Movies like Open Water

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Open Water (2003)
 5.8
 56K
Open Water (2003)
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: suspense, scary, disturbing, tense, psychological, stylized, rough, natural horror, clever, bad ending ...
Plot: survival, shark, isolation, stranded, shark attack, diving, ocean, panic, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, water, fish, ship, disaster, vacation, loneliness, sea monster, underwater, fear, abandonment, sea, nature, dangerous animal, danger ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century, contemporary
Place: caribbean, australia
Keyword: ocean or sea, scuba, attack

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Most similar movies to Open Water

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and realistic films with plots about danger, survival, nature, trapped, blood, wilderness and animal attack mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Open Water: The Reef (2010), Frozen (2010), The Shallows (2016), Jaws (1975), 47 Meters Down (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 5.8
 21K
The Reef (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Style: psychotronic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underwater, shark, survival, ocean, creature feature, shark attack, killer shark, panic, dangerous animal, diving, killer animal, boat ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 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, psychological, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: survival, human nature, yacht, danger, social relations, uninhibited rivalry, family in danger, drowning, diving, water, shark, isolation ...
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 80K
Frozen (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, isolation, stranded, snow, survival horror, frostbite, ski resort, animal attack, winter, mountain, youth, danger ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: utah, antarctic
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 143K
The Shallows (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.
Style: scary, minimal cast, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, creature feature, trapped, killer shark, shark attack, ocean, beach, sea, stranded ...
Time: year 2016, future, 2010s
Place: mexico, texas, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 8.1
 655K
Jaws (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Style: scary, suspense, natural horror, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: shark, beach, ocean, shark attack, animal attack, creature feature, fear, monster, killer shark, underwater, survival, dangerous animal ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: oceania, persia, fictional island, boston, long island ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 61K
47 Meters Down (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, natural horror, exciting ...
Plot: shark, shark attack, survival, ocean, creature feature, animal attack, killer animal, great white shark, underwater, diver, rescue, killer shark ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: mexico, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Black Water: Abyss (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions ...
Style: rough, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Plot: survival, animal attack, crocodile, cave, survival horror, adventurer, dangerous animal, hunting, underwater, stranded, wilderness, beast ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 64K
Alive (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager ...
Style: realistic, inspirational, emotional, disturbing, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, disaster, stranded, cannibalism, air disaster, starvation, death, airplane accident, snow, mountain, wilderness, historical event ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place: andes mountains, chile, uruguay, antarctic, south america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.8
 5K
The Canyon (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.
Style: suspenseful, scary, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, desert, honeymoon, grand canyon, tour guide, dangerous animal, danger, isolation, newlyweds, animal attack, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 24K
Backcountry (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, nature, camping, bear, dangerous animal, lost in the woods, danger, bear attack, lost, woods, forest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.0
 168K
Buried (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, buried alive, confined, isolation, claustrophobia, terrorist, captivity, twists and turns, panic, desperation, race against time ...
Time: year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place: iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three friends from California are filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show. They document their journey to Australia where they will be doing their most dangerous activity.... Shark Cage Diving. A catastrophic turn of events leaves ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, bloody, intense ...
Plot: animal attack, shark, ocean, shark attack, diving, found footage, underwater, danger, friends, fish, killer animal, water ...
Place: oceania, california, new zealand, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 399K
127 Hours (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style: suspense, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 263K
The Grey (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
Style: suspenseful, bad ending, harsh, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, stranded, forces of nature, air disaster, struggle for survival, wolf attack ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Capsized: Blood in the Water (2019)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on the harrowing true story of an October 1982 shark encounter. After a yacht bound for Florida capsizes during an unexpected storm, its crew is left to drift for days in the chilling waters of the Atlantic where they become prey to a group of ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, atmospheric, scary, disturbing ...
Plot: shark attack, killer shark, shark, survival, storm at sea, disaster, boat, natural disaster, wilderness survival, wilderness, struggle for survival, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1982
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 245K
The Descent (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, cave, survival horror, creature, trapped, survival, expedition, claustrophobia, fear, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young teenager travels to Florida, unknowing that a group of dangerous tiger sharks are ravaging the beach.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, natural horror, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: shark, shark attack, animal attack, survival, race against time, youth, dangerous animal, danger, teenage life, killer animal, killer shark, water ...
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 84K
All Is Lost (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
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, tense ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing
Plot: survival, boat, loneliness, storm, ocean, survivor, isolation, ship, human spirit, sailing, sailor, desperation ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.8
 16K
Black Water (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia.
Style: scary, realistic, suspenseful, rough, christmas horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: crocodile, survival, animal attack, swamp, trapped, tourist, couples, shark, killer animal, creature, vacation, creature feature ...
Time: 2000s
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.1
 6K
Long Weekend (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mother Nature gets revenge on some careless campers in this remastered version of the Australian horror classic.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: forces of nature, dangerous animal, survival, nature, couples, danger, wilderness, family problems, isolation, crumbling marriage, creature feature, camp ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five backpackers, diving in a ruined underwater city, quickly learn they are not alone in the submerged caves.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, bloody, psychotronic, teen horror ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: shark, sea, underwater, panic, animal attack, killer shark, shark attack, fear, research, great white shark, survival horror, chase ...
Time: 2010s
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 4.8
 10K
Black Rock (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Style: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, woman in danger, manhunt, self defense, strong violent content, friends, human prey, confined, chase, chases and races, danger, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 63K
Jungle (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A mysterious guide escorts an enthusiastic adventurer and his friend into the Amazon jungle, but their journey turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wild force them to fight for ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, jungle, wilderness, nature, alone, adventurer, rescue, amazon rainforest, raft, river, hallucination, jaguar ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017, year 1981, year 1980
Place: south america, bolivia, andes mountains
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.2
 996
Detour (2013)
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Trapped inside his car by a mudslide, smooth talking Jackson Alder suddenly finds himself in a situation he can't talk his way out of. With no hope of rescue, he must defy the odds; battling Mother Nature for his survival.
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: survival, trapped, isolation, natural disaster, against the odds, wilderness survival, confined, danger, fear, mortality, confusion, buried alive ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scenic ...
Plot: survival, jungle, animal attack, dangerous animal, colonialism, adventurer, lion, danger, hunting, obsessive quest, heroes, creature feature ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, ancient times, 90s, 1890s
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
Style: disturbing, suspense, rough, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, snow, snowboarding, snowboard, winter, rescue attempt, lost, amputee, rocky mountains, police officer, hockey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 2.6
 7K
The Requin (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A couple on a romantic getaway find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their villa. In order to survive, they are forced to fight the elements, while sharks circle below.
Style: brutal, emotional, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: shark, killer shark, great white shark, survival, sea, shark attack, storm at sea, fight, ocean, water, struggle for survival, animal attack ...
Place: southeast asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
Style: natural horror, queer horror, grindhouse, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: shark attack, shark, killer animal, water, animal attack, sea monster, killer shark, killer fish, boat, nature, monster, lust ...
Time: 70s
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.9
 111K
Anaconda (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Peru
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: jungle, snake, boat, animal attack, survival, dangerous animal, killer animal, danger, river, strong violent content, giant snake, amazon river ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: latin america, ecuador, brazil, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Breaking Surface (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway, Belgium
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot: survival, underwater, ocean, trap, diving, isolation, winter, sister sister relationship, scuba diving, rescue from drowning, danger, rescue ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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