Movies Like Waterworld

If you liked Waterworld (1995), a adventure and action movie directed by Kevin Reynolds, 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
Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and action
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
2
Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventure
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and action
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from…
4
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also action
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
5
North Sea Hijack (1980)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventure
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.
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The Meg (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also action
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
7
Black Sea (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
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…
8
Fool's Gold (2008)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure
Treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen's Dowry. When he finds a vital clue that may finally pinpoint the treasure's…
9
Anne of the Indies (1951)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
After buccaneer captain Anne Providence spares Pierre LaRochelle and recruits him into her pirate crew, their growing attraction is tested when Captain Blackbeard reveals LaRochelle's true identity as a former French…
10
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
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U-571 (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also action and adventure
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies…
12
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventure
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and action
After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip…
14
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and action
Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down…
15
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also action
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
16
Deep (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
In 2100, when humanity has abandoned the earth, a colony of extravagant creatures still thrives in the deepest abyss of the ocean.
17
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also action and adventure
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul…
18
John Carter (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also action and adventure
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink…
19
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also action and adventure
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of…
20
The Adam Project (2022)
★ 7/10Also adventure
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.