Movies like The Wave
If The Wave's mix of hotel, fjord and tsunami stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Wave's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Troll 2
2025 · Directed by Roar Uthaug · 102 min6.3
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Roar Uthaug · Also a Norwegian action film
When a dangerous new troll unleashes devastation across their homeland, Nora, Andreas and Major Kris embark on their most perilous mission yet.
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King of Devil's Island
2010 · Directed by Marius Holst · 117 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Kristoffer Joner · Shares: norway · Also a Norwegian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Norwegian winter, 1915. On the island Bastøy, outside Oslo, a group of young boys aged 11 to 18, are held in an institution for delinquent youth, notorious for its sadistic regime.
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The Impossible
2012 · Directed by J. A. Bayona · 113 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: tsunami, disaster movie · Also drama and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying…
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The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Directed by Ronald Neame · 117 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, disaster movie · Also drama and thriller
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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Deepwater Horizon
2016 · Directed by Peter Berg · 107 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, disaster movie · Also drama and action · From the same decade (2010s)
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.
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Godzilla
2014 · Directed by Gareth Edwards · 123 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: tsunami, disaster movie · Also action and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe.
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The Perfect Storm
2000 · Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 130 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: disaster · Also drama and action
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.
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Ladder 49
2004 · Directed by Jay Russell · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: disaster · Also drama and action
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station.
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The Burning Sea
2021 · Directed by John Andreas Andersen · 104 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso a Norwegian action film
An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.