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Fer-de-Lance (1974)
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Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An American submarine leaves Tierra Del Fuego, and one of its crew has secretly brought aboard a container full of poisonous snakes which escape storage and bite key personnel on the submarine, causing an accident that cripples the vehicle so that it drops to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Worse still, the snakes are still at large on the submarine and complicate the efforts of the crew to escape the sunken vessel.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, cult classic, period piece, psychotronic
Plot:
submarine, snake, boat, accident, underwater, survival, danger, poison, sea, escape, rescue, claustrophobia, disaster, isolation, crew, panic, survival horror, animal attack, stowaway, military, cat and mouse, die hard, cold, panic attack, contamination ...
Time:
70s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious and tense films with plots about survival, danger, isolation, underwater, boat, disaster and monster mostly in Thriller, Adventure and Horror genres. Some movies like Fer-de-Lance: Stinger (2005), Black Sea (2014), Shark Kill (1976), Silent Venom (2009), Mako (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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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:
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Plot:
submarine, underwater, sea, treasure hunt, boat, ocean, survival, gold, isolation, danger, sunken ship, greed ...
Time:
year 1941, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
black sea, scotland, ukraine, crimea, russia
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two adventurers set sail to find a giant man-eating great white shark.
Style:
suspense, tension, natural horror, period piece, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shark, killer animal, marine biologist, ocean, man versus nature, danger, animal attack, shark attack, killer shark, survival, predator, hunting ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The only thing more terrifying than Snakes on a Plane is "Snakes on a Submarine," and that's exactly what we get in this claustrophobic, sub-aquatic thriller starring Luke Perry. Lieutenant Commander O'Neill (Perry) was piloting ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
snake, submarine, underwater, dangerous animal, survival, military, race against time, save the day, isolation, daring rescue, deadly creature, danger ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
taiwan, korea, asia, okinawa japan
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Eight documentary makers decide to go to the location of Elsalam Ship which sunk years ago to make a new documntary where they face unforseen dangers.
Style:
tense, bleak, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
62%
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:
59%
22K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, underground horror ...
Audience:
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Plot:
underwater, survival, ocean, shark, shark attack, killer shark, creature feature, panic, dangerous animal, death, tourist, diving ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
57%
87K
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, stranded, survival horror, ski resort, snow, frostbite, animal attack, danger, mountain, youth, sole survivor ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
antarctic, utah
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Megalodon shark. A prehistoric killing machine 60 feet long, flashing 200 pounds of teeth and weighing over 20 tons. It's the deadliest predator the world has ever seen. The scientists say it's been extinct for more than 10,000 years. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
shark, underwater, shark attack, survival, obsessive quest, dangerous animal, heroic mission, danger, race against time, escapades, rescue, obsession ...
Time:
prehistory
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions ...
Style:
rough, suspense, suspenseful, scary, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five backpackers, diving in a ruined underwater city, quickly learn they are not alone in the submerged caves.
Style:
bloody, suspense, suspenseful, teen horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
shark, sea, underwater, animal attack, panic, research, shark attack, great white shark, survival horror, chase, rescue, killer shark ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico
Similarity:
52%
4K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the murky depths of Los Angeles' world-famous La Brea Tar Pits there lies an ancient secret - a creature that, awakened by underground construction, turns a night of somber packing for Barry Greenwood and his co-workers into a desperate ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
creature, creature feature, survival horror, survival, construction, evil, underground, submarine, sea monster, ship, giant, water ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
50%
52K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a ...
Style:
suspense, scary, natural horror, funny, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
shark, killer shark, animal attack, boat, giant animal, underwater, fish, creature, water, shark attack, amusement park, creature feature ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
florida, orlando florida, usa
Similarity:
48%
92K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Style:
natural horror, suspense, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
shark, animal attack, survival, killer shark, monster, sea adventure, shark attack, creature feature, panic, underwater, creature, boat ...
Time:
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Place:
fictional island, usa, new england, new york
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
46%
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Country: Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, suspense, intense, realistic
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, australia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
42%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
bahamas, caribbean
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
'Evolution of Evil' is the story of Lori and Christopher, a Pacific Northwest couple wanting to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city into the wilderness. The couple makes their way past the usual campsites, and backpack into the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tension, sinister, psychological horror ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, isolation, forest, danger, backpacking, man versus nature, couples, paranoia, camping, threat, fear ...
Similarity:
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730K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, 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:
suspense, scary, classic horror, natural horror, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Plummer plays a modern-day pirate who hijacks private yachts, steals the valuables on board, and sends the passengers to the bottom of the ocean. His captives on this voyage are Cliff Potts, Christine Belford, Lara Parker and Nicholas Pryor, none of ...
Style:
crime drama, action thriller, suspense, tension, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hijacking, boat, abduction, cat and mouse, violence, desolation, ocean, pirate, caribbean sea, rescue attempt, sea, confined space ...
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
40%
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An investigation into a retired WWII sub plunges a research team into a supernatural journey across the dark abyss of time - with history hanging in the balance.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The blood orchid - A rare flower that holds the secret of eternal life and a fortune to the pharmaceutical company that finds it. Led by a two-fisted soldier of fortune, a scientific expedition is sent deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and ...
Style:
suspense, scary, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
jungle, snake, treasure hunt, animal attack, survival, expedition, eaten alive, creature, amazon, killer animal, dangerous animal, greed ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Best friends Mary-Ann (Foster) and Sandy (Thompson) are finally taking their dream expedition to New Zealand. They are accompanied by their teenage daughters Jaretha (Gillette) and Kerry (Nicoll). Issues of first night frights from the local ...
Style:
suspense, tension, action thriller, independent film
Plot:
escape, survival, hostage situation, manhunt, captivity, road trip, teamwork, female empowerment, wilderness, isolation, stalking, mother and daughter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new zealand, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Surfing charters are meant to be a trip to Paradise. With six male surfers stuck on a boat, there's bound to be some friction. When two of the surf crew are replaced at the last minute with girls - the heat is turned way up. The one single girl ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
surfing, survival, trapped, isolation, rivalry, danger, ocean, psychopath, ship, confined, losing-it hero, boat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
36%
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