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Plot Summary:
A five man submarine plants sensors around the worlds oceans to monitor for a impending earthquake.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 948
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, vintage
Best tv shows and movies like Around the World Under the Sea (1966):
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Beyond Atlantis (1973)
Plot Summary:
A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, psychological, art house, independent film, scary, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Descent Into Darkness (2002)
Plot Summary:
Deep in the Mariana Sea Trench, a corporate underwater mining complex has been built - an industrial Atlantis. When an accident in a dry-dock chamber kills several miners an investigator is sent to find the cause and immediately finds out that it was not an accident. He becomes caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between the miners and the corporation, and fights to stay alive and uncover the truth.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, bleak
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Plot Summary:
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 sometimes footage, to be used in the production of the television series. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was the first of Irwin Allen's four science fiction television series as well as the longest running. The show's main theme was underwater adventure. Voyage was broadcast on ABC from September 14, 1964 to March 31, 1968, and was the decade's longest-running American science fiction television series with continuing characters. The 110 episodes produced included 32 shot in black and white, and 78 filmed in color. The first two seasons took place in the then future of the 1970s. The final two seasons took place in the 1980s. The show starred Richard Basehart and David Hedison.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, vintage
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City Beneath the Sea (1971)
Plot Summary:
A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. Originally intended as a purely scientific installation, the U. S. government wants to stash all its gold reserves from Fort Knox there, along with a fantastic new radioactive element. The brother of Pacifica's returning former commander plans to steal the gold and on top of that, the city faces destruction by an asteroid from outer space.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, disaster movie
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, fairy tale, exciting, captivating, psychotronic
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Atomic Rulers (1965)
Plot Summary:
Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, manga, campy, cult film
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30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, fairy tale, mockbuster, offbeat, suspenseful, computer animated, suspense, psychotronic
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Lost City Raiders (2008)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2048, and global warming has flooded much of Earth's land areas. A father and his two sons try to salvage treasures from sunken buildings when they are given an important assignment by the New Vatican.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, mysterious, disaster movie
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Plot Summary:
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, melancholic, talky, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, intense, apocalyptic, nautical, classic horror
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The Mysterious Island (1973)
Plot Summary:
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 crash landing their leader, the brilliant engineer Cyrus Smith falls to his apparent death in the raging waters, but later turns up completely unharmed and with no memory of how he was saved. His fellow castaways are: the famous journalist Gedeon Spilett, the salty sailor Bonaventure Pencroff, the orphaned boy Harbert Brown and the black servant of Smith, Nab. The dog Top also joined them in the escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Cameroon
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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2010: Moby Dick (2010)
Plot Summary:
That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville’s classic tale of the battle between man, sea and sea creature starring “Xena” alum Rene O’Connor as the (traditionally male) narrator. But the boat — now a high-tech submarine — is also bigger, and Capt. Ahab is as determined as ever to settle the score and take down the mighty sea mammal that maimed him.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster, creepy, scary, independent film
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Steel Sharks (1997)
Plot Summary:
Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Phantom Force (2004)
Plot Summary:
A squad of soldiers must protect the human race from the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, rough, serious, psychotronic
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Dark Waters (2003)
Plot Summary:
Moneyless, ocean-exploring gigolo and his worldly lady-friend are forced to take part in looking into the possibility that aggression - utilizing marine life - is being planned.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 848
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, fast, psychotronic
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The Neptune Factor (1973)
Plot Summary:
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, experimental
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Crimson Force (2005)
Plot Summary:
The crew of the first manned mission to Mars crash land on the surface in search of a clean everlasting power source they believe to be hidden somewhere beneath the ground. However, the crew find themselves in the middle of a civil war between the High Priest of Mars' royal guards and the High Priestess' warriors. The crew is divided with one half deciding to help the High Priest make peace with Earth and the other side with the High Priestess who is secretly plotting to kill her husband and invade Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, futuristic
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seaQuest DSV (1993)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, futuristic, exciting, serious, nautical
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Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ben tenison is back in this all new Comedy Central, Movie, Based on the current Alien Force story. Alien swarm picks up with Ben 10 as a full fledged plumber but he's about to leave the ranks to do what he believes is right.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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Tides of War (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the Executive Officer and the Engineering Officer.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, bleak, realistic
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
Plot Summary:
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: absurd, stylized, natural horror, exciting, tense, retro, suspense, dark, mockbuster, creepy
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Raging Sharks (2005)
Plot Summary:
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, natural horror, suspense, psychotronic, campy
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Shark Hunter (2001)
Plot Summary:
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. The scientists are wrong. In the darkness of the deep, an underwater research station has been viciously destroyed. Now a tough team of daring divers led by Spencer Northcutt [Antonio Sabato Jr. "Melrose Place"] is taking an experimental sub to war. It's killer instinct vs. sophisticated technology, deadly jaws vs. harpoon-tipped torpedoes, mega-shark vs. modern man is a thrilling extreme deep sea fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, fast, psychotronic
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Deep Shock (2003)
Plot Summary:
When an unknown underwater object disables an American nuclear-powered submarine and attacks a submerged Arctic research complex, a scientific expedition flies to the North Pole to investigate these incidents as well as the sudden, inexplicable rise in temperature that threatens to melt the ice cap and flood the surface of the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, disaster movie
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Super Eruption (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Yellowstone National Park scientist and a thrill-seeking ranger join forces to plug-up a volatile super volcano that threatens to wipe out the entire United States.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, apocalyptic, mockbuster, rough, disaster movie
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Maximum Velocity (2003)
Plot Summary:
After a comet passes the Earth it causes a cataclysmic storm. Only a disbanded government unit with a secret weather-manipulating weapon can try to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, rough, independent film, disaster movie
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MegaFault (2009)
Plot Summary:
A crack in the world has started... we have 24 hours to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, serious, tense, suspense, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, independent film, disaster movie
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2012: Supernova (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is astrophysicist Dr. Kelvin (Brian Krause), who heads up a project to save the planet.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, mockbuster, tense, funny, disaster movie
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Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Plot Summary:
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1978, to August 17, 1980. The first and fifth episodes of the series were edited into this theatrical feature film. Taken together, the two episodes ran 148 minutes, without commercials, while the film runs 125 minutes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychotronic, epic, stylized, vintage, tv series pilot, cult film
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Waterworld (1995)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, serious, apocalyptic, entertaining, cult classic, psychological thriller, retro, philosophical, atmospheric
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Silent Venom (2009)
Plot Summary:
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 a retired submarine to its final port when Admiral Wallace (Tom Berenger) diverted the crew for one last mission: rescue an imperiled army research team before they meet a watery death. In order to reach the researchers and their top secret cargo while avoiding detection by a hostile enemy fleet, Lieutenant Commander O'Neill orders his crew to "run silent" in the depths. That silence is soon broken, however, when the cargo proves to be two genetically altered leviathans. Now, far beneath the ocean floor, a new kind of predator emerges to prove just how vulnerable man truly is when there's nowhere left to run.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, fast, natural horror, ridiculous