Movies Like Mississippi River Sharks

If you liked Mississippi River Sharks (2017), a comedy and horror movie directed by Misty Talley, 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
Into the Deep (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
Divers searching for sunken treasure witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but a killer great white is determined not to let any of them escape its waters.
2
Fear Below (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark.
3
Deep Water (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and thriller
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their…
4
Dangerous Animals (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
5
Thrash (2026)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and horror
When a catastrophic hurricane slams a coastal town, stranded residents must survive rapidly rising waters swarming with ravenous sharks.
6
Dead Sea (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and 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.
7
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horror
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and…
8
The Hunt (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and horror
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport…
9
Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also thriller and horror
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
10
Hold the Fort (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and comedy
A HOA turns out to be more troublesome than usual in this wildly amusing, FX-heavy freak-out about newly minted suburbanites unexpectedly forced to take part in a struggle against monstrous forces.
11
47 Meters Down (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to…
12
Splinter (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV…
13
Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and comedy
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
14
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and horror
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
15
Arachnophobia (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and horror
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as…
16
Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
17
Psycho Goreman (2020)
★ 6/10Also comedy and horror
Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins…
18
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horror
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
19
Grabbers (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and thriller
Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the…
20
Porno (2019)
★ 6/10Also comedy and horror
When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.