediocre film “K-19: The Widowmaker” purported to tell the story of the catastrophic 1961 accident, but many of the actual sailors objected to how they and their dead crewmates were portrayed, particularly the inclusion of fictitious incidents of cowardice and a non-existent revolt.

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  • Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.comBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    One last thing but part of the reason I would’ve chosen K-19 is that part of its box office failure is baked into it being a summer release: a wintery film about the Cold War from the Russian side being put into US theaters in July?!? Wild stuff.

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  • Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2026

    Movies I have seen: The A-Team The Bee Movie C Me Dance The D Train E.T. F1 G Force I.Q. J. Edgar K-19: The Widowmaker L.A. Confidential M O P2 Q: The Winged Serpent R.I.P.D. S&Man T2 Trainspotting U-571 V for Vendetta W. X Z I'm missing H, N, and Y

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  • 🎃HunkyKarras🎃/♑🇮🇪🇬🇧 @hunkykubrick.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    Today's Film Article: An interview with Kathryn Bigelow in this month's S&S mag (Dec' 25, Vol 35, # 10) - discussing her past films (The Loveless, Near Dark, Blue Steel, Point Break, Strange Days, K-19, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Detroit, her latest, A House of Dynamite & more...) 1/2

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge June 7 - movie or TV character played by Liam Neeson that is NOT Qui-Gon or Oskar Schindler Capt. Mikhail Polenin in K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) #filmsky #moviesky

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  • Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Wow. I never saw it at the time but K-19 Widowmaker may be the worst submarine movie of all time.

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  • James Corck 🦅 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamescorck.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    I've also re-watched "K-19: The Widowmaker" - www.imdb.com/title/tt0267... This one's still very good. The slow first half is compensated by a harrowing second half. Plus everyone does a pretty good job in it. 7/10 #Movie #Review #K19TheWidowmaker

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  • Andee Harry @andeeharry1.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2026

    R.I.P to Mike Wallace (83) film producer Terminator 3 Terminator Salvation Alexander World Trade Centre An award winning historican Co-authrored Gotham Mortiza Borman (71) Founder of Pacifian Filming Produced Wedding Planner K-19-The Widowmaker Nurse Betty Basic Instinct 2

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  • Benjamin Bailey @benjaminbailey.bsky.socialBluesky · May 30, 2026

    My family always used that title as code for taking a giant dump. Nothing against the movie, it just feels like a bathroom code to say “oh man, I just dropped a full K-19 the Widowmaker in there. Give it time to air out.”

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  • Tyler @tylerrothmar.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    There's a scene in an old submarine movie (K-19) where teams have to take turns repairing a damaged nuclear reactor, and just a few mins of exposure devastates their bodies, and I feel like the morning trains are a bit like that.

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  • Brian [email protected]‬ @briandunn.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    K-19, again. She had the nuclear accident which was the subject of the movie in 1961 and was repaired and put back into service. In 1969 she collided with the US submarine Gato and had her forward section damaged. In 1971 she had a fire on board which killed 30 crewmen.

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  • Tom McGrath @tcmcg.photoBluesky · Mar 23, 2025

    Hulu recommended K-19: The Widowmaker to me, and I thought “ok, why not?” This is a film I saw *in the theater* in 2002. And I remembered the accents being dodgy, but WOW, I’m not sure they’re trying.

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  • Ernests Borg 1 thru 8 [he/him] @deusericus.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2024

    alright it's time to watch the greatest movie ever made, a movie that's all about Mom and Dad learning to get along and love each other again. that's right it's time to watch K-19: The Widowmaker

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  • David Rudin @davidrudin.comBluesky · Aug 27, 2023

    K-19 Widowmaker is a movie about working in media: The workers know the plans and equipment don't work, the local managers know they're being set up to fail, and HQ has responded by parachuting in a new boss to stubbornly insist they all stay the course

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  • Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2023

    In 2002, the mediocre film “K-19: The Widowmaker” purported to tell the story of the catastrophic 1961 accident, but many of the actual sailors objected to how they and their dead crewmates were portrayed, including fictitious incidents of cowardice and a non-existent revolt.

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  • cageyratfish (they) UTC-7 🐟🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    he definitely earned that "Stinky" award for "Worst Fake Russian Accent - Male" 😹 that was a fun (?!) movie tho. Despite the liberties it took with the real story, which believe it or not is even *worse*. That was just K-19's *first* disaster

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions, the crew must race to save the ship & prevent disaster. Harrison Ford & Liam Neeson star in thriller K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, screening Jan 2 in our series Right Here Right Now!: The Films of Kathryn Bigelow. paristheaternyc.com/film/k19-the...

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  • Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    So priceless. Takes one back to movie K-19 with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson.

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  • R. Dubya Slade @rdubyaslade.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Without knowing anything about it, my best guess is K-19 is a horror film about a country that subjects its citizens to 20 years of mandatory public school education.

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  • Joe’s Ghost 🎃🐻 @zonabear.xyzBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    I just watched a trailer for K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, a movie set during the Cold War with both Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson cast as Soviet submariners. That feels just so wrong for some reason

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  • Barkeromo!!! @barkeromo.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Well, I would get rid of the regular one (which the other 2 jack Ryan are also the same way) but I can't bring myself to do it. But, I did add the K-19 movie to the set.

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  • Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    I was a film buff back in the day. imo K-19 was pretty cheesy but good film for what it was. I checked wiki because I'd forgotten the name of the U-571 movie. Bon Jovi is in the credits.

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  • Spooky SazCaz @sazcaz.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    It's a fascinating story of men putting their lives at risk and helping all of us in the war effort. If you've seen the Bon Jovi movie K-19 Widowmaker, that was the American mission that stole a whole Enigma machine and fucked the whole thing

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  • JAMPH @jamph.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2026

    I will say that I still enjoy K-19, even though that film probably marks the turn in her career.

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  • s*w*a*c @swac.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2026

    A friend has a better story, driving Harrison to get some weed when he was here making K-19: The Widowmaker (he was one of the drivers for the film). Harrison didn't want to stay in the car, so he went into the house with him, and the weed guys were on the couch watching Raiders of the Lost Ark!

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  • cageyratfish (they) UTC-7 🐟🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    speaking of accidents, the real story of Soviet nuclear sub K-19 is *so* much weirder and more awful than the Harrison Ford/Liam Neeson movie Especially *this* bit 😹

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  • Julie Lynn @julielynn996.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    My faves are Young Frankenstein, The Hunt for Red October and every war movie out there, especially submarine movies. I am also a fan of chick flicks, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. I kind of love Kate Hudson. Rich, but beautiful. K-19: The Widowmaker is pretty good.

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  • Nathan 🎃 @never-say-die.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2025

    I think you’re right about the how emotions are played in her movies Point Break is one of my all time favorites and I remember not hating strange days. This movie is fine, it plays like an over the top HBO docudrama. Hurt Locker is straight up bad imo and I only like K-19 for Harrison Ford

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  • Josh Olson @josholson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2025

    K-19's really good, too, and I feel like that's the movie that transitioned her into the arena she's working in now.

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  • Hockey Pucks 🏒 🥅 @canadianheart.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Good Liam Neeson movie about him called K-19 The Widow Maker!

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  • Movie History @iainmcdougall.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2025

    #OnThisDay in 2002 “K-19 The Widowmaker” premiered starring Harrison Ford & Liam Neeson @paramountpictures.bsky.social @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @themoviedb.bsky.social @thr.com @deadline.com www.pluggedin.com/movie-review...

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  • Mark 🇱🇸 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇷 @ssfcfoty13.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    Best modern day sub movie? For me: 1: Crimson Tide 2: Hunt for Red October 3: K-19 4: The World is not Enough (LOL JK)

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  • The bird, not the painter @rembrandtswife.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    I love that movie. I have a thing for "male bonding under duress movies" that also includes Apollo 13, K-19, and Space Cowboys.

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  • Jam2 @jam2.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2025

    ALPHABET MOVIES💖💖💖📽️📽️📽️: Think of one Movie you really like that begins with the letter K and add here (pic, poster, GIF, etc) My Choice: K-19 The Widowmaker (2002) Your Choice? (Add To This Post) youtu.be/cUMw4mPuXcc?...

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  • Marc Reeve @cmraman.geek.orgBluesky · Apr 30, 2025

    64 years ago, the Soviet Union launched its first missile-carrying submarine, the legendary K-19.(Legendary in a bad way - you may have seen the movie.) 77 years ago, the Organization of American States was established in Bogotá, Colombia. 78 years ago, Boulder Dam in Nevada was renamed Hoover Dam.

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  • Tom McGrath @tcmcg.photoBluesky · Mar 31, 2025

    I watched K-19 The Widowmaker while folding clothes last weekend and this past weekend, so I agree with this proposal wholeheartedly. (Katheryn Bigelow! 2002! Harrison Ford! Liam Neesons! How did this movie stink so bad?)

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  • Hypatia L.A. Seneschale @femiyahtzee.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    Mom had the B-movie tv channel on all day yesterday and when I periodically glanced up I saw: - several gorgeously lit nighttime scenes, a sumptuously choreographed love scene, and impeccable tailoring in American Yakuza - actors in ensemble scenes given time to *act* in K-19 WE ARE LOSING RECIPES

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  • Dr. Jennifer (she/her) @drjags.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    Oh God! I'm forever traumatized by the movie K-19: The Widowmaker

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  • CrossRaven @crossraven.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    I watched "K-19: The Widowmaker" directed by Katheryn Bigelow and starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. This was a weird movie to watch in the current climate because it's about a Russian nuclear submarine. It flopped when it came out, but I didn't think it was bad. #filmsky

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  • Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    Crimson Tide is the sweatiest submarine movie, exceeding Das Boot and K-19 by fair margins.

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  • 🗽What? Me? Worry? MalcomJ🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇦 @malcomj.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2023

    What a riot of a movie. I just love it. Listening to Harrison Ford's Russian accent come and go in K-19, this was the better approach. Like not having Bogart be a Canadian instead of a cockney in the African Queen. Smart.

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  • s*w*a*c @swac.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    I just made a pitch for K-19 to a new podcast about his movies (called, brilliantly, "Ford Focus"). Coincidentally, it was filmed at the shipyard a few blocks from where I live, and there are a few great stories out there about his time in Halifax. I liked the film at the time, due for a rewatch.

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  • s*w*a*c @swac.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    Eagerly awaiting the K-19: The Widowmaker episode. (I think it's an underrated movie, and also much of it was shot within blocks of my house.)

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  • winston @winston.ccBluesky · May 15, 2026

    had a sudden urge to watch a Harrison Ford Jack Ryan movie but none of them are on streaming i can access so settling for K:19 the Widowmaker

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    The (movie) K-19: The Widowmaker 1080p (iTunes)(US) $4.99 (History) (iMDB) 6.8 Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter

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  • "Du Kampfzwerg". @troublemakersup.blacksky.appBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    Contemplating rewatching K-19: The Widowmaker, and how did I not remember that this film features Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford playing Russian military officers? Their attempt at a Russian-speaking English is so laughable and that was only the trailer! 😂

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    The (movie) K-19: The Widowmaker 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £2.99 (History) (iMDB) 6.8 Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter

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  • awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    Samsung+ decided to air some cheery Christmas Eve fare with Kathyrn Bigelow's K-19 The Widowmaker -- Home Alone was the alternative.. just a terrible film but one can't help but wonder how very differently this near apocaolyptic incident would play out today www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhWw...

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  • Chris Goodman @cbgoodman.coBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    Recent movie adds. Gearing up to listen to a podcast series on subs (already have Crimson Tide, need to procure K-19 and Run Silent, Run Deep).

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  • keetza.bsky.social @keetza.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2025

    177. K-19: Widowmaker It’s a film with good moments and would be great in particular settings (as a video shown in a history class, or some random thing my grandpa puts on the TV). It’s a bit slow, but the performances and drama do help it move along.

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