| Man in the Wilderness (1971) | 6.8 | |
| Alpha (2018) | 6.6 | |
| Into the Wild (2007) | 8.0 | |
| The Edge (1997) | 7.0 | |
| The Revenant (2015) | 8.0 |
Wilderness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant wilderness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, tense and interesting films and TV shows about / with wilderness, survival, nature, escapades, danger, trapped, outdoor, wilderness survival, blood and mountain plots mostly in Adventure, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as wilderness: Into the Wild (2007), A Lonely Place to Die (2011), The Snow Walker (2003), The Way Back (2010), The Canyon (2009), Wild (2014), Walking Out (2017), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Man in the Wilderness (1971), A Cry in the Wild (1990).
Best films
New films
| Eden (2024) | 6.5 | |
| Earth Abides (2024) | 6.2 | |
| UNTAMED (2025) | 7.1 | |
| Wolf Man (2025) | 5.6 | |
| Tracker (2024) | 7.1 |
692K
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:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, scary, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wilderness, survival, mountaineer, kidnapping, hunt down, extreme sport, forest, hiking, rescue, group of friends, kidnapper, poacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, britain, europe, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, nature, arctic, isolation, rescue, human spirit, stranded, hopes, airplane, winter, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
canada, antarctic, persia
Is relevant?
127K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, Poland, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, road movie, rough ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, prison escape, escape, journey, war, pow, freedom, gulag, world war two, explorer, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 2010s
Place:
himalaya, russia, tibet, mongolia, soviet union ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, sexy, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, desert, grand canyon, tour guide, dangerous animal, danger, honeymoon, animal attack, isolation, newlyweds, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
Is relevant?
146K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, road movie, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, starting over, female protagonist, death of mother, tourism, human spirit, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1995, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, oregon, usa, mojave desert ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A city teen who travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
wilderness, grizzly bear, bear attack, hunting, bear, teenage boy, father son relationship, snow, grownups, parent child relationship, estranged father, winter ...
Place:
montana
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, epic, meditative, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wilderness, survival, native, hunting, mountain man, native american, revenge, mountain, rocky mountains, grizzly bear, indians, trapper ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1972
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the early 1800's, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, bear attack, native american, paranoia, mountain man, revenge, pain, winter, trapper, wolf pack, loner ...
Time:
1820s, 1800s, year 1971, 19th century, 70s
Place:
north dakota, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wilderness, youth, skinny dipping, boy, dangerous animal, danger, self discovery, isolation, wilderness survival, survivor, grizzly bear, nature ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
yukon, canada
Is relevant?
273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Style:
suspenseful, cerebral, visually stunning, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, hunter, little boy, mercenary, greed, manipulation, obsessive quest, danger, bio weapon, beautiful scenery, isolation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tasmania, oceania, australia, paris france, new zealand
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murderous pair, wilderness, honeymoon, psychopath, danger, escapades, vacation gone wrong, murder, island, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. Without warning, they left behind everything: their homes, their clothes, and their money. The only clue where ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot:
urban legend, wilderness, mountain, insanity, survival, danger, obsession, haunted by the past, social relations, escapades, small town, small town life ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 2008, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
new hampshire, new england, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Siberia. Late autumn. In taiga, in the deserted village there lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. A pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighborhood. One of these dogs is Leshia's best friend. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
wilderness, elderly, isolation, orphan, life is a bitch, danger, woods, nature, wilderness survival, survival, post soviet, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
Style:
scenic, visually stunning, romantic, romantic drama, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
survival, wilderness, mountain, snow, interracial romance, black man white woman relationship, love, sole survivor, stranger, plane crash, wilderness survival, peril ...
Time:
year 2017, future, 2010s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, utah, idaho, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, murder, treasure hunt, mountain, rivalry, danger, hostage, manhunt, camping, skinny dipping, river ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, montana
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, backwoods, swamp, lost in the woods, ambush, poacher, murder, american south, dog attack, pursuit, on the run ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1973, 70s
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, usa, vietnam, texas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This film dramatizes the true story of Farley Mowat, when he was sent to the Canadian tundra area to collect evidence of the grievous harm the wolf population was allegedly doing to the caribou herds. In his struggle to survive in that difficult ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, scenic, philosophical, anthropological, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, nature, wolf, mountain, scientist, arctic, camping, snow, voice over narration, skinny dipping, environment, dog ...
Time:
year 1983, 1940s, 80s, 1930s
Place:
alaska, usa, canada
Is relevant?
9K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, perverse, tense ...
Plot:
animal attack, wilderness, nature, stalking, survival horror, survival, dangerous animal, danger, poaching, family life, escapades, creature ...
Time:
jurassic
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Husband and wife, Will and Dawn, are in financial crisis after learning the job Will was counting on to salvage their financial future has disappeared in the midst of a market collapse. They set out to drive home on the winter highway back to their ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, cliffhanger ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, stolen gold, treasure, treasure hunt, buried treasure, bank robber, ex convict, hitchhiking, winter, snow, gold ...
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
940K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
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:
realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
Is relevant?
128K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
wilderness, rape, survival, friendship, canoe, rape and revenge, nature, forest, river, nightmare, camping, revenge ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
georgia, southern usa, usa, appalachia
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33K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.
Style:
touching, uplifting, sexy, scenic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
desert, wilderness, solitude, camel, photographer, human spirit, survival, independent woman, dog, explorer, obsessive quest, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1977, 20th century, 2010s, year 1976, year 1973 ...
Place:
australia, africa, new zealand
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of two very different boys in the Canadian wilderness. They must learn to depend on each other in order to survive.
Style:
intercultural, suspense
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wilderness, survival, bear attack, snow, nature, treasure hunt, winter, friendship, coming of age, man versus nature, orphan, bonding ...
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
84K
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, suspenseful, sexy, serious, clever ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, bear, danger, animal attack, grizzly bear, survivalist, bear attack, hunter, lost in the woods, billionaire, nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
Is relevant?
70K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, 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:
atmospheric, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, jungle, wilderness, nature, alone, wilderness survival, adventurer, survivor, amazon rainforest, rescue, raft, river ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century, 80s, year 1981, year 1980
Place:
bolivia, south america, andes mountains
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
treasure hunt, wilderness, river, friendship, escapades, hippie, camp, homoeroticism, friendship between men, campfire story, camping, grizzly bear ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, washington state, usa, costa rica, mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style:
intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wilderness, river, coming of age, friendship, survival, summer, nature, camping, youth, camp, mountain climbing, chess ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, natural horror, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, woods, nature, camping, bear, lost in the woods, dangerous animal, danger, bear attack, forest, lost ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, ontario canada, canada
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