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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
158K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
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:
scenic, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, visually stunning, harsh, factual, suspense, serious, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting, dangerous animal, lost at sea, animal attack, hunger, castaway, courage, death, sailboat, storm at sea, natural disaster, wilderness, wild animal, desert island ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s, future, 2010s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, ecuador, america, new england, south america, atlantic ocean, massachusetts ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, suspense and realistic films with plots about survival, danger, death, nature, catastrophe, ocean and escapades mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like In the Heart of the Sea: The Finest Hours (2016), The Perfect Storm (2000), Moby Dick (2011), Adrift (2018), Life of Pi (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, tense, scenic, stylized, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, courage, shipwreck, forces of nature, coast guard, storm at sea, daring rescue, fisherman, ship captain ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
90%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, exciting, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, whale, ship, obsessive quest, hunt down, rivalry, dangerous animal, danger, lost at sea, ocean, self destructing, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong, Iceland
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:
sincere, sad, suspenseful, romantic drama, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, water, sailboat, sea adventure, power of love, death, storm, sea, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
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83%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
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Place:
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Duration: 174 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
whale, lost at sea, shipwreck, ship, survival, danger, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, rescue, isolation, hunting ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
83%
42K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Colombia, Spain, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
factual, suspense, touching, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
survival, rescue, disaster, life, catastrophe, stranded, natural disaster, hopes, doctor, honest, radio, trapped ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, UK
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, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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70%
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Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
harsh, visually stunning, epic, sexy, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, sea voyage, boat, raft, expedition, shark, adventurer, sailing, lost at sea, fish, travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, peru, polynesia, usa, south america ...
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50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, atmospheric, serious, realistic, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, scenic, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, animal attack, dangerous animal, jungle, adventurer, colonialism, lion, danger, obsessive quest, creature feature, heroes, greed ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1800s, turn of the century, 90s ...
Place:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, suspense, touching, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, teen drama
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
scenic, captivating, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sea voyage, yacht, inventor, sailing, lost at sea, survival, wilderness, wilderness survival, against the odds, escapades, ambition, boat ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 90 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, serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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costume drama, period piece, captivating, sexy, epic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, meditative, period piece, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south america, ireland, england, bolivia, america ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to ...
Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1800s, year 1961, year 1865 ...
Place:
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