Movies like Killer Whale
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Killer Whale (2026)
4K
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follows best friends Maddie and Trish as they find themselves trapped in a remote lagoon with the dangerous killer whale named Ceto.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, suspense thriller, dark, absurd, biting, high tension
Plot:
killer whale, survival, animal attack, isolation, man versus nature, escape, female friendship, claustrophobia, panic, cat and mouse, visceral, minimalism, moral dilemma, survival horror, orca, lagoon, adrenaline
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Killer Whale
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, tense, dark and suspenseful films with plots about survival, isolation, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, panic, escape and survival horror mostly in Horror, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Killer Whale: Push (2024), Below (2023), After Effect (2012), Wild Hunt (2016), Osiris (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
1K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pregnant realtor must survive a night of terror when a deranged client shows up at her open house.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
home invasion, confrontation, single, fear, survival, suspicion, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, siege, isolation, escape, panic ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
95%
395
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A bull shark gets stuck in a reservoir. Angry and hungry, it torments 8 teens stuck on a flimsy swim platform who have no chance of surviving the day...
Style:
suspense, tension
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
shark, animal attack, predator, survival, struggle for survival, survival horror, isolation, helplessness, trapped, teenager, fear, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
College students sign up for what seems a simple paid research study, they soon realize their lives are in danger. Unfortunately they've unknowingly volunteered their bodies as human collateral in an ongoing U.S. Military experiment.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, experiment gone awry, danger, confined, murder, student, chaos, zombie, military, violence, fear, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Five friends reunite for a camping trip when things start to go awry. Soon, they are hunted by wild beasts and have to fight to survive.
Style:
slasher, intense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, tense ...
Plot:
survival, survival horror, wilderness, struggle for survival, animal attack, forest, fear, camping, man versus nature, escape, chase, stalking ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.
Style:
space horror, intense, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
special forces, spacecraft, survival, alien invasion, soldier, space, survival horror, combat, abduction, extraterrestrial, fear, escape ...
Similarity:
61%
260
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A teacher must put aside his personal traumas to rally his school in a fight for survival against a group of violent, possessed students.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, dark, psychological horror ...
Plot:
possession, supernatural, student, trauma, survival, school, exorcism, body horror, haunting, panic, claustrophobia, graphic violence ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Pedro receives a desperate message from an ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother, Alicia. What seems like a simple mission soon becomes his worst nightmare. Pedro needs to escape; but Alicia won’t let him...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, creepy, dark ...
Plot:
mature, desperation, escape, claustrophobia, survival, isolation, male protagonist, single, mind game, cat and mouse, moral dilemma, guilt ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Robert Saunters, a mechanic is knocked unconscious at his birthday dinner and wakes up to find himself locked up inside the restaurant's freezer. Knowing nothing of why he's there, he realizes he has been mistaken as someone else.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
freezer, kidnapping, danger, confined, hostage, twists and turns, struggle for survival, claustrophobia, prisoner, gang, isolation, cold ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former marine awakens to an apocalyptic sight outside of his window and barricades himself from evil creatures that surround his apartment door and terrorize the city.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
survival, demon, apartment building, fantasy world, fight, monster, post apocalypse, survival horror, isolation, claustrophobia, post apocalyptic, home invasion ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
When a dangerous patient escapes confinement in a mental asylum and goes on a rampant killing spree, the night shift staff face their worst nightmare, as they fight for survival.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
serial killer, fear, mental institution, terror, survival, psychiatric patient, escaped mental patient, hospital, violence, isolation, escape, panic ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A couple returning from their engagement party must escape from a seemingly endless forested backroad causing them to lose their grip on reality... and a killer hunting them from the surrounding woods.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological horror, gloomy, surreal
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forest, isolation, unknown killer, cat and mouse, chase, paranoia, escape, manhunt, panic, young couple, visceral, engagement ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman is forced into a deadly game in which she has to kill five people or all her friends and family will be butchered.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
female protagonist, game of death, survival, coercion, hostage, abduction, confrontation, cat and mouse, moral dilemma, violent, torture, revenge ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A stately home robbery takes an evil turn one night when a gang of young thieves are caught by the owners of the house and then hunted across the estate for the proprietor's entertainment.
Style:
psychological, tension, suspense, intense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
burglary, criminal gang, hunting, robbery, hound dog, estate, most dangerous game, home invasion, hunted, struggle for survival, fear, chase ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK, Thailand
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Four kayakers take the wrong river into a jungle inhabited by a tribe of merciless cannibals.
Style:
suspense, intense, dark, brutal, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
jungle, betrayal, survival, cannibalism, tribe, kayaking, violence, river, danger, fear, blood, terror ...
Similarity:
47%
974
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After escaping a Russian labor camp, three men must overcome the treacherous wilderness and each other, as their journey home turns into a brutal fight for survival.
Style:
brutal, tense, intense, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, escape, winter, man versus nature, struggle for survival, cold, wilderness, desperation, snowstorm, isolation, betrayal, violent ...
Similarity:
46%
10K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Style:
intense, mind bending, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
survival, claustrophobia, female protagonist, isolation, mature, violence, paranoia, supernatural, home invasion, body horror, slow burn, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young newlywed couple find themselves trapped in a network of underground caves. With her husband injured, the new bride is forced to find her way back to the surface in order to save his life. In the process, they discover a terrifying truth ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, confined, supernatural, cave, danger, escapades, deadly creature, darkness, fear, claustrophobia, newlyweds ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, fast paced, realistic
Plot:
survival, panic, limousine, isolation, kidnapping, danger, water, escape, hostage, struggle for survival, young adult, friends ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of wayward teens at a wilderness boot camp must fight for their lives against the attacks of a ruthless blood-sucking alien. The attacks begin after they discover a strange "orb" in the middle of the desert. With no communication, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, alien, team, danger, hunting, deadly creature, survival horror, struggle for survival, supernatural, brutality, teenager, isolation ...
Similarity:
42%
2K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Charismatic Nolan Bentley wakes up in the middle of a remote forest, tied to a tree with no recollection of how he got there. With his time relentlessly running out, a mysterious stranger appears and he must finally reckon with the demons of his ...
Style:
suspense, mysterious, psychological thriller, tense, dark ...
Plot:
struggle for survival, mysterious stranger, forest, memory loss, amnesia, isolation, survival, confrontation, trauma, paranoia, dark past, escape ...
Similarity:
41%
109
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, China, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Realtor Sandra visits a foreclosed property with her client, the former owner Danny attacks them.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
home invasion, violence, revenge, confrontation, fear, house, danger, escape, foreclosure, claustrophobia, survival, female protagonist ...
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Laura is having a day that can hardly get any worse, but then she stumbles into a cabdriver and things are about to get even worse.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, fear, struggle for survival, blood, female protagonist, panic, psychopath, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, confrontation, violent, serial killer ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Vina wakes up with her body tied to a bed in the basement. He was repeatedly beaten and harassed by a masked psychopath. Together with Mila, they try to fight and free themselves from the psychopath's hold.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, intense, dark, dread ...
Plot:
captivity, survival, hostage, basement, kidnapping, escape, claustrophobia, resilience, torture, abuse, violence, psychopath ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Alex is a man with everything – the well-paid executive job, the impressive house in the country and the beautiful wife and child. When he inexplicably decides to leave work early one Friday nothing will ever be the same again. Within hours of his ...
Style:
psychological horror, intense, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
nightmare, supernatural, isolation, storm, paranoia, family drama, claustrophobia, uncertainty, country house, suspicion, survival, violence ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trapped on an island, a team of mercenaries on a rescue mission begin to question everything around them as they encounter threatening creatures living in the shadows.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, captivating, exciting, scary ...
Plot:
monster, island, survival, scientist, survival horror, remote island, struggle for survival, teaching, female scientist, claustrophobia, isolation, rehearsal ...
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Secluded from the world, a single mother of three must defend what's left of her family from a cold-blooded killer, at all costs.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
isolation, survival, home invasion, family drama, protective parent, cat and mouse, single mother, motherhood, claustrophobia, mature, killer, nightmare ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An exotic animal turns into a monster and becomes a deadly danger for all passengers.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, fast paced, dark
Plot:
airplane, monster, survival, isolation, creature feature, survival horror, claustrophobia, panic, young adult, rescue attempt, body horror, science gone wrong ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
At a cabin deep in the wilderness, a weekend of hunting turns to mayhem and a fight for survival when a pack of wolves attack a man, his female best friend and her fiance.
Style:
intense, suspense, tension, brutal
Plot:
wolf, survival, survival horror, struggle for survival, wilderness, isolation, animal attack, man versus nature, hunting, panic, fear, friendship ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a violent thunderstorm scares a house party, the guests flee to a nearby home for shelter.. only to discover, a more sinister hand is at play.. Now, they can't escape the strangers home due to the thunderstorm, but they can't stay ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
danger, thunderstorm, fear, survival, storm, lightning, trapped, psycho killer, threat, murderer, brutality, isolation ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A surprise birthday prank takes a turn for the worse when a popular social media duo must face the reality of the terrifying aftermath.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological horror, intense, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, prank gone wrong, social media, birthday party, house party, claustrophobia, panic, humiliation, betrayal, revenge, obsession, guilt ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
36%
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