Dangerous animal movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dangerous animal movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, scary, natural horror and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with dangerous animal, danger, creature feature, animal attack, creature, survival, deadly, animal horror, escapades and killer animal plots mostly in Thriller, Horror and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dangerous animal: Zoo (2015), Prey (2007), Backcountry (2014), The Grey (2011), Rogue (2007), Long Weekend (2008), Jungle Cruise (2021), Snakes on a Plane (2006), The Breed (2006), Endangered Species (2021).

List of dangerous animal movies

 6.7
 27K
Zoo (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pandemic, dangerous animal, partner, pursuit, mutation, extinction, animal attack, save the world, virus, death, danger, survival ...
Time: jurassic, 2010s, 21st century
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 4.7
 9K
Prey (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, perverse, tense ...
Plot: animal attack, wilderness, nature, stalking, survival horror, survival, dangerous animal, danger, poaching, family life, escapades, creature ...
Time: jurassic
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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 6.0
 27K
Backcountry (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, natural horror, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, woods, nature, camping, bear, lost in the woods, dangerous animal, danger, bear attack, forest, lost ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: alaska, ontario canada, canada
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 6.7
 273K
The Grey (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
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 6.2
 36K
Rogue (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, scenic, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: crocodile, animal attack, monster, creature, dangerous animal, survival horror, gory, killer animal, river, isolation, creature feature, disaster ...
Time: jurassic, 70s, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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 5.1
 7K
Long Weekend (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mother Nature gets revenge on some careless campers in this remastered version of the Australian horror classic.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: forces of nature, wilderness, dangerous animal, danger, creature feature, couples, survival, mental disorder, crumbling marriage, isolation, family problems, nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, new zealand
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 6.5
 226K
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style: scenic, captivating, funny, light, costume drama ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: jungle, amazon river, danger, snake, artifact, amazon jungle, jungle adventure, treasure, dangerous animal, amazon rainforest, myth, native tribe ...
Time: 1910s, 16th century, 2020s, future, year 1916 ...
Place: brazil, spain, europe, south america, london
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Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: America is on the search for the murderer Eddie Kim. Sean Jones must fly to L.A. to testify in a hearing against Kim. Accompanied by FBI agent Neville Flynn, the flight receives some unexpected visitors.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens
Plot: snake, airplane, dangerous animal, death, giant snake, sex scene, cobra, passenger, confined, panic, creature feature, rattlesnake ...
Time: year 2006, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, honolulu hawaii, los angeles, bali
Is relevant?
 5.1
 15K
The Breed (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Brothers John and Matt have inherited an island cabin from their recently deceased uncle. Along with Matt's girlfriend, Nicki, and other mutual friends, the siblings travel to the cabin for a relaxing weekend getaway. But, not long after ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, natural horror, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: dog attack, survival, dangerous animal, dog, danger, animal attack, island, killer animal, friends, killer dog, werewolf, isolation ...
Place: south africa
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Endangered Species (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Kenya, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, f word
Plot: animal attack, dangerous animal, stupidity, wild animal, vacation, rhinoceros, animal, monster, wildlife, family relations, man versus nature, wilderness ...
Place: africa, kenya
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, scenic, exciting ...
Plot: survival, animal attack, dangerous animal, jungle, adventurer, colonialism, lion, danger, obsessive quest, creature feature, heroes, greed ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1800s, turn of the century, 90s ...
Place: africa, south africa, east africa, kenya, london
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 4.2
 1K
Maneater (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a dismembered body is found in the Appalachian Mountains, a county Sheriff is shocked to discover that the predator is a six-hundred pound Bengal tiger.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, disturbing
Plot: tiger, dangerous animal, animal attack, small town, killer animal, creature feature, survival, danger, escapades, animal life, ogre, monster ...
Time: jurassic
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 4.0
 3K
Grizzly Park (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called Grizzly Park after making the demise of an escaped serial killer.
Style: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Plot: grizzly bear, youth, woods, confined, dangerous animal, danger, animal attack, survival, isolation, wilderness, bear, killer animal ...
Place: california, usa
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 5.8
 4K
She Creature (2001)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads towards the mythical Forbidden Islands, the mermaid begins to display its deadly side.
Style: scary, atmospheric, modern fairy tale, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: mermaid, creature, ship, dangerous animal, countryside, sea monster, sailor, creature feature, female nudity, pregnancy, danger, rescue ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, year 1900
Place: ireland
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 3.5
 2K
Sabertooth (2002)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Using fossilized DNA, a scientist resurrects one of nature's most fearsome predators, a sabretooth tiger. Scientific ambition turns deadly, however, when the creature escapes and begins savagely stalking its prey - the human race.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: dangerous animal, animal attack, experiment gone awry, science runs amok, animal experimentation, killer animal, creature feature, tiger, danger, gory, killed by an animal, brutality ...
Time: jurassic
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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style: scenic, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place: ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
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 5.5
 102K
Piranha 3D (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have ...
Style: sexy, scary, suspense, not serious, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: piranha, animal attack, killer animal, underwater, blood, dangerous animal, boat, killer fish, nudity, death, gory, spring break ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
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 6.3
 13K
Wolfen (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
Style: scary, creepy, suspenseful, suspense, surreal ...
Plot: werewolf, murder, monster, dangerous animal, full moon, wolf, legends and myths, transformation, death, native american, investigation, wolf pack ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, bronx new york city, new york state
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 2.6
 2K
Grizzly Rage (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: natural horror, suspense, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: grizzly bear, killer animal, dangerous animal, wilderness, bear, isolation, danger, on the road, youth, creature feature, animal attack, creature ...
Is relevant?
 3.7
 1K
Locusts (2005)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dr. Maddy Rierdon, an investigator for the Department of Agriculture, is the only person who can protect America from a deadly breed of bioengineered locusts.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, natural horror, fast ...
Plot: experiment gone awry, dangerous animal, chaos, danger, save the day, race against time, locust, killer animal, creature feature, disaster, farm, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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 3.5
 5K
Beneath (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed as they fight their way back to shore.
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, slasher, mumblecore ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dangerous animal, isolation, survival, boat, eaten alive, drowning, killer fish, youth, danger, lake, buddies, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
Burning Bright (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot: animal attack, autism, wild animal, dangerous animal, trapped, tiger, killer animal, home invasion, danger, creature feature, woman in danger, hurricane ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
Is relevant?
 2.9
 1K
Bear (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Two young couples are driving through a remote forest when their car breaks down. When a run-in with a curious grizzly bear ends up with the bear being shot to death, the bear's mate arrives on the scene and vengefully attacks their van. The ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot: grizzly bear, bear attack, forest, bear, dangerous animal, creature feature, danger, confined, woods, killer animal, pregnant woman, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Beyond Loch Ness (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: James Murphey is a rugged cryptozoologist, who thirty years earlier, during a trip to Loch Ness, Scotland, had a fatal encounter with the fabled "Nessie" creature that killed his father, and left James with deep facial scar. Twenty years ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, scary, mythical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dangerous animal, sea monster, killer animal, lost world, loch ness monster, creature feature, abandoned mine, experiment gone awry, deadly creature, chaos and mayhem, danger, gory ...
Time: jurassic, 2000s, year 1976
Place: scotland, scottish highlands, europe, united kingdom
Is relevant?
 5.2
 3K
Big Bad Wolf (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steals the key of his stepfather's cabin in the isolated Fire Road ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: werewolf, dangerous animal, supernatural, lycanthropy, serial killer, deadly creature, stalking, voyeur, stepfather stepson relationship, rape victim, outdoor sex, violent woman ...
Place: europe, london, england, africa
Is relevant?
 7.2
 16K
Primeval (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, detective, apocalyptic ...
Plot: dinosaur, experiment gone awry, monster, danger, escapades, dangerous animal, time travel, ancient mystery, time portal, survival, disaster, chases and races ...
Time: jurassic, 2000s, 2010s, future, prehistory ...
Place: england, europe, london
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A Cry in the Wild (1990)
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, independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: wilderness, youth, skinny dipping, boy, dangerous animal, danger, self discovery, isolation, wilderness survival, survivor, grizzly bear, nature ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: yukon, canada
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Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Six teens attending an adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar must band together to survive when dinosaurs wreak havoc on the island.
Style: adult animation, suspense, captivating, anime, suspenseful ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: dinosaur, killer animal, dangerous animal, tyrannosaurus rex, jurassic park, monster versus monster, human animal relationship, bisexual girl, bisexual woman, teenager, lgbt, amusement park ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, year 2015, 2010s, 2020s ...
Is relevant?
 3.6
 558
Crash Site (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A vacationing couple's jeep crashes in an isolated location. They have to fight their way back to civilisation in spite of injuries and dangerous animals.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, cliffhanger
Plot: lost in the woods, family in danger, dangerous animal, wolf pack, isolation, escapades, family problems, parents and children, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, woods, fish out of water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
 3.6
 2K
Sasquatch (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on actual accounts, The Untold is the story of Harlan Knowles, billionaire and President of Bio-Comp Industries who heads up a team of experts in a quest to locate a company plane that disappeared over the remote forests of the Pacific ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, psychological, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: experiment gone awry, grizzly bear, sasquatch, bigfoot, survival, supernatural, dangerous animal, rescue, danger, heroic mission, monster, isolation ...
Place: usa
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