Movies like The Finest Hours

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The Finest Hours (2016)
 6.7
 70K
The Finest Hours (2016)
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, realistic, serious, tense, breathtaking, scenic, stylized, suspense, factual, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, shipwreck, forces of nature, storm at sea, coast guard, courage, daring rescue, sinking ship, fisherman, ship captain, catastrophe, boat, ship, danger, water, fishing boat, escapades, heroism, sea, storm, trapped, sailor ...
Time: 1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1952, year 1951, 50s
Place: new england, boston, massachusetts, usa, england
Keyword: ocean or sea

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about disaster, survival, danger, death, escapades, rescue and trapped mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Finest Hours: The Perfect Storm (2000), Deepwater Horizon (2016), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), The Guardian (2006), The Impossible (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Perfect Storm (2000)
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: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, ship, catastrophe, storm at sea, storm, ocean, shipwreck, forces of nature, fish, sea, fishing ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place: new england, boston, nova scotia, atlantic ocean, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, China
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: exciting, suspense, tense, compassionate, realistic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, trapped, oil, oil rig, sea, courage, rescue, heroism, fire ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
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, suspense, exciting, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: survival, ocean, ship, whale, sea, boat, disaster, whaling, starvation, man versus nature, shipwreck, dangerous animal ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, future ...
Place: new england, america, pacific ocean, ecuador, massachusetts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 98K
The Guardian (2006)
Genre: Action, 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: inspirational, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: ocean, coast guard, lifeguard, rescue, military, survival, training, friendship, daring rescue, aviation, swimming, military training ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: alaska, astoria oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.5
 242K
The Impossible (2012)
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: emotional, suspense, heartbreaking, motivational, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, tsunami, ocean, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, vacation, family in danger ...
Time: year 2004, year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: thailand, southeast asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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
Plot: disaster, ship, natural disaster, survival, underwater, ocean liner, cruise ship, sea disaster, new year's eve, race against time, sea, ocean ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: mediterranean sea, atlantic ocean, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 81K
Volcano (1997)
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: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, survival, volcano, catastrophe, end of the world, firefighter, forces of nature, race against time, lava, panic, fire ...
Time: year 1997, future, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, iceland
⇓ 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 ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
 4.8
 7K
Flood (2007)
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, suspenseful, talky, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, tornado, survival, natural disaster, race against time, rescue, save the day, epidemic, secret agent, danger, forces of nature ...
Place: london, england, europe, big ben london, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 231K
Everest (2015)
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, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time: year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place: mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 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 ⇓
80%
 7.6
 77K
Only the Brave (2017)
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, motivational, dramatic, tense, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: natural disaster, firefighter, forest fire, heroism, tragedy, danger, friends, rescue, firefighting, male camaraderie, bravery, disaster ...
Time: year 2007, year 2017, 2010s, 2000s, year 2013 ...
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 71K
Into the Storm (2014)
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, exciting, apocalyptic, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, tornado, escapades, survival, end of the world, catastrophe, high school, redemption, panic, weather, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 21K
Kursk (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The story of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, talky, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue attempt, disaster, fire, death of father, death of husband, survival, politics, friendship, danger, government ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s
Place: eastern europe, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 42K
The Wave (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on the fact that mountain party Ă…kneset, 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, intense, road movie, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, catastrophe, survival, tsunami, landslide, hotel, geologist, dysfunctional family, apocalypse, family drama, paranoid ...
Time: 80s, year 2015
⇓ 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 ⇓
100%
 5.8
 265K
Noah (2014)
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, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, chick flick
Plot: apocalypse, survival, religion, chaos, god, natural disaster, old testament, belief, ancient history, life & death, christianity, animal ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, ancient times, middle ages, biblical epic
Place: holy land, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 61K
Adrift (2018)
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: sincere, suspenseful, sad, inspirational, romantic drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, boat, survivor, sailboat, sea adventure, storm, underwater, human spirit, power of love, death, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1983
Place: pacific ocean, tahiti
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8.0
 867K
The Revenant (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
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: atmospheric, breathtaking, scenic, suspenseful, harsh ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, bear attack, life & death, nature, winter, obsessive quest, hunter ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 19th century, 90s, distant future ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, black and white
Audience: boys' night
Plot: titanic, disaster, ocean, ship, sinking ship, iceberg, shipwreck, survival, rescue, race against time, older man younger woman marriage, accident ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1912
Place: england, atlantic ocean, newfoundland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, hotel, resort, pandemic, escape, survival, infidelity, ranch, love affair, trapped, escapades ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 5K
Titanic (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 173 min.
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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: sad, fairy tale, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: titanic, disaster, ocean, ocean liner, shipwreck, iceberg, ship, sea, water, pandemic, historical event, social differences ...
Time: 1910s, year 1912
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 57K
Sanctum (2011)
Genre: Action, 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: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: survival, cave, expedition, disaster, underwater, forces of nature, underground, danger, death, deathtrap, struggle for survival, water ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: papua new guinea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
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, suspense, tense, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, warship, u.s. navy, shark, sea, ocean, military, submarine, rescue, survival, world war, disobeying orders ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945
Place: san francisco, the philippines, washington d.c., pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
75%
The Burning Sea (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
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: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: disaster, oil rig, catastrophe, north sea, submarine, ocean, oil industry, sea, natural disaster, rescue mission, trapped, trap ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 98K
Dante's Peak (1997)
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: suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, catastrophe, volcano, survival, rescue, scientist, race against time, volcanic eruption, small town, mayor, apocalypse ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 76K
Daylight (1996)
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
Plot: survival, disaster, natural disaster, trapped, tunnel, race against time, catastrophe, apocalypse, rescue, danger, save the day, daring rescue ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
In Enemy Hands (2004)
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, suspense, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, world war two, ship, holocaust, military, mutiny, boat, survival, daring rescue, danger, rescue ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 3K
Air Crew (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, serious ...
Plot: airplane, natural disaster, co pilot, aviation, disaster, danger, heroic mission, daring rescue, forces of nature, stewardess, pilot, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: soviet union, ussr, moscow russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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