Movies like In the Heart of the Sea
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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. But that told only half the story. “Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, scenic, inspirational, serious, realistic, surprise ending, dramatic, factual ...
Plot:
survival, ship, dangerous animal, ocean, adventure, against the odds, danger, isolation, whale, hopes, lost at sea, death, starvation, sea, cannibalism, shipwreck, stranded, ocean or sea, boat, revenge, hunting, suicide, hunger, catastrophe, confined ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1820s
Place:
new england, south america, pacific ocean, ecuador, massachusetts
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspense, intense and realistic films with plots about danger, survival, death, escapades, adventure, mentor and catastrophe mostly in Adventure, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like In the Heart of the Sea: The Finest Hours (2016), All Is Lost (2013), The Whale (2013), The Revenant (2015), Apocalypto (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, daring rescue, courage, adventure, rescue mission, coast guard, sinking ship, ocean, escapades, danger, boat, natural disaster ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts, england
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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:
suspenseful, touching, captivating, rough, harsh ...
Plot:
survival, sea disaster, isolation, boat, adventure, ocean or sea, desperation, storm, human spirit, forces of nature, overcoming, hopes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must ...
Style:
serious, stylized, exciting, captivating, realistic
Plot:
adventure, dangerous animal, escapades, forces of nature, ocean or sea, coming of age, survival, rivalry, youth, danger, orphan, ship ...
Time:
19th century
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, vengeance, violence, lone hero, revenge, snow, betrayal, old west, native american, manhunt, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
usa
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, harsh, epic ...
Plot:
slavery, survival, adventure, chase, manhunt, solar eclipse, tribe, native, sacrifice, death, prophecy, jaguar ...
Time:
ancient history, 16th century
Place:
central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, tense, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, isolation, wilderness, dangerous animal, death, stranded, eaten alive, wolf, male camaraderie, air disaster, danger, forces of nature ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
alaska, usa
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style:
exciting, serious, harsh, inspirational, factual ...
Plot:
survival, ocean, ocean or sea, adventure, expedition, escapades, storm, adventurer, survivor, against the odds, human spirit, boat ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s, year 1947, 1930s
Place:
peru, pacific ocean, south america, norway
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100%
467K
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:
serious, captivating, suspense, gloomy, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
survival, island, loneliness, isolation, human spirit, courage, adventure, air disaster, suicide attempt, hopes, solitude, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s, 2000s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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100%
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320K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
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, uplifting, psychological, inspirational, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, trapped, desert, human spirit, adventure, courage, extreme sport, loneliness, peril, climbing, determination ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, year 2003, 2000s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Based on a true story about the collapse at the mine in San Jose, Chile that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
Style:
suspense, serious, touching, tense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, mining, rescue, race against time, hopes, danger, isolation, human spirit, president, courage, stranded, catastrophe ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century, contemporary, 2010s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Revenant similar movies
176K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style:
realistic, dramatic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, death, forces of nature, against the odds, adventure, climbing, adventurer, stranded, tragedy, death of protagonist, freeze to death ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, asia, texas, nepal
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: 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:
suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
survival, trapped, shark, island, surfing, ocean, death, shark attack, lone hero, strong female character, young woman, stranded ...
Place:
mexico, tijuana mexico, australia, texas
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada
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:
melancholic, dramatic, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
survival, human nature, adventure, ocean or sea, hopes, isolation, teenage boy, ship, storytelling, ocean, journey, starvation ...
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india, mexico, toronto ontario canada, paris france, pacific ocean ...
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43%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
survival, forces of nature, ship, drowning, ocean, daring rescue, chaos and mayhem, giant wave, race against time, sea disaster, adventure, catastrophe ...
Time:
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atlantic ocean
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42%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Iceland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman and her fiancé find themselves caught in a hurricane after departing Tahiti by boat. She wakes up after being knocked out, only to discover him missing, and the elements threatening.
Style:
thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, suspenseful
Plot:
storm, survival, sailboat, marriage proposal, loss of loved one, underwater, surfing, survivor, hallucination, dancing, death, love ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 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:
rough, disturbing, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
survival, cannibalism, stranded, starvation, helicopter, rugby, adventure, rescue, isolation, human spirit, danger, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
uruguay, andes mountains, latin america, chile
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39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ship, sea disaster, storm, forces of nature, adventure, shark, male camaraderie, rescue, danger, escapades, survival, storm at sea ...
Time:
1990s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
portugal, new england, atlantic ocean
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38%
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:
suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
survival, in the woods, dangerous animal, lost, danger, camping, bear attack, bear, blood, nature, couple relations, wilderness ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
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:
exciting, serious, tense, suspenseful, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, expedition, adventure, forces of nature, family relations, danger, isolation, parents and children, deathtrap, cave, ocean or sea, escapades ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
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37%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
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:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot:
dangerous animal, jungle, danger, adventure, culture clash, survival, lion, colonialism, bridge, swahili, escapades, obsessive quest ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, idiotic, awful ...
Plot:
survival, race against time, ship, adventure, cruise, captivity, hijacking, isolation, ocean or sea, tough heroes, danger, treasure hunt ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and copilot "A.J." are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to ditch their C-119 ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, survival, adventure, rescue, air disaster, struggle for survival, getting home, human nature, danger, stranded, radio, threat ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
mongolia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
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suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
cruise, ship, survival, hysteria, passenger, race against time, new year's eve, adventure, spouse in danger, forces of nature, jealous spouse, chases and races ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
forces of nature, survival, danger, chaos and mayhem, daring rescue, adventure, catastrophe, earthquake, natural disaster, lone hero, rescue mission, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, nevada, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, scary, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
dangerous animal, survival, island, danger, isolation, gory, monster, animal horror, rescue, stranded, lake or river, adventure ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 184 min.
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:
realistic, captivating, exciting, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
obsession, sea, ship, whale, mutiny, danger, self destructing, ocean or sea, obsessive quest, dangerous animal, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, intense ...
Plot:
pirate, island, survival, kidnapping, rescue, isolation, adventure, sunken ship, supernatural, gory, crimes, confined ...
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32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
ship, dangerous animal, obsessive quest, whale, sea, captain, adventure, ocean or sea, deadly, friendship, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
19th century
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31%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Style:
serious, emotional, rough, suspense, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, survival, danger, sailing, adventure, escapades, ocean or sea, mentor, storm at sea, ship captain, diary ...
Time:
1960s, 60s, 20th century, year 1961, year 1960
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, 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, tense, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dangerous animal, fear, shark, police chief, survival, small town, animal horror, shark attack, great white shark, danger, underwater, beach ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, long island, atlantic ocean, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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