Movies Like Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (2022)

Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive is a 2022 documentary film from Ian Derry with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Deepest Breath and The Devil's Climb.

Documentary

The Deepest Breath

2023

Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all.

7.5

MagicScore

The Devil's Climb

2024

Climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set out on a daring expedition to tackle Alaska's formidable Devils Thumb. Battling harsh conditions and daunting peaks, they push their physical and mental limits, while their deep friendship faces its toughest trial yet.

7.6

MagicScore

Riding Giants

2004

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

7.6

MagicScore

Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds

2025

The elite pilots of the Air Force Thunderbirds display exceptional skill, trust and courage during a high-stakes training season.

7.0

MagicScore

Mountain

2017

An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places.

6.9

MagicScore

The Battle of the Sexes

2013

Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.

6.3

MagicScore

The Last of the Sea Women

2024

On the shores of Jeju Island, a fierce group of South Korean divers fight to save their vanishing culture from looming threats.

7.4

MagicScore

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.

6.7

MagicScore

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Shark Whisperer

2025

Marine conservationist and social media activist Ocean Ramsey fearlessly swims with sharks in this documentary about her risky mission to protect them.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

I, Tonya

2017

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

Cool Runnings

1993

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Waterworld

1995

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

Encounters at the End of the World

2007

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there, and to capture footage of the continent's unique locations. Herzog's voiceover narration explains that his film will not be a typical Antarctica film about "fluffy penguins", but will explore the dreams of the people and the landscape.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

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

#16

Mice Follies

1954

Jerry and his diapered little mouse friend flood the kitchen, then use the freezer to turn it into a skating rink. Even though Tom finds a pair of ice skates, the mice have no problem outmaneuvering him.

7.5

MagicScore

#17

My Sunshine

2024

Two young skaters, polar opposites in personality, team up to train for an ice-dancing competition, their growing bond blurring the lines between partners and more as winter unfolds.

7.2

MagicScore

#18

Luther: The Fallen Sun

2023

A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

When It Melts

2023

Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car. In the dead of winter, she confronts her past and faces up to her tormentors.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

Black Crab

2022

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive?

The top films similar to Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive by MovieMagicScore are The Deepest Breath (7.5), The Devil's Climb (7.6), Riding Giants (7.6). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive worth watching?

Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 32 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive?

Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (2022) is a documentary film directed by Ian Derry, starring Johanna Nordblad, Elina Manninen.

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About movies like Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive

This ranked list pairs Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (2022), a documentary film from Ian Derry, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Johanna Nordblad 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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