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The Last Survivors (1975)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, suspenseful, grim, tragic
Plot:
survival, shipwreck, lifeboat, boat, sea, disaster, storm, moral dilemma, leadership, sacrifice, desperation, typhoon, human nature, character study, claustrophobia, isolation, confined, class conflict, survivalist, die hard, sinking ship, catastrophe, psychological drama
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, bleak, suspenseful and intense films with plots about isolation, survival, desperation, claustrophobia, character study, psychological drama and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Last Survivors: Not Without Hope (2025), H (1990), Ordeal (1973), Hobal (2024), Summit Fever (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
Style:
tense, intense, emotional, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
hopes, sea, survival, endurance, desperation, isolation, shipwreck, coast guard, lifeboat, rescue, trauma, friendship ...
Similarity:
95%
175
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A junkie couple board themselves in their apartment while they try to kick their heroin habit.
Style:
independent film, intense, tense, bleak, minimal cast ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, desperation, claustrophobia, self destructing, isolation, confined space, realism, moral ambiguity, character study, rehabilitation, survival ...
Similarity:
68%
246
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.
Style:
tension, psychological thriller, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
desert, stranded in the desert, survival, adultery, betrayal, revenge, man versus nature, isolation, struggle for survival, broken leg, love triangle, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
63%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Saudi family is following strict instructions from their grandfather to remain confined in the desert during the early 1990s. A series of events shakes the family's foundation and they find them in a struggle between life and death.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
desert, isolation, family conflict, survival, family drama, tradition, confined, loneliness, moral dilemma, resilience, family secret, claustrophobia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
saudi arabia
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A daring dream to scale the world's most challenging trio of mountains soon turns into a terrifying nightmare for a group of friends when a deadly storm traps the climbers near the summit and cuts off all hope of rescue. With the odds stacked ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
mountain climbing, storm, mountaineer, mountain, man versus nature, extreme weather, rock climbing, struggle for survival, alpinism, survival, ambition, problem ...
Place:
alps
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, survival, moral dilemma, violence, sexism, corruption, isolation, law and order, realism, urban, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
54%
581
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
navy, submarine, accident, rescue mission, survival, rescue attempt, crash, underwater fight, rescue from drowning, military officer, team, saving a life ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anthony Cortino lives with his mother in a quiet suburb. His father is dead, and his violent criminal brother is a long way off, in the city, and if Anthony has his way, that's where he will stay. However, Johnny runs into trouble with the ...
Style:
crime drama, intense, emotional, dark, tense ...
Plot:
bullying, sibling rivalry, family drama, domestic violence, abuse, mother son relationship, moral dilemma, trauma, coming of age, character study, family conflict, isolation ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Drama - Richard Clayton is a maintenance man at the local police station of the small town of Montauk, Arizona. He spends his days keeping the offices clean and the equipment running. He spends his nights drinking and killing the occasional ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, loneliness, small town, isolation, character study, violence, alcoholism, moral ambiguity, serial killer, male protagonist, desperation, criminal psychology ...
Similarity:
43%
164
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On a small island somewhere near Japan, three cult members have devoted themselves to the "Deserted Island Program". Calling each other by rank, these people-two men and one women-have been chosen by their superiors to throw off the ...
Style:
psychological, dramatic, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
isolation, woman, male female relationship, social problems, human nature, japanese woman, life is a bitch, lifestyle, social issues, corruption, japanese man, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young couple move into an expensive new apartment after the husband gets a big pay raise. Unfortunately, he is soon stricken with a mysterious ailment and becomes bedridden. The wife, unable to find a job and with bills piling up, runs into a ...
Style:
grindhouse, grim, bleak, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
financial difficulty, illness, desperation, domestic drama, moral dilemma, poverty, female protagonist, sacrifice, survival, urban, social realism, gender roles ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
41%
189
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
addiction, drug traffic, temptation, drug dealer, drug use, loss of innocence, family tragedy, urban, cautionary tale, moral ambiguity, desperation, character study ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A white ex-GI goes to a black ghetto to deliver a letter from his buddy, a black soldier who died in Vietnam. When he arrives there he encounters hostility and trouble from all sides.
Style:
tense, independent film, grim, suspenseful
Plot:
blaxploitation, ghetto, vietnam war, interracial relations, racial prejudice, social commentary, urban decay, mistrust, confrontation, poverty, social realism, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Trapped in an underground pit during a storm, three students from an all-girls school must confront their personal conflicts as they fight to survive.
Style:
intense, suspense, emotional, realistic, inspirational
Plot:
trapped, girls' school, survival, disaster, underground, desperation, female friendship, fear, claustrophobia, resilience, high school, isolation ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Maggie is struggling to keep her life together after the death of her mother when her addict brother shows up, forcing her to make sense of a reality that may not be what it seems.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tense, surreal, intense ...
Plot:
sibling relationship, addiction, grief, family drama, trauma, female protagonist, character study, mourning, family secret, traumatic past, confrontation, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A prisoner soon has his guard questioning his own world-view.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, tension, intense, existential ...
Plot:
prisoner, security guard, prison, character study, power, confined, power struggle, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, isolation, identity, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows ...
Style:
grim, bleak, road movie, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
guilt, moral ambiguity, trauma, survival, fear, corruption, claustrophobia, isolation, minimalism, suspicion, smuggling, truck ...
Place:
serbia, belgrade, kosovo
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
alienation, infidelity, domestic drama, character study, control, power struggle, obsession, manipulation, isolation, family conflict, claustrophobia, revenge ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Takis is trapped. Takis tries to escape. Takis wants money. He's got a family, a baby, a home... Takis is being cheated. He loves her and he suffers... Takis can't take it at work. He's besieged by savages. But his boss tops them ...
Style:
melancholic, intense, dark, psychological, tragic
Plot:
working class, desperation, family crisis, betrayal, male protagonist, anger, oppression, isolation, alienation, revenge, realism, slow burn ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
Style:
bleak, dramatic, intense, grim, realistic ...
Plot:
child abuse, therapy, trauma, psychologist, mental health, domestic violence, empathy, family drama, character study, family secret, isolation, recovery ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Parents Divorced. Children suffer.
Style:
heartbreaking, bleak, tense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family drama, divorce, psychological trauma, house, abusive relationship, emotional abuse, domestic violence, social issues, intimate, family secret, loss of innocence ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kid campers fight to survive when their canoe capsizes.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
survival, teenager, friendship, brotherhood, struggle for survival, tragic event, camp, summer camp, vacation, summer vacation, coming of age, boy ...
Time:
1920s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Day One, is an NBC made for tv sci-fi movie. It was originally written as a tv series pilot about apartment residents that survive an unknown worldwide cataclysm that destroys modern infrastructure. The series was slated to fill the Heroes time slot ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
survival, group of strangers, vestiges of humanity, apocalypse, worldwide chaos, chosen one, dystopian future, society, life is a bitch, danger, chaos, escapades ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bridges is the captain of a downed airliner who must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult version of "Lord of the Flies."
Style:
tropical, suspense, tense, grim, period piece ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, air disaster, plane crash, stranded, leadership, power struggle, isolation, human nature, conflict, aviation, marooned ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
sea voyage, cruise ship, rape, social relations, gang, bandit, criminal, cons and scams, cruise, society, sea disaster, organized crime ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, grim, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, desperation, tragedy, suffocation, human rights, human trafficking, poverty, realism, claustrophobia, social injustice, guilt, moral dilemma ...
Time:
80s
Place:
dominican republic, caribbean, puerto rico
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Feature film
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tragic ending, intense, art house ...
Plot:
poverty, hopelessness, drug addiction, pain, desperation, prostitution, illness, isolation, alienation, self destructing, character study, sacrifice ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Story:
While a menacing typhoon approaches, an accident at the giant natural gas plant Regalia occurs. Japan Coast Guard rescue divers Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito), Tetsuya Yoshioka (Ryuta Sato) and engineer Hiroshiichirou Sakuragi (Masaya Kato) head ...
Style:
suspense, intense, suspenseful, action drama, tension ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, rescue, typhoon, one against many, catastrophe, coast guard, rescue attempt, man versus nature, destruction, race against time, escape attempt ...
Similarity:
32%
624
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It is during the final months of 1999 that 46-year-old physician Jerri Nielsen (Susan Sarandon) finds herself stranded at the Amundsen-South Pole Research Station along with a tiny staff of researchers and technicians. Although, at first, there is ...
Style:
dramatic, medical drama, suspense, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
cancer, survival, breast cancer, doctor, adaptation, isolation, hopes, happy ending, rescue, biopic, improv, blizzard ...
Place:
antarctica, south pole
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Strangled by debt and the banks, the owner of a factory that is on the brink of closing will go to any lengths to solve his financial and marital problems.
Style:
tense, melancholic, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
entrepreneurship, debt, industrialist, economic crisis, bankruptcy, troubled marriage, family business, desperation, character study, small business owner, inheritance, working class ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
31%
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