If You Liked Waterworld, Watch These Next
Finished Waterworld (1995) 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 Waterworld, most of them are adventure, action, science fiction.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Underwater(2020)
6.3HorrorScience FictionActionAlso science fiction and action
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
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2.Swashbuckler(1976)
6.2AdventureActionComedyAlso adventure and action
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
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3.Meg 2: The Trench(2023)
6.4ActionScience FictionHorrorAlso action and science fiction
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
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4.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales(2017)
6.7AdventureActionFantasyAlso adventure and action
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of…
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6.John Carter(2012)
6.4ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its…
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7.North Sea Hijack(1980)
6.3ActionAdventureThrillerAlso action and adventure
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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8.Chaos Walking(2021)
6.5FantasyScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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9.Star Trek Beyond(2016)
6.8ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
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10.Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986)
7.2Science FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
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11.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
6.2AdventureActionScience FictionAlso adventure and action
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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12.The Adam Project(2022)
7.0AdventureScience FictionComedyAlso adventure and science fiction
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
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13.The Host(2013)
6.3ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
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14.Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)
7.9ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
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15.Buck Rogers in the 25th Century(1979)
6.2Science FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate.
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16.Alita: Battle Angel(2019)
7.3ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
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17.Man of Steel(2013)
6.7ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
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18.Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)
7.3ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a…
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19.Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018)
6.6Science FictionAdventureActionAlso science fiction and adventure
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
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20.Mass Effect: Paragon Lost(2012)
6.1AnimationActionScience FictionAlso action and science fiction
An untold chapter in the Mass Effect saga, following the early career of Alliance Marine, James Vega, as he leads a squad of elite special forces into battle against a mysterious alien threat known as The Collectors. Stationed at a colony in a remote star system, Vega and his troops must protect the inhabitants from…
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