Movies Like Outward Bound

If you liked Outward Bound (1930), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Robert Milton, 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
Cast Away (2000)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor…
2
Stowaway (2021)
★ 6/10Also drama
A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
3
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
4
Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and fantasy
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
5
Solaris (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
6
Robinson Crusoe (1997)
★ 6/10Also drama
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe…
7
Parallel (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Grief-stricken after the loss of her child, Vanessa takes refuge at a lake house only to be met with an aberration of herself from a parallel universe and realizes the multiverse gates hold the key to releasing her…
8
Melancholia (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
9
Europa Report (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.
10
Between Two Worlds (1944)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and fantasy
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
11
Upstream Color (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
12
In the Blink of an Eye (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.
13
Another Earth (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
On the night a duplicate Earth is discovered in the solar system, the lives of a young woman and an accomplished composer become tragically connected after a fatal accident.
14
Abandoned (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
15
Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy
A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
16
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and fantasy
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…
17
Interstellar (2014)
★ 8.5/10Also drama
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
18
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
The titular adventurer, after defying his parents to go to sea, survives a shipwreck and becomes a castaway on a deserted island for nearly thirty years, learning to build a new life from scratch, discovering…
19
Gravity (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
20
Northfork (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and drama
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…