Movies Like Black Water: Abyss (2020)

Black Water: Abyss is a 2020 action, adventure, horror film from Andrew Traucki with a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Black Water and Prey.

Action Adventure Horror

Black Water

2008

Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As they drift into a swamp, their boat suddenly capsizes. Stranded in the flooded swamp, the three tourists must figure out what to do to survive as they realize they are being watched through the black water.

5.9

MagicScore

Prey

2007

An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.

5.8

MagicScore

The Devil's Mouth

2026

A group of college friends' Thailand adventure turns deadly when they become trapped in submerged caves with a dangerous predator. As oxygen runs low, past conflicts emerge in their desperate fight for survival.

6.5

MagicScore

Rogue

2007

When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.

6.3

MagicScore

Lake Placid

1999

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

5.9

MagicScore

Lake Placid: Legacy

2018

A group of young explorers discover a secret area hidden from all maps and GPS devices. When they reach the center of the lake, they discover an abandoned facility that houses one of the largest, and deadliest apex-predators known to man.

5.0

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

Deep Blue Sea 3

2020

Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a "scientific" team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three bull sharks who we soon learn aren't just any bull sharks.

5.6

MagicScore

Jaws: The Revenge

1987

After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.

4.1

MagicScore

#10

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

2019

Four teenage girls go on a diving adventure to explore a submerged Mayan city. Once inside, their rush of excitement turns into a jolt of terror as they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, the friends must navigate the underwater labyrinth of claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels in search of a way out of their watery hell.

5.7

MagicScore

#11

The Revenant

2015

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

Backcountry

2015

A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.

5.9

MagicScore

#13

Fortress

1985

After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Boar

2018

In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before.

5.3

MagicScore

#15

Carnifex

2022

An aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record the animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.

5.2

MagicScore

#16

The Living Desert

1953

Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between desert creatures of every shape, size and description.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

The Shallows

2016

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

The Outwaters

2023

Deep in the Mojave desert, under a scorching blood-red sun, four travelers have set up camp to make art. One fateful night, the group is thrust into a feverish tornado of flayed flesh and mind-boggling monstrosities, the likes of which mere humans simply cannot fathom.

4.4

MagicScore

#19

65

2023

65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threatens to destroy the planet.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

Supercroc

2007

A team of soldiers must stop a giant, bloodthirsty crocodile from reaching a nearby city, while trying to avoid being a meal for the beast themselves.

3.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Black Water: Abyss?

The top films similar to Black Water: Abyss by MovieMagicScore are Black Water (5.9), Prey (5.8), The Devil's Mouth (6.5). Each shares action/adventure/horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Black Water: Abyss worth watching?

Black Water: Abyss holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10 from 456 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Black Water: Abyss?

Black Water: Abyss (2020) is a action, adventure, horror film directed by Andrew Traucki, starring Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden.

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This ranked list pairs Black Water: Abyss (2020), a action and adventure and horror film from Andrew Traucki, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jessica McNamee 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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