Movies like Poseidon
If Poseidon's mix of new year's eve, daughter and self-abandonment stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Poseidon's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Perfect Storm
2000 · Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 130 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Wolfgang Petersen · Shares: disaster · Also adventure and action · From the same decade (2000s)
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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Armageddon
1998 · Directed by Michael Bay · 151 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: daughter, cataclysm, loss of loved one · Also action and adventure
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb.
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The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 124 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Emmy Rossum · Shares: disaster, disaster movie · Also thriller and adventure · From the same decade (2000s)
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off…
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Ladder 49
2004 · Directed by Jay Russell · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Jacinda Barrett · Shares: fire, disaster · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
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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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Directed by Gore Verbinski · 151 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: daughter, ship · Also adventure and action · From the same decade (2000s)
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…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Directed by Gore Verbinski · 169 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: shipwreck, excited · Also adventure and action · From the same decade (2000s)
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.
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Damsel
2024 · Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo · 107 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: fire, escape · Also action and adventure
A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.
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Titanic
1997 · Directed by James Cameron · 194 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: ship, shipwreck, atlantic ocean
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé.
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In the Heart of the Sea
2015 · Directed by Ron Howard · 122 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: ship, shipwreck · Also thriller and adventure
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
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War of the Worlds
2005 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 117 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: daughter, disaster · Also adventure and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…
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San Andreas
2015 · Directed by Brad Peyton · 114 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, disaster movie · Also action and thriller
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
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Forrest Gump
1994 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: new year's eve, dramatic
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do.