Survival movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant survival movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense, tense and interesting films and TV shows about / with survival, danger, escapades, death, storytelling, catastrophe, mentor, dialogue, blood and destiny plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
survival
TOP 10 movies tagged as survival: Cast Away (2000), The Revenant (2015), 127 Hours (2010), The Martian (2015), Everest (2015), Life of Pi (2012), The Mist (2007), Frozen (2010), The Impossible (2012), The 100 (2014).
Best films
List of survival movies
479K
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:
captivating, serious, suspense, gloomy, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, human spirit, desert island, courage, adventure, suicide attempt, storm, air disaster, solitude ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s, 2000s
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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634K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, vengeance, lone hero, violence, snow, native american, grizzly bear, native americans, revenge, old west, bear attack ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
usa
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328K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
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, uplifting, cerebral, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
survival, trapped, isolation, human spirit, desert, courage, adventure, loneliness, extreme sport, climbing, determination, hopes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s, year 2003
Place:
utah, usa, mcdonald's restaurant
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693K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style:
futuristic, biting, suspenseful, disturbing, clever ...
Plot:
survival, space travel, isolation, nasa, mars, astronaut, alone, human spirit, adventure, stranded, space and aliens, loneliness ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
houston texas, beijing china, china, pasadena california
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183K
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:
dramatic, realistic, based on true events, scenic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, forces of nature, adventure, beautiful scenery, death, stranded, against the odds, climbing, adventurer, tragedy, natural disaster ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, asia, nepal, texas
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543K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
melancholic, dramatic, motivational, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
survival, hopes, adventure, teenage boy, ocean or sea, tiger, isolation, ocean, beautiful scenery, human nature, lost at sea, ship ...
Place:
india, paris france, pacific ocean, montreal quebec, toronto ontario canada ...
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264K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
bleak, bad ending, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, monster, fog, trapped, creature, fear, deadly creature, insanity, alternate dimension, death, desperation ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
maine, usa
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63K
Genre: Drama, 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:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, ski resort, danger, isolation, stranded, youth, animal attack, skiing, death, sole survivor, forces of nature, snow ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, 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:
heartbreaking, suspense, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, tsunami, natural disaster, courage, family in danger, forces of nature, tragedy, disaster film, death, fear, destruction, catastrophe ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s, year 2004
Place:
thailand, asia, southeast asia
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184K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, youth, leadership, danger, space station, young heroes, betrayal, rivalry, rebellion, heroes, against the rules ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
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642K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting, scary, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, zombie, loneliness, post apocalypse, future dystopia, plague, experiment, danger, isolation, chaos, infected ...
Time:
future, 21st century, year 2012, near future, 2010s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, vermont
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530K
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:
melancholic, inspirational, road movie, captivating, philosophical ...
Plot:
survival, self discovery, freedom, wilderness, isolation, journey, on the road, adventure, hitchhiker, introspection, life philosophy, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s, year 1992, year 1991 ...
Place:
alaska, usa, cross country, south dakota, california ...
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141K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
survival, captivity, confined, isolation, danger, desperation, fear, buried alive, characters in danger, terrorism, race against time, cell phone ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
iraq, middle east
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231K
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:
bad ending, suspenseful, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wolf, dangerous animal, isolation, wilderness, male camaraderie, stranded, air disaster, danger, death, catastrophe, snow ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
alaska, usa
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273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, harsh, epic ...
Plot:
survival, slavery, tribe, adventure, chase, manhunt, solar eclipse, native, sacrifice, warrior, prophecy, death ...
Time:
ancient history, 16th century
Place:
central america
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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:
exciting, captivating, suspense, scenic, inspirational ...
Plot:
survival, ship, lost at sea, ocean, dangerous animal, isolation, against the odds, adventure, danger, whale, death, starvation ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1820s
Place:
new england, massachusetts, ecuador, south america, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style:
futuristic, rough, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, warrior, post apocalyptic, chaos, brutality, lone wolves, post apocalypse, future dystopia, danger, tough heroes, christianity ...
Time:
future, 2040s
Place:
usa, cross country, san francisco
Is relevant ?
462K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, exciting, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
survival, island, adventure, destiny, desert island, death, danger, lost, plane crash, stranded, leadership, mysterious place ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
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656K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: UK, France, Poland, Germany
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
bleak, suspense, emotional, compassionate, harsh ...
Plot:
holocaust, survival, pianist, nazi, ghetto, against humanity, anti semitism, genocide, starvation, atrocity, nazi occupation, jewish ...
Time:
1940s, 30s, 20th century, 40s, 1930s
Place:
poland, germany, europe, warsaw poland
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719K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense, scenic ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, outer space, space station, space travel, spacecraft, astronaut, loss, space and aliens, survivor, spacewalk, space program ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, future
Place:
houston texas
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110K
Genre: 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:
suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
survival, shark, trapped, ocean, surfing, death, strong female character, island, shark attack, young woman, animal horror, stranded ...
Place:
tijuana mexico, mexico, australia, texas
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
twists and turns, exciting, suspenseful, tense, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, memory loss, adventure, young heroes, maze, isolation, trapped, imaginary, danger, youth, society ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, plague, post apocalypse, supernatural, walking dead, future dystopia, fear, death, chaos ...
Time:
future, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
usa, georgia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
future dystopia, survival, young heroes, contests and competitions, youth, against the odds, heroes, trap, killings, death, life is a bitch, danger ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, hitman, most dangerous game, tournament, competition, confession, martial arts, uninhibited rivalry, violence spree, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
brazil, england
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102K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, slasher, cannibalism, manhunt, disfigurement, chase, danger, youth, gory, isolation, massacre, friendship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa, texas
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39K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Colombia, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mysterious guide escorts an enthusiastic adventurer and his friend into the Amazon jungle, but their journey turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wild force them to fight for ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
jungle, survival, adventurer, river, alone, amazon rainforest, raft, rescue, hallucination, amazon, swamp, butterfly ...
Place:
bolivia, south america
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47K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 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:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, cannibalism, stranded, danger, starvation, air disaster, human spirit, against the odds, human nature, isolation, rescue, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
andes mountains, uruguay, latin america, chile, south america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, exciting, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, survival, future dystopia, rebellion, strong female character, adventure, against the odds, youth, danger, revolution, society, rivalry ...
Time:
future
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337K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, alien encounter, monster, paranoia, alien, fear, space and aliens, research, danger, isolation, evil, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
antarctica, south pole
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