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 captivating, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, serious and exciting films and TV shows about / with man versus nature, nature, survival, disaster, danger, wilderness, blood, trapped, wilderness survival and struggle for survival plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as man versus nature: In the Heart of the Sea (2015), Arctic (2018), North Face (2008), Point Break (2015), The Black Demon (2023), The Meg (2018), Everest (2015), Truth and Justice (2019), Alpha (2018), The Edge (1997).

List of man versus nature movies

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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, suspense, exciting, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: survival, ocean, ship, whale, sea, boat, disaster, whaling, starvation, man versus nature, shipwreck, dangerous animal ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, future ...
Place: new england, america, pacific ocean, ecuador, massachusetts ...
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Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 142 min.
Story: 1984: Searching for an experience that goes deeper than the superficiality of modern civilization, Bruno Manser travels into the jungles of Borneo and finds it with the nomadic Penan tribe. It is an encounter that changes his life forever. When the ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, sincere, political
Plot: rain forest, jungle warfare, jungle, environmental activist, tribe, environment, deforestation, courage, environmental issue, environmental activism, man versus nature, fighting the system ...
Time: year 1987, year 1984, year 1999, year 1991, year 1988
Place: germany, switzerland, borneo, munich germany
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 6.8
 58K
Arctic (2018)
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, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, snow, arctic, helicopter crash, man versus nature, polar bear, fish, very little dialogue, ice, snowstorm, struggle for survival, winter ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: antarctica
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 7.4
 16K
North Face (2008)
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, exciting, serious, captivating, breathtaking ...
Plot: climbing, mountain climbing, mountaineer, mountain, disaster, survival, adventurer, wehrmacht, man versus nature, rivalry, mountaineering, forces of nature ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: switzerland, alps, germany, swiss alps, bavaria
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 5.3
 66K
Point Break (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Country: China, 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: exciting, suspenseful, intense, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: extreme sports, heist, surfing, skydiving, redemption, rescue, fbi, chase, bank robbery, working undercover, robbery, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: pacific ocean, italy, usa, mumbai india, utah ...
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The Black Demon (2023)
Genre: 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: suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating
Plot: shark, shark attack, killer shark, sharksploitation, creature feature, man versus nature, sea monster, giant monster, giant creature, killer animal, dangerous animal, animal attack ...
Place: mexico
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 5.7
 206K
The Meg (2018)
Genre: Action, 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, tense, captivating, slasher, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot: shark, animal attack, giant monster, underwater, sea monster, ocean, giant creature, giant animal, killer shark, professor, survival, mission ...
Time: 2010s, jurassic, prehistory, 21st century
Place: shanghai, usa, asia, pacific ocean, california ...
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 7.1
 231K
Everest (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style: realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time: year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place: mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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Truth and Justice (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, existential
Plot: character study, society, conflict, man versus nature, crisis of faith, pursuit, countryside, chore, struggle, problem, life is a bitch, farmer ...
Time: 19th century
Place: estonia
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 6.6
 66K
Alpha (2018)
Genre: Action, 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, exciting, captivating, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot: wilderness, survival, wolf, human animal relationship, caveman, dog, animal attack, hunter, near death experience, boar, wolf pack, bison ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times, stone age, future, ancient times
Place: europe
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 6.9
 79K
The Edge (1997)
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, tense, suspenseful, serious, compassionate ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, bear, danger, animal attack, grizzly bear, survivalist, marital infidelity, bear attack, hunter, crash, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: alaska, usa
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 5.9
 57K
Sanctum (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
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, underwater, forces of nature, underground, danger, death, deathtrap, struggle for survival, water ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: papua new guinea
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 7.5
 399K
127 Hours (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style: suspense, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
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 6.7
 263K
The Grey (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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, bad ending, harsh, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, stranded, forces of nature, air disaster, struggle for survival, wolf attack ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
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 8.1
 655K
Into the Wild (2007)
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: road trip, wilderness, survival, self discovery, freedom, journey, solitude, life philosophy, isolation, travel, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1991 ...
Place: alaska, los angeles, america, astoria oregon, seattle ...
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 7.5
 242K
The Impossible (2012)
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: emotional, suspense, heartbreaking, motivational, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, tsunami, ocean, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, vacation, family in danger ...
Time: year 2004, year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: thailand, southeast asia, asia
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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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 7.1
 64K
Alive (1993)
Genre: Adventure, 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: realistic, inspirational, emotional, disturbing, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, disaster, stranded, cannibalism, air disaster, starvation, death, airplane accident, snow, mountain, wilderness, historical event ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place: andes mountains, chile, uruguay, antarctic, south america ...
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 6.3
 143K
The Shallows (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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: scary, minimal cast, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, creature feature, trapped, killer shark, shark attack, ocean, beach, sea, stranded ...
Time: year 2016, future, 2010s
Place: mexico, texas, tijuana mexico
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 4.3
 9K
Dark Tide (2012)
Genre: 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, serious, realistic ...
Plot: shark, ocean, shark attack, underwater, diver, scuba diving, dangerous animal, diving, haunted by the past, escapades, loss of partner, survival ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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 6.0
 22K
Vesper (2022)
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: dark future, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, distopia, woman, experiment, teenage girl, dna, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, dystopia, end of the world ...
Time: future, 2020s
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 6.2
 80K
Frozen (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, isolation, stranded, snow, survival horror, frostbite, ski resort, animal attack, winter, mountain, youth, danger ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: utah, antarctic
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 7.8
 634K
Cast Away (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, inspirational, serious ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids, teens
Plot: survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, lost at sea, courage, air disaster, determination, solitude, survivor ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1995, year 1999 ...
Place: fictional island, persia, america, moscow russia, russia
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 6.6
 61K
Adrift (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Iceland, USA
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, suspenseful, sad, inspirational, romantic drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, boat, survivor, sailboat, sea adventure, storm, underwater, human spirit, power of love, death, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1983
Place: pacific ocean, tahiti
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Body at Brighton Rock (2019)
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, suspenseful, exciting, rough ...
Plot: grizzly bear, lost in the woods, woods, bear attack, fear, night, life & death, women, chase, man versus nature, nature, wildlife ...
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 4.8
 337
High & Dry (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: An air steward crash lands into a tropical paradise and puts himself in charge of the palm-fringed island. But remaining survivors won't be grateful for their lives for too long as they will soon learn they are stranded with the world's ...
Style: captivating, sitcom, semi serious, satirical
Plot: satire, stranded on an island, relationships, social satire, man versus nature, nature, survival, teamwork, air disaster, lifestyle, island
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Boonie Bears: Homeward Journey (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: China
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Briar Bear, Bramble Bear & friends enjoy life in the woods when Logger Vick begins chopping down trees to get money to go home for the holidays. As Logger Vick is homesick, they hatch a plan to get Vick home in time for the holidays.
Style: light, humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating
Audience: family friendly
Plot: human versus animal, lumberjack, humour, showdown, animal, man versus nature, wildlife, anthropomorphic animal, mother nature, anthropomorphic bear, animal life, anthropomorphism ...
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Christmas in the Wilds (2021)
Genre: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Buck and Jessica's merry little Christmas together takes a dangerous turn when their journey through the wild turns into a battle for survival.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: christmas, love affair, family relations, love and romance, relationships, couple relations, male female relationship, couples, avalanche, man versus nature, struggle for survival, cold ...
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Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The new installment of the Sharknado franchise takes place 5 years after Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! There have been no Sharknados in the intervening years, but now they’re appearing again in unexpected ways.
Style: parody, semi serious, captivating, natural horror, retro ...
Plot: shark, creature feature, shark attack, animal attack, destruction, surrealism, battles, silly humor, human versus monster, struggle for survival, human versus animal, man versus nature ...
Time: year 2016
Place: austin texas, kansas, las vegas
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The Ornithologist (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Portugal, France, Brazil
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, a hunky ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests.
Style: suspense, avant garde, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, bondage, ornithologist, lgbt, forest, male nudity, public nudity, river, bare chested male, naked in public, gay erotica, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal
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