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Movies that feel likeAdrift (2018)

Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope of rescue, Tami must now find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved.

If you loved Adrift, the closest films we have are War (2019), North by Northwest (1959) and Victoria (2015). All three share Adrift's tense and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Decision to Leave (2022).

🍅 70% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Baltasar Kormákurtenseromanticepic
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War
2019 · dir. Siddharth Anand
🍅 71%★ 6.6action · thriller · adventureNetflix

Tense where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: Sits closer to action than Adrift does

Khalid, entrusted with the task of eliminating former soldier turned rogue Kabir, engages in an epic battle with his mentor who taught him everything.

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North by Northwest
1959 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 97%★ 8.2thriller · adventure

Thriller with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed even better

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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Victoria
2015 · dir. Sebastian Schipper
🍅 82%★ 7.5crime · thriller · romance

Romance built on tension, twice over

The difference: Easier on the scale than Adrift

A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

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Seven Years in Tibet
1997 · dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
🍅 57%★ 7.1adventure · drama · historyNetflix

Romantic adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Adrift does

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

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Decision to Leave
2022 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 94%★ 7.2thriller · mystery · romance

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

The difference: Trades the scale of Adrift for an angle of its own

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

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Everest
2015 · dir. Baltasar Kormákur
🍅 73%★ 7.1adventure · drama · historyRent or buy

Baltasar Kormákur working the same nerve twice

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

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Safe Haven
2013 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 13%★ 6.7romance · thrillerNetflix

Romantic romance in both cases

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

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The Beach
2000 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 21%★ 6.6drama · adventure · romance

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

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The Mountain Between Us
2017 · dir. Hany Abu-Assad
🍅 39%★ 6.4drama · adventure · romance

The same preoccupation in both: survival

Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.

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Pompeii
2014 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 27%★ 5.5action · adventure · historyNetflixStarz

Epic adventure in both cases

In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

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Project Almanac
2015 · dir. Dean Israelite
🍅 38%★ 6.4science fiction · thriller

Both play thriller straight

A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

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The Tourist
2010 · dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
🍅 20%★ 6action · thriller · romance

Romance approached the same way

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

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