Man versus nature movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant man versus nature movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense, exciting, serious and realistic films and TV shows about / with man versus nature, survival, wilderness, disaster, nature, death, wilderness survival, isolation, danger and chase plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as man versus nature: Arctic (2018), The Meg (2018), The Perfect Storm (2000), Body at Brighton Rock (2019), The Shallows (2016), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), The Black Demon (2023), North Face (2008), Alpha (2018), Dark Tide (2012).
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63K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek ...
Style:
minimal cast, suspense, touching, visually stunning, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, arctic, helicopter crash, man versus nature, snow, wilderness survival, polar bear, male protagonist, struggle for survival, very little dialogue, ice, fish ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica
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226K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, light, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
shark, giant monster, giant animal, underwater, sea monster, giant creature, killer shark, animal attack, ocean, professor, killer animal, survival ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, prehistory, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, usa, asia, pacific ocean, california ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, catastrophe, storm at sea, survival, storm, boat, fish, forces of nature, shipwreck, sea ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
atlantic ocean, boston, new england, nova scotia, portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When an inexperienced park ranger finds a dead body under mysterious circumstances on a remote mountain trail, she must guard it overnight until authorities can arrive, forcing her to confront some of her deepest, darkest fears.
Style:
scary, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
grizzly bear, lost in the woods, woods, man versus nature, bear attack, crime scene, fear, life & death, women, chase, corpse, danger ...
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153K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, killer shark, shark attack, trapped, ocean, creature feature, great white shark, stranded, beach ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
mexico, texas, tijuana mexico, australia
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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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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Slovenia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Oilman Paul Sturges' idyllic family vacation turns into a nightmare when they encounter a ferocious megalodon shark that will stop at nothing to protect its territory. Stranded and under constant attack, Paul and his family must somehow find a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot:
shark, killer shark, man versus nature, shark attack, creature feature, giant monster, sea monster, giant creature, killer animal, animal attack, trapped, trap ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.
Style:
touching, serious, exciting, captivating, crying ...
Plot:
mountain, mountaineer, mountain climbing, climbing, survival, adventurer, wehrmacht, disaster, man versus nature, rivalry, mountaineering, forces of nature ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, alps, germany, swiss alps, bavaria
Is relevant?
71K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a hunting expedition goes awry, a young caveman struggles against the elements to find his way home.
Style:
sincere, captivating, exciting, prehistoric, social ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
survival, wolf, wilderness, human animal relationship, caveman, dog, animal attack, near death experience, boar, medieval, wolf pack, man versus nature ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory, stone age, future, ancient times
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Germany, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A traumatized shark expert (Halle Berry) must battle her own fears to lead a thrill-seeking businessman on a dive into a dangerous section of water known as "Shark Alley."
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
shark, ocean, shark attack, underwater, diver, scuba diving, man versus nature, dangerous animal, diving, haunted by the past, escapades, loss of partner ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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84K
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:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, serious, clever ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, bear, danger, animal attack, grizzly bear, survivalist, bear attack, hunter, lost in the woods, billionaire, nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
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59K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, cave, expedition, disaster, danger, underwater, death, forces of nature, underground, water, struggle for survival, deathtrap ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
papua new guinea
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273K
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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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Dominican Republic
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, suspenseful ...
Plot:
shark, shark attack, survival, ocean, animal attack, killer animal, great white shark, underwater, rescue, diver, creature feature, killer shark ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
mexico, greece
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68K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, breathtaking, sad, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, stranded, cannibalism, disaster, air disaster, starvation, death, airplane accident, mountain, mountain climbing, historical event, wilderness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place:
andes mountains, chile, uruguay, south america, antarctic ...
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27K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Lithuania, France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
distopia, dark future, teenage girl, woman, post apocalypse, dna, cyberpunk, hunger, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, experiment, man versus nature ...
Time:
future, 2020s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Austria, Italy, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
Style:
suspenseful, action thriller, exciting, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
extreme sports, heist, surfing, skydiving, bank robbery, redemption, rescue, working undercover, diamond theft, chase, friendship, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, basque country, los angeles, usa, mumbai india ...
Is relevant?
191K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, hilarious, epic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
tornado, hurricane, disaster, twister, teamwork, destruction, danger, risk, rainstorm, man versus nature, scientific experiment, flood ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oklahoma, new york, north america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
A man travels by foot in the snow with his dog.
Style:
suspenseful, grim, bleak, existential, period piece ...
Plot:
snow, dog, survival, man versus nature, isolation, cold, wilderness, minimalism, adaptation, arctic, desperation, morality ...
Place:
yukon
Is relevant?
692K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Thailand, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of ...
Style:
suspense, inspirational, heartbreaking, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ocean, tsunami, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, family in danger, vacation ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When two friends from the city take a vacation to the wilds of Montana, they find themselves lost in the depths of the big sky country.
Style:
suspense, tense, grim, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bear attack, mountain, man versus nature, wilderness, survival, hiking, stranded, isolation, bear, bad weather, struggle for survival, storm ...
Place:
montana
Is relevant?
86
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In this terrifying tale, a young couple goes on a desperate search for their daughter who's disappeared without a trace into the nearby woods -- the same woods that have recently claimed and released the mutilated bodies of several animals. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, psychological horror, tense ...
Plot:
monster, missing child, family tragedy, man versus nature, violence, guilt, paranoia, cover up, isolation, parents, creature feature, desperation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An American meteorologist attempts to rescue an injured Soviet airman. A killer storm soon maroons them both and the unlikely duo must learn to overcome their differences in order to survive the real life terrors of the Arctic.
Style:
intercultural, suspense, tense, grim, psychological ...
Plot:
cold, arctic, survival, stranded, snow, man versus nature, ice, isolation, friendship, plane crash, character study, storm ...
Is relevant?
132
Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the 1953 assault on Nanga Parbat, a treacherous Himalayan Peak.
Style:
independent film, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
climbing, mountaineering, survival, mountain, mountaineer, alpinism, nature, disaster, man versus nature, expedition, teamwork, perseverance ...
Time:
1950s, year 1986, 50s
Place:
himalaya
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 396 min.
TV show
Story:
The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. Scott and his Norwegian ...
Style:
historical drama, grim, bleak, period piece, reflective ...
Plot:
survival, expedition, wilderness survival, wilderness, rivalry, isolation, man versus nature, heroism, biopic, tragedy, leadership, character study ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
south pole, antarctica
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known ...
Style:
tense, heartfelt, period piece, melancholic, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, wilderness, isolation, treasure hunt, man versus nature, family drama, father daughter relationship, camping trip, coming of age, resilience, endurance, nature ...
Time:
1930s
Is relevant?
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 ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Horror, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal ...
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, great white shark, shark attack, man versus nature, fear, isolation, desperation, predator, loss of innocence, sacrifice, claustrophobia ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
66K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman and her fiancé find themselves caught in a hurricane after departing Tahiti by boat. She wakes up after being knocked out, only to discover him missing, and the elements threatening.
Style:
sincere, sad, suspenseful, romantic drama, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, water, sailboat, sea adventure, power of love, death, storm, sea, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
tahiti, pacific ocean
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