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Movies that feel likeDeep Blue Sea (1999)

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.

If you loved Deep Blue Sea, the closest films we have are Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991), Shin Godzilla (2016) and Colony (2026). All three share Deep Blue Sea's kinetic and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Splice (2010).

πŸ… 60% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Renny Harlinkineticdreadunsettlingcerebral
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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 Β· dir. Lam Ngai Kai
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7action Β· science fiction Β· horror

Kinetic where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Shin Godzilla
2016 Β· dir. Shinji Higuchi
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.9action Β· science fiction Β· horrorMax

Both land unease and ideas at once

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 Β· dir. Yeon Sang-ho
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6.5horror Β· action Β· science fiction

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 2020s show

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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Scanners
1981 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· horrorMax

One thread runs through both: scientist

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Deep Blue Sea does

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Splice
2010 Β· dir. Vincenzo Natali
πŸ… 75%β˜… 5.8horror Β· science fiction

Common ground: genetic engineering

The difference: Trades the momentum of Deep Blue Sea for an angle of its own

Elsa and Clive, two rebellious young scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators β€” only to have that bond turn deadly.

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The Fly
1986 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.6horror Β· science fictionHuluPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: creature

When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

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Doom
2005 Β· dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.2action Β· horror Β· science fictionStarz

Both are built on the same subject: creature

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 Meg
2018 Β· dir. Jon Turteltaub
πŸ… 47%β˜… 5.7action Β· science fiction Β· horrorMax

Both are working the same pair: shark, animal horror

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.

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#Alive
2020 Β· dir. Cho Il
β˜… 6.3action Β· horror Β· science fictionNetflix

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

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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Alien Resurrection
1997 Β· dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.2science fiction Β· horror Β· action

The same preoccupation in both: scientist

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007 Β· dir. Colin Strause
πŸ… 12%β˜… 4.6action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Unsettling science fiction in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Deep Blue Sea does

After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation.

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Phase IV
1974 Β· dir. Saul Bass
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.4horror Β· science fiction

Horror built on ideas, twice over

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

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