Movies Like The Scent of the Sea

If you liked The Scent of the Sea (2007), a movie directed by Abdelhai El iraqi, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
North Sea Hijack (1980)
★ 6.3/10
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
2
The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
★ 6.1/10
A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
3
Cape Fear (1962)
★ 7.4/10
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
4
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
★ 7.3/10
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by…
5
God's Creatures (2022)
★ 6.1/10
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.
6
Rumble Through the Dark (2023)
★ 6.3/10
In the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, a former bare-knuckle fighter must win one last fight to pay off his debts to the local mob boss and save his childhood home—the stakes nothing less than life or death.
7
Stillwater (2021)
★ 6.6/10
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers…
8
Rebel Ridge (2024)
★ 7/10
A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail.
9
Dead of Winter (2025)
★ 6.5/10
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young…
10
Rip Girls (2000)
★ 6.3/10
A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds friends, a new hobby with her fantastic…
11
Dogville (2003)
★ 7.7/10
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
12
Erin Brockovich (2000)
★ 7.4/10
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…
13
The Baker (2023)
★ 6.2/10
A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back…
14
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
★ 6.5/10
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
15
Braven (2018)
★ 6.2/10
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
16
Captain Phillips (2013)
★ 7.5/10
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
17
Blood Diamond (2006)
★ 7.6/10
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the…
18
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
19
The Shipping News (2001)
★ 6.4/10
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
20
Seeking Justice (2011)
★ 5.9/10
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.