Water shortage movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant water shortage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, captivating and bleak films and TV shows about / with water shortage, survival, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, distopia, water, death, danger and dystopian future plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as water shortage: The Last Survivors (2014), Young Ones (2014), Absurdistan (2008), Memory of Water (2022), Burning Days (2022), Badlands 2005 (1988), 54 Days (2014), Sweetwater (1988), Attack on Titan (2022), Scorched (2008).
Best films
New films
| Western (2017) | 7.0 | |
| Oasis (2017) | 7.9 | |
| The Tunnel (2011) | 5.8 | |
| Sympathy for the Devil (2019) | 7.4 | |
| Bacurau (2019) | 7.3 |
List of water shortage movies
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, revenge, drought, female warrior, water shortage, murder, survival, thirst, strong female character, kickass women, teenage girl ...
Time:
near future
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: South Africa, Ireland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, cult classic, apocalyptic, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
water, drought, post apocalypse, desert, farm, water shortage, post apocalyptic, betrayal, murder, bandit, robot, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, fairy tale
Plot:
water shortage, village, young lovers, battle of the sexes, social relations, couples, ultimatum, love and romance, sex, first time, strike, absurdism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
caucasus, russia, azerbaijan
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Finland, Germany, Estonia, Norway
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Centuries in the future, world's freshwater supplies are running out. Wars are waged over water, and China rules over Europe, including the Scandinavian Union. Far in the north, young woman, Noria, is learning to become a Tea Master, like her ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
dystopia, water shortage, desert, humanity, ecological disaster, environmental, survival, female protagonist, struggle for survival, problem, dystopian future, fire ...
Time:
future
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
With the mayoral election approaching, Emre, the newly-appointed state prosecutor of the small Turkish town of Yaniklar, which is suffering from a water supply crisis, gradually descends into trouble after a young local woman is raped.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
investigation, prosecutor, gay, water shortage, drugged, corruption, politics, cultural difference, violence, gay interest, small town, crime investigation ...
Place:
turkey, asia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
In 1995, a severe drought forced Americans to flee the West for the cities. Water became more precious than gold. Now in 2005, settlers are coming back, meeting new challenges, and age-old adversaries. A U.S. Marshal and his cyborg partner patrol ...
Style:
tv series pilot
Plot:
post apocalypse, trucker, distopia, dystopian future, arizona desert, bare chested male, shootout, dystopia, police protagonist, impersonation, arranged marriage, sexist ...
Time:
future, year 2005
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
5 people trapped in a bunker after a nuclear and biological attack are forced to make an impossible decision - either one dies or they all die.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, grim, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post nuclear, claustrophobia, food shortage, nuclear fallout, confined space, human nature, water shortage, moral dilemma, fear, panic, contamination ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Allan and Lisa flee the war-torn city of Sweetwater with their young son for the safety of the municipal dump in this sleepy war drama. They join other displaced survivors who were driven from their homes. After Lisa gives birth to another child and ...
Style:
bleak, grim, apocalyptic
Plot:
post apocalypse, pregnancy, survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, water shortage, wasteland, family drama, desperation, garbage dump, resilience, urban decay ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
As viable water is depleted on Earth, a mission is sent to Saturn's moon Titan to retrieve sustainable H2O reserves from its alien inhabitants. But just as the humans acquire the precious resource, they are attacked by Titan rebels, who ...
Style:
tense, futuristic, captivating, intense, action packed ...
Plot:
spacecraft, space exploration, space battle, space opera, future war, space mission, water shortage, battles, mission, alien encounter, space and aliens, fight ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a climate change ravaged world in 2012, after 240 days without rain Sydney has only two weeks of water left. When the city is then ringed by severe bushfires, the question becomes, how do you fight fire when you have no water?
Style:
serious, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, journalism, fire, medical examination, forces of nature, danger, investigation, politics, global warming, life is a bitch, dystopian future, media ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It's the year 3000 and a nuclear war has turned the earth into a desert wasteland. A group of survivors living in a cave run out of water and desperately need to locate a new supply. The last guy they sent out to find water never returned, and ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, wasteland, desert, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, exploitation, nuclear, distopia, young love, nuclear disaster, profanity ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A young man comes up with a dream plan to help society, but things take a turn when he meets a man who promises to finance his project.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ambition, friendship, friends, husband and wife, city, wife, friend, water shortage, girlfriend, ambitious, ambitious man, social issues ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Teenagers, the internationally-recognized characters of the series, will be the heroes of adventures in which they will play an active role. They will be a force for change, faced with situations and problems they need to resolve. The series will be ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, light, informative ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
environmentalism, contamination, global warming, wisdom of life, wise man, save the planet, imaginary, environmental health, society, escapades, environment, climate change ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
A drought has brought the town of South Park to the brink of disaster.
Style:
adult animation, dark comedy, absurd, black comedy, controversial ...
Plot:
drought, irreverent, irreverence, satire, water shortage, media industry, consumerism, corporate greed, political satire, gross out humor, small town, social commentary ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
TV show
Story:
2017: The greenhouse effect and global warming take their toll as droughts, floods, and hurricanes wreak mass destruction in a world gone mad, one family struggles to survive against all odds...
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, realistic, grim ...
Plot:
survival, global warming, post apocalyptic, natural disaster, climate change, ecological disaster, cautionary tale, dystopia, environmentalism, heat wave, warning, family bonds ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, future
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind has occurred. As a result of the catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain ...
Style:
apocalyptic, tense, emotional, grim
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, post apocalypse, refugee, post apocalyptic, natural disaster, social commentary, global warming, climate change, survival, kaiju, diaspora, overpopulation ...
Time:
near future
Place:
asia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A group of young models on their way to a photo shoot are inadvertently stranded on a deserted, uncharted island. Though they've landed on a paradise beach, personalities clash and chaos soon reigns as they try to find a way to survive.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
survival, stranded, desert island, save the day, model, group of friends, ego clash, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fashion photographer, conflict, isolation, character study ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road Warrior" like crew captures her and tries to make ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, rape, wasteland, post-apocalyptic future, exploitation, heroes, desert, post nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, water shortage, attempted rape ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
2013; A mysterious epidemic spreads across the planet. Humanity develops an irrational fear of open spaces that causes instant death. Soon, the world population is trapped inside buildings. As Barcelona descends into chaos, Marc sets off on a quest ...
Style:
serious, rough, apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
epidemic, apocalypse, sewer, panic, subway, post apocalypse, agoraphobia, chaos and mayhem, pregnancy, plague, danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
Is relevant?
404
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Prisoners are dumped on a sand planet dubbed Earth 21-523 where most are immediately killed by the sand people and the remainder struggle for existence. That is until a new prisoner arrives with ideas of providing irrigation of the desert. But he ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, prison, prisoner, planet, prison escape, interracial, interracial couple, space opera, dystopia, distopia, farm, convict ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the ...
Style:
spooky, dark, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, creature, missing person, journalism, tunnel, urban legend, underground, food, survival, investigation, uncover truth, hidden truth ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia, new zealand
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.
Style:
atmospheric, thought provoking, visually appealing, stylized, surreal ...
Plot:
survival, old west, road trip, brutality, family relations, modern western, character study, modern west, danger, escapades, settler, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2010, 1840s
Place:
oregon, usa, salt lake city utah, texas
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
dystopia, conspiracy, food, cannibalism, death, murder, overpopulation, distopia, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, consciousness ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 2020s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style:
cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, captivating, philosophical ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
desert, space opera, alien planet, politics, prophecy, messiah, premonition, outer space, survival, mind control, epic battle, desert planet ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2020s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, apocalyptic, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, orphan, apocalypse, teenage girl, drought, dystopian future, teenager, escapades, danger, rescue, life is a bitch, chaos ...
Time:
future, 20th century
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Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates wonderfully to film.
Plot:
flood, human sacrifice, youkai, androgyny, japanese mythology, folk horror, voice over narration, doll, death, rain, drought, bell ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: War
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In an urban war zone where everything that moves is a target, Paul tries to live, love and inform.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
war correspondent, death, photograph, blood, journalist, un, peace, voice over narration, nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, bare butt ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
sarajevo
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
African Ibrahim Maiga is a renowned R&B artist, who lives in Europe. One day he receives a letter from his father, the chief of Ibrahim's tribe that he must marry Nene. She has been married off to him since their childhood. Ibrahim dislikes ...
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, romantic drama, lighthearted, sentimental ...
Plot:
wedding, arranged marriage, fake marriage, fish out of water, love triangle, alibi, attraction, culture clash, travel, celebrity, friendship, european ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A group of wealthy but secretly very troubled people travel to an island resort. After experiencing a brush with death, they find themselves wondering about their existences.
Style:
spooky, psychotronic
Plot:
resort, luxury hotel, murder, lie, telephone call, dancing, death, priest, radio, escape, island, businessman ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Adapted from Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi's well-known novel of the same name, this classic film by Egyptian master Youssef Chahine was eight years in the making. Chronicling a small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of ...
Plot:
scenery, sociology, landscape, arab, beautiful scenery, social conflict, class struggle, working class, corrupt mayor, male female relationship, social differences, petition ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
middle east, egypt, cairo egypt
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