Movies like Kursk

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Kursk (2018)
 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, realistic, suspenseful, talky, factual, historical drama, independent film, extraordinary, disaster movie ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue attempt, disaster, fire, death of father, death of husband, survival, politics, friendship, danger, government, dishonesty, struggle for survival, sea, world war two, ocean, army, navy, isolation, real life, truth, real world, wedding, funeral ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s
Place: eastern europe, russia
Keyword: russian, ocean or sea

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and realistic films with plots about danger, survival, disaster, ocean, sea, explosion and heroes mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Kursk: The Wolf's Call (2019), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Hunter Killer (2018), The Finest Hours (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Wolf's Call (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Thriller set in the milieu of French nuclear submarines.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, futuristic
Plot: submarine, sea battle, torpedo, sea, nuclear submarine, naval battle, chain of command, nuclear threat, danger, investigation, water, nuclear testing ...
Time: near future
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: submarine, cold war, navy, nuclear submarine, radiation, sea, underwater, nuclear, radiation sickness, disaster, sea disaster, nuclear threat ...
Time: 60s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1989, 80s ...
Place: soviet union, russia, nova scotia, moscow russia, atlantic ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller, political ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, cold war, spy, navy, espionage, nuclear threat, cia, politics, underwater, nuclear submarine, u.s. navy, sea ...
Time: 80s, year 1990, year 1984, 20th century
Place: russia, washington d.c., usa, maine, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 73K
Hunter Killer (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, u.s. navy, navy, military coup, warship, swat team, battleship, save the day, daring rescue, danger, chases and races, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pentagon, moscow russia, washington d.c., usa, scotland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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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, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, shipwreck, forces of nature, storm at sea, coast guard, courage, daring rescue, sinking ship, fisherman ...
Time: 1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1952, year 1951 ...
Place: new england, boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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%
 6.4
 41K
Black Sea (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
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: suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, clever ...
Plot: submarine, underwater, boat, treasure hunt, sea, ocean, gold, isolation, heist, danger, greed, murder ...
Time: year 1941, year 2008, 21st century
Place: black sea, scotland, ukraine, crimea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 122K
Crimson Tide (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, nuclear threat, cold war, navy, nuclear bomb, underwater, u.s. navy, military, nuclear, war, spy, sea ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia, pacific ocean, mediterranean sea, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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%
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%
Das Boot - The Director's Cut (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, Italy, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Style: epic, suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: submarine, world war two, navy, military, war, ocean, naval battle, nazi, anti war, battles, survival, ship captain ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1981, year 1942, year 1941
Place: germany, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 113K
Greyhound (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the ...
Style: serious, exciting, emotional, compassionate, inspirational ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, submarine, war, u.s. navy, navy, warship, convoy, wartime, ocean, battleship, naval officer, captain ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: san francisco, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
39%
 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 ⇓
39%
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Style: psychotronic, independent film, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: titanic, submarine, ship, sea, survival, treasure hunt, disaster, water, boat, spy, underwater, cold war ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: russia, atlantic ocean, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
38%
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U-571 (2000)
Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, factual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, world war two, military, navy, war, naval battle, nazism, naval officer, sea battle, ship captain, wartime, boat ...
Time: year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century
Place: germany, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.
Style: realistic, bleak, exciting, captivating, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, shark, war, submarine, u.s. navy, killer shark, ghost ship, animal attack, world war, survival, military, ship ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
Style: suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious, dieselpunk
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, world war two, secret weapon, military, danger, war, escapades, military life, heroic mission, soldier, save the world ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: japan, hiroshima japan, pacific ocean, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
36%
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story: A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, disaster, survival, cruise ship, ship, natural disaster, christmas, greed, new year's eve, ocean, daring rescue, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Hindenburg (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, dieselpunk, tragic ending, serious ...
Plot: disaster, aviation, natural disaster, zeppelin, gestapo, conspiracy, world war two, ghost ship, nazi, technology, investigation, flying ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1937
Place: new jersey, usa, europe, frankfurt germany, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.5
 59K
Ladder 49 (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in ...
Style: touching, sincere, sad, emotional, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: firefighter, disaster, friendship, rescue, death of protagonist, redemption, firefighting, fire, funeral, trapped, family relations, danger ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: maryland, baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Neptune Factor (1973)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
Style: psychotronic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: underwater, ocean, giant monster, disaster, diving, kaiju, scuba diving, monster, planet, diver, sea, octopus ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: nova scotia, canada, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Icebreaker (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along ...
Style: serious, action adventure, suspense, exciting, melancholic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: iceberg, storm at sea, disaster, danger, cold, winter, survival, sea, team, strained relationship, friendship, health situation ...
Time: year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.2
 24K
6 Days (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, factual, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, politics, commando mission, rescue, hostage, danger, violence, siege, police, death, terrorist ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: england, iran, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.7
 21K
Midway (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Style: realistic, tense, factual, intense, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, military, sea battle, pacific war, naval battle, aviation, navy, u.s. navy, world war, wartime, ethnic conflict, fascism ...
Time: year 1976, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place: america, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
World Trade Center (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style: realistic, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, disaster, firefighter, 9/11, twin towers, survival, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, heroes, courage, al qaeda ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2006, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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