Movies Like Kursk (2018)

Kursk is a 2018 action, drama, history, thriller film from Thomas Vinterberg with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster and Reds.

Action Drama History Thriller

Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster

2025

OceanGate's Titan tourist submersible imploded in 2023 on a deep-sea dive to the Titanic. This documentary details how a bold vision ended in tragedy.

7.0

MagicScore

Reds

1981

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

6.9

MagicScore

Rasputin

1996

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

6.5

MagicScore

Mysterious Island

1961

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

6.6

MagicScore

Hotel Mumbai

2019

Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.

7.5

MagicScore

The Impossible

2012

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

7.4

MagicScore

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

6.5

MagicScore

Society of the Snow

2023

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

8.0

MagicScore

The Lost Bus

2025

A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

127 Hours

2010

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

7.1

MagicScore

#11

Funan

2019

Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future…

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Against the Ice

2022

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Greyhound

2020

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

Death Hunt

1981

Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

The Deep

2012

Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Spare Parts

2015

With the help of their high school's newest teacher, four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they build a robot and compete against reigning champion MIT. Along the way, the students learn not only how to build a robot but something far more important: how to forge bonds that will last a lifetime.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

The Rescue

2021

The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.

7.9

MagicScore

#18

Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case

2020

In 2016, a young Austrialian filmmaker began documenting amateur inventor Peter Madsen. One year in, Madsen brutally murdered Kim Wall aboard his homemade submarine. An unprecedented revelation of a killer and the journey his young helpers take as they reckon with their own complicity and prepare to testify.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Mirror

1975

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

7.9

MagicScore

#20

Russian Ark

2002

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Kursk?

The top films similar to Kursk by MovieMagicScore are Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (7.0), Reds (6.9), Rasputin (6.5). Each shares action/drama/history/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Kursk worth watching?

Kursk holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 660 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Kursk?

Kursk (2018) is a action, drama, history, thriller film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek.

Where can I find more recommendations like Kursk?

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About movies like Kursk

This ranked list pairs Kursk (2018), a action and drama and history and thriller film from Thomas Vinterberg, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Matthias Schoenaerts 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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