Movies and TV shows like The Last Frontier
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The Last Frontier (2025)
16K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
When a prison transport plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness—freeing dozens of violent inmates—the region's lone marshal must protect the town he's vowed to keep safe.
Style:
tense, suspense, action thriller, crime thriller, bleak
Plot:
desperation, isolation, law enforcement, survival, winter, marshal, small town, man versus nature, hostage situation, vigilantism, showdown, rescue mission, moral ambiguity, search and rescue, evacuation, survival horror, slow burn, cia agent, u.s. marshal, cia, kidnapping, prisoner, plane crash, wilderness, task force ...
Place:
alaska
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Most similar movies to The Last Frontier
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, dark and bleak films and TV series with plots about survival, moral ambiguity, isolation, betrayal, desperation, cat and mouse and revenge mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Last Frontier: The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (2025), On the Run (2026), The Dark: Forever Winter (2020), Wild Republic (2021), Delivery Run (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Before The Terminal List, Navy SEAL Ben Edwards finds himself entangled in the black operations side of the CIA. The deeper Ben goes into the 'gray', the harder it will become to not give himself over to his darker impulses. Every man has ...
Style:
action thriller, suspense, tense, intense, grim ...
Plot:
conspiracy, cia, espionage, military, moral ambiguity, black ops, betrayal, corruption, anti hero, undercover, revenge, morality ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
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Story:
Five years post-apocalypse, a group flees continuously, seeking safety from an insidious new threat stalking the wasteland while navigating treacherous terrain and scavenging to survive.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, tense, dark, grim ...
Plot:
pursuit, on the run, post apocalyptic, wasteland, survival, dystopia, resilience, stalker, moral ambiguity, isolation, desperation, survival horror ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
It is the last days and the Forever Winter has begun. Surviving in the deep woods, 15-year-old Lizzy is no longer a child but has been hardened by her experiences in a world that's quickly going to hell.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
struggle for survival, survival, post apocalyptic, abduction, kidnapping, child abduction, end of the world, life is a bitch, kidnapped, apocalypse, child kidnapping, post apocalypse ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
In the midst of the impassable landscape at the foot of the Alps, a young group of serious offenders is undergoing an experiential educational program intended to rehabilitate them. All of a sudden, a member of the program dies a violent death. ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
escape, survival, fight, social problems, murder mystery, fighting the system, rehabilitation, fugitives, social misfits, criminal, secret, society ...
Place:
alps
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A food delivery driver gets caught in a deadly chase in the icy Minnesota wilderness, pursued by a crazed snowplow driver for unknown reasons, facing life-threatening situations and forced to outsmart his relentless pursuer alone.
Style:
tense, suspense, grim, dark, road movie
Plot:
winter, survival, chase, isolation, cat and mouse, desperation, man versus nature, cold, stalker, violent, improv, underdog ...
Place:
minnesota, north america
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of criminals on the run in a cold, winter forest find themselves caught in the middle of an ancient feud between the monsters that rule the day and the creatures that rule the night.
Style:
suspense, dark fantasy, tense, crime thriller, grim ...
Plot:
forest, survival, desperation, survival horror, isolation, supernatural, cat and mouse, man versus nature, violent, folk horror, moral ambiguity, snow ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Three friends hire a guide to take them on a fishing trip deep in the Northern Maine woods. But, when the Guide takes all their gear, they find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious
Plot:
wilderness, stranded, isolation, survival, friendship, fishing, man versus nature, mistrust, escape, moral dilemma, cold weather, search and rescue ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An annual hunting trip for four longtime friends turns into a backwoods nightmare when they run into a group of devout locals deep inside the Pacific Northwest. As tension mounts between the two groups, the men become caught in a vicious game of cat ...
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
hunting, survival, hunted, backwoods, wilderness, cat and mouse, gunfight, violence, chase, religious fanaticism, survival horror, betrayal ...
Similarity:
34%
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243
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rex and his men aim to kill the homeless people living in a local deserted school hoping it'll slow an ultra-deadly strand of COVID. Now, outnumbered 100 to 1, Hap must save his little sister.
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
virus, homelessness, distopia, quarantine, pandemic, society, coronavirus, salvation, rescue, homeless, deadly virus, sibling relationship ...
Similarity:
34%
501
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story:
When a judicial apprentice goes behind bars while on an undercover job, he plays the hand he’s dealt to survive prison and get his payback.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, tension, disturbing ...
Plot:
gambling, revenge, prisoner, survival, undercover, gambler, crisis, jail, life is a bitch, social problems, confined, illegal gambling ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A small team of investigators are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tense, intense, dark ...
Plot:
manhunt, escape, task force, government conspiracy, black ops, national security, law enforcement, cat and mouse, urban, mature, betrayal, violence ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, USA
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Story:
A small, Finnish seaside town is preparing to celebrate midsummer's eve. An unknown enemy arrives and takes the entire area hostage.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
military operation, military, conflict, soldier, seaside, hostage, nordic, confrontation, small town, showdown, resilience, moral dilemma ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of strangers gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives – seeking to bargain. After an unexpected earthquake traps them inside the building. With no one to trust, they must find a way to survive.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, medical horror, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
organ trafficking, struggle for survival, motel, earthquake, disaster, hotel, criminal, sex in a hotel, catastrophe, confined, mistrust, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two brothers on a hike in the woods, one of them with a hidden motive, get in trouble with hillbillies, when they save a girl from rape.
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, slasher, independent film
Plot:
survival, backwoods, brothers, brotherhood, confrontation, rescue, woods, betrayal of trust, violence, betrayal, rescue mission, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Jae-yoon, a late military enlistee, and his girlfriend, Young-joo, break up over the phone over growing misunderstandings. But a zombie outbreak rocks the world. A national emergency is declared, a plane crashes in the city center, and Jae-yoon and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, romantic drama, fast paced, bleak
Plot:
zombie, military, survival, chaos, post apocalypse, desperation, apocalypse, survival horror, trapped, hopes, couples, pandemic ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
29%
748
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
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Story:
In Hua'ao City, a brilliant detective with a flawless track record faces his toughest case yet when a string of seemingly perfect murders shakes the city. With no evidence, no witnesses, and a killer who vanishes without a trace, he must race ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, detective, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, urban, mind game, cat and mouse, paranoia, moral ambiguity, obsession, claustrophobia, slow burn, forensics, time loop ...
Similarity:
29%
974
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After escaping a Russian labor camp, three men must overcome the treacherous wilderness and each other, as their journey home turns into a brutal fight for survival.
Style:
brutal, tense, intense, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, escape, winter, man versus nature, struggle for survival, cold, wilderness, desperation, snowstorm, isolation, betrayal, violent ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
hurricane, storm, survival, struggle for survival, hostage, family relations, trap, trapped, mother daughter relationship, home invasion, danger, convict ...
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Armed forces surround a psychiatric prison in order to abduct an incarcerated serial killer — but aren't prepared for the battle that ensues.
Style:
suspense, psychological, intense, tension, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, serial killer, siege, criminal, murder, prison gang, maximum security prison, resistance, jail, prison guard, prison warden, surrounded ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
A farmer is confronted with dark forces seeping into his rural community, leading to an investigation into the county lines drug cartel.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, dark, suspense, pastoral ...
Plot:
crime investigation, drug cartel, threat, secrets, conspiracy, corruption, working class, moral ambiguity, slow burn, survival, betrayal, violence ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
search and rescue, father son relationship, missing person, lost, mountain, rescue mission, father, rescue, tragic event, squad, family relations, manhunt ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Put-upon lawman John Dorsey is on the verge of losing his wife and his job as sheriff, so he posses up with bullish U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden to hold outlaw Emily Rusk hostage. A battle of wills ensues as Emily turns the posse on themselves, but as ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, tense, neo western
Plot:
sheriff, outlaw, showdown, lawman, vigilantism, hostage, squad, gunfight, u.s. marshal, betrayal, anti hero, revenge ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Early one morning, a bank office in the middle of Stockholm is hit with a violent robbery. When the police storm the premises, the robbers have vanished without a trace. The event mystifies the A Unit who, under the supervision of US Intelligence, ...
Style:
suspense, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bank robbery, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, police, investigation, conspiracy, police procedural, espionage, moral ambiguity, political intrigue, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kidnapped and trapped by a winter storm, this slow burn thriller follows two strangers who must outsmart an unseen killer.
Style:
suspense, tense, thrilling, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
winter, kidnapping, survival, cold, slow burn, blizzard, isolation, hostage, sniper, danger, claustrophobia, man versus nature ...
Similarity:
26%
282
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1995, the ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, crime drama, action drama, heroic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
law enforcement, u.s. marshal, witness protection, investigation, maverick, chase, road trip, showdown, undercover, fugitives, chases and races, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A pair of U.S. marshals search for a wanted murderer in Nevada at the height of the Cold War and encounter more than they bargained for.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, period piece, neo western ...
Plot:
cold war, pursuit, desert, manhunt, paranoia, law enforcement, investigation, isolation, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, survival, showdown ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Story:
A drifter is a town's last hope of salvation from outlaws, but he can't escape the past he's trying to forget.
Style:
period piece, neo western, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drifter, showdown, sheriff, wasteland, gunslinger, post apocalypse, criminal, outlaw, redemption, small town, moral ambiguity, vigilantism ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young man, down on his luck, learns about his father's killer's parole, it sets off a cat and mouse chase through the hostile desert, searching for a hidden family inheritance.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
down on your luck, cat and mouse, revenge, desperation, isolation, manhunt, violent, moral ambiguity, suspicion, parole, survival, law enforcement ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
walking dead, anarchy, supernatural, survival horror, post apocalyptic, dead man, danger, living dead, post apocalypse, evil dead, ruins, zombie ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fugitive killer posing as a policeman arrests two campers in the Arizona mountains.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
rape, camping, danger, isolation, survival, deception, impostor, cat and mouse, confrontation, panic, wilderness, pursuit ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
24%
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