50 Movies Like Deep Rising (1998) You Need to Watch Next
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If you loved Deep Rising (1998) by Stephen Sommers, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Underwater, Meg 2: The Trench. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
50 Movies Similar to Deep Rising
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · Paul W. S. Anderson
When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting gro
In common: Action · Adventure · Horror
Underwater
2020 · William Eubank
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.
In common: Action · Adventure · Horror
Meg 2: The Trench
2023 · Ben Wheatley
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 batt
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
The Meg
2018 · Jon Turteltaub
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.
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · Takashi Yamazaki
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair a
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
#Alive
2020 · Cho Il
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Attack on Titan
2015 · Shinji Higuchi
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans liv
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Deep Blue Sea
1999 · Renny Harlin
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter,
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Van Helsing
2004 · Stephen Sommers
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unhol
In common: Action · Adventure · Horror
Shin Godzilla
2016 · Shinji Higuchi
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Justin Kurzel
Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins and amasses lethal skills to tak
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Predator: Badlands
2025 · Dan Trachtenberg
Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · Gareth Edwards
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's t
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · James Cameron
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other sa
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this worl
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024 · Adam Wingard
Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
TRON: Ares
2025 · Joachim Rønning
A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · George Miller
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
2012
2009 · Roland Emmerich
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
The Wandering Earth II
2023 · Frant Gwo
Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Rampage
2018 · Brad Peyton
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mut
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021 · Adam Wingard
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spe
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012 · Brad Peyton
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Waterworld
1995 · Kevin Reynolds
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 youn
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Infinite
2021 · Antoine Fuqua
Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to hi
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
65
2023 · Scott Beck
65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threate
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Moonfall
2022 · Roland Emmerich
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Power Rangers
2017 · Dean Israelite
Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destin
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Jumper
2008 · Doug Liman
David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Resident Evil: Vendetta
2017 · Takanori Tsujimoto
When a fearless enemy out for revenge unleashes a brutal and deadly new virus, BSAA captain Chris Redfield enlists the help of Agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers to bring down the de
In common: Action · Adventure
Doom
2005 · Andrzej Bartkowiak
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Arcadian
2024 · Benjamin Brewer
In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using ever
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Tremors
1990 · Ron Underwood
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
In common: Action · Horror
Species
1995 · Roger Donaldson
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil,
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021 · Johannes Roberts
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surfac
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Resident Evil
2002 · Paul W. S. Anderson
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military tas
In common: Action · Horror · Science Fiction
The Covenant
2006 · Renny Harlin
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threa
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Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001 · Christophe Gans
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
In common: Action · Adventure
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2001 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
D, a legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has seemingly been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link.
In common: Action · Adventure
Hellboy
2019 · Neil Marshall
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
In common: Action · Adventure
Train to Busan
2016 · Yeon Sang-ho
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
In common: Action · Adventure · Horror
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 · Michael Bay
Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls u
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Bumblebee
2018 · Travis Knight
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee,
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
The Electric State
2025 · Joe Russo
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Badland Hunters
2024 · Heo Myeong-haeng
After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.
In common: Action · Adventure · Horror
Star Wars
1977 · George Lucas
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Black Widow
2021 · Cate Shortland
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring he
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · James Gunn
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
In common: Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Stargate
1994 · Roland Emmerich
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
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