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Movies that feel likeThe Meg (2018)

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.

If you loved The Meg, the closest films we have are Deep Blue Sea (1999), Shin Godzilla (2016) and Colony (2026). All three share The Meg's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991).

🍅 47% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jon Turteltaubkineticcerebraldreadunsettling
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Meg 2: The Trench (2023)

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Deep Blue Sea
1999 · dir. Renny Harlin
🍅 60%★ 6action · horror · science fictionStarz

A genetically altered predator turns a research team's own hubris against them

The difference: A claustrophobic lab-facility siege, not an open-ocean prehistoric hunt

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

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Shin Godzilla
2016 · dir. Shinji Higuchi
🍅 87%★ 6.9action · science fiction · horrorMax

A colossal sea creature forces a scrambling response against overwhelming odds

The difference: A bureaucratic-satire kaiju story, not a scientist confronting his own past fears

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

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Colony
2026 · dir. Yeon Sang-ho
🍅 81%★ 6.5horror · action · science fiction

Trapped survivors fight to stay alive as a horrific threat spreads unchecked

The difference: A viral outbreak containment story, not a deep-sea creature hunt

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

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M3GAN
2022 · dir. Gerard Johnstone
🍅 93%★ 6.3science fiction · horrorNetflix

A well-intentioned creation turns catastrophically dangerous once unleashed

The difference: A domestic killer-doll thriller, not an oceanic megalodon hunt

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 · dir. Lam Ngai Kai
🍅 89%★ 7action · science fiction · horror

Kinetic and cerebral in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty" of the manslaughter of an infamous crime boss.

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Spring
2014 · dir. Aaron Moorhead
🍅 85%★ 6.7horror · romance · science fiction

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Meg

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

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Underwater
2020 · dir. William Eubank
🍅 48%★ 5.9horror · science fiction · action

A desperate trek across the ocean floor races against a lurking threat

The difference: A disaster-triggered deep-sea trek, not a hunt for a single ancient predator

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.

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#Alive
2020 · dir. Cho Il
★ 6.3action · horror · science fictionNetflix

One person's isolated survival becomes a fight against a spreading threat

The difference: A solo apartment-siege virus story, not an oceanic monster hunt

As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

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Doom
2005 · dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
🍅 18%★ 5.2action · horror · science fictionStarz

A strike team faces a mutated menace unleashed by science gone wrong

The difference: A video-game Mars facility shootout, not an ocean-depths creature hunt

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

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The New Mutants
2020 · dir. Josh Boone
🍅 36%★ 5.3science fiction · horrorDisney+

Characters held against their will must fight their way to freedom

The difference: A superhero-team origin story, not a deep-sea predator hunt

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 39%★ 5.5action · horror · science fictionNetflixHulu

A hardened survivor makes a last stand against relentless mutated horrors

The difference: A post-apocalyptic zombie finale, not a single prehistoric ocean predator

Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021 · dir. Johannes Roberts
🍅 30%★ 5.2action · horror · science fictionHuluStarz

Action built on momentum, twice over

Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

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