Movies like The Sea Wolf 2008

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The Sea Wolf (2008)
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The Sea Wolf (2008)
Original name: Der Seewolf
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 rescues him.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic
Plot: ship, ocean, survival, castaway, lone wolves, isolation, self discovery, danger, sea, violence, storm at sea, social differences, water, blonde, brutality, coercion, blood, class differences, terminal illness, sea captain, sea adventure, escapades, tough heroes, sailing, fight ...
Time: year 2008, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century, 20s
Place: pacific ocean
Keyword: ocean or sea, german

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Most similar movies to The Sea Wolf

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about ocean, escapades, ship, danger, sea, survival and boat mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Sea Wolf: Shadow of the Wolf (1992), Robinson Crusoe (1997), Cast Away (2000), Deadliest Sea (2009), Moby Dick (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the 1930's, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northen ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: village, survival, murder, wilderness, on the run, danger, eskimo indian, native american, shaman, winter, village life, false accusation ...
Time: 1930s
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Sea Wolf (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: captain, ship, ocean, survival, expedition, danger, sea disaster, isolation, escapades, writer's life, self discovery, sailing ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s
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The Sea Wolf (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: ocean, sailing, ship, boat, survival, captain, courage, die hard, pirate, sea voyage, attempted rape, psychopath ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Robinson Crusoe (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, friendship, stranded on an island, destiny, stranded, jungle, adventurer, passionate kiss ...
Time: year 1997, 18th century
Place: fictional island, london, scotland, oceania, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Cast Away (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, inspirational, serious ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids, teens
Plot: survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, lost at sea, courage, air disaster, determination, solitude, survivor ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1995, year 1999 ...
Place: fictional island, persia, america, moscow russia, russia
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100%
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Deadliest Sea (2009)
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, suspenseful, rough, serious
Plot: ship, survival, coast guard, escapades, danger, forces of nature, inventions and discoveries, ocean, rescue, sea, boat, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Moby Dick (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: ocean, ship, whale, survival, hunt down, obsessive quest, danger, rivalry, dangerous animal, sea, self destructing, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Whale (2013)
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: captivating, exciting, serious, suspense, scenic ...
Plot: whale, lost at sea, ship, survival, danger, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, shipwreck, rescue, isolation, catastrophe ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, serious, stylized ...
Plot: pirate, pirate ship, sea battle, ocean, sailboat, child in peril, sword fight, pirate captain, kidnapping, danger, escapades, ship ...
Time: 19th century, year 1965, victorian era, 1870s
Place: jamaica, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Abandoned (2015)
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: suspense, exciting, intense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: sea, lost at sea, ship, desert island, death, fear, storm, courage, survival, boat, sailing, wilderness ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.9
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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 ⇓
29%
 6.4
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Turning Tide (2013)
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, sailing, contests and competitions, rivalry, follow your dream, once in a lifetime opportunity, escapades, human spirit, adventurer, ship, navigator ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Wet Gold (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wet Gold is the story of a young woman (Laura), who works as a waitress in a cafe. Laura stumbles across a drunk elderly man (Sampson), who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that went down with millions in gold. Although Laura's ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: ocean, sailing, scuba diving, gold, underwater, bare legs, treasure, sailboat, greed, betrayal, jealousy, paranoia ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.7
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Crusoe (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
Plot: survival, ocean, storm, wisdom of life, sea disaster, friends, wise man, isolation, friendship, escapades, shipwreck, sacrifice ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century
Place: england, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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White Squall (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Style: emotional, suspense, touching, serious, rough ...
Audience: teens, manly, teen drama
Plot: sailing, ocean, coming of age, disaster, friendship, storm at sea, male bonding, boat, teacher, mentor, life & death, danger ...
Time: 60s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1961, year 1960
Place: jamaica, south america, west indies, connecticut, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Old Man and the Sea (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Santiago goes out on his usual fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life. Then a shark attacks and tries to steal his catch.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, atmospheric
Plot: sea, killer animal, animal, creature, water, nature, elderly, fish, fisherman, obsessive quest, survival, lone wolves ...
Time: 80s
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Stranded (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, island, danger, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, family life, isolation, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
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, independent film
Plot: yacht, spy, military, sailing, ocean, espionage, undercover, state affairs, danger, conquering, heroes, ship ...
Time: 1900s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: germany, britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Crusoe (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: desert island, robinson crusoe, tropical island, survival, shipwreck, ocean, marooned, stranded, isolation, fish out of water, confined, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: fictional island, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.4
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Moby Dick (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, sea, ocean, captain, dangerous animal, obsessive quest, whale, friendship, danger, water, shipwreck, creature ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Call of the Wild (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, survival, wilderness, german shepherd, stranded, canine, landscape, animal, escapades, pets, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 19th century, 90s
Place: alaska, canada, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Seawolf (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Romania, France
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story: The writer Humphrey van Weyden gets overboard in 1906 in a shipwreck in the fog in the Bay of San Francisco and is rescued by a seal catcher, the schooner Ghost under the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.
Plot: ocean, sea captain, strength, brutality, strong man, tough guy, ship, male bonding, violence, sadism, revenge, sailboat ...
Time: 1900s
Place: pacific ocean, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Undercurrent (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: ship, ocean, workplace, power relations, isolation, human nature, confined, search and rescue, sailing, under the surface, mental disorder, quarrel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, europe, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Storm Bound (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A ripping adventure yarn about teenage boys who join the crew of a ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. After a dramatic shipwreck and escape from an attack by natives, they must make their way to safety by themselves.
Style: exciting, serious, atmospheric, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: island, ship, fall in love, heroes, survival, isolation, youth, escapades, danger, confined, ocean, fight ...
Time: 17th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 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 ⇓
25%
 6.2
 2K
Kidnapped (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Scottish orphan David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer (Donald Pleasance), who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that Unk can claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, independent film ...
Plot: sea, historical event, courage, literary, sailing, pirate, captain, intrigue, ship, kidnapping, vengeance, orphan ...
Time: 18th century, year 1971
Place: scotland, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, period piece ...
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, ship captain, military, sea battle, battles, military life, couples, danger, rescue, treason, heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.6
 515
Kidnapped (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, period drama
Plot: pirate, captain, courage, kidnapping, ocean, danger, adventurer, confined, orphan, corrupted ruler, state affairs, rivalry ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, costume drama, serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, adventurer, navy, military, bully, heroes, duel, battles, french revolution, sea ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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