Movies like The Abyss
The Abyss (1989) is a thriller movie directed by James Cameron. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
★ 7.1 · 1,032 votes · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
★ 7.4 · 4,880 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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3. Thunderball (1965)
★ 6.7 · 2,745 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
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4. Crimson Tide (1995)
★ 7.2 · 2,089 votes · Thriller, Action, Drama
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
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5. Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3 · 3,687 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, 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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6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
★ 7.4 · 1,300 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
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7. Under Siege (1992)
★ 6.3 · 1,815 votes · Action, Thriller
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback—an error that could be fatal.
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8. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
★ 7.2 · 3,240 votes · Action, Thriller, Adventure
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.
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9. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
★ 7.4 · 3,796 votes · Action, Thriller
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
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10. Act of Valor (2012)
★ 6.5 · 1,311 votes · Action, Thriller, War
When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
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11. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
★ 6.8 · 4,536 votes · Thriller, Drama, Adventure
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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12. The X-Files (1998)
★ 6.9 · 1,921 votes · Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
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13. V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
★ 6.6 · 337 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.
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14. Predator 2 (1990)
★ 6.3 · 4,053 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
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15. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
★ 7.0 · 8,999 votes · Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
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16. The Last House (2026)
★ 6.8 · 1,483 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
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17. Sunshine (2007)
★ 7.0 · 4,477 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
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18. Serenity (2005)
★ 7.4 · 4,030 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.
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19. Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6 · 2,133 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
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