| 240-Robert (1979) | 7.2 | |
| The Ludwigs (2016) | 8.0 | |
| While the Fern Flowers (2012) | 6.5 | |
| Umizaru (2005) | 7.6 | |
| Crocodile (2014) | 6.6 |
Search and rescue movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant search and rescue movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with search and rescue, rescue, family relations, friendship, danger, survival, kidnapping, investigation, police and escapades plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as search and rescue: 9-1-1 (2018), The Guard (2008), Undercurrent (2010), While the Fern Flowers (2012), The Father Who Moves Mountains (2021), Rescued by Ruby (2022), Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), The Last Descent (2016), Crocodile (2014), Darkness: Those Who Kill (2019).
Best films
New films
| Sirat (2025) | 7.0 | |
| Hitpig (2024) | 5.2 | |
| Saint-Exupéry (2024) | 5.4 | |
| Kraken (2025) | 5.3 | |
| The Last Frontier (2025) | 6.7 |
List of search and rescue movies
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
search and rescue, medicine, fire brigade, emergency, 911, firefighter, saving a life, misadventure, medical, daring rescue, ambulance, chore ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, los angeles, california
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297
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Guard is a Canadian drama television series portraying the life of the Canadian Coast Guard along the British Columbia Coast. Filming takes place in Squamish, British Columbia with Howe Sound standing in for the fictional Port Hallet and a real ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
coast guard, rescue team, workplace, heroic mission, drowning, danger, workplace romance, search and rescue, friendship, ambulance, rescue, lifeboat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, british columbia, pacific ocean
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A beautiful but disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as a American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14 year old New York boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychosexual thriller
Plot:
female psychopath, coming of age, stockholm syndrome, sex with a minor, kidnapping, obsession, sheriff, teenage boy, search and rescue, fall in love, isolation, bare chested male ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid ...
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
ship, ocean, workplace, power relations, isolation, human nature, confined, search and rescue, sailing, under the surface, boat, sleeping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Idaho, an estranged couple are trapped in a blizzard while on vacation just before Christmas.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
christmas, survival, wilderness, search and rescue, husband wife relationship, danger, hopes, couple relations, escapades, estrangement, forces of nature, against the odds ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
idaho
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Kirill Andreyev lives in Moscow with his sister and works for a tabloid newspaper "Secret Truth". His life changes one day when a colleague gifts him a magic amulet. The amulet transports Kirill to Altai mountains where folklore and magic ...
Style:
enigmatic, exciting, tense, ambiguous ending, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
relocation, amulet, evil force, final battle, paranormal phenomena, brother sister relationship, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, search and rescue, car accident, journalist, showdown ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia, siberia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
search and rescue, father son relationship, missing person, lost, mountain, rescue mission, father, rescue, tragic event, squad, family relations, manhunt ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chasing his dream to join an elite K-9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. Based on a true story.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, sincere
Audience:
family friendly, kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
dog, dog training, animal, human animal relationship, state trooper, search and rescue, dream, puppy, animal human communication, owner dog relationship, police officer, animal training ...
Place:
rhode island
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
invasion, wartime life, military, life is a bitch, young heroes, danger, youth, resistance, hopes, survival, teenager, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 2009 John Jones entered Nutty Putty Cave with his brother Josh. What happened next has been a topic of much discussion and controversy ever since. Over 127 rescuers responded to the call for aid, and each one has their own take on the events. A ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, emotional, tear jerker ...
Plot:
cave, rescue, search and rescue, trapped, faith, faith based, underground, survival, claustrophobia, confined space, entrapment, saving a life ...
Place:
utah
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Divina is preparing for her daughter Rowena’s 13th birthday when she hears shocking news: her daughter has been attacked by a crocodile, her body still missing. As Divina searches for the body of her daughter in the marshlands of Agusan del Sur, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Plot:
search and rescue, crocodile, death of daughter, tragedy, missing person, animal attack, mother and daughter, girl, loss, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, grief ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, profiler, police, mysterious disappearance, investigation, incest, serial murder, unsolved crime, crime investigation, abduction, violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, realistic, fast paced ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fire, disaster, evacuation, natural disaster, search and rescue, forest fire, survival, children, rescue, chaos, heroism, smoking ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fact-based story about a tracker who searches for a little girl who was lost in the desert, but suffers internally because her own children were kidnapped by her ex-husband.
Style:
suspense, emotional, intense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
search and rescue, desert, kidnapping, motherhood, rescue, determination, female protagonist, grief, isolation, hopes, survival, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
147K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Japan, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
heist, mountain climbing, mountain, rocky mountains, wilderness, rock climbing, rescue, redemption, climbing, villain, cave, chase ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 80s
Place:
colorado, antarctic
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, compassionate, emotional ...
Plot:
serial killer, missing person, investigation, disappearance, true crime, prostitute, missing child, depression, murder, mother daughter relationship, search and rescue, psychopath ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
long island, usa
Is relevant?
671
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
19-year-old Egor Chudinov lost his parents: they went on an ethnographic expedition to the Perm region and did not return. Together with his uncle Nikolay, Egor goes in search. Philology students Nadya and Tanya join the heroes on their journey. All ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, mystical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
disappearance, legends and myths, magical creature, supernatural, folklore, folk horror, magic, riddles and clues, magical power, search and rescue, wizards and magicians, secret ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
When archaeologist Shirley Yang learns of her father's disappearance, she returns to China and enlists the help of tomb raiders to track him down.
Style:
tense, captivating, mysterious, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
tomb, grave robber, archaeologist, curse, hidden treasure, escapades, teamwork, search and rescue, treasure, treasure hunt, investigation, archaeology ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
13 years after the King Injo Revolt, the Chosun Dynasty is attacked by the Chung Dynasty of China. A young man named Na-mi leaves his demolished village to find his young sister, Ja-in, and her finance Su-koon, who were to wed on the very day of the ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
archery, master warrior, archer, medieval, bow and arrow, joseon dynasty, death, asian, kidnapping, battles, daring rescue, military ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, year 2011
Place:
korea, ancient china, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story takes us back to 1930 and centres around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an Airmail pilot in Argentina. When his best friend who happens to be Airmail’s best pilot Henri Guillaumet disappears in the Andes, Saint-Ex decides to set out in ...
Style:
philosophical, poetic, melancholic, suspenseful, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
search and rescue, pilot, aviation, flying, man versus nature, biopic, survival, friendship, bravery, determination, heroism, perseverance ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
argentina
Is relevant?
191K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, missing person, father daughter relationship, social media, missing child, mysterious disappearance, internet, search and rescue, disappearance, instagram, presumed dead, missing daughter ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future, year 2015, year 1971 ...
Place:
persia, california, pittsburgh
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.
Style:
action drama, suspense, heroic, period piece, detective ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
rescue, search and rescue, paramedic, sheriff, teamwork, danger, law enforcement, public service, police procedural, bravery, police, rescue team ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
High Mountain Rangers was a weekly television series about a group of highly trained wilderness search and rescue/law enforcement officers in Tahoe, Nevada.
It starred Robert Conrad as Jesse Hawkes and also starred his two sons, Christian Conrad ...
Style:
action drama, heroic, suspense, patriotic, wild
Audience:
kids
Plot:
mountain, search and rescue, wilderness, lake tahoe, teamwork, law enforcement, father son relationship, man versus nature, fighting crime, rescue team, small town, family relations ...
Place:
nevada
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Taiwan, China, UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an animated television series based on the film of the same name. The series was produced by Morgan Creek Productions and Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. It aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1997 on CBS. A third ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, not serious, humorous, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
private investigator, animal, pets, search and rescue, escapades, private detective, abduction, goodhearted, danger, happy ending, male female relationship, loss of pet ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
mental illness, magician, first love, amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, wheelchair bound, search and rescue, lie, brother sister relationship, suicide, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love ...
Place:
tokyo, hokkaido
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, sweet
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
bird, swan, single father, responsibility, saving a life, search and rescue, farm, marriage, single parent, strong female character, ornithologist, kids and family ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The funny adventures of a characters of Russian folk fairy tales in the contemporary world.
Style:
fairy tale, folk tale, captivating, semi serious, light hearted ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
good versus evil, disappearance, obsessive quest, journey, friendship, search and rescue, villain, missing sister, happy ending, folk hero, imaginary, imaginary character ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After the death of his wife, Sarah, John West, packs up his three children and moves from their hectic urban life to his small northern hometown to take command of the local search-and-rescue service. Once there, the family struggles with their new ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
single father, family relations, small town, search and rescue, family life, family problems, bereavement, loss of spouse, family drama, grief, dysfunctional family, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
12 year-old Sebastian has decided not to follow his father and Angelina to Canada, deciding to stay in the alps to watch over Belle who has now become the mother of three beautiful pups. When a stranger arrives claiming to be Belle’s rightful ...
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, escape, mountain, search and rescue, friendship, abduction, winter, friends, villain, boy dog relationship, animal human communication ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
alps
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.
Style:
funny, 3d animation, adult animation, computer animated, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
sea voyage, desert, friendship, snail, search and rescue, best friend, journey, friends, talking animal, abduction, kindness, deception ...
Time:
2020s
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