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The Abyss rating | Cinemuse

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The Abyss rating

The Abyss (1989) holds a 7.5 on IMDb from 211K votes, 14th among 1989 films.

IMDb

7.5

211K votes

Rank in 1989

14th

of 71 films with 25K+ votes

Metascore

62

as of August 30, 2025

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

critics

James Cameron's films by IMDb rating

Terminator 2: Judgment Day19918.6
Aliens19868.4
The Terminator19848.1
Titanic19978.0
Avatar20097.9
Avatar: The Way of Water20227.5
The Abyss (this film)19897.5
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft20267.5
True Lies19947.3
Avatar: Fire and Ash20257.2
Ghosts of the Abyss20036.8
Aliens of the Deep20056.3

IMDb rating and votes; the year rank counts 1989 films with 25,000+ votes. Critic scores are Wikidata snapshots, dated. Runtime is IMDb's listed runtime.

Sources: IMDb ratings and credits (as of 2026-10-07), Wikidata (as of 2026-10-07).

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