Remote movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant remote movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating, dark, suspense and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with survival, isolation, claustrophobia, slow burn, struggle for survival, minimalism, paranoia, survival horror, wilderness and cat and mouse plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as remote: Tarnation (2017), Killer Whale (2026), Nomadic Childhoods (2014), Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988), The Plains of Heaven (1982), Naked and Afraid: Castaways (2023), Pacific Fear (2024), Lowlifes (2024), Forbidden Siren (2006), Frost (2012).
Best films
New films
| Ella McCay (2025) | 5.1 | |
| UNTAMED (2025) | 7.1 | |
| Ekaki (2025) | 8.3 | |
| The Assassin (2025) | 6.3 | |
| Gajaana (2025) | 3.7 |
List of remote movies
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When wannabe-singer Oscar is fired from her band and her boyfriend walks out, she heads to a remote cabin in the woods outside a ghost town called Tarnation to reflect on her life choices. But the woods are home to a demon unicorn, whose satanic ...
Style:
satanic, bleak, rough, scary, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
demonic possession, ritual, possession, supernatural, danger, female protagonist, creature feature, ritual sacrifice, survival, claustrophobia, paranoid, struggle for survival ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follows best friends Maddie and Trish as they find themselves trapped in a remote lagoon with the dangerous killer whale named Ceto.
Style:
suspense thriller, tense, intense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
killer whale, isolation, man versus nature, animal attack, survival, claustrophobia, escape, female friendship, cat and mouse, panic, visceral, minimalism ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Russia, Mongolia, India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
3 stories, 3 countries. Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia. Nomad children fill a hostile world with their wishes and their dreams. At major cross-roads in their lives, they are confronted by love, danger and death.
Style:
sincere, serious, atmospheric, realistic, meditative ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, danger, love and romance, society, wilderness, tradition versus modernity, children, culture, real life, tradition, resilience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tibet, mongolia, siberia, russia, asia
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a deadly battle for survival, four women are hunted by a ruthless group of killers they accidentally stumble upon while camping.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, dark, psychological terror
Plot:
survival, wilderness, mountain, manhunt, violence, cat and mouse, isolation, backpacking, camping, racism, revenge, thrill ride ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two scientists at a remote satellite station begin to have hallucinations because of the facility's isolation. Or are they hallucinations... ?
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, surreal, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
loneliness, violence, paranoia, hallucination, madness, isolation, desolation, ambiguity, australian outback, claustrophobia, slow burn, moral ambiguity ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Nine challengers are abandoned at a remote tropical island, with no maps or tools, miles away from civilization. In teams of three, they must swim to different ecosystems on the same island – sun-scorched beach, twisted mangrove swamp and dense ...
Style:
tropical, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stranded, island, teamwork, wilderness, remote island, struggle for survival, adventure hero, stranded on an island, jungle adventure, pacific island, jungle, competition ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A surf vacation turns into a nightmare when a group of surfers go looking for waves on a mysterious island that isn't on any map.
Style:
suspenseful
Plot:
survival horror, survival, beach, claustrophobia, visceral, local legend, slow burn, rescue, surfing, attempted rape, left for dead, nuclear testing ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The survival instincts of a road-tripping family are put to the test when they have no other choice but to stay the night at a remote homestead.
Style:
slasher horror, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
cannibalism, survival horror, lesbian interest, trailer home, road trip, struggle for survival, problem, threat, survival, isolation, fear, danger ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren ...
Style:
suspense, mysterious, atmospheric, creepy, tension ...
Plot:
supernatural, island, isolation, children, daughter, writers, paranoia, warning, haunting, survival, small town, folklore ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
478
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Finland
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A young couple, physiologist Agla and filmmaker Gunnar, wake up at a glacier drilling camp only to find the camp mysteriously abandoned and their co-workers gone. When searching for the lost team they realize they’re up against an unknown deadly ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
found footage, isolation, snow, winter, wilderness, danger, survival, macabre, cold weather, husband wife relationship, life philosophy, obstacle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A group of carpet fitters are sent on a job to an old Country house in the middle of nowhere. However they soon discover it's a trap set up by the savage, cannibalistic family, The Hannings. The carpet fitters are forced to fight for their ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, intense, scary, dark comedy, brutal ...
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, survival, body horror, fight, rescue, renovation, mansion, battles, monster, fight scenes, isolation ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Campers find themselves in a fight for survival against a clan of cannibals in the Appalachian woods.
Style:
slasher horror, slasher, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
cannibal, backwoods, serial killer, struggle for survival, woods, survival, survival horror, camping, remote location, hiking, group of friends, tourist ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Mehmet is a man living with his family in a mountain village in the Black Sea region. He earns his living by breeding a few animals, while passionately looking for a mineral reserve on the mountains, but his pursuit is seen useless by his family. ...
Style:
pastoral, melancholic, emotional, poignant, slow cinema ...
Plot:
mountain village, poverty, struggle, family relations, isolation, intimate, bullfighting, survival, obsession, minimalism, competition, mountain ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, maghreb, black sea
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Carla and Dean decide to escape the hustle of the big city, purchasing a home in a remote forest. They have big plans for their new quiet life, only to find something much more sinister; they are on the land of a cult, and the leader claims a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological horror, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
occult, bigfoot, forest, supernatural, woods, superstition, supernatural horror, religious cult, problem, monster, survival horror, human versus monster ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Croatia, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition. Dina's grandfather has promised her to David, who is returning from the war. But with him comes a comrade-in-arms, the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, tradition, mountain village, arranged marriage, culture clash, relationships, in love, love affair, family tradition, love story, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
caucasus
Is relevant?
337
Genre: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A seriously wounded gangster with a bag full of money stops at a deserted gas station.
Style:
tense, suspense, bleak, dark, noir ...
Plot:
gas station, isolation, winter, snow, desperation, showdown, loneliness, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, paranoia, anti hero, violence ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Romania
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The next season of Buzz House is the most ambitious yet. Selly has prepared many surprises for the participants: secret competitors, an isolated villa in the forest that can only be reached by boat and a costumed employee, set to scare them, to have ...
Style:
slasher, tension, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
isolation, fear, survival, forest, masked killer, axe murder, psychopath, panic, cat and mouse, surprise twist, nightmare, stalking ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Three friends reconnect in a secluded mountain town after a long quarantine. While out for a hike, the trio stumble upon something dark and terrible in the deep woods.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, mystical, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
distopia, town, reunited friends, problem, mysticism, secret, woods, isolation, claustrophobia, haunting, paranoia, slow burn ...
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Genre: History, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Mysterious frozen lakes filled with bones, mummified bodies hanging from inside a glacier, and a 30,000-year-old virus frozen in ice brought back to life in a laboratory. In an all new Science Channel series, SECRETS IN THE ICE, experts and ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, captivating, serious, educational ...
Plot:
expert, archaeology, glacier, science, technology, ice, mummy, exploration, virus, investigation, secrets, ancient ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
siberia, greenland
Is relevant?
654
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
A team of scientists face a test of faith and survival when they discover a mysterious rope in the middle of a forest, in this riveting French mini-series.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
forest, investigation, isolation, undercover, search party, secret, puzzle, uncover truth, escapades, supernatural, macabre, survival ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Two Thousand Acres of Sky was a TV drama which aired on BBC Television from 2001 to 2003. It is also syndicated in the United States on PBS. It was created and written by Timothy Prager. The Executive Producer was Adrian Bate.
The show takes place ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
village life, lifestyle change, changing lives, island, motherhood, family drama, social problems, family relations, family problems, parents and children, single parent, kids and family ...
Place:
scotland
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two scientists investigate the root of environmental changes and strange animal behavior at a remote site where a cult committed atrocities. The isolated location, the unraveling of their relationship, and the biome itself begin to lead them down a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating, tense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
cosmic horror, scientist, animal, paranormal investigator, relationships, male female relationship, paranormal phenomena, macabre, isolation, folk horror, slow burn, desolation ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After suffering a terrible injury while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Irving must find a way to escape the woods alive and confront her inner demons with the help of a stranger.
Style:
tense, emotional, suspenseful, contemplative, surreal
Plot:
isolation, wilderness, survival, hiking, man versus nature, stranded, loneliness, character study, danger, self discovery, female protagonist, empathy ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Quique, Clara and little Lucas are vacationing in northern India. One night, sleeping outside during a storm, they are brutally attacked. Hours later, Quique is rescued by a native and taken to a remote isolated village in the mountains.
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, survival horror, problem, assault, isolation, mountain village, trauma, wilderness, violence, claustrophobia ...
Place:
himalaya
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
remote island, relationships, couples, isolation, secret, relationship problems, island, job, male female relationship, problem, loneliness, secrets ...
Is relevant?
344
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Cambodia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An innocent man sentenced to rot in a Cambodian jail is released for the sadistic pleasure of twisted trophy hunters and forced to fight - or die.
Style:
suspense, tension, action thriller, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, prison, manhunt, struggle for survival, hunting, fight, violence, undercover agent, life & death, mission of murder, most dangerous game, cruelty ...
Place:
cambodia
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mateo undertakes the ascent of Annapurna, the most dangerous mountain on the planet, in order to fulfill an old promise.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
rock climbing, mountain, climbing, mountaineer, dream, ambition, survival, perseverance, mountaineering, mountain climbing, man versus nature, help ...
Place:
himalaya
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Four students set out for the barren Nevada desert on a class photography assignment. They are soon confronted by a machete-wielding maniac known as Quiltface.
Style:
slasher, tension, independent film, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
masked killer, desert, isolation, machete, chase, survival, graphic violence, cat and mouse, psychopath, student, abandoned, road trip ...
Place:
nevada
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Members of an elite security team deployed to rescue a VIP on an exclusive island.The rescue mission becomes a desperate attempt to survive, escape the island and elude the sinister presence that seeks to harm them.
Style:
suspense, tense, bleak, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
rescue mission, survival, escape, island, mercenary, mission, struggle for survival, isolation, military, cat and mouse, chase, manhunt ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Pietramezzana, a remote village in the Lucan Dolomites, is likely to disappear. Its inhabitants, led by the volcanic Dominic do not give up and, believing that the opening of a factory may be the solution to all their troubles, they want to make ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
community, small town, village life, escapades, society, disorder, heroes, friendship, friends, rich and poor, happy ending, dishonesty ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
southern italy
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