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Piranha 3DD

Movies Like Piranha 3DD (2012)

Piranha 3DD is a 2012 comedy, horror, thriller film from John Gulager with a MovieMagicScore of 4.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Piranha 3D and Mega Piranha.

Comedy Horror Thriller

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Piranha 3D

2010

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

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Mega Piranha

2010

When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.

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Jaws 2

1978

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

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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.

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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.

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Jurassic World

2015

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

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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.

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Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

2013

Black Lake is now a crocodile sanctuary, surrounded by an electric fence. When the fence is left open, a high-school bus unknowingly enters the park. It's up to Reba and the Sheriff to save the kids from becoming crocodile food.

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Piranha

1978

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

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RoboCroc

2013

A rocket carrying nano robots crash lands shortly after takeoff into a zoo. The bots are released and find their way into a massive crocodile. The croc, now programmed to kill, will target anything and anyone for its next meal.

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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009

Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.

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The Bad Guys

2022

When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.

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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!

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Jaws

1975

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

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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.

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Dangerous Animals

2025

A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

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Arachnophobia

1990

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.

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Piranha II: The Spawning

1982

A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.

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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.

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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.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Piranha 3DD?

The top films similar to Piranha 3DD by MovieMagicScore are Piranha 3D (5.4), Mega Piranha (3.2), Jaws 2 (6.0). Each shares comedy/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Piranha 3DD worth watching?

Piranha 3DD holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.3/10 from 1,107 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Piranha 3DD?

Piranha 3DD (2012) is a comedy, horror, thriller film directed by John Gulager, starring Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Katrina Bowden.

Where can I find more recommendations like Piranha 3DD?

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

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About movies like Piranha 3DD

This ranked list pairs Piranha 3DD (2012), a comedy and horror and thriller film from John Gulager, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Danielle Panabaker 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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