If You Liked The Poseidon Adventure, Watch These Next
Finished The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Poseidon Adventure, most of them are adventure, drama, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
2.Moby Dick(1956)
7.1AdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon…
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3.Life of Pi(2012)
7.4AdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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4.Gray Lady Down(1978)
6.5ThrillerDramaActionAlso thriller and drama
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.
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5.Last Breath(2025)
6.9ThrillerDramaAlso thriller and drama
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
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6.True Spirit(2023)
7.0AdventureDramaHistoryAlso adventure and drama
When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents, Jessica is determined to accomplish what was thought to be impossible,…
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7.The Sea Wolf(1941)
7.2AdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
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8.The Philadelphia Experiment(1984)
6.1Science FictionAdventureThrillerAlso adventure and thriller
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
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10.In the Heart of the Sea(2015)
6.8ThrillerDramaAdventureAlso thriller and drama
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
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11.Sorcerer(1977)
7.5ThrillerAdventureAlso thriller and adventure
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
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12.The Perfect Storm(2000)
6.5DramaAdventureActionAlso drama and adventure
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.
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13.North Sea Hijack(1980)
6.3ActionAdventureThrillerAlso adventure and thriller
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
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14.Cast Away(2000)
7.7AdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
Chuck Noland, 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 crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to…
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15.War of the Worlds(2005)
6.6AdventureThrillerScience FictionAlso adventure and thriller
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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16.The Impossible(2012)
7.4DramaThrillerHistoryAlso drama and thriller
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in…
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17.White Squall(1996)
6.3DramaAdventureAlso drama and adventure
In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the…
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18.Cassandra's Dream(2007)
6.3CrimeDramaThrillerAlso drama and thriller
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
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19.On Fire(2023)
6.2DramaThrillerActionAlso drama and thriller
Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have any hope of surviving the rapid forces of mother nature.
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20.Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003)
7.2AdventureDramaWarAlso adventure and drama
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew,…
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