Top 51 Dead Calm/Ricochet Type Movies/Shows
Movies featuring secret psychos, a cat and mouse game of wits at sea or some other unusual thriller device.
Some of these also bare resemblance to Hand That Rocks the Cradle and River Wild.
Some of these also bare resemblance to Hand That Rocks the Cradle and River Wild.
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- DirectorGustavo LipszteinStarsHenry ThomasDominique SwainScott BairstowWith the guilt of a young man's death on their hands, three friends see their relationship disintegrate as each vies for survival by trying to kill one another.
- DirectorLloyd A. SimandlStarsWendy CrewsonPatrick BerginPeter OuterbridgeA psychotic spaceman takes over a deep-space observatory manned by a scientist, his wife, and teenage daughter.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJodie FosterKristen StewartForest WhitakerA divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsColin FarrellKiefer SutherlandForest WhitakerPublicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
- DirectorDavid DenneenStarsTravis FimmelTeresa PalmerStephen MoyerA young couple on the run hole up in a country estate with a hostage in tow.
- DirectorCarl TibbettsStarsThandiwe NewtonCillian MurphyJamie BellKate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
- DirectorAndrew HullStarsEoin MackenAnna SkellernTereza SrbovaStrange goings on ensue, when a few friends on a sailboat find an island with a beautiful lone female inhabitant.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsAnnabella SciorraRebecca De MornayMatt McCoyAfter her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
- DirectorChris HeltonStarsCasper Van DienJudd NelsonBrianne DavisA relaxing getaway turns deadly for a former marine, who must risk his life to save his wife and best friend from a modern day pirate.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsRutger HauerEric RobertsKaren AllenMorgan (Rutger Hauer) and Catherine "Kit" Norvell (Karen Allen) have their future plans ready. In Monte Carlo, their sailboat is stocked. From there, they are going to sail to Malta and live on the boat for a year. They have bought some real estate with an old ruin of a hotel on it, which they are going to rebuild. A few days before they are about to start, they meet Gil (Eric Roberts) and Ronnie Freeland (Connie Nielsen). They would give anything to join them for a couple of days on the sea, and no sooner said than done, all four of them are enjoying the sweet life on the boat. The Norvells soon discover that it was a big mistake to invite them on-board.
- DirectorShane Dax TaylorStarsDominic PurcellLuke MablyMarie AvgeropoulosA couple vacationing on a remote island in the Bahamas find themselves hunted by modern-day pirates seeking their identities and their lives.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsKurt RussellRay LiottaMadeleine StoweA burglar holds a knife to Karen's throat while her husband does nothing. The couple ends up befriending the cop that comes. The friendship ends when the cop beats up the culprit. Karen isn't ready to end it. Things get ugly with the cop.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsJack WagnerJack ColemanCraig WassonAfter an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.
- DirectorRon SilverStarsRobert LoggiaJessica TuckStan ShawLifepod chronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship on which they were traveling blew up on Christmas Eve 2168. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsKate JacksonKenneth WelshBruce GreenwoodKatie and Guy take a sea cruise in their sailboat and discover a couple on a wrecked boat, victims of a brutal attack by their crew. They take Eliza and Nick on board. The new boarders appear nervous about returning to Honolulu, and when the boat's engines die and other little incidents occur, Katie and Guy start wondering whether the shipwrecked couple are what they appear to be.
- DirectorGil Cates Jr.StarsSean AstinMimi RogersChris MulkeyTwo strangers, both at the end of their rope, suddenly meet in the middle of the unpredictable waters of Lake Michigan.
- DirectorMichael SchroederStarsStephen ShellenLisa AliffJohn TerleskyA group hires a guide to take them whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but what they don't know is that the guide is actually a ....
- DirectorPaul HolahanStarsLeonor VarelaJeffrey DonovanWaylon PayneUnexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.
- DirectorDominic SenaStarsBrad PittJuliette LewisKathy LarsonA journalist duo goes on a tour of serial-killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsCharles BronsonCatherine Mary StewartMarc SingerJack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsMelanie GriffithMatthew ModineMichael KeatonA couple work hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately, one of their tenants has plans of his own.
- DirectorNeil LaButeStarsSamuel L. JacksonPatrick WilsonKerry WashingtonA troubled and racist African-American L.A.P.D. Officer will stop at nothing to force out a friendly interracial couple who just moved in next door to him.
- DirectorSam MillerStarsTaraji P. HensonIdris ElbaLeslie BibbAn unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children.