Split
2016USA★ 7.35 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless and grief. Both move the same way too, tense, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
The Great Flood
대홍수
2025South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Kim Byung-woo★ 6
Available in English: subtitled
When a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape — and the future of humanity — on the line.
Themes and style
Tone
tensebleakhopeful
Pacing
escalatingrelentlessslow build to explosion
Story
survivalescapejourney
Emotion
sacrificegrieffeeling powerlessloyalty under pressure
Themes
family dutyold ways vs. new world
Feel
exhaustinggut punchcathartic
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Hollywood films like The Great Flood
If The Great Flood hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Gravity
2013USA★ 7.24.5 pt match
What ties these together is grief, feeling powerless, and sacrifice. Same energy: tense, bleak, relentless, and escalating.
Looper
2012USA★ 6.93.5 pt match
What ties these together is sacrifice. They share the same lens on old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, tense, bleak, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Source Code
2011USA★ 7.33 pt match
Like The Great Flood, this one is rooted in grief, sacrifice, and feeling powerless. The feel is the same: tense, hopeful, relentless, and escalating.
Signs
2002USA★ 6.73 pt match
Both films sit with grief and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: family duty. Both move the same way too, tense, hopeful, escalating, and slow build to explosion.