Movies like The Meg (2018)
The best movies like The Meg (2018) are Meg 2: The Trench (2023), Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Jaws (1975). If The Meg hooked you with its action and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedJaws (1975)7.7/10 from 12,019 votes
- NewestKraken (2026)Released 2026
- Same seriesMeg 2: The Trench (2023)The Meg
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
Why it matches: Same series: The Meg · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeep Blue Sea (1999)
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJaws (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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGodzilla (2014)
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnderwater (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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInto the Blue 2: The Reef (2009)
When they're hired to recover the lost treasure of Columbus, married scuba divers Sebastian and Dani think they've hit the jackpot. But as they get closer to the fortune, the couple begins to suspect their employers have their own agenda. Hitting upon the real plan, the two come to the chilling realization that they may be expendable and that there's much more than riches at stake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisGodzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMegalodon (2018)
A military vessel on the search for an unidentified submersible finds themselves face to face with a giant shark, forced to use only what they have on board to defend themselves from the monstrous beast.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisTremors (1990)
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGodzilla vs. Kong (2021)
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRampage (2018)
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeep 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisKong: Skull Island (2017)
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Host (2006)
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTroll 2 (2025)
When a dangerous new troll unleashes devastation across their homeland, Nora, Andreas and Major Kris embark on their most perilous mission yet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeep Rising (1998)
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPacific Rim (2013)
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGodzilla (1998)
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisLake 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!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like this47 Meters Down (2017)
Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrawl (2019)
When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Reef (2010)
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisJurassic 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrimal (2019)
A big-game hunter for zoos books passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white Jaguar – along with a political assassin being extradited to the U.S in secret. Two days into the journey, the assassin escapes and releases the captive animals, throwing the ship into chaos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisKraken (2026)
A marine biologist is doing research on a fish farm when she encounters several strange occurrences. Along with the brutal deaths of two teenagers, all signs point to the deep fjord; can there be more to the depths than the eye can see?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBait (2012)
A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building ... along with a 12-foot great white shark.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisKing Kong (2005)
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPiranha 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Meg?
The closest matches to The Meg are Meg 2: The Trench (2023), Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Jaws (1975). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Meg?
People who watched The Meg most often go on to Deep Blue Sea (1999), Jaws (1975) and Godzilla (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Meg?
Jaws (1975), rated 7.7/10 by 12,019 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Meg?
Kraken (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Is The Meg part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Meg, which includes Meg 2: The Trench (2023).
Are there English movies like The Meg?
Yes: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Jaws (1975).
How are movies similar to The Meg chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Meg, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.