Movies Like Cave

If you liked Cave (2016), a adventure and thriller movie directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, 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
The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
★ 6/10Also adventure and thriller
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or…
2
Sanctum (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley are forced to…
3
Apex (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A grieving woman pushing her limits on a solo adventure in the Australian wild is ensnared in a twisted game with a cunning killer who thinks she's prey.
4
River Wild (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and adventure
Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
5
The Deep (1977)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and adventure
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
6
The Devil's Mouth (2026)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A group of college friends' Thailand adventure turns deadly when they become trapped in submerged caves with a dangerous predator. As oxygen runs low, past conflicts emerge in their desperate fight for survival.
7
River of Blood (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Four kayakers take the wrong river into a jungle inhabited by a tribe of merciless cannibals.
8
Gold (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and thriller
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their…
9
The Descent (2005)
★ 7/10Also adventure
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way…
10
Limbo (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and thriller
Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo…
11
Dead Sea (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
12
Bird Box (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
13
Jungle (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and thriller
In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest…
14
Primeval (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
15
Cube (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
16
Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
17
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
18
The Abyss (1989)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and thriller
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where…
19
Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…
20
Maximum Risk (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend…