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, intense, suspenseful, suspense, tense and realistic films and TV shows about / with survival, danger, escapades, death, catastrophe, storytelling, mentor, dialogue, beautiful scenery and chase plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
survival
TOP 10 movies tagged as survival: 127 Hours (2010), The Revenant (2015), The Mist (2007), Cast Away (2000), Life of Pi (2012), The 100 (2014), The Walking Dead (2010), The Martian (2015), The Grey (2011), I Am Legend (2007).
Best films
List of survival movies
313K
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, psychological, inspirational, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, trapped, desert, human spirit, adventure, courage, loneliness, extreme sport, climbing, peril, life & death ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, year 2003, 2000s
Place:
utah, usa, mcdonald's restaurant
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588K
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, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, vengeance, violence, revenge, betrayal, native american, manhunt, native americans, old west, brutality, greed ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
usa
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252K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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:
scary, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, monster, deadly creature, trapped, fear, fog, fight, supermarket, insanity, small town, desperation ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
maine, usa
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454K
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:
serious, captivating, suspense, gloomy, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
survival, island, loneliness, isolation, human spirit, courage, adventure, suicide attempt, air disaster, hopes, fish out of water, tropical island ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 1990s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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511K
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:
suspense, melancholic, atmospheric, scenic, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, adventure, ocean or sea, hopes, human nature, ocean, isolation, storytelling, young heroes, ship, teenage boy, starvation ...
Place:
india, pacific ocean, paris france, mexico, toronto ontario canada ...
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161K
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, suspenseful, serious, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, leadership, danger, space station, young heroes, rivalry, betrayal, against the rules, rebellion, youth, human existence, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 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, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, supernatural, plague, future dystopia, zombie apocalypse, chaos, danger, vestiges of humanity, fear, social decay ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
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648K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
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, suspenseful, disturbing, biting, clever ...
Plot:
survival, space travel, isolation, mars, nasa, astronaut, stranded, peril, adventure, human spirit, space and aliens, martian ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
china, houston texas, beijing china, pasadena california
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223K
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, tense, rough, exciting, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, dangerous animal, isolation, wilderness, death, stranded, wolf, male camaraderie, eaten alive, air disaster, danger, atheist ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
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611K
Genre: Drama, Horror, 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, scary, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, future dystopia, zombie, plague, loneliness, danger, heroes, chaos, isolation, experiment, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future, 21st century, near future, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
new york, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city
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676K
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, spacecraft, space travel, space station, astronaut, trapped in space, survivor, spacewalk, space and aliens, mission gone awry ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, future
Place:
houston texas
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Genre: Action, 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:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, futuristic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, memory loss, apocalypse, adventure, isolation, trapped, young heroes, danger, imaginary, youth, maze, on the run ...
Time:
future
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60K
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:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, danger, isolation, youth, frostbite, wilderness, ski lift, forces of nature, ski resort, stranded, buddies, skiing ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Genre: 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, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, contests and competitions, young heroes, future dystopia, against the odds, killings, death, danger, rivalry, heroes, youth, moral dilemma ...
Time:
future
Is relevant ?
604K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
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, ghetto, against humanity, anti semitism, atrocity, jewish, nazi occupation, hunger, deportation, starvation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 30s, 40s, 1930s
Place:
poland, germany, europe, warsaw poland
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67K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
bleak, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, gang, forest, camping, torture, fear, slasher, revenge, chase, weekend, murder, gory ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant ?
438K
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, atmospheric, exciting, enigmatic, emotional ...
Plot:
island, survival, adventure, destiny, danger, leadership, death, lost, human nature, air disaster, mysterious character, survivor ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Is relevant ?
505K
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, road movie, captivating, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot:
self discovery, survival, wilderness, introspection, freedom, journey, isolation, obsessive quest, hitchhiker, adventure, on the road, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s, year 1992, year 1991 ...
Place:
alaska, usa, cross country, california, south africa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
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, dangerous animal, ocean, adventure, isolation, whale, danger, against the odds, lost at sea, death, starvation ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1850s
Place:
new england, south america, ecuador, pacific ocean, massachusetts
Is relevant ?
387K
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
survival, danger, fighting the system, rebellion, youth, society, rebelliousness, mentor, heroes, save the day, future dystopia, training ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Germany
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, rough, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, manhunt, slasher, cannibalism, disfigurement, gory, chase, danger, friendship, isolation, youth, massacre ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa, texas
Is relevant ?
263K
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, suspenseful, intense, harsh, disturbing ...
Plot:
slavery, survival, adventure, manhunt, chase, solar eclipse, tribe, native, sacrifice, prophecy, death, on the run ...
Time:
ancient history, 16th century
Place:
central america
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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, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, chaos, lone wolves, future dystopia, post apocalyptic, danger, christianity, tough heroes, brutality, heroes, book ...
Time:
future, 2040s
Place:
usa, cross country, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, daring rescue, adventure, rescue mission, courage, coast guard, sinking ship, ocean, escapades, natural disaster, boat, danger ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts, england
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, plague, survival, infected, virus, rage, army, chaos and mayhem, epidemic, research, survivor, isolation ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, manchester england, big ben london
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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, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, future dystopia, rebellion, danger, female protagonist, adventure, heroes, revolution, society, social decay, game, escapades ...
Time:
future
Is relevant ?
176K
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, based on true events, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, death, forces of nature, adventure, climbing, against the odds, adventurer, stranded, tragedy, death of protagonist, freeze to death ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place:
mount everest, asia, himalaya, nepal, texas
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135K
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:
captivity, survival, isolation, danger, confined, terrorism, desperation, fear, characters in danger, race against time, buried alive, coffin ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
iraq, middle east
Is relevant ?
330K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, deadly creature, jungle, monster, invisibility, trap, chase, evil alien, alien, alien encounter, tough heroes, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987, twentieth century, future
Place:
latin america, south america, mine, central america
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173K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, scary, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, family in danger, home invasion, future dystopia, society, danger, life is a bitch, self defense, chaos, escapades, violence spree, social decay ...
Time:
future, 21st century, 2020s
Place:
usa
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