Movies Like Japan Sinks (2006)

Japan Sinks is a 2006 adventure, drama, science fiction, thriller film from Shinji Higuchi with a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Voices in the Wind and The Asadas!.

Adventure Drama Science Fiction Thriller

Voices in the Wind

2020

Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In her touching search for answers, Haru sets out on a long, eventful journey to her home town, where she lost her family in the flood.

7.3

MagicScore

The Asadas!

2020

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.

7.3

MagicScore

Fukushima 50

2020

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

6.5

MagicScore

Life, and Nothing More…

1992

After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.

7.7

MagicScore

Pandora

2016

When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.

7.6

MagicScore

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

2016

Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of a cover-up by the administration that puts the entire student body in danger.

6.7

MagicScore

Underwater

2020

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.

6.3

MagicScore

San Andreas

2015

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

6.2

MagicScore

Earthquake

1974

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

6.1

MagicScore

#10

2012

2009

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

5.9

MagicScore

#11

The Rains Came

1939

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.

5.8

MagicScore

#12

Bug

1975

An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.

5.3

MagicScore

#13

Crack in the World

1965

Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the Earth's crust, which threatens to split the earth in two if it is not stopped in time.

5.7

MagicScore

#14

Earthquake in New York

1998

A cop is after a nasty serial killer. Cop's wife and kids are somewhere in the city too. Then a disastrous earthquake hits the city.

5.5

MagicScore

#15

Geo-Disaster

2017

A chunk of dark matter shoots right through earth, causing various worldwide disasters. A family in Los Angeles struggles to survive the ordeal.

5.1

MagicScore

#16

Millennium Actress

2002

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.

7.8

MagicScore

#17

The Wind Rises

2013

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

7.8

MagicScore

#18

The Parades

2024

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

Eros + Massacre

1969

Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Himizu

2011

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Japan Sinks?

The top films similar to Japan Sinks by MovieMagicScore are Voices in the Wind (7.3), The Asadas! (7.3), Fukushima 50 (6.5). Each shares adventure/drama/science fiction/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Japan Sinks worth watching?

Japan Sinks holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10 from 31 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Japan Sinks?

Japan Sinks (2006) is a adventure, drama, science fiction, thriller film directed by Shinji Higuchi, starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Ko Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa.

Where can I find more recommendations like Japan Sinks?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Japan Sinks

This ranked list pairs Japan Sinks (2006), a adventure and drama and science fiction and thriller film from Shinji Higuchi, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tsuyoshi Kusanagi take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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