Movies like Survival Quest
If you like "Survival Quest" you are looking for exciting, rough and serious movies about / with survival, wilderness, murder, treasure hunt, rivalry, hostage and mountain themes of Adventure and Thriller genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Survival Quest (1988)
1K
Where to Watch
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 has been killed by one of the city slickers, he coaxes his team into exterminating all of them. They will have to rely on their wits and on each other in order to survive.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, retro
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, murder, treasure hunt, rivalry, hostage, mountain, nature, killer, camp, survivalist, rock climbing, manhunt, camping, school, heroes, escapades, confined, airplane, bear, snow, hiking, worm, river, waterfall ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, montana
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Survival Quest
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about danger, escapades, survival, confined, chases and races, wilderness and deadly mostly in Thriller, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Survival Quest: The Edge (1997), The River Wild (1994), Survive! (1976), The Grey (2011), A Cry in the Wild (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
76K
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:
tense, suspenseful, serious, compassionate, intense ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, suspense, bear, grizzly bear, bear attack, marital infidelity, hunter, nature, older man younger woman relationship, billionaire, survivor ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wilderness, river, hostage, suspense, family in danger, rafting, kidnapping, survival, boat, criminal, rescue, bank robber ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, idaho, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
547
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sixteen plane crash survivors stranded in the Andes turn to cannibalism to stay alive. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
air disaster, disaster, survival, death, mountain, cannibal, football team, catastrophe, wilderness, heroes, escapades, confined ...
Time:
70s
Place:
andes mountains
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
256K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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, bad ending, exciting, tense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, wolf, hunting, air disaster, dangerous animal, forces of nature, wolf attack, stranded, struggle for survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wilderness, youth, dangerous animal, self discovery, isolation, survival, boy, survivor, nature, wilderness survival, sole survivor, forest ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
yukon, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Movies similar to The Grey
637
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Duncan (Hasselhoff) is a murderous thief. When he jumps out of his plane, it crashes into the Rockies and produces an avalanche. A quiet family trapped inside their house will rescue him. They will have to survive the disaster and the madman.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mountain, winter, against the odds, snow, youth, rescue, uninhibited rivalry, survival, confined, criminal heroes, heroes, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of scouts stumble onto a cache of stolen weapons hidden in a forest. They meet up with a girl and get involved with the men who originally stole the weapons. The men try to shoot the scouts every time - but are thwarted at the end.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
forest, dead children, lumberjack, wilderness, scout, criminal's revenge, rivalry, escapades, confined, good versus evil, crime gone awry, heroes ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
tense, scary, suspenseful, realistic, sexy ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, desert, honeymoon, grand canyon, tour guide, dangerous animal, suspense, isolation, newlyweds, stranded, expedition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, race against time, escapades, obsessive quest, airplane, adventurer, chase, bounty hunter, survival, wilderness, aviation, woman with a gun ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Thriller, Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a group of poachers is found mauled to death in the woods of the Pacific Northwest -- mirroring a grisly slaying that happened years ago, known as the "Echo Mountain Massacre" -- angry locals are convinced that the infamous Sasquatch ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
bigfoot, camping, legends and myths, forest, small town, mountain, vengeance, rivalry, monster, survival, murder, research ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
The Ledge related movies
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An environmentalist gets involved in transporting an accused killer (Ben) from an isolated Alaskan town to the authorities. Ben is determined to escape, and his fellow trappers are ready to help
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, buddies, wilderness, environmentalist, struggle for survival, prison life, prison, isolation, survival, escapades, heroes, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, manhunt, wilderness, tribe, hunter, on the run, adventurer, cannibalism, culture clash, nature, desert, chase ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
20K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, 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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
shark, survival, ocean, shark attack, killer shark, tourist, panic, creature feature, dangerous animal, boat, death, diving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish miner, who has lived in isolation for many decades ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, gold, mine, aviation, killer, treasure hunt, cave, twins, greed, mining, murder, missing person ...
Time:
80s
Place:
british columbia, scotland, europe, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Terrified commuters are on the ride of their lives when terrorists send a subway train speeding out of control during rush hour. With the saboteur among them, a group of citizens are now trapped underground and in a race against time if they hope to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, survival, terrorism, terrorist, tunnel, race against time, confined, escapades, bomb, trapped, nature, underground ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Also search:
Movies similar to First Blood
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, save the day, survival, confined, tough heroes, heroes, undercover, race against time, daring rescue, air disaster, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: 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:
suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, desert, hunting, wilderness, chase, confined, isolation, witnessing a crime, hunter, travel, thirst, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, mojave desert, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Former LAPD cop, Dakota Varley, enters a power boat race seeking the prize of $250,000, but immediately discovers, first hand, that this race's risk matches the prize: one racer is killed, 3 others seriously injured in multiple action-packed ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, martial arts, survival, heroes, one man army, chase, island, jungle, rivalry, escapades, contests and competitions, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film about five high-school students that are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area in Florida. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, scary ...
Plot:
captivity, ransom, psychopath, survival, confined, rivalry, teenage life, wilderness, escape, child in peril, graphic violence, hostage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A soldier-of-fortune steals some Russian nerve gas from Afghanistan, and brings it to the U.S. to be analyzed. A greedy millionaire rancher finds out about it and sets out to steal it.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic mission, confined, terrorism, heroes, escapades, race against time, rivalry, chase, psychopath, disaster, catastrophe, hostage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Also search:
The Edge similar movies
624
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, undercover, heroic mission, rivalry, murder, circus, confined, heroes, videotaping, plutonium, reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An industrialist's wife is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, daring rescue, missing person, race against time, survival, crime gone awry, rivalry, confined, escapades, ransom, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a bank robbery, four criminals escape to Mexico, but a storm causes an accident which takes down the plane where several die in the crash. The criminals take it into their own hands to continue when one survivor is attacked and eaten by a ...
Style:
serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crocodile, swamp, survival, creature feature, confined, criminal heroes, daring rescue, wilderness, airplane hijack, monster, animal attack, stolen money ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man in Central America finds his brother's murdered body. It turns out that his brother has been murdered because he knows the whereabouts of a lost city in the jungle. The man teams up with a search expedition and goes off to hunt for these ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
jungle, treasure hunt, lost city, murder, treasure, expedition, graphic violence, chase, betrayal, adventurer, dishonesty, ancient mystery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, chase, fbi, on the run, survival, kidnapping, hostage, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, san francisco, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Also search:
The Ghost and the Darkness similar movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ten years after the Black Death devastated the country, a poor family sets out on a journey to search for better living conditions. In a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless killer thieves. The only one spared is 19 year ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, manhunt, wilderness, captive, escape, suspense, on the run, woman in danger, revenge, gang, chase, confined ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
norway, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A British colonial policeman in Africa, circa 1900, pursues a band of escaped killers across territory so wild, it lies just "one step to hell."
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wasteland, escaped killer, gang, wilderness, chase, manhunt, escape, hostage, captivity, heroes, prison, rescue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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, disturbing, tense, slasher
Plot:
survival, manhunt, chase, on the run, race against time, wilderness, isolation, male female relationship, mountain, murder, violence, suspense ...
Place:
spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a solar storm wipes out the air traffic control system, Air Force One and a passenger jet liner are locked on a collision course in the skies above the midwest.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, survival, save the day, race against time, escapades, confined, disorder, air disaster, aviation, army, disaster, air traffic controller ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
gang, murder, bus, psychopath, survival, vengeance, rivalry, chase, escapades, biker, suspense, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
