Movies like Descent Into Darkness
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Descent Into Darkness (2002)
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Original name: Dark Descent
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Deep in the Mariana Sea Trench, a corporate underwater mining complex has been built - an industrial Atlantis. When an accident in a dry-dock chamber kills several miners an investigator is sent to find the cause and immediately finds out that it was not an accident. He becomes caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between the miners and the corporation, and fights to stay alive and uncover the truth.
Style:
psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, bleak
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, rescue, life is a bitch, escapades, danger, law enforcement, submarine, underwater, mining, ocean, heroes, conspiracy, disaster, chases and races, violent content, survival, police officer, train, hostage, sex scene, death, murder, excavation, stripper ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Keyword:
ocean or sea
Most similar movies to Descent Into Darkness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and rough films with plots about danger, escapades, deadly, chases and races, heroes, survival and disaster mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Descent Into Darkness: Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996), Control Factor (2003), Post Impact (2004), Shark Hunter (2001), Dragon Fighter (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In a not-too-distant future, a lethal virus sweeps across Europe, prompting the creation of quarantine refugee camps in the United States. Police officers Delon (Natasha Henstridge) and Lemieux (Christopher Lambert) learn of a grisly murder in the ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, brutality, quarantine, virus, chase, race against time, catastrophe, fantasy world, dystopian future, chaos, danger, investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, europe
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100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind control, brainwashing, political conspiracy, uncover truth, rivalry, undercover, government agency, investigation, dishonesty, supernatural ability, murder, conspiracy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Meteor Bay-Leder 7 struck earth on October 18th, 2012. Causing earthquakes, tidal waves, and a dust cloud that soon covered most of the Northern hemisphere, it changed the face of our planet forever.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ice age, evacuation, disaster, satellite, insubordination, rescue, heroic mission, chaos, danger, save the day, forces of nature, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Megalodon shark. A prehistoric killing machine 60 feet long, flashing 200 pounds of teeth and weighing over 20 tons. It's the deadliest predator the world has ever seen. The scientists say it's been extinct for more than 10,000 years. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
shark, underwater, shark attack, survival, obsessive quest, dangerous animal, heroic mission, deadly creature, race against time, obsession, escapades, rescue ...
Time:
prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The movie begins in Southern England in the Middle Ages and then six knights are seen riding in horses towards a destroyed town. They see the remains of burned buildings and dead people until they come upon a mother and her dead baby. She quickly ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
dragon, survival, experiment gone awry, imaginary, chaos, dangerous animal, heroes, rescue, supernatural, danger, good versus evil, disorder ...
Time:
jurassic, middle ages, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When an unknown underwater object disables an American nuclear-powered submarine and attacks a submerged Arctic research complex, a scientific expedition flies to the North Pole to investigate these incidents as well as the sudden, inexplicable rise ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, natural horror, psychotronic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Two young scientists are swept up in a government plot to suppress the truth about a biological disaster at a genetic research facility.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
survival, danger, gory, chaos, chaos and mayhem, supernatural, escapades, hidden truth, conspiracy, experiment gone awry, scientist, explorer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with a very experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously dissapeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, futuristic ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Moneyless, ocean-exploring gigolo and his worldly lady-friend are forced to take part in looking into the possibility that aggression - utilizing marine life - is being planned.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To some, it’s murder. To them, it’s just work. The Troma Team is proud to present Robert Larkin’s intense sci-fi thriller Viral Assassins. In the not so distant future, a terminal disease will make cancer look like the common cold. The ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a comet passes the Earth it causes a cataclysmic storm. Only a disbanded government unit with a secret weather-manipulating weapon can try to stop it.
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a ...
Style:
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boys' night
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boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of newspaper reporters receive help from an unlikely accomplice in their effort to stave off an alien invasion.
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exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
In an undefined future, the earth has been destroyed by man, and the air polluted with a mysterious virus that turns humans into zombies. Only a few children are immune to the disease and have adapted to these extreme conditions and survived. ...
Style:
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Place:
chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Yellowstone National Park scientist and a thrill-seeking ranger join forces to plug-up a volatile super volcano that threatens to wipe out the entire United States.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to earth. It is deflected but so ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
After his photojournalist brother gets killed by a white tigress in the jungles of the Sundarbans, Pandit and his team of commandos enter the prohibited core area of the forest to avenge his death.
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Plot:
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24%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An out-of-control robot is inadvertently set loose in a small community, and a crack squad of soldiers are sent to hunt it down. Gradually, the members of the squad begin to suspect that some of them are robots.
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Plot:
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Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard, a lone meteorologist and a petroleum engineer must battle the elements to stop the threat.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, mockbuster
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The only thing more terrifying than Snakes on a Plane is "Snakes on a Submarine," and that's exactly what we get in this claustrophobic, sub-aquatic thriller starring Luke Perry. Lieutenant Commander O'Neill (Perry) was piloting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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