Movies Like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

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

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962·1h 41m·★ 5.7·Irwin Allen

2 shared crewBoth star Barbara Eden & Peter LorreDir. Irwin Allen

The Lost World

1960·1h 37m·★ 5.5·Irwin Allen

2 shared crewDir. Irwin AllenDP: Winton C. Hoch

Dances with Wolves

1990·3h 1m·★ 8.0·Kevin Costner

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Crimson Tide

1995·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Tony Scott

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1995·2h 20m·★ 7.7·Ron Howard

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1954·2h 7m·★ 7.2·Richard Fleischer

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Back to the Future

1985·1h 56m·★ 8.5·Robert Zemeckis

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The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969·1h 51m·★ 8.0·George Roy Hill

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Contact

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Armageddon

1998·2h 31m·★ 6.7·Michael Bay

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2005·1h 41m·★ 6.3·Jon Favreau

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The Story of Mankind

1957·1h 40m·★ 4.8·Irwin Allen

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Titanic

1997·3h 14m·★ 8.0·James Cameron

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Mutiny on the Bounty

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How Good Is Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea?

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