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10 Best Movies Like When the Sea Rises

If you loved When the Sea Rises, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
School of Rock

School of Rock

2003★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Sea Rises for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly b...

#2
Calm at Sea

Calm at Sea

2012★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Sea Rises for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler ...

#3
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Sea Rises for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#4
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Sea Rises for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#5
Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1995★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Sea Rises for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in an...

#6
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Sea Rises for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement....