Movies Like 252: Signal of Life

If you liked 252: Signal of Life (2008), a action and adventure movie directed by Nobuo Mizuta, 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
Cave Rescue (2019)
★ 6/10Also 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…
2
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventure
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic…
3
Suzume (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and adventure
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a…
4
Fukushima 50 (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and action
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
5
The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and adventure
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.
6
Picnic (1996)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and adventure
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best…
7
Man with No Past (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action and drama
Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that…
8
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also action and adventure
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.
9
Night of the Twisters (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also action and drama
A teenager boy bonds with his stepfather while battling a series of killer twisters.
10
Interceptor (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and adventure
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
11
The Twisters (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also action and adventure
A deadly patchwork of destructive cyclones is on an apocalyptic path of convergence at a populated Midwest city center. There, the twisters will merge into one mega tornado that threatens to obliterate the cities for…
12
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also action and adventure
Eren Yeager and others of the 104th Training Corps have just begun to become full members of the Survey Corps. As they ready themselves to face the Titans once again, their preparations are interrupted by the invasion…
13
Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also action and drama
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.
14
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also action and adventure
All Might and Deku accept an invitation to go abroad to a floating and mobile manmade city, called 'I-Island', where they research quirks as well as hero supplemental items at the special 'I-Expo' convention that is…
15
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and action
Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip; other escorts had been hired, but quit due to being treated…
16
Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also action and drama
A rash of sniper attacks leaves the streets of Tokyo empty and the public terrified to go outside. It’s up to Conan and his friends to find the culprit, but the case goes deeper than it seems. Military cover-ups…
17
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also action and adventure
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic…
18
PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and action
When their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol superpowers. The heroic Mighty Pups are on…
19
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010)
★ 7.6/10Also action and adventure
Hell – A place where beings that have committed mortal sins during their lifetime are sent. It is a realm where even Soul Reapers are forbidden to interfere. When a group of vicious Sinners plot to escape from this…
20
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and action
Assigned on a mission to capture Mukade, a missing-nin, Naruto Uzumaki sets out for the once glorious historic ruins of "Ouran", where he pursues and corners the rouge ninja. Mukade's goal is revealed to be a dormant…