20 movies like Open Water, ordered by similarity : The Hunt(2020), The Shallows(2016), Captain Phillips(2013), Midsommar(2019), The Perfect Storm(2000), Hell(2011), Live Cargo(2016), Gangster(2006), A Quiet Place(2018), Neighboring Sounds(2012), The Last Days(2013), What Still Remains(2018) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2003
79 Minutes
Blanchard Ryan Daniel Travis Saul Stein Estelle Lau Michael E. Williamson Cristina Zenaro Jon Charles Steve Lemme
man woman diver captain bleak brutal disturbing tense ocean boat bahamas scuba diving abandonment dysfunction sharks daunting task fall underdog sacrifice 2000s
Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA|Japan
2020
90 Minutes
Ike Barinholtz Betty Gilpin Emma Roberts Hilary Swank Glenn Howerton Amy Madigan Reed Birney Macon Blair Ethan Suplee
stranger wealthy man hunter prey young man young woman brutal campy chilling creepy disturbing field remote island manor jet hunting human sacrifice human trafficking survival skills pursuit
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
2016
87 Minutes
Blake Lively Óscar Jaenada Brett Cullen Sedona Legge Pablo Calva Diego Espejel Janelle Bailey Ava Dean Chelsea Moody
medical student woman surfer shark man native chilling frenetic intense island beach ocean boat rock formation airplane loss isolation surfing shark attack danger
A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2013
133 Minutes
Tom Hanks Catherine Keener Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdirahman Faysal Ahmed Mahat M. Ali Michael Chernus Corey Johnson Max Martini Chris Mulkey Yul Vazquez
navy seal captain wife seaman hostage gunman dark emotional tense intense somalia coast cargo ship boat airport lifeboat hijacking kidnapping rescue terrorism
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Sweden
2019
145 Minutes
Florence Pugh Jack Reynor William Jackson Harper Will Poulter Vilhelm Blomgren Isabelle Grill Gunnel Fred Archie Madekwe Ellora Torchia Anna Åström Liv Mjönes
young woman young man couple villager cult member disturbing brooding raw chilling sweden village festival local customs cult human sacrifice family tragedy escape mystery fall sacrifice
A couple travels to Eastern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
129 Minutes
George Clooney Mark Wahlberg John C. Reilly Diane Lane William Fichtner John Hawkes Allen Payne Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Karen Allen Cherry Jones Bob Gunton
fisherman captain friend beautiful woman rescue worker boat captain dark thrilling emotional gripping frightening ocean ship port massachusetts yacht atlantic ocean storm hurricane death
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Indonesia
2011
89 Minutes
Hannah Herzsprung Stipe Erceg Angela Winkler Lars Eidinger Lisa Vicari Lilo Baur Anne Sarah Hartung Christoph Gaugler
young woman boyfriend sister survivor captive woman bleak dark intense suspenseful frightening gripping germany wasteland barn apocalypse survival relationships fear post-apocalypse
Two people meet by chance in Busan, South Korea. Indah works at the Indonesian Embassy in Busan. Abi, a sailor who suffers heart attack and Indah was assigned as his guardian.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Bahamas|USA
2016
88 Minutes
Dree Hemingway LaKeith Stanfield Robert Wisdom Sam Dillon Leonard Earl Howze Frantz Lecoeur
young man young woman mayor homeless child brooding disturbing gripping intense ocean boat bahamas island house loss grief human trafficking discovery love mystery 21st century
A grieving couple retreats to a remote Bahamian island where they become entangled in a dangerous turf war between the island's mayor and a greedy human trafficker.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Romance
India
2006
123 Minutes
Emraan Hashmi Kangana Ranaut Shiney Ahuja Gulshan Grover Hitanshu Lodhia Vicky Ahuja
young man young woman criminal dancer pregnant woman bleak thrilling intense gripping incredible powerful india city house bar seoul love triangle difficult choices difficult decision changed priorities
In Seoul, a gangster's alcoholic moll falls in love with another man.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Brazil
2012
131 Minutes
Irandhir Santos Irma Brown Sebastião Formiga Gustavo Jahn Maeve Jinkings W.J. Solha Lula Terra Ana Rita Gurgel
young man young woman grandfather mother housewife intense emotional disturbing brazil desperation loneliness drugs sexual frustration threats love underdog forbidden love discovery fall rivalry
The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2013
102 Minutes
Quim Gutiérrez David Pastor José Coronado Marta Etura Leticia Dolera Ivan Massagué Pere Ventura Mikel Iglesias Momo Ballesteros Pere Brasó
everyman man woman girlfriend dying person engaging suspenseful thrilling emotional bleak earth underground epidemic death danger search fight to the death adventure discovery pursuit
In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the "goon". Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
92 Minutes
Lulu Antariksa Colin O'Donoghue Mimi Rogers Dohn Norwood Jeff Kober Peter O'Brien Roshon Fegan Siena Goines
survivor traveler young woman sick person stranger leader uneasy tense disturbing brutal bleak post-apocalyptic wasteland woods forest lake shop city post-apocalypse survival cult
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long destroyed by disease.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2007
96 Minutes
David Chisum Kristen Kerr Kevin J. O'Connor Derek Webster Raymond J. Barry Dale Midkiff Erick Avari Richard Tyson
zombie woman pilot stewardess steward passenger bleak suspenseful thrilling brutal disturbing creepy airplane horror disaster undead killing spree panic fear escape
A mad scientist transferring a dead woman in a freezer with an armed guard on a plane to Paris. After a bit of turbulence, the freezer breaks down and she is awake, then turns into a zombie and starts to infect all on board.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Israel
2018
95 Minutes
Hani Furstenberg Yoav Paz Ishai Golan Brynie Furstenberg Adi Kvetner Lenny Ravich Alex Tritenko
young woman invader sick person creature jewish woman jewish man bleak brooding uneasy tense dark village farm woods house mysticism judaism protection village life illness
During an outbreak of a deadly plague, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Anna Hutchison Rhys Ward Karissa Lee Staples Blake Berris Eric Scott Woods Philipp Karner Arthur Napiontek Stacey Moseley
young woman single woman sister family man disturbing eerie frightening intense shocking striking suspenseful united states home library park love companionship partnership dating
When Anna has a difficult time getting close to people, her sister creates a dating profile for her online. Anna starts to message a handsome man until she starts getting disturbing messages that a match is close by.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
88 Minutes
Kevin Bacon James Freedson-Jackson Hays Wellford Camryn Manheim Shea Whigham Sean Hartley Kyra Sedgwick Sit Lenh
young boy friend sheriff mysterious man woman hostage brutal disturbing gory intense suspenseful tense united states field road car woods country road rebellion mystery
A small-town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|Sweden
2017
101 Minutes
Jason Clarke Kate Mara Ed Helms Bruce Dern Jim Gaffigan Olivia Thirlby Clancy Brown Taylor Nichols Andria Blackman Tamara Hickey Victor Warren
man politician victim coworker campaign manager investigator tense uneasy dark disturbing shocking massachusetts car house ocean study bridge true crime historical events political campaign
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Mystery & Thriller
Germany|USA
2006
95 Minutes
Susan May Pratt Richard Speight Jr. Niklaus Lange Ali Hillis Cameron Richardson Eric Dane Wolfgang Raach Kelly Wagner
young man young woman friend baby bleak disturbing frightening tense engaging ocean yacht mexico horror survival adventure escape 2000s
When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
UK|USA
2019
89 Minutes
Sophie Nélisse Corinne Foxx Brianne Tju Sistine Stallone John Corbett Nia Long Davi Santos Khylin Rhambo Brec Bassinger
teen girl friend scuba diver shark tour guide diver thrilling gory gripping frightening tense intense ruins south america underwater beach resort boat mayan culture sharks
Two sisters diving in a ruined underwater city quickly learn they've entered the territory of the deadliest shark species in the claustrophobic labyrinth of submerged caves.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany
2005
104 Minutes
Kate Hudson Gena Rowlands John Hurt Peter Sarsgaard Joy Bryant Maxine Barnett Tom Uskali Jen Apgar Forrest Landis Jamie Lee Redmon Ronald McCall
wife old man husband elderly woman nurse mysterious woman tense creepy dark hospice mansion new orleans secret cult ghosts supernatural haunting voodoo discovery escape
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.