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The Canyon (2009)
5K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, sexy, tense, realistic, suspense, serious, independent film
Plot:
survival, wilderness, desert, grand canyon, tour guide, dangerous animal, danger, honeymoon, animal attack, isolation, newlyweds, husband wife relationship, nature, wedding, woman with a gun, wilderness survival, stranded, wolf, wolf attack, vacation, treasure hunter, lonely, problem, road trip, trapped ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, arizona
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Most similar movies to The Canyon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about survival, danger, wilderness, escapades, nature, trapped and isolation mostly in Thriller, Horror and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Canyon: Deadfall Trail (2011), Backcountry (2014), Frozen (2010), Long Weekend (2008), Open Water (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John, Julian and Paul enter the Kaibab National Forest for a three-week survival trip and peyote vision quest. The only items they take with them are a knife, a bottle of water and a garbage bag each. A week into their journey a disastrous turn of ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
wilderness, moral dilemma, isolation, friendship, danger, confined, hiking, desert, expedition, redneck, national park, meme ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, natural horror, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, woods, nature, camping, bear, lost in the woods, dangerous animal, danger, bear attack, forest, lost ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
78%
87K
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, stranded, survival horror, ski resort, snow, frostbite, animal attack, danger, mountain, youth, sole survivor ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
antarctic, utah
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mother Nature gets revenge on some careless campers in this remastered version of the Australian horror classic.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
forces of nature, wilderness, dangerous animal, danger, creature feature, couples, survival, mental disorder, crumbling marriage, isolation, family problems, nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia.
Style:
scary, realistic, suspenseful, rough, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
crocodile, swamp, animal attack, survival, couples, shark, tourist, creature, vacation, creature feature, survival horror, danger ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
Style:
suspenseful, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A summertime canoe trip turns into a nightmare for four 14-year-old girls.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
teenage girl, wilderness, river, estrangement, danger, buddies, escapades, starting over, youth, haunted by the past, teenage life, forces of nature ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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84K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, serious, clever ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, bear, danger, animal attack, grizzly bear, survivalist, bear attack, hunter, lost in the woods, billionaire, nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
Similarity:
91%
422K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, inspirational, intense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, trapped, mountain, wilderness, canyon, courage, alone, desert, trap, loneliness, life & death ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
utah, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Quim drives around an isolated rural area through a maze of lanes. When he drives into the woods, he gets lost. Trying to find his direction, he suddenly gets shot from the hill. On his escape from gunshots, he meets Bea, an attractive young woman, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
manhunt, mountain, chase, on the run, wilderness, isolation, danger, mental disorder, male female relationship, murder, violence, killer child ...
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
100%
132K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert ...
Style:
dramatic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
trap, friendship, survival, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, rock climbing, dehydration, female friendship, loss of loved one, tower, mountain climbing, twists and turns ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, desert, hunting, chase, hunter, isolation, witnessing a crime, travel, thirst, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, mojave desert, usa, new mexico
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murderous pair, wilderness, honeymoon, psychopath, danger, escapades, vacation gone wrong, murder, island, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
New Years Eve, 2004- Kevin Healy(Santos) and Tiffany Matthews(McCoy) head out to celebrate the New Year and a new beginning in their 7-year relationship. In the midst of the celebration the young couple decide to mark the occasion by experimenting ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, dark, scary ...
Plot:
danger, stalking, isolation, confined, friendship, wilderness, snow, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, winter, survival, blood, new year ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three family members head deep into the woods for a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. When all of their gear is stolen, they turn on each other, but soon realize there are much more treacherous forces at work.
Style:
psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
woods, survival, masked killer, survival horror, manhunt, camping, couple relations, dog, child with gun, forest, brother brother relationship, pregnancy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
animal attack, autism, wild animal, dangerous animal, trapped, tiger, killer animal, home invasion, danger, creature feature, woman in danger, hurricane ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, murder, treasure hunt, mountain, rivalry, danger, hostage, manhunt, camping, skinny dipping, river ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, montana
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Style:
tense, scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woman in danger, survival, manhunt, self defense, escapades, human prey, friends, confined, strong violent content, chase, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Journalist Sara joins timid Victor and pregnant wife Thais, instructors Ivan and Edgar, and local kid Drui in Senegal for some underwater exploration. When their craft blows up following a misfired bullet, they float around in the water for a while ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, scary ...
Plot:
murder, survival, isolation, rescue, danger, ship, ocean, sea, pregnancy, violent content, stowaway, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Every 40 seconds a person goes missing. In northern Idaho, a group of teenage girls attended a summer camp to help them connect with nature without technology. They were told it would be a summer of change. As the girls' houseboat is suddenly ...
Style:
scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, danger, woods, camp, asthma, chase, serial killer, woman in danger, missing person, isolation, confined, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A romantic road trip to the Catskills for some much-needed time alone turns bumpy for Ren (Hilary Howard) and Mitchell (Mitchell Riggs) in this indie film directed by Josh Apter and Peter Olsen. After picking up a hitchhiker, Lyle (Anthony Leslie), ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, wilderness, estrangement, danger, stalking, married couple, hitchhiker, violent content, mountain, sexual content, voyeurism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
30%
266
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a car breaks down in an isolated desert, a mother and young daughter are relentlessly pursued by a deadly snake
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, snake, crash, chase, survival, dangerous animal, danger, on the run, creature feature, pursuit, daughter, mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Movie in collections
22K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, underground horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
underwater, survival, ocean, shark, shark attack, killer shark, creature feature, panic, dangerous animal, death, tourist, diving ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
14%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wilderness, hostage, family in danger, survival, river, nature, boat, danger, rafting, child in peril, criminal, bank robber ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, montana, usa, idaho
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, natural horror, suspense ...
Plot:
bear, animal attack, bear attack, grizzly bear, survival, camping, creature feature, danger, family relations, siblings relations, monster, mountain ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
100%
352
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A soldier is stuck in a combat zone after stepping on a mine.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
desert, soldier, survival, danger, isolation, confined, deathtrap, minefield, war in afghanistan, holocaust, landmine, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, morocco
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bonding family weekend turns sinister in a storm.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, forces of nature, stalker, confined, escapades, danger, hostage, stalking, fear, night, storm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
17K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he got there, but a report over the radio fills in some of the blanks, as it describes a violent bank robbery and names a perpetrator who happens to ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, minimal cast, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
memory, amnesia, alone, hallucination, isolation, murder, man with no name, forest, danger, introspection, haunted by the past, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Trapped inside his car by a mudslide, smooth talking Jackson Alder suddenly finds himself in a situation he can't talk his way out of. With no hope of rescue, he must defy the odds; battling Mother Nature for his survival.
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
trapped, survival, natural disaster, isolation, buried alive, wilderness survival, against the odds, confined, danger, tragic event, mortality, confusion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
83%
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