Movies like The Mercy
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The Mercy (2018)
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.
Style:
captivating, scenic, exciting, tense, realistic, factual, sad, based on true events
Plot:
yacht, sea, inventor, sailing, lost at sea, sea voyage, survival, human spirit, escapades, ambition, against the odds, ocean, explorer, morality, wilderness, feeling, boat, press agent, christmas, death, sailboat, christmas eve, death of husband, flashback, loss of husband ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 1960s
Place:
england, argentina
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and exciting films with plots about escapades, survival, ocean, danger, sea, nature and sailing mostly in Drama, Adventure and Biography genres. Some movies like The Mercy: In the Heart of the Sea (2015), Adrift (2018), Castaway (1986), Kon-Tiki (2012), The Whale (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, exciting, inspirational, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, whale, sea, boat, disaster, starvation, shipwreck, man versus nature, dangerous animal, castaway ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, middle ages, georgian era ...
Place:
new england, ecuador, pacific ocean, south america, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
sincere, suspenseful, sad, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, survivor, boat, sailboat, storm, human spirit, female protagonist, young couple, love, sea adventure, power of love, sailing ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
pacific ocean, tahiti
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, scenic, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
island, desert island, friendship, beautiful scenery, survival, sexy woman, nude, erotica, beach, childhood, honest, solitude ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
australia, antarctica, london, europe, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, 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:
harsh, realistic, exciting, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, shark, boat, adventurer, raft, sea voyage, obsessive quest, expedition, travel, fish, diary ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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, exciting, captivating, intense, factual ...
Plot:
whale, lost at sea, ship, survival, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, shipwreck, rescue, hunting, suspense, isolation ...
Time:
19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker
Style:
factual, thought provoking, exciting, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
explorer, sea, environmental, diver, flashback, ship, love, airplane accident, ecology, fish, environmental activist, ocean ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1972, 70s, year 1949 ...
Place:
paris france, france, new york, antarctica
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
survival, world war two, military, human spirit, ocean, disaster, soldier, water, getting home, human nature, lifeboat, isolation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
inventor, sea, british navy, sailboat, ocean, military life, against the odds, escapades, sea disaster, father son relationship, sailing, seafaring ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, victorian era, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When their yacht capsizes during a storm; four men face almost certain death.
Style:
exciting, intense, captivating, serious, emotional
Plot:
sea, lost at sea, desert island, ship, suspense, death, survival, fear, storm, courage, boat, against the odds ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Yann Madec, long-time best mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Frank at the last minute for the start of the Vendée Globe. Nine days into the race and leading, ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, suspenseful, sincere
Plot:
sea, ocean, follow your dream, contests and competitions, rivalry, once in a lifetime opportunity, human spirit, adventurer, escapades, ship, sailing, sport ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of polar explorer, Roald Amundsen, this movie covers his life and the dangerous way to the pole.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere, tense
Plot:
explorer, survival, north pole, brother brother relationship, escapades, disaster, dream, heroes, ambition, love and romance, couples, airplane ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s
Place:
south pole, oslo norway, antarctica
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 206 min.
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Story:
The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his 28 man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, epic, realistic, exciting
Plot:
survival, expedition, adventurer, endurance, human spirit, against the odds, nature, leadership, ambition, forces of nature, explorer, sea ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
antarctica, south pole, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
423
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The true story of a 16 year old (Robin Lee Graham, played by Joseph Bottoms) who aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23 foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey he meets and falls in love with a young woman ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
ocean, sailing, boy, sea, nature, survival, coming of age, friends, obsessive quest, youth, escapades, love and romance ...
Time:
70s
Place:
atlantic ocean, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The film is dedicated to the first steps of mankind on the path of space exploration and direct the fate of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The main motif - the fight for the right to be first: the competition in the first cosmonaut, competition ...
Style:
realistic, uplifting, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
space, spacecraft, space mission, folk hero, space exploration, cosmonaut, national hero, rise to the top, follow your dream, ambition, space travel, escapades ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on the book Working on the Edge by Spike Walker, Deadliest Sea tells the story of a young man who joins the crew of a King Crab trawler in Alaska seeking to make some real money. The captain of the vessel plays a hunch about where to set traps ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
ship, survival, escapades, inventions and discoveries, forces of nature, ocean, rescue, coast guard, sea, boat, battles, helicopter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, rough, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, teen drama
Plot:
sailing, ocean, survival, coming of age, disaster, friendship, storm at sea, teacher, boat, suspense, catastrophe, mentor ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961, year 1960
Place:
jamaica, west indies, florida, south america, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
wolf, forces of nature, survival, nature, dog, animals, wilderness, tradition versus modernity, horse, society, chinese, wolf pack ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1969
Place:
china, mongolia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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, touching, suspenseful, tense, reflective ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
survival, boat, isolation, sea, storm, survivor, loneliness, forces of nature, ship, ocean, human spirit, sailor ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
The Sea-Wolf is based on a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London, about a literary critic, who is survivor of an ocean collision. He then comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
ship, castaway, ocean, sailing, survival, lone wolves, self discovery, isolation, violence, sea, storm at sea, social differences ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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, breathtaking, dramatic, scenic, tense ...
Plot:
survival, mountain, mountaineer, climbing, mountain climbing, natural disaster, stranded, snow, beautiful scenery, man versus nature, forces of nature, disaster ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style:
emotional, sincere, uplifting, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medical, african american, against the odds, human spirit, doctors, neurosurgeon, ambition, medical school, doctor, follow your dream, rise to the top, christian ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, west germany, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
mountaineer, disaster, mountain, climbing, survival, winter, forces of nature, rock climbing, camp, hiker, mountain climbing, adventurer ...
Place:
himalaya, mount everest, asia
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21%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Based on true events, renowned mountaineer UM Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber's body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.
Style:
captivating, psychological, scenic
Plot:
climbing, survival, mountain climbing, hiking, natural disaster, forces of nature, mountaineer, snow, expedition, friendship, suspense, stranded ...
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, captivating, road movie, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, hiking, nature, female protagonist, human spirit, death of mother, cheating on husband, grief, loneliness, starting over ...
Time:
year 1995, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, usa, mojave desert, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Style:
realistic, serious, factual, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conquistador, adventurer, renaissance, medieval, native americans, ocean, jungle, military, state affairs, against the odds, obsessive quest, rebelliousness ...
Time:
15th century, future, 16th century, year 1941
Place:
spain, italy, latin america, haiti, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A telling of the story of the famous U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart who attempted to fly solo around the world in 1937. She disappeared during the process.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
aviation, airplane, world war one, mysterious disappearance, gender, escapades, ambition, feminism, strong female presence, female protagonist, radio, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Plot:
yacht, spy, military, ocean, state affairs, undercover, espionage, conquering, heroes, ship, sailing, sea ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
germany, england
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20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Style:
factual, intellectual, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
holocaust, courtroom, historian, holocaust survivor, lawyer, jewish, courtroom drama, anti semitism, new yorker, justice, court, idealism ...
Time:
year 2000, year 1994, year 1998, year 1996, year 1999 ...
Place:
london, england, australia, israel, germany ...
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20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends. They forget to let the ladder down before they jump into the ocean for a swim. The boat proves impossible to climb. They are stuck in the water ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
survival, human nature, yacht, social relations, uninhibited rivalry, family in danger, drowning, isolation, shark, sea, couple relations, friendship ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Style:
captivating, sincere, inspirational
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
sea, fisherman, fishing, orphanage, rivalry, financial problem, sea adventure, escapades, contests and competitions, workplace situations, social problems, youth ...
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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