Movies and TV shows like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
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Genre: Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 158 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 1886, when New England's fishing harbours are the scene for a "creature of unknown origin" destroying ships at sea. It is the job of Professor Pierre Aronnax, a marine expert, and Ned Land, the iron willed sailor, to learn the truth of the "monster" roaming the seas. The great novelist, Jules Verne, described this perilous journey to the darkest depths of the sea with Captain Nemo aboard the Nautilus.
Style:
fairy tale, epic, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
underwater, giant squid, octopus, creature, adaptation, animal, giant octopus, submarine, survival, psychopath, heroes, supernatural, politics, androids and robots, dangerous animal, adventurer, escapades, rivalry, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, obsessive quest, deadly creature, daring rescue, heroic mission ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
usa, new england
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Most similar movies to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, psychotronic, exciting and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about escapades, danger, heroes, deadly, monster, heroic mission and dangerous animal mostly in Adventure, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: seaQuest DSV (1993), Master of the World (1961), Jabberwock (2011), The Lost World (1999), The Beast (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, fairy tale, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underwater, steampunk, sailor, shipwreck, submarine, creature, animal, professor, rivalry, deadly creature, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
TV show
Story:
Remake of Jules Verne's classic story finds adventurers seeking a mysterious hidden land. They are joined by the wife of another man, who had previously gone on a similar expedition and disappeared.
Style:
gothic horror, epic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
pre-teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
dinosaur, archaeologist, imaginary kingdom, lost world, reptiles, monster, prehistoric creature, kaiju, underground, steampunk, alien, prehistoric animal ...
Time:
prehistoric times, jurassic, 19th century, 1870s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
Style:
cliffhanger, futuristic, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, space and aliens, sea, military, benign alien, teenager, skinny dipping, water, dystopia, marine, fish, boat ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2030s, 2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Some survivors of a drowning ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city, where they may be trapped for the rest of their lives.
Style:
retro, psychotronic, natural horror, classic horror, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, utopia, submarine, underwater, ocean, sea, woman with a gun, giant monster, creature, pirate, animal, myth ...
Time:
19th century, year 1969, 1870s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.
Style:
classic horror, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
steampunk, world domination, zeppelin, inventor, bare chested male, megalomaniac, ship, unrequited love, father daughter relationship, alien, master criminal, aviation ...
Time:
year 1961, 19th century, 1860s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Alec a courageous but impetuous knight returns to his home village having been summoned by his older brother Francis to care for their ailing father. The brothers' reunion is short-lived as a traveller terrified and half-crazed arrives to warn ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heroic mission, dragon, daring rescue, deadly creature, supernatural, rivalry, imaginary kingdom, escapades, imaginary, danger, medieval, knight ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World. Premiered in the fall of 1999, it ran for three seasons before it was cancelled on a ...
Style:
sexy, serious, scary, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
lost world, dinosaur, dangerous animal, jungle, expedition, time travel, adventurer, supernatural, exploration, stranded, danger, imaginary ...
Time:
prehistory
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Captain Nemo goes even deeper into insanity in this mesmerizing fantasy tale. Once again at the helm of his fearsome, wildly advanced vessel, the nautical madman endeavors to turn the world above the waves upside down.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, fairy tale, mockbuster ...
Plot:
heroes, adventurer, heroic mission, obsessive quest, obsession, supernatural, daring rescue, danger, escapades, underwater, chaos, submarine ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in the small seaport village of Graves Point, when mysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances begin to occur. Divers vanish and a young couple disappears at sea, their empty raft washing up on the shore. ...
Style:
natural horror, suspenseful, psychotronic, serious, wild
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
giant squid, creature feature, squid, water, underwater, animal attack, sea, giant octopus, beast, creature, giant monster, shark ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1960s American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name. Both were created by Irwin Allen, which enabled the movie's sets, costumes, props, special effects models, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, vintage
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sea monster, underwater, ocean, kaiju, time travel, diver, shark, scuba diving, magic, future war, mermaid, disaster ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Cameroon
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in a storm and with the balloon damaged they find themselves 'shipwrecked' on a volcanic desert island somewhere in the Pacific. Just before ...
Style:
suspenseful, nautical, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
submarine, castaway, island, pirate, survival, escape, balloon, adaptation, heroism, isolation, exploration, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
29%
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:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
dystopian future, on the run, chase, chases and races, androids and robots, escapades, danger, secret place, chaos, post apocalypse, survivor, hiding place ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tremors: The Series is a television spin-off of the Tremors franchise. Originally airing out of order on the Sci-Fi Channel, it was later aired in its proper sequence on the G4 Network.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, scary, exciting ...
Plot:
desert, deadly creature, escapades, heroic mission, monster, small town, survival, danger, supernatural, rescue, heroes, environmentalism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the original Battlestar Galactica television series. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980. It was later shown in ...
Style:
saga, epic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
battlestar galactica, space battle, cyborgs, space opera, time travel, time dilation, star wars, alien invasion, intergalactic, space and aliens, androids and robots, distopia ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
Under Paul ‘Muad'Dib’ Atreides' rule as Emperor, the planet Arrakis has enjoyed a renaissance. However, the revolution that Muad'dib inspired has transformed into a brutal jihad that has plunged all of humanity into a bitter, ...
Style:
atmospheric, futuristic, epic, intense, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, desert, space opera, heroic mission, space travel, space and aliens, imaginary, escapades, leadership, political unrest, fantasy world ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
28%
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, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underwater, ocean, giant monster, disaster, diving, kaiju, scuba diving, monster, giant octopus, sea, octopus, diver ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
nova scotia, canada, nova scotia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The USS Enterprise's historic five-year mission continues with all new episodes of the original series. "Star Trek: Continues", a new Trek series, beams down with exciting adventures of the Federation's most heroic crew led by ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
star trek, spacecraft, outer space, good versus evil, heroes, adventurer, heroic mission, space travel, escapades, rivalry, danger, intergalactic ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne is a 22-episode science fiction television series in the steampunk genre that first aired in June 2000 on CBC Television in Canada and in syndication in the United States.
The plot concept is predicated on a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, metafiction, vintage
Plot:
steampunk, escapades, adventurer, society, parallel world, rescue, writers, spy, time travel, chases and races, imaginary, man versus machine ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1860s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In this direct-to-video remake, when an accident leaves a group of researchers trapped beneath the earth's crust, it's up to a drill team, led by Joseph Harnet (Greg Evigan), to rescue them. But once underground, the team discovers a ...
Style:
serious, mockbuster, prehistoric, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
adventurer, dinosaur, volcano, tyrannosaurus rex, heroic mission, escapades, daring rescue, deadly creature, chases and races, imaginary, creature, giant spider ...
Time:
prehistoric times, year 2008
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to ...
Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
giant bird, stranded, american civil war, desert island, island, castaway, submarine, survival, civil war, balloon, monster, ocean ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1800s, year 1961, year 1865 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, richmond virginia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A five man submarine plants sensors around the worlds oceans to monitor for a impending earthquake.
Style:
psychotronic, stylized, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, underwater, diving, chess, scuba diving, diver, water, destiny, forces of nature, heroic mission, chases and races, danger ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During World War 2 a group of brave US Airmen are downed in Nazi controlled Europe, after their aircraft is attacked by Nazi-controlled mythological Gargoyles.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
gargoyle, deadly creature, heroic mission, supernatural, military, daring rescue, good versus evil, danger, survival, heroes, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A space ship crash lands on the third planet of a distant solar system, killing all hands except for a young boy named Tang. The rescue ship arrives some 20 years later. One of the crew, a girl named Linda meets Tang and falls in love with him. They ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, serious, psychotronic, surprise ending
Plot:
time travel, exploitation, star wars, spacesuit, pluto, dinosaur, female alien, space, outer space, amazon tribe, cave woman, interracial relations ...
Time:
year 1966, prehistory
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A cinematic adaptation of Jules Verne's 1874 novel "The Mysterious Island", the story begins during the American Civil War, as famine and death ravage the city of Richmond, Virginia. Five northern POWs make the decision to escape the ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
giant bird, sea disaster, escape, deadly creature, american civil war, monster, fantasy world, catastrophe, race against time, imaginary, escapades, runaway ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
fictional island, louisiana
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its heroes carry out the journey in an earth-penetrating machine. A television series was supposed to follow, but was never produced. Cast includes ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, psychotronic
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, escapades, adventurer, daring rescue, obsessive quest, inventions and discoveries, legends and myths, forces of nature, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, scientist, volcano ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, a Russian submarine strays into American waters. On board is a nuclear cargo destined for Castro. The Americans attack and destroy the sub. 38 years later US submarine Roosevelt is in the same waters. An ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, scary, rough, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sea monster, giant octopus, octopus, creature feature, giant squid, submarine, save the day, deadly creature, danger, monster, animal attack, killer animal ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s
Place:
cuba
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 90 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, serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
ship, sea, ocean, captain, whale, obsessive quest, dangerous animal, danger, friendship, water, shipwreck, creature ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the fishing village of Cedar Bay, terror lies within the water. And now it has surfaced in search of something more substantial to devour than marine life: human flesh. A captain and a sea biologist must wage a terrifying battle against the ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, scary ...
Plot:
fishing boat, creature feature, sea monster, monster, creature, survival, deadly creature, imaginary, danger, supernatural, rescue, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
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