Rescue attempt movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant rescue attempt movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with rescue attempt, rescue, survival, death, danger, escape, fear, father daughter relationship, photograph and murder plots mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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rescue attempt movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as rescue attempt: Crawl (2019), Tunnel (2016), 47 Meters Down (2017), Kursk (2018), San Andreas (2015), In Syria (2017), Land of Bad (2024), Dunkirk (2017), Beware the Gorilla (2019), Greenland (2020).

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 6.1
 93K
Crawl (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.
Style: suspense, scary, slasher, psychotronic, natural horror ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: animal attack, survival, trapped, disaster, flood, alligator, natural disaster, creature feature, hurricane, survival horror, killer animal, predator ...
Time: 2010s
Place: florida
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 6.8
 10K
Tunnel (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense thriller
Plot: survival, disaster, rescue team, trapped, endurance, faith, rescue attempt, rescue, tunnel, husband wife relationship, little girl, suffering ...
Time: year 2016
Place: south korea, korea
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 5.6
 61K
47 Meters Down (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, natural horror, exciting ...
Plot: shark, shark attack, survival, ocean, creature feature, animal attack, killer animal, great white shark, underwater, diver, rescue, killer shark ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: mexico, greece
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 6.6
 21K
Kursk (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The story of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, talky, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue attempt, disaster, fire, death of father, death of husband, survival, politics, friendship, danger, government ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s
Place: eastern europe, russia
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 6.1
 255K
San Andreas (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, forces of nature, end of the world, danger, tsunami, earthquake, father daughter relationship, happy ending, daughter ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: california, san francisco, los angeles, peru, usa ...
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 7.0
 3K
In Syria (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Belgium, France, Lebanon
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Style: suspense, social, atmospheric, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Plot: self sacrifice, strong female character, lawlessness, mother, strong female lead, life is a bitch, wartime life, rescue attempt, coping, desperation, fear, survival ...
Time: 2010s
Place: syria, middle east
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 6.5
 9K
Land of Bad (2024)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, the ground mission ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious
Plot: rescue attempt, battles, air force, behind enemy lines, mission, swat team, rescue, salvation, pilot, rescue mission, trap, special ops ...
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 7.8
 733K
Dunkirk (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style: epic, dramatic, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: world war two, military, survival, war, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: france, england, english channel, dover england, britain ...
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Beware the Gorilla (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lorenzo is a lawyer who files a lawsuit against the zoo of his town but after winning it he has to take home a gorilla.
Style: captivating, feel good, humorous, sincere, slapstick comedy
Plot: gorilla, wild animal, rescue, husband wife relationship, family relations, bossy wife, rivalry, love triangle, dysfunctional family, rescue attempt, money, trial ...
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 6.4
 132K
Greenland (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours.
Style: suspense, exciting, scenic, psychotronic, psychological ...
Plot: natural disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, disaster, catastrophe, humanity in peril, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, diabetic, comet, panic, mass destruction ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: greenland, canada, kentucky, atlanta georgia, beirut lebanon ...
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 5.8
 14K
Final Score (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save the 35,000 capacity crowd, one of which is the daughter of his fallen comrade.
Style: tense, exciting, action thriller, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: terrorism, one against many, unlikely hero, strong man, survival, haunted by the past, race against time, disguise, dark past, courage, fake identity, murder ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 2010s
Place: tower bridge london, london, england
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 3.8
 2K
Compulsion (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sadie, a young female novelist, and an enigmatic woman named Francesca, are enticed by an ex-lover to join him at his Italian villa for a weekend celebration being held to honor the release of Sadie's latest book. Once there, Sadie begins to ...
Style: sexy, surreal, gothic horror, erotic, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex orgy, female captive, lesbian lover, debauchery, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, castle, surrealism, lesbian sex, symbolism, lesbian interest, orgy, sex party ...
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 8.8
 72K
Steins;Gate (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe rents out a room in a rickety old building in Akihabara, where he indulges himself in his hobby of inventing prospective "future gadgets" with fellow lab members: Mayuri Shiina, his ...
Style: anime, touching, exciting, mind bending, manga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, time machine, time loop, changing the past or future, experiment, youth, student, memory loss, father daughter relationship, parallel world, scientist, sent to the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Style: scenic, exciting, visually stunning, fairy tale, tense ...
Audience: family friendly, manly, girls' night, teens, family outing
Plot: tarzan, jungle, feral child, slavery, revenge, animal attack, animal, superhero, colonialism, monkey, lone hero, geopolitics ...
Time: victorian era, year 2016, 19th century, 2010s, future ...
Place: africa, congo, united kingdom, london, england ...
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 5.7
 15K
Kill Command (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, intense, cyber, minimal cast ...
Plot: robot, man versus machine, killer robot, military, computer program, cyborgs, female warrior, cyberpunk, distopia, violence, battles, rescue ...
Time: near future
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Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien invasion, alien, end of the world, disaster, human versus alien, apocalypse, space travel, ufo, president, independence day, monster, creature ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, london, tower bridge london, minnesota ...
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 6.2
 27K
Alone (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot: kidnapping, trapped, chase, psychopath, road rage, struggle for survival, kidnapped woman, maniac, lost in the woods, highway, escape, river ...
Time: 2020s
Place: oregon
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 4.9
 58K
Fantasy Island (2020)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic ...
Plot: reality vs fantasy, supernatural, island, danger, jungle, survival, twists and turns, revenge, remote island, wish come true, heroes, hostage ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 6.8
 57K
Odd Thomas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
Style: twist ending, suspense, stylized, serious, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: afterlife, supernatural ability, psychic, able to see the dead, supernatural, seeing dead people, husband wife relationship, a vision, good versus evil, transformation, plot twist, evil force ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, las vegas
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 6.3
 59K
Proof of Life (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, terrorism, rescue, survival, brutality, runaway, insurance, prisoner, new love, gain trust, couple relations ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: south america, latin america, colombia, london
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Covert Operation (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A bounty hunter trapped in Asia, is promised his freedom in return for a rescue mission. On his search for the missing British secret service agent, he travels between the border of China and North Korea, where the mission takes a turn for the worst.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, rough ...
Plot: secret agent, danger, soldier, undercover, rivalry, rescue attempt, behind enemy lines, escapades, plan, military base, confrontation, war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
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 8.0
 111K
Good Omens (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: In 2019 the world is on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment. But follies ensue — Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a demon aren’t enthusiastic about the end of the world, and can’t seem to find ...
Style: witty, atmospheric, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: angel, armageddon, devil, demon, prophecy, heaven and hell, foe turned friend, supernatural, fallen angel, witchcraft, good versus evil, satan ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, usa, africa
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 6.7
 757
Under Fire (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: A tight-knit and headstrong group of firefighters gets shook up by an abrupt change of leadership. After a fatal error during an intervention they come under scrutiny and have to fight for the survival of their beloved fire station "Post ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: fire brigade, firefighter, life risking, fire, rescue attempt, rescue team, fire department, firefighting, teamwork, burn victim, forest fire, rescue mission ...
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American Siege (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-NYPD officer-turned-sheriff of a small rural Georgia town has to contend with a gang of thieves who have taken a wealthy doctor hostage.
Style: exciting, tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: sheriff, hostage situation, hostage, rescue attempt, danger, violence, law enforcement, investigation, police investigation, heroes, criminal heroes, uncover truth ...
Place: usa, georgia
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 3.1
 19K
Hard Kill (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The work of billionaire tech CEO Donovan Chalmers is so valuable that he hires mercenaries to protect it, and a terrorist group kidnaps his daughter just to get it.
Style: captivating, exciting, touching, action thriller
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: terrorist group, rise to the top, terrorist, father daughter relationship, billionaire, save the day, blackmail, rescue attempt, fate of humanity, terrorist attack, corporation, hi-tech ...
Time: 2020s
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The Last Minister (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: A well-meaning but hapless functionary in grips of mid-life crisis is appointed to run Russia's Ministry of Long-term planning - a small, underfunded, understaffed and generally ignored state agency. With a team consisting of sycophants and ...
Plot: government, loser, prime minister, corrupt politician, political corruption, corrupt official, failed attempt, co worker co worker relationship, police department, corruption, workplace situations, corrupt ...
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 2.0
 541
Xuxa Requebra (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Nena, a journalist and ex-student of a dance academy, tries to prevent her former school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win a dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.
Plot: drug dealer, journalist, extortion, rescue attempt, gang, strong female character, blind girl, motorcyclist, mafia, dancing, marriage proposal, radio ...
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 5.4
 2K
The End? (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Claudio Verona is a young and cynical businessman. One day he gets locked in his Roman office elevator before an important meeting with a client. Soon this annoying obstacle will turn into a nightmare. For outside that metal cage, a deadly virus has ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, scary ...
Plot: zombie, virus, trapped in an elevator, zombie apocalypse, trapped, infection, zombie survival, zombie attack, trapped in a building, zombie outbreak, infected, epidemic ...
Place: rome italy
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No Escape Room (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.
Style: suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot: quest, supernatural, ghost, father daughter relationship, fear, escape room, trapped, supernatural horror, survival, rescue attempt, spirit, supernatural power ...
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 6.2
 2K
The Ambush (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: United Arab Emirates, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, ...
Style: suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing, exciting, serious ...
Plot: desert, soldier, rescue mission, war, salvation, military, rescue attempt, rescue, militant, survival, ambush
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