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Movies that feel like Deep Water (2006)

If you loved Deep Water, the closest films we have are King Kong (2005), 13 Assassins (2010) and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). All three share Deep Water's epic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, Philo and Brew and others, checked against today's data.

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Louise Osmondepiccontemplativekinetic

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If Deep Water hit the spot, these will too

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King Kong
2005 · dir. Peter Jackson
🍅 84%7.2adventure · drama · action

Epic and contemplative in the same breath

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

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13 Assassins
2010 · dir. Takashi Miike
🍅 95%7.5adventure · drama · action

Kinetic adventure in both cases

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

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Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 29%6adventure · drama · action

Epic drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

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The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016 · dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
🍅 19%6.1action · adventure · drama

Action built on stillness, twice over

As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.

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Gladiator II
2024 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 70%6.4action · adventure · drama

Documentary with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

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Ford v Ferrari
2019 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 92%8.1drama · history · action

Biography and a true story, at the center of both

The difference: Plays it as history more than Deep Water does

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

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Ip Man
2008 · dir. Wilson Yip
🍅 86%8drama · action · history

Both trade on scale more than on being drama

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

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Gladiator
2000 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 80%8.5action · drama · adventure

Both trade on stillness more than on being adventure

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

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The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · dir. Randall Wallace
🍅 32%6.5adventure · action · drama

Kinetic action in both cases

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

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Twister
1996 · dir. Jan de Bont
🍅 68%6.6action · adventure · drama

Both are adventure through and through

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.

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Robin Hood
2010 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 43%6.6action · adventure · history

Cut from the same drama cloth

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

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Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 39%7.3drama · action · adventure

Action approached the same way

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

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