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The Survivalist (2015)
20K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
Style:
harsh, tense, futuristic, disturbing, stylized, apocalyptic, bleak, artsy, brutal, serious ...
Plot:
survival, starvation, post apocalyptic, visceral, post apocalypse, wilderness, bow and arrow, depression, forest, bare breasts, vegetable garden, wound, woods, isolation, imagination, violence, desperation, crime gone awry, character study, female nudity, dystopia, nature, wilderness survival, dystopian future, nudity ...
Time:
near future, future
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Most similar movies to The Survivalist
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful and bleak films with plots about survival, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, distopia, apocalypse and epidemic mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Survivalist: The Road (2009), Children of Men (2006), Light of My Life (2019), Z for Zachariah (2015), 28 Days Later (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
Style:
apocalyptic, bleak, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, child in peril, father daughter relationship, forest, girl, survival, immunity, virus, epidemic, distopia, post apocalyptic, fight ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
persia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, sex scene, post apocalypse, farm, love triangle, post apocalyptic, nuclear war, survivor, radiation, survival, jealousy, distopia ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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538K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
scary, frightening, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
distant future, year 2003, near future, year 2000, year 2002 ...
Place:
london, england, bolivia, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog Blood are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War 4, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the ...
Style:
cult classic, surreal, humorous, futuristic, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dog, post apocalypse, dystopia, desert, distopia, nuclear holocaust, wedding, survival, wasteland, dystopian future, violent, escape ...
Time:
future, year 1975, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
phoenix arizona, oklahoma
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
Style:
disturbing, futuristic, erotic, melancholic, mysterious ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, forest, isolation, rape, dystopia, father daughter relationship, sisters, death of father, post apocalyptic, family bonds, humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada
Similarity:
67%
870K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville ...
Style:
intense, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, post apocalyptic, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2007, near future, year 2013, jurassic ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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77K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, bleak, intense, depressing ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, blindness, epidemic, plague, survival, dystopia, distopia, catastrophe, pandemic, isolation, chaos ...
Time:
year 2008, distant future, 21st century
Place:
portugal, sao paulo brazil, canada
Similarity:
100%
27K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Style:
depressing, grim, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, cold war, nuclear explosion, survival, world war three, nuclear, post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, radiation ...
Time:
80s, near future, distant future, year 1984, 20th century ...
Place:
england, northern england, europe, ussr, soviet union ...
Similarity:
100%
13K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, dark, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
isolation, bunker, science, humanity, freezing, distopia, dystopia, disaster, post apocalypse, contamination, apocalypse, trapped ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, creature, deaf, monster, alien, survival horror, silence, survival, alien creature, alien invasion, deafness, alien monster ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york, atlantic ocean, new york state, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, tense, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, starvation, epidemic, ice age, danger, survival horror, dystopia, cannibalism, underground bunker, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, apocalypse, survival horror, dystopia, trapped, countryside, dystopian future, danger, post apocalyptic, life is a bitch, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
53K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe and no one can be trusted. Four young attractive people race through the back ...
Style:
scary, road movie, frightening, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
virus, survival, infection, pandemic, road trip, post apocalyptic, biohazard, post apocalypse, deadly virus, dystopia, apocalypse, blood ...
Time:
distant future, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a terrible virus ravages human civilization, Ann finds herself living alone in a forest, foraging for supplies, and accompanied only by a radio that broadcasts a single transmission in French. Few animals even remain; the only survivors seem ...
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
zombie, infection, survivalist, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, virus, female protagonist, epidemic, determination, grief, wilderness, forest ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Style:
suspense, satanic, tense, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
isolation, group of strangers, nuclear holocaust, torment, losing-it hero, survival, survival horror, social decay, violence, confined, apocalypse, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, north korea
Similarity:
100%
392K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a future in which the earth has been sent out of control, affected by a cruel and inhuman mechanism that turns back Darwin's theory of Evolution, Hamming and Liv try to survive. It seems that nothing can stand in the way of their ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, futuristic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, loss, survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, evolution, against humanity, human nature, civilization, fate of humanity, humanity, end of civilization ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
22%
45K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Germany, Poland, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Style:
suspense, psychological, visually stunning, psychotronic, exciting ...
Audience:
toddlers, adult
Plot:
survival, astronaut, spaceship, space mission, galaxy, baby, trapped in space, outer space, deep space, experiment, father daughter relationship, taboo ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019
Similarity:
22%
584
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, serious, tension ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, trapped, post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, nuclear holocaust, survival horror, isolation, confined space, bunker ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
52K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, zombie, post apocalypse, survival, boat, father daughter relationship, infected, virus, infection, danger, desert, aborigine ...
Time:
near future, 2010s
Place:
australia, oceania, south australia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Allan and Lisa flee the war-torn city of Sweetwater with their young son for the safety of the municipal dump in this sleepy war drama. They join other displaced survivors who were driven from their homes. After Lisa gives birth to another child and ...
Style:
bleak, grim, apocalyptic
Plot:
post apocalypse, pregnancy, survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, water shortage, wasteland, family drama, desperation, garbage dump, resilience, urban decay ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, family in danger, life is a bitch, on the run, woods, chaos, gory, disease, virus, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's ...
Style:
apocalyptic, offbeat, cult classic, controversial, depressing ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, virus, survival, post apocalyptic, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, disaster, wasteland, rape, gang rape, attempted rape ...
Time:
future
Place:
england, northern england, london
Similarity:
20%
895K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, adult
Plot:
isolation, survival, space travel, astronaut, outer space, sole survivor, space station, space, disaster, life & death, survivor, spacecraft ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
persia, seattle, los angeles, houston texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
apocalypse, natural disaster, sex, little girl, end of the world, on the road, post apocalyptic, redemption, orgy, survival, party, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand
Similarity:
20%
633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
20%
321
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a climate change ravaged world in 2012, after 240 days without rain Sydney has only two weeks of water left. When the city is then ringed by severe bushfires, the question becomes, how do you fight fire when you have no water?
Style:
serious, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, journalism, fire, medical examination, forces of nature, danger, investigation, politics, global warming, life is a bitch, dystopian future, media ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
15 years after a global apocalypse, mankind is on the verge of extinction. Civilisation no longer exists, food is scarce and most eke out a living by stealing and killing. One boy clings onto life in the desolate British countryside, where staying ...
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, end of the world, survivalist, survivor, survival horror, survival, characters in danger, dystopian future, virus, fate of humanity, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
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