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The Finest Hours (2016)
74K
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, suspense, factual, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
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, sinking ship, boat, danger, catastrophe, fishing boat, ship, sea, marriage proposal, redheaded woman, heroism, water, rescue mission, escapades ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1952, year 1951, 50s
Place:
new england, boston, massachusetts, usa, england
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Most similar movies to The Finest Hours
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious and suspense films with plots about disaster, survival, catastrophe, danger, escapades, water and death mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Finest Hours: Deepwater Horizon (2016), The Perfect Storm (2000), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), The Guardian (2006), The Impossible (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, courage, oil, oil rig, sea, trapped, destruction, heroism, rescue ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, boston, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, catastrophe, storm at sea, survival, storm, boat, fish, forces of nature, shipwreck, sea ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
atlantic ocean, boston, new england, nova scotia, portugal
Similarity:
91%
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 ...
Style:
scenic, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
100%
103K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer, Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, sentimental, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
ocean, coast guard, lifeguard, rescue, military, training, life philosophy, daring rescue, survival, friendship, aviation, swimming ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
alaska, astoria oregon, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Thailand, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of ...
Style:
suspense, inspirational, heartbreaking, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ocean, tsunami, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, family in danger, vacation ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia
Similarity:
89%
81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, disaster, natural disaster, race against time, tunnel, trapped, rescue, catastrophe, taxi driver, fire, self sacrifice, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, survival, ocean liner, race against time, underwater, sea disaster, cruise ship, sea, sinking ship, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
israel, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
100%
66K
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:
year 1983
Place:
tahiti, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
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246K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Iceland, USA, Italy
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, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, mountain, mountaineer, natural disaster, disaster, snow, stranded, forces of nature, frostbite, tragedy, wilderness ...
Time:
year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
Similarity:
67%
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:
67%
7K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the ...
Style:
serious, talky, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, tornado, flood, natural disaster, race against time, rescue, epidemic, save the day, secret agent, danger, forces of nature ...
Place:
london, europe, england, big ben london, scotland
Similarity:
100%
273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The town of Silverton is in one day destroyed by the unprecedented power of a series of tornadoes. The population is at the mercy of the unpredictable and deadly cyclones, while hunters warn that the worst is yet to come. Most people find shelter, ...
Style:
stylized, talky, action adventure, apocalyptic, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, tornado, end of the world, escapades, death, weather, high school, redemption, panic, storm, catastrophe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
Style:
exciting, emotional, tense, dramatic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
natural disaster, forest fire, firefighter, heroism, tragedy, rescue, danger, friends, mentor, firefighting, fire department, male camaraderie ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2017, 2010s, 2000s, year 2013 ...
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
100%
46K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on the fact that mountain party Åkneset, located in the Geiranger fjord in Norway, one day will race out and create a violent tsunami of over 80 meters that will crush everything in its path before it hits land in Geiranger. A geologist gets ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, road movie, feel good, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, disaster, tsunami, landslide, geologist, hotel, destiny, stupidity, flood, evacuation ...
Time:
80s, year 2015
Similarity:
100%
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, ...
Style:
breathtaking, suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, volcano, volcanic eruption, apocalypse, survival, mayor, small town, mountain, coffee, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
100%
275K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
Style:
biblical, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family friendly
Plot:
apocalypse, god, survival, religion, destiny, belief, natural disaster, chaos, old testament, ancient history, life & death, christianity ...
Time:
year 2014, ancient times, 2010s, middle ages, biblical epic
Place:
holy land, peru
Similarity:
100%
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:
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:
africa, south africa, east africa, kenya, london
Similarity:
100%
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250K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, tornado, catastrophe, twister, weatherman, divorce, survival, nature, hurricane, forces of nature, storm ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, north america, usa
Similarity:
50%
940K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
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:
realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
The Titanic disaster is depicted as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
Style:
fairy tale, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sinking ship, titanic, disaster, iceberg, ship, ocean, shipwreck, older man younger woman marriage, sunken ship, survival, rescue, race against time ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1912, edwardian era
Place:
atlantic ocean, newfoundland, england
Similarity:
100%
87K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, volcano, catastrophe, survival, forces of nature, race against time, lava, teenage girl, fire, panic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, hotel, resort, ranch, escape, pandemic, survival, infidelity, love affair, trapped, wiretap ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
A story of the romances of two couples upon the doomed ship. Isabella Paradine (Catherine Zeta Jones) is a wealthy woman mourning the loss of her aunt, who reignites a romance with old flame, Wynn Park (Peter Gallagher). Meanwhile, a charming ...
Style:
fairy tale, sad, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
titanic, disaster, shipwreck, iceberg, ocean liner, ocean, ship, sea, rape, historical event, water, pandemic ...
Time:
1910s, year 1912
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, ship, survival, terrorism, rescue, kidnapping, escapades, ship captain, ocean, hostage situation, piracy, pirate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, middle east, america, usa ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and ...
Style:
dramatic, realistic, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
warship, world war two, u.s. navy, sea, ocean, shark, military, rescue, world war, survival, naval battle, disobeying orders ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
Place:
san francisco, the philippines, washington d.c., pacific ocean, alabama
Similarity:
100%
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, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underwater, submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue, drowning, daring rescue, survival, heroes, save the day, danger, tough heroes, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
pentagon
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
disaster, oil rig, sea, catastrophe, north sea, ocean, submarine, oil industry, natural disaster, trapped, mission, trap ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, underwater, ship, holocaust, world war two, military, torpedo, boat, mutiny, daring rescue, survival, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
100%
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