Movies Like The Great Fish of the Lake

If you liked The Great Fish of the Lake (2026), a movie directed by Victor Jaquier, 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
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
★ 6.8/10
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
2
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…
3
The Dark Crystal (1982)
★ 7.2/10
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
4
Pinocchio (2022)
★ 6.2/10
A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
5
Rose of Nevada (2026)
★ 6/10
When a fishing boat, the Rose of Nevada, lost with all hands 30 years ago, mysteriously reappears in the old harbour of a forgotten Cornish village, for those who remember, it’s surely a sign. The boat must go out to…
6
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
★ 6.8/10
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater…
7
The Visitors (1993)
★ 7.1/10
After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and…
8
The Rescuers (1977)
★ 6.8/10
Two agents of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society search for a little orphan girl kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters.
9
Suddenly (2023)
★ 6.3/10
Ben and Laura are a passionate but volatile couple who embark on a round-the-world sailing adventure to give their relationship a new start. During their trip, they decide to explore a vast deserted island which they…
10
Bloody Milk (2017)
★ 6.9/10
Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases of a zoonotic outbreak are reported in…
11
The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 6/10
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
12
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.
13
The Last House on the Left (2009)
★ 6.5/10
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no…
14
Four Kids and It (2020)
★ 6.2/10
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
15
Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
16
The City of Lost Children (1995)
★ 7.2/10
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
17
Apostle (2018)
★ 6.2/10
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
18
The Damned (2025)
★ 5.9/10
A 19th-century widow has to make an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a foreign ship sinks off the coast of her Icelandic fishing village.
19
Obsession (1976)
★ 6.7/10
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
20
Captains Courageous (1937)
★ 7.4/10
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him…