Movies Like Underwater!

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The French Line

1954·1h 42m·★ 5.1·Lloyd Bacon

Both star Jane Russell & Gilbert RolandDP: Harry J. Wild

Macao

1952·1h 21m·★ 6.6·Josef von Sternberg

DP: Harry J. WildStarring Jane RussellAdventure & Drama

That Man from Rio

1964·1h 56m·★ 7.0·Philippe de Broca

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Action

Hatari!

1962·2h 37m·★ 7.1·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Action

You Only Live Twice

1967·1h 57m·★ 6.8·Lewis Gilbert

TMDB recommendsAction & Adventure

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969·2h 22m·★ 6.7·Peter R. Hunt

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Action

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974·2h 5m·★ 6.7·Guy Hamilton

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Action

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Howard Hawks

DP: Harry J. WildStarring Jane Russell

His Kind of Woman

1951·2h·★ 7.0·John Farrow

DP: Harry J. WildStarring Jane Russell

Son of Paleface

1952·1h 35m·★ 6.8·Frank Tashlin

DP: Harry J. WildStarring Jane Russell

The Las Vegas Story

1952·1h 28m·★ 6.4·Robert Stevenson

DP: Harry J. WildStarring Jane Russell

Along Came Polly

2004·1h 30m·★ 6.0·John Hamburg

Themes: caribbean sea, scuba diving

The Deep

1977·2h 3m·★ 6.3·Peter Yates

Themes: caribbean sea, scuba diving

Chinatown

1974·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommends

Duel

1971·1h 29m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommends

The Abyss

1989·2h 20m·★ 7.5·James Cameron

TMDB recommends

The Quiet Man

1952·2h 9m·★ 7.7·John Ford

TMDB recommends

Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

TMDB recommends

A Star Is Born

1954·2h 56m·★ 7.5·George Cukor

TMDB recommends

Murder on the Orient Express

1974·2h 8m·★ 7.2·Sidney Lumet

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How Good Is Underwater!?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.