Movies like The Big Blue
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The Big Blue (1988)
58K
Original name: Le Grand Bleu
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men (he even considers a school of dolphins as his extended family). As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, atmospheric, cult classic, spiritual, emotional, inspirational, epic ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
diving, friendship, sea, diver, underwater, love affair, passion, male male relationship, melancholy, danger, water, escapades, haunted by the past, obsession, scuba diving, transformation, swimming, rescue, swimmer, death of father, ocean, survival, nature, disaster, animal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place:
greece, south america, italy, sicily, cote d'azur, south of france, europe ...
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Most similar movies to The Big Blue
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and suspense films with plots about death, danger, escapades, redemption, mentor, catastrophe and friendship mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Big Blue: K2 (1991), Duma (2005), Amphibian Man (1961), Turning Tide (2013), Pioneer (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the world's second highest peak. A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.
Style:
epic, suspense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Plot:
mountain climbing, mountain, survival, mountaineer, climbing, mountaineering, snow, alpinism, nature, winter, avalanche, rescue ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
himalaya, usa, middle east, seattle, pakistan
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Style:
sweet, sentimental, touching, captivating, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
wild animal, lion, childhood, rescue, wilderness, animal, boy, adolescence, bully, youth, cheetah, bullying ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
africa, south africa, kenya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
People living at the seashore town are frightened by reports about the unknown creature called "the sea devil." Nobody knows what it is, but it's really a son of a doctor Salvator. The doctor performed a surgery on his son and now ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love and romance, hidden identity, superhuman powers, underwater, swimming, tragic love, lovers apart, greed, mermaid, jealousy, social misfits, impossible love ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Yann Madec, long-time best mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Frank at the last minute for the start of the Vendée Globe. Nine days into the race and leading, ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, suspenseful
Plot:
sea, ocean, sailing, once in a lifetime opportunity, follow your dream, contests and competitions, rivalry, escapades, adventurer, human spirit, ship, navigator ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden, France, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Pioneer is set in the early '80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A ...
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
underwater, oil, oil industry, conspiracy, obsession, uncover truth, investigation, ocean, danger, twists and turns, scuba diving, desire ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
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39%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Style:
inspirational, suspense, touching, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, teen drama
Plot:
sailing, ocean, coming of age, disaster, friendship, storm at sea, male bonding, boat, teacher, survival, mentor, life & death ...
Time:
60s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1961, year 1960
Place:
jamaica, south america, west indies, cuba, connecticut ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
37%
684K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, courage, determination, solitude, lost at sea, air disaster, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
fictional island, moscow russia, persia, america, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker
Style:
factual, thought provoking, exciting, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
explorer, flashback, sea, biopic, fish, airplane accident, ocean, diver, ship, love, underwater, diving ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1972, 1950s, year 1949 ...
Place:
paris france, new york, france, antarctica
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, serious, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, kids and family, nuclear war, transformation, basketball, sport team, politics, athlete's life, anti war, family relations, hopes, fighting the system ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, montana, boston, san francisco, new jersey ...
Similarity:
35%
10K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Germany, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A traumatized shark expert (Halle Berry) must battle her own fears to lead a thrill-seeking businessman on a dive into a dangerous section of water known as "Shark Alley."
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
shark, ocean, shark attack, underwater, diver, scuba diving, man versus nature, dangerous animal, diving, haunted by the past, escapades, loss of partner ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style:
intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wilderness, river, coming of age, friendship, survival, summer, nature, camping, youth, camp, mountain climbing, chess ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, new jersey, california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, ocean, airplane, buddy, pilot, friends, danger, escapades, friendship, woman in a bikini, artist ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
africa, france, congo, paris france, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, tense, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
boy, self discovery, rescue, hopes, friendship, coming of age, children, human spirit, danger, courage, boyhood, holocaust ...
Time:
1950s, year 1951, year 2003, post world war two, year 1952 ...
Place:
denmark, switzerland, italy, europe, greece ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, nature, arctic, isolation, rescue, human spirit, stranded, hopes, airplane, winter, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
canada, antarctic, persia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, uplifting, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
animal, human animal relationship, friendship, killer whale, animal training, rescue, whale, animal life, freedom, coming of age, boy, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, portland oregon, usa
Similarity:
33%
59K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, cave, expedition, disaster, danger, underwater, death, forces of nature, underground, water, struggle for survival, deathtrap ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
papua new guinea
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot:
baseball, friendship, terminal illness, baseball player, teammate, male bonding, father son relationship, secret, death of friend, compassion, voice over narration, best friend ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
new york, minnesota, georgia, usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Style:
melancholic, inspirational, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
wilderness, aviation, rescue, loneliness, courage, human spirit, airplane, opposites attract, danger, daring rescue, save the day, against the odds ...
Time:
1920s, year 1985, 80s, year 1918, 70s
Place:
texas, new jersey, california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, epic, retro ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, friendship, hunting, rescue, poaching, friends, environmentalism, father son relationship, boy, fisherman, ship captain, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
33%
13K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
summer vacation, friendship, childhood, animal, coming of age, teen angst, toxic waste, fisherman, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, fishing, boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, australia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Argentina, UK, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mountain, mountain climbing, wilderness, climbing, rivalry, danger, ambition, contests and competitions, love triangle, mountaineering, dream, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
patagonia, chile, argentina
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and ...
Style:
harsh, reflective, touching, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, storm, loneliness, isolation, ocean, ship, desperation, human spirit, sea, forces of nature ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
31%
208K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
Similarity:
31%
71K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a hunting expedition goes awry, a young caveman struggles against the elements to find his way home.
Style:
sincere, captivating, exciting, prehistoric, social ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
survival, wolf, wilderness, human animal relationship, caveman, dog, animal attack, near death experience, boar, medieval, wolf pack, man versus nature ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory, stone age, future, ancient times
Place:
europe
Similarity:
31%
15K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the ...
Style:
harsh, suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
killer whale, whale, survival, ocean, killer animal, animal attack, sea, vengeance, ship, revenge, fish, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
newfoundland, antarctica
Similarity:
31%
477K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true ...
Style:
surreal, feel good, sentimental, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
surrealism, fish, journey, storytelling, fantasy world, father son relationship, childhood, mermaid, magic, loneliness, adventurer, free spirited ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2003 ...
Place:
texas, usa, alabama, southern usa, paris france ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends. They forget to let the ladder down before they jump into the ocean for a swim. The boat proves impossible to climb. They are stuck in the water ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, family in danger, human nature, yacht, drowning, danger, social relations, sea, uninhibited rivalry, diving, shipwreck, survival horror ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs ...
Style:
inspirational, romantic, realistic, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
baseball, underdog, femme fatale, baseball player, attempted murder, haunted by the past, comeback, villain, death of father, reporter, lightning, baseball coach ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, baltimore
Similarity:
30%
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