Movies like The Shallows
The Shallows (2016) is a horror movie directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Jaws (1975)
★ 7.7 · 11,937 votes · Horror, Thriller, Adventure
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
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2. Old (2021)
★ 6.3 · 5,082 votes · Thriller, Mystery, Horror
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
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3. Jurassic World (2015)
★ 6.7 · 22,009 votes · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
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4. Dangerous Animals (2025)
★ 6.5 · 747 votes · Horror, Thriller
A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
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5. 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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6. Point Break (1991)
★ 7.1 · 4,180 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
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7. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
★ 6.9 · 331 votes · Thriller, Adventure, Horror
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
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8. The Beach (2000)
★ 6.5 · 4,855 votes · Drama, Adventure, Romance
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
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9. The Devil's Mouth (2026)
★ 6.5 · 821 votes · Horror, Thriller
A group of college friends' Thailand adventure turns deadly when they become trapped in submerged caves with a dangerous predator. As oxygen runs low, past conflicts emerge in their desperate fight for survival.
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10. Crawl (2019)
★ 6.3 · 3,496 votes · Horror, Thriller
When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.
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11. Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
★ 6.3 · 4,153 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Horror
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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12. Arachnophobia (1990)
★ 6.5 · 1,590 votes · Comedy, Horror
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
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13. War of the Worlds (2005)
★ 6.6 · 9,626 votes · Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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14. Predator (1987)
★ 7.6 · 9,588 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
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15. Bird Box (2018)
★ 6.8 · 10,890 votes · Horror, Thriller, Drama
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
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16. Dead Calm (1989)
★ 6.6 · 869 votes · Thriller, Drama, Horror
An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
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17. Rogue (2007)
★ 6.3 · 799 votes · Action, Horror, Thriller
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.
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18. Deliverance (1972)
★ 7.3 · 1,899 votes · Drama, Adventure, Thriller
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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19. Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7.0 · 1,961 votes · Thriller, Action, Horror
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.
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