Best movies like The Cave
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to The Cave? Share your expertise to steer others to tv series and movies you've viewed before that may likewise appeal to them. Support broadening the network of people mentioning videos to one another. We appreciate your involvement!
Plot Summary:
After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, intense, clever, dark, slasher, cult classic, cult horror, twisted
Best tv shows and movies like The Cave (2005):
Similar in 77%
Mongolian Death Worm (2010)
Plot Summary:
When an American oil company sets up an experimental drilling plant out in the vast deserts of Mongolia, they awaken a nest. The deadly creatures begin to breed and spread, devouring everyone in their path. The only person who can stop them is treasure hunter and adventure seeker who spent his life searching for a legendary tomb, fabled to be protected by the Death Worms. He knows he must do what he can to kill the creatures, but stopping these monsters may mean destroying his life's work forever!.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, natural horror, exciting, serious
Similar in 86%
Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006)
Plot Summary:
Thirty years ago, Ray Reiter witnessed the brutal death of his parents at sea by a strange, octopus-like creature. Now determined to exact revenge, he joins archaeologist Nicole on a perilous high-seas expedition to find a legendary Greek Opal - said to be guarded by the very beast that murdered his family. As they come face to face with the killer Kraken, they must also battle a ruthless crime lord, who will stop at nothing to seize the coveted treasure for himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, natural horror, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious, independent film, computer animated
Similar in 85%
Beneath (2013)
Plot Summary:
Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed as they fight their way back to shore.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, slasher, mumblecore, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 80%
Primal (2010)
Plot Summary:
Anja and five friends join anthroplogy student, Dace, on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she physically and mentally regresses to a vicious predatory state. Mel has gone primal. Mel’s lover and friends realise they are the prey as she savagely hunts them down. Before they can escape another one of them starts to regress, posing a hideous choice; kill their friends or be killed by them. Their only hope of survival is through a cave, where Anja learns too late the meaning of the ancient rock art they came to study.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, brutal, bloody, slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, twisted
Similar in 75%
Caved In (2006)
Plot Summary:
An extreme adventure tour group headed by deep caving expert John Palmer descends into a 2000 Ft abandoned salt mine , that was mysteriously closed down years ago after an unexplained disaster trapped all of the miners . They prepare for rock slides , blackouts , cave-ins - whatever might threaten their journey and commence their descent into the depths.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, natural horror, suspense, disaster movie
Similar in 80%
Beneath Loch Ness (2001)
Plot Summary:
A scientific expedition to Loch Ness runs into trouble when the group leader is killed in a mysterious diving accident. Soon after, when the unorthodox Professor Howell shows up to take over as leader of the group, more strange incidents and attacks start to occur. While Howell and TV producer Elizabeth Borden are busy investigating the source of the attacks, the body of an enormous sea creature washes up on the lake's shore.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, dark, hilarious
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 89%
The Relic (1997)
Plot Summary:
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, exciting, serious, splatter, tense, art house, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult horror
Similar in 85%
Bats (1999)
Plot Summary:
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, rough, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, retro, dark, slasher, saga
Similar in 85%
Arachnid (2001)
Plot Summary:
Arachnid is a 2001 film directed by Jack Sholder. In this movie, giant killer spiders menace survivors of a plane crash.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, suspenseful, natural horror, tense, slasher, surprise ending, scary, serious, psychotronic
Similar in 84%
47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
Plot Summary:
Five backpackers, diving in a ruined underwater city, quickly learn they are not alone in the submerged caves.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, bloody, psychotronic, teen horror, natural horror, grindhouse, thrilling, surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 89%
The Rift (1990)
Plot Summary:
An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with a very experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously dissapeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that shouldn't be there.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, futuristic, retro, captivating, fast, cult film
Similar in 75%
Leviathan (1989)
Plot Summary:
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, cult classic, natural horror, atmospheric, captivating, slasher
Similar in 90%
DeepStar Six (1989)
Plot Summary:
The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough, surprise ending, bleak, exciting, natural horror, tense, grindhouse
Similar in 75%
Deep Rising (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, nautical, horror comedy, perverse, cult horror, natural horror, exciting
Similar in 88%
Black Water: Abyss (2020)
Plot Summary:
An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions rise as oxygen levels fall and the friends find themselves trapped. Unknown to them, the storm has also brought in a pack of dangerous and hungry crocodiles.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, scary, suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic
Similar in 88%
The Pyramid (2014)
Plot Summary:
A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert. As they search the pyramid's depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless catacombs. Searching for a way out, they become desperate to seek daylight again. They come to realize they aren't just trapped, they are being hunted.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, intense, atmospheric, suspense, mockumentary, suspenseful, psychological, mystical, mystic
Similar in 83%
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, suspense, bloody, sadistic, splatter, slasher, brutal, rough, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Rogue (2007)
Plot Summary:
From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, scenic, natural horror, rough, disgusting, exciting, serious
Similar in 81%
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Plot Summary:
On a remote former submarine refueling facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Susan McAlester genetically engineers three Mako sharks, intending to increase their brain capacity so that they can harvest the tissue as a cure for Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, the increased brain capacity also makes the sharks smarter, faster, and more dangerous. Aquatica's financial backers are skeptical and nervous about the tests, and send a corporate executive to visit the facility.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, natural horror, scary, slasher, serious, suspense, psychological thriller, breathtaking
Similar in 82%
The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, scary, intense, bloody, grindhouse, brutal, slasher
Similar in 90%
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Plot Summary:
The blood orchid - A rare flower that holds the secret of eternal life and a fortune to the pharmaceutical company that finds it. Led by a two-fisted soldier of fortune, a scientific expedition is sent deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and bring back samples of the legendary plant. Battling their way upriver, the explorers brave poisonous insects, ferocious crocodiles and savage headhunters, unaware they're being stalked by an even greater danger: a nest of giant anacondas, voracious, fifty-foot-long flesh-eaters who'll stop at nothing to protect their breeding ground, the blood orchid's home.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, intense, suspenseful, exciting, natural horror, dark, saga, perverse, rough
Similar in 82%
Anaconda (1997)
Plot Summary:
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Peru
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, natural horror, cult classic, slasher, psychological, psychological thriller
Similar in 78%
The Ruins (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, creepy, atmospheric, bloody, disturbing, splatter
Similar in 75%
The Thing (2011)
Plot Summary:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious, futuristic, psychotronic, tense, intense, lovecraft
Similar in 79%
The Descent (2005)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, disturbing, creepy, psychological, twist ending, splatter
Similar in 78%
Predator (1987)
Plot Summary:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of its victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing through its eyes, the audience sees it is an intelligent alien hunter, hunting them for sport, killing them off one at a time.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 446000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, scary, futuristic, tense, exciting, action packed, bloody, saga
Similar in 75%
Underwater (2020)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough, psychotronic, psychological thriller, minimal cast, retro, captivating
Similar in 77%
Pitch Black (2000)
Plot Summary:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, harsh, tense, dark, light, exciting, atmospheric, intense
Similar in 86%
The Silence (2019)
Plot Summary:
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, scary, splatter, apocalyptic, creepy, disgusting
Similar in 75%
Sanctum (2011)
Plot Summary:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea. Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team--including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd)--are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, breathtaking, tense, realistic, sad, entertaining, stylized