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The Tunnel (2019)
8K
Original name: Tunnelen
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, absurd, factual, whimsical ...
Plot:
survival, tunnel, danger, disaster, rescue, catastrophe, life & death, youth, car accident, confined, hopes, christmas, natural disaster, underground, nordic, desperation, angry, truck, fire, teenage girl, accident, father daughter relationship, workaholic, smoking, teenage boy ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Tunnel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about survival, danger, disaster, rescue, catastrophe, natural disaster and trapped mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Tunnel: The Burning Sea (2021), The Wave (2015), Solitary (2020), The Quake (2018), Only the Brave (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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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%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man wakes up inside a room to discover he's a prisoner sent into space to form Earth's first colony, and worse - his cell mate Alana is hell bent on destroying everything.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
prisoner, survival, stranded, couples, escapades, male protagonist, struggle for survival, youth, near death experience, isolation, space station, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.
Style:
suspense, breathtaking, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, earthquake, geologist, natural disaster, destruction, demolished city, kids in trouble, saving a life, distopia, teenager, angry ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
oslo norway
Similarity:
100%
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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%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
survivalist, danger, training camp, society, tragic event, misadventure, struggle for survival, apocalypse, christmas, post apocalypse, snow, collapse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
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%
12K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, entertaining, tense
Plot:
mine, rescue, coal mine, panic, survival, rookie, fear, danger, struggle, fight, new world, climate ...
Place:
west virginia
Similarity:
83%
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12K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense thriller
Plot:
disaster, survival, rescue team, trapped, endurance, tunnel, rescue attempt, faith, rescue, little girl, husband wife relationship, suffering ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
100%
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:
67%
579
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Promethean Kinetics has created Helios, a revolutionary clean coal energy source so powerful it rivals the force of the sun and will solve the energy crisis. But when certain governments start cutting safety measures required by Helios, the ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, fire, humanity in peril, danger, destruction, chaos, death, evacuation, race against time, forces of nature, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve at Tower Sky, an ultra-luxurious building complex, a White Christmas party is held to dazzle its equally high-end tenants and VIP guests. Dae-ho, the manager of the building and single father, is forced to cancel plans with his ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, christmas horror, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, skyscraper, catastrophe, firefighter, fire, tower, rescue, christmas, trapped, danger, survival, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jupiter’s famous blemish, the Great Red Spot, has vanished. When massive storms are reported in North America, it quickly becomes apparent that the huge, high storm that has been swirling around Jupiter for hundreds of years has landed on Earth. ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, apocalypse, hurricane, storm, heroes, teenage boy, humanity in peril, teenager, danger, chaos ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
29%
3K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The company of three guys and two girls makes their way to the old funicular to have an unforgettable New Year’s Eve celebration at the top of the mountain. A fun adventure turns into a nightmare when the funicular stops over the abyss. Coldness, ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological
Plot:
survival, winter, mountain, trap, disaster, danger, friendship, deathtrap, struggle for survival, abyss, trapped, survival horror ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aftershock follows four groups of people in the minutes, hours and days after Wellington is struck by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Buried office workers must pull together. Strangers, caught by the tsunami on a ruined ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, destruction, humanity in peril, apocalypse, chaos, society, chaos and mayhem, forces of nature, survival, evacuation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The movie tells the story about a girl who has to hide and survive from terrorist Anders Breivik while looking for her little sister during the terrorist attacks in Norway on the island Utøya, July 22nd.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
summer camp, terrorist attack, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, massacre, sister sister relationship, terrorism, terrorist bombing, group of friends, school shooting, nordic, serial killer ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
natural disaster, bad weather, disaster, tornado, aftermath, gay relationship, rescue, race against time, small town, hiding place, survival, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
26%
404
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hotel guests become trapped by a raging fire.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fire, hotel, trapped, arson, deathtrap, trap, luxury hotel, struggle for survival, house fire, death threat, disaster, survival ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An emotionally gripping family action drama about a mother who will do whatever it takes to save her family.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, rescue, fire, mother, firefighter, female protagonist, trapped, problem, trap, family drama, family in danger, marriage ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
26%
11K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Frigga tries to balance her risky job as a security manager in the Kiirunavaara mine with her family life, her new love, and her ex, who doesn’t want to let go. But when the ground suddenly starts to shake under their feet, the puzzle of life ...
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
disaster, mine, job, family relations, survival, manager, family life, danger, workplace, miner, jeopardy, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, robot, computer program, danger, destruction, military, society, chaos and mayhem, humanity in peril, distopia, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Scientists make a horrible discovery: The "Big One" is coming in two days, with it, California will sink to the ocean. Their only hope is to rupture a volcano that will displace the earthquake's energy and build a new crust on the ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, demolished city, fire, death, apocalypse, survival, chaos and mayhem, race against time, chaos, destruction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Just in time for the joyous holiday season, this film connects the ancient Mayan prophecy of worldwide destruction at the end of 2012, and the iconic holiday song, The 12 Days of Christmas. But there is hope: a father learns that his daughter is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, christmas horror ...
Plot:
disaster, christmas, save the world, small town, chaos and mayhem, escapades, coming of age, xmas, natural disaster, teenage girl, catastrophe, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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595
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, police officer, protection, protective father, starting over, haunted by the past, one against many, daring rescue, danger, dark past, family drama ...
Time:
year 2010
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A pleasant road trip takes a nightmarish turn for gemologist Sunny George when he meets with an accident. As his life hangs in the balance on the edge of a cliff in the middle of nowhere, Sunny must not only contend with the great adversity he is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
accident, survival, trapped, threat, escapades, struggle for survival, desperation, road trip, isolation, escape, male protagonist, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a family survives Hurricane Katrina, there is another storm but this one is much worse.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, stormy night, storm, natural disaster, death, sea disaster, survival, danger, chaos and mayhem, race against time, drowning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One day, Hye Lin, the five-year old daughter of a devoted pastor, Joo Young Soo, is kidnapped. Pastor Joo, who has a rock solid faith in God at this time, prays wholeheartedly for her safe comeback, but she does not return. Eight years later, Joo ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, rescue, society, starting over, clergy, chase, father daughter relationship, family tragedy, uncover truth, danger, desperation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rie is a PR-coordinator visiting a tunnel boring machine to portray the well-oiled European cooperation in the Metro construction when an accident suddenly occurs. Unable to escape, she takes refuge in an airlock with Croatian miner Ivo and Bharan, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
isolation, tunnel, claustrophobia, peril, danger, survival, urban setting, news report, survivor, captivity, panic, subway ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
The "Los Alfaques" campground is a much-loved, much-visited holiday destination. Reveling holidaymakers, families, groups, couples and singles. Lots of skin, fun and frolicking on the beach. The blazing sun, the rush of the waves, the ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
catastrophe, forest fire, fire, corpse, tourism, summer, burn victim, car accident, burned alive, trapped, tragic event, family vacation ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a mysterious orb of light strikes a deep water oil rig, the massive explosion erupts into a ball of flames creating a swirling mass of clouds and fire. As the twister begins to move ...
Style:
suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
tornado, natural disaster, apocalypse, disaster, firefighter, fire, death, chaos and mayhem, storm, danger, race against time, survival ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
25%
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