Best movies like Jaws 2
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Plot Summary:
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, natural horror, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, gothic horror, splatter, detective, cult classic
Best tv shows and movies like Jaws 2 (1978):
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Great White (2021)
Plot Summary:
What should have been a tourist trip to remember, quickly turns into a living nightmare when five passengers on a seaplane become stranded, miles away from shore. What follows is a desperate bid for survival as the group try to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by the man-eating sharks lurking just beneath the surface.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, contemplative
Similar in 86%
The Swarm (1978)
Plot Summary:
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, serious, natural horror, psychotronic, cult classic, psychological thriller, surprise ending, freeze frame
Similar in 87%
Shark Zone (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man must hunt down ferocious sharks that are threatening a small beach community.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, realistic, natural horror, funny, suspense
Similar in 75%
Tentacles (1977)
Plot Summary:
Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, natural horror, suspense, psychotronic, retro, gothic horror, grindhouse
Similar in 88%
The Last Shark (1981)
Plot Summary:
An enormous and angry 35 foot Great White Shark takes revenge on humans when they build a beach just for swimmers by a coastal town. After several shark attacks, and the Mayor does nothing to stop it, James Franisscus and Vic Morrow sail in pursuit to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: natural horror, grindhouse, mockbuster, cult classic, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 78%
Jaws 3-D (1983)
Plot Summary:
This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a guest at Sea World. What follows is the shark wreaking havoc on the visitors in the park.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, natural horror, funny, bloody, anime, classic horror, tense, rough, serious
Similar in 79%
The Requin (2022)
Plot Summary:
A couple on a romantic getaway find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their villa. In order to survive, they are forced to fight the elements, while sharks circle below.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: brutal, emotional, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, bloody
Similar in 78%
Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three friends from California are filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show. They document their journey to Australia where they will be doing their most dangerous activity.... Shark Cage Diving. A catastrophic turn of events leaves them in baited water full of Great White Sharks, turning their recording into a blood chilling diary of survival... and death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, intense, slasher, grindhouse, natural horror
Similar in 76%
Dark Tide (2012)
Plot Summary:
A traumatized shark expert (Halle Berry) must battle her own fears to lead a thrill-seeking businessman on a dive into a dangerous section of water known as "Shark Alley.".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Germany, France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, natural horror, independent film, scary, interesting
Similar in 78%
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Plot Summary:
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, christmas horror, scary, natural horror, funny, classic horror, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Shark Night 3D (2011)
Plot Summary:
A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to fresh-water shark attacks.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, natural horror, psychotronic, teen horror, surprise ending
Similar in 81%
Piranha (1978)
Plot Summary:
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: natural horror, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse, rough, perverse, parody, splatter, cult classic, humorous
Similar in 90%
Grizzly (1976)
Plot Summary:
A fifteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, slasher, independent film, suspense, funny, retro, gothic horror
Similar in 83%
Shark Attack 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A biological experiment goes bad, this time releasing a gaggle of mutated great white sharks with a taste for human flesh. Soon enough, shark expert Nick West is on the case, leading a crew to study them and eventually bring them back into captivity. West's plans hit a snag, however, when Australian shark hunter Roy Bishop is called in to wipe out the fishy menace.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, natural horror, suspense, mockbuster, scary, serious, suspenseful, fast, wild, cult film
Similar in 89%
The Reef (2010)
Plot Summary:
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, slasher, social, dread
Similar in 85%
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
Similar in 75%
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
Similar in 83%
Megalodon (2018)
Plot Summary:
A military vessel on the search for an unidentified submersible finds themselves face to face with a giant shark, forced to use only what they have on board to defend themselves from the monstrous beast.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, atmospheric, mad
Similar in 89%
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 78%
The Meg (2018)
Plot Summary:
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, tense, funny, slasher, suspenseful, scary, scenic, mystic, grindhouse
Similar in 80%
The Deep (1977)
Plot Summary:
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, scenic, scary, slasher, action thriller, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
The Shallows (2016)
Plot Summary:
An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, minimal cast, exciting, suspense, tense, absurd, harsh, suspenseful, intense, natural horror
Similar in 85%
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 79%
Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young teenager travels to Florida, unknowing that a group of dangerous tiger sharks are ravaging the beach.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, scary, realistic, campy, disaster movie
Similar in 82%
Open Water (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, psychological, stylized, rough, natural horror, clever
Similar in 81%
Jaws (1975)
Plot Summary:
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 647000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, natural horror, entertaining, creepy, classic horror, rough, exciting
Similar in 82%
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
Plot Summary:
A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends. They forget to let the ladder down before they jump into the ocean for a swim. The boat proves impossible to climb. They are stuck in the water many miles from shore, with baby Sara left alone on board. Sara's mother Amy must contend with her aqua-phobia as well as the group's increasing desperation, as the friends begin to turn on each other. Soon the exhaustion of keeping afloat and the struggle to get back on board begin to take a terrible toll. The happy reunion turns into a fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, rough, tense, suspense, dark, slasher, disturbing, splatter
Similar in 81%
Orca (1977)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, Italy, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary, independent film, grindhouse, depressing, gothic horror, nautical
Similar in 84%
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
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: suspense, breathtaking, exciting, epic, entertaining, suspenseful, visually stunning, saga, spectacular, scary