
Movies that feel like The Abyss (1989)
If you loved The Abyss, the closest films we have are The Rocketeer (1991), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Fantastic Voyage (1966). All three share The Abyss' epic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If The Abyss hit the spot, these will too

Epic where it counts, cerebral underneath
The difference: Missing the tension of The Abyss

Tense adventure, and it commits to that
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both keep coming back to the same thing: submarine
The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1960s show

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both lean on scale more than on science fiction
The difference: Sits closer to action than The Abyss does

One thread runs through both: u.s. navy
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Both are working the same pair: ocean, diving suit

Common ground: nuclear missile

Cerebral thriller in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: sea

Adventure built on scale, twice over

Science fiction built on tension, twice over
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