Sandstorm movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sandstorm movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic and tense films and TV shows about / with sandstorm, desert, vengeance, danger, survival, murder, escapades, violence, blood and chase plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sandstorm: Gold (2022), The Bad Batch (2016), Stranded (2010), Dune: Part Two (2024), Strangerland (2015), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Trapped (2025), Gunfight at Yuma (2012), Infiltration (2022), Oppenheimer (2023).
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14K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty, with one man leaving to ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
desert, survival, drifter, greed, sandstorm, betrayal, golddigger, struggle for survival, risk, dystopian future, eaten alive, paranoia ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In a desert wasteland in Texas, a muscled cannibal breaks one important rule: don’t play with your food.
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
exile, cult leader, amputation, cannibalism, desert, cannibal, dystopia, hallucinogenic drug, isolated community, amputee, dismemberment, distopia ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
austin texas
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly located, but there are no survivors, just a suitcase stamped “Top Secret”. Stormed by enemy ...
Style:
serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genie, fear, soldier, survival, village, supernatural, danger, isolation, confined, deadly creature, supernatural ability, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1960
Place:
algeria, sahara, morocco, africa, north africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Jordan
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul ...
Style:
epic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, desert, desert planet, dune, fictional war, creature, sandstorm, monster, alien, star wars, messiah, exploration ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
australian outback, missing child, husband wife relationship, mother daughter conflict, dehydration, restraining order, outback, desert, troubled marriage, nude girl, social relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
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692K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains – including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock ...
Style:
exciting, saga, action packed, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
superhero, spider man, superhuman powers, heroes, double life, villain, vigilante, amnesia, fantasy world, revenge, disguise, multiverse ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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297
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In 1995, the year before the comprehensive gun ban policy was implemented, the tranquility of Mangya Town was shattered. A notorious bandit leader, who had hidden a massive treasure, broke out of prison. Forty-three ruthless outlaws gathered from ...
Style:
suspense, intense, tension, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
survival, violence, power struggle, outlaw, siege, sandstorm, bandit, showdown, desperation, gunfight, hostage, small town ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Seven Years after his wife's murder and the events that changed his life, Caleb Williams has become a gunfighter known as The Tailor.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Plot:
desert, small town, couple relations, clergy, old west, social relations, small town life, prison, shootout, revenge, gunslinger, showdown ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
yuma arizona, arizona
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ivan sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to save his ex-commander Grey after his capture by ISIS. With the help of U.S. military patrols, he succeeds in freeing Grey and attempts to escape the country while being hunted by terrorists.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, bleak, serious, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military, russian abroad, hostage rescue, dangerous mission, isis, rescue mission, wartime, correspondents, war correspondent, ex military, ex soldier, wartime life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
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1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style:
period piece, epic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear, scientist, world war two, atomic bomb, american politics, physics, laboratory, arizona desert, top secret, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, desert ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 1950s, year 1954, year 1943 ...
Place:
new mexico, england, zurich switzerland, north america, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Style:
costume drama, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, colonialism, imperialism, interrogation, prisoners of war, forbidden love, torture, danger, social decay, life is a bitch, isolation, self sacrifice ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
mongolia, italy, austria, east asia
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11K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
Style:
humorous, inspirational, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
mars, nasa, chimpanzee, stupidity, farce, astronaut, clumsiness, fish out of water, space shuttle, adaptation, heroic mission, danger ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Pakistan, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have ...
Style:
demonic, scary, suspenseful, creepy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, demonic possession, good versus evil, devil, demon, exorcist, priest, church, massacre, black magic, gory, archeological dig ...
Time:
1940s, year 1949, 20th century, year 2004
Place:
kenya, africa, cairo egypt, east africa, iraq ...
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192K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune – the only place where the time-travel substance 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some ...
Style:
atmospheric, futuristic, visually stunning, cerebral, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
desert, space travel, prophecy, messiah, dystopia, space opera, outer space, future war, desert planet, dune, chosen one, nobility ...
Time:
future, distant future, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
south pole, space western
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and ...
Style:
talky, humorous, retro, funny, anime ...
Plot:
prostitute, desert, left to die, loner, survival, death of protagonist, rags to riches, oasis, water, great ending, rattlesnake, homeless ...
Time:
1900s, year 1970, 19th century, 70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, america, nevada, san francisco, new orleans ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A family is forced off their farm due to drought, and move to Sydney.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, emotional, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
drought, family drama, family bonds, village life, survival, poverty, parent child relationship, adaptation, resilience, working class, social commentary, social realism ...
Place:
sydney australia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
aborigine, desert, camel, countdown, maze, rescue attempt, colonization, british empire, australian history, journalist, journey, sandstorm ...
Time:
19th century, year 1985, victorian era, 1860s, 1850s
Place:
australia, melbourne, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rancher, fugitive, revenge, dog, romantic rivalry, civil war veteran, sandstorm, cowboy, lonely, summer, wanted, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, latin america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Thieving Spring Breakers steal an ancient relic that unleashes a disastrous curse upon Las Vegas. Stars: Frankie Muniz, Maggie Castle, and Barry Bostwick
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
ancient mystery, curses spells and rituals, danger, friendship, save the day, chaos and mayhem, supernatural, doom, monster, creature feature, apocalypse, college ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas
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20K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Stranded amid Riyadh's desert dunes, Sarah, a local Saudi girl, escapes heartaches and the vengeance of a vigorous camel after discreetly sneaking out of her parent's home for a romantic date that landed her astray.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
desert, camel, girl, dune, secret, problem, revenge, isolation, escape, stranded, vengeance, loneliness ...
Place:
saudi arabia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.
Style:
dark, spaghetti western, tense, grim, action packed ...
Plot:
revenge, rape, violent, brothers, lawlessness, vigilante, moral ambiguity, gunslinger, anti hero, honor, small town, survival ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, classic horror, psychotronic ...
Plot:
mummy, ancient egypt, sarcophagus, supernatural, monster, fortune teller, murder, insanity, treasure hunt, occult, death in childbirth, egyptology ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, london, egypt, africa, middle east ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
desert, doctor, dog, hospital, drunkard, animal attack, fear, village, race against time, illness, rage, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The theatrical movie spin-off of the ABC’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries will follow Essie Davis’ private detective as she embarks on a global adventure to find missing treasure, solve murders and break aviation records...
After freeing a ...
Style:
captivating, detective, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
female detective, treasure hunt, riddles and clues, private detective, artifact, murder mystery, talented, mind game, tomb, young girl, twists and turns, escapades ...
Time:
1920s, year 1929, year 1918
Place:
london, scotland yard, jerusalem, australia, palestine ...
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Style:
slapstick comedy, funny, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
wagon train, cowboy, indian war, miner, fort, cavalry, addiction, wild west, screwball, injustice, republican, tough heroes ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, India, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In feudal India, a warrior (Khan) who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the run, desert, leadership, lone wolves, redemption, rivalry, danger, vengeance, change of heart, outlaw, manhunt, warrior ...
Place:
asia, himalaya, india
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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An entomologist suffers extreme psychological and sexual torture after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village.
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, avant garde, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
existentialism, trapped, love affair, metaphor, escape attempt, surrealism, isolation, sun, insect, held captive, desert, male nudity ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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218K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style:
futuristic, visually stunning, entertaining, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, archaeology, space opera, alien, slavery, pyramid, creature, stargate, archaeologist, teleportation, alien planet, ancient egypt ...
Time:
future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa ...
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