Movies like The Sea Wolf

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The Sea Wolf (1993)
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The Sea Wolf (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.
Style: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
Plot: ocean, sailing, ship, boat, survival, captain, pirate, courage, sea voyage, die hard, attempted rape, ghost, psychopath, heroes, military, obsession, friends, battles, escapades, rivalry, danger, cons and scams, cause and meaning, tough heroes, spy ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, london
Keyword: ocean or sea

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Most similar movies to The Sea Wolf

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about escapades, danger, ship, ocean, sea, heroes and sailing mostly in Drama, Adventure and War genres. Some movies like The Sea Wolf: Robinson Crusoe (1997), Lost in the Barrens (1990), Deadliest Sea (2009), A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), Call of the Wild (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Sea Wolf (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 179 min.
Story: The Sea-Wolf is based on a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London, about a literary critic, who is survivor of an ocean collision. He then comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who ...
Style: tense, exciting, realistic, serious
Plot: ship, ocean, survival, castaway, lone wolves, danger, self discovery, isolation, storm at sea, violence, sea, social differences ...
Time: year 2008, 1920s, 1900s
Place: pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Robinson Crusoe (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, friendship, stranded on an island, destiny, stranded, jungle, adventurer, passionate kiss ...
Time: year 1997, 18th century
Place: fictional island, london, scotland, oceania, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Lost in the Barrens (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of two very different boys in the Canadian wilderness. They must learn to depend on each other in order to survive.
Audience: family outing
Plot: survival, wilderness, bear attack, nature, winter, treasure hunt, snow, treasure hunter, stranded, trapped, scenery, friendship between boys ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Deadliest Sea (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on the book Working on the Edge by Spike Walker, Deadliest Sea tells the story of a young man who joins the crew of a King Crab trawler in Alaska seeking to make some real money. The captain of the vessel plays a hunch about where to set traps ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
Plot: ship, survival, coast guard, escapades, danger, forces of nature, inventions and discoveries, ocean, rescue, sea, boat, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, serious, stylized ...
Plot: pirate, pirate ship, sea battle, ocean, sailboat, child in peril, sword fight, pirate captain, kidnapping, danger, escapades, ship ...
Time: 19th century, year 1965, victorian era, 1870s
Place: jamaica, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Call of the Wild (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, survival, wilderness, german shepherd, stranded, canine, landscape, animal, escapades, pets, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 19th century, 90s
Place: alaska, canada, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, independent film
Plot: yacht, spy, military, sailing, ocean, espionage, undercover, state affairs, danger, conquering, heroes, ship ...
Time: 1900s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: germany, britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Kidnapped (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, period drama
Plot: pirate, captain, courage, kidnapping, ocean, danger, adventurer, confined, orphan, corrupted ruler, state affairs, rivalry ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Sea Wolf (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: captain, ship, ocean, survival, expedition, danger, sea disaster, isolation, escapades, writer's life, self discovery, sailing ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, period piece ...
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, ship captain, military, sea battle, battles, military life, couples, danger, rescue, treason, heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a ...
Style: epic, psychological, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mutiny, ship, ocean, captain, brutality, betrayal, leadership, sea, tyrant, rebelliousness, military, sailing ...
Time: 18th century, year 1962, victorian era, 1780s, georgian era
Place: tahiti, england, persia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Hornblower is given a dangerous mission to deliver an emigre French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, british navy, military, sea battle, chivalry, espionage, war hero, rebellion, sword fight, ship, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 19th century, georgian era, 1800s
Place: europe, france, english channel
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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White Squall (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Style: emotional, suspense, touching, serious, rough ...
Audience: teens, manly, teen drama
Plot: sailing, ocean, coming of age, disaster, friendship, storm at sea, male bonding, boat, teacher, mentor, life & death, danger ...
Time: 60s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1961, year 1960
Place: jamaica, south america, west indies, connecticut, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, serious, period piece, feel good, period drama
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, navy, sailing, battles, pirate, sea, french revolution, napoleonic era, success, swashbuckler, boat ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 18th century
Place: north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Gray Lady Down (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: underwater, submarine, drowning, rescue, survival, daring rescue, nuclear submarine, save the day, danger, heroes, tough heroes, ocean ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Captains Courageous (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat. ...
Style: realistic, serious
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: sailing, ocean, sea, pirate, youth, fishing, spoiled brat, friendship, captain, courage, coming of age, funeral ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Moby Dick (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, sea, ocean, captain, dangerous animal, obsessive quest, whale, friendship, danger, water, shipwreck, creature ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Afghan Knights (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Haunted by the fact that he left a man behind in Afghanistan, a soldier (Bacic) pulls together a special task force to save his comrade.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: daring rescue, military, danger, heroes, time travel, master warrior, supernatural, war in afghanistan, soldier, ghost, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: middle ages
Place: afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ...
Style: exciting, tense, period piece, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, navy, battles, sea battle, sea, military, leadership, friendship, naval battle, heroic mission, expedition ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 2003, ancient times ...
Place: britain, england, america, brazil, europe ...
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29%
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Wet Gold (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wet Gold is the story of a young woman (Laura), who works as a waitress in a cafe. Laura stumbles across a drunk elderly man (Sampson), who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that went down with millions in gold. Although Laura's ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: ocean, sailing, scuba diving, gold, underwater, bare legs, treasure, sailboat, greed, betrayal, jealousy, paranoia ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: period piece, feel good, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, french revolution, heroes, sailing, adventurer, pirate, sea, napoleonic era, swashbuckler, marine, seafaring ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1790s
Place: europe, france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Kidnapped (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Scottish orphan David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer (Donald Pleasance), who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that Unk can claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, independent film ...
Plot: sea, historical event, courage, literary, sailing, pirate, captain, intrigue, ship, kidnapping, vengeance, orphan ...
Time: 18th century, year 1971
Place: scotland, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Horatio Homblower, now promoted to Acting Lieutenant, captures the French ship Le Reve off the Spanish coast. The Captain of the French ship is furious that such a youngster has pulled off such a coup. But far more daunting is Hornblower's ...
Style: period piece, feel good, serious, exciting, period drama
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, sea battle, pirate, sailing, heroes, napoleonic era, sea, swashbuckler, seafaring, fish, royalty ...
Time: 18th century, victorian era, 19th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Coast of Skeletons (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy double crossing each other until they are blown up having found bullion.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Plot: treasure hunt, investigation, private detective, danger, cons and scams, dishonesty, escapades, insurance fraud, husband wife relationship, hidden treasure, insurance company, prospector ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, post world war two
Place: africa, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Black Sea (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, clever ...
Plot: submarine, underwater, boat, treasure hunt, sea, ocean, gold, isolation, heist, danger, greed, murder ...
Time: year 1941, year 2008, 21st century
Place: black sea, scotland, ukraine, crimea
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Stranded (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, island, danger, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, family life, isolation, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will ...
Style: harsh, suspense, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, survival, airplane, air disaster, aviation, disaster, thirst, pilot, isolation, airplane accident, crew, rescue ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: sahara, libya, africa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 3K
Abandoned (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When their yacht capsizes during a storm; four men face almost certain death.
Style: suspense, exciting, intense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: sea, lost at sea, ship, desert island, death, fear, storm, courage, survival, boat, sailing, wilderness ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, costume drama, serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, adventurer, navy, military, bully, heroes, duel, battles, french revolution, sea ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Master of Dragonard Hill (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and suspected criminals with a painful whip called the "dragonard."
Style: grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: human exploitation, rebellion, injustice, against the odds, island, adventurer, danger, heroes, rivalry, escapades, exploitation, black slave ...
Time: middle ages, 18th century
Place: caribbean, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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