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Movies Like Adrift

If you liked Adrift (2017), a adventure and drama movie directed by Sérgio Graciano, 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. 1The 355

    The 355 (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure and thriller

    A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

  2. 2Cave Rescue

    Cave Rescue (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also adventure and drama

    When a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time…

  3. 36 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

    6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and drama

    An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…

  4. 4The Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…

  5. 5The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  6. 6I Am David

    I Am David (2003)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and adventure

    A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a…

  7. 7On Fire

    On Fire (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

    Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son…

  8. 8Remember

    Remember (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and thriller

    With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

  9. 9Black Sea

    Black Sea (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and drama

    A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the…

  10. 10North Sea Hijack

    North Sea Hijack (1980)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and thriller

    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.

  11. 11The House on Carroll Street

    The House on Carroll Street (1988)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…

  12. 12Stowaway

    Stowaway (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

  13. 13Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies (1963)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and adventure

    Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to…

  14. 14Doctor Who: Last Christmas

    Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also adventure and drama

    The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!

  15. 15True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and adventure

    The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…

  16. 16Islands

    Islands (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and drama

    In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is…

  17. 17The Deadly Affair

    The Deadly Affair (1967)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have…

  18. 18The Perfect Storm

    The Perfect Storm (2000)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and adventure

    In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

  19. 19Abandoned

    Abandoned (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    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.

  20. 20The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild (1972)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and drama

    John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…

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