Ruins movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ruins movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric, tense, bleak and disturbing films and TV shows about / with ruins, survival, friendship, danger, death, isolation, fear, post apocalyptic, violence and desperation plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Japan, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ruins: The Ruins (2008), 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), Fallout (2024), Beauty and the Beast (1978), Frantz (2016), Near Death Experience (2014), The Two Faces of January (2014), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Momo (1986), Thorn Castle (1967).
Best films
List of ruins movies
90K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, creepy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, jungle, gory, ruins, tourist, vacation, danger, self sacrifice, murder, death, ancient mystery, group of friends ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
mexico, oceania, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five backpackers, diving in a ruined underwater city, quickly learn they are not alone in the submerged caves.
Style:
bloody, suspense, suspenseful, teen horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
shark, sea, underwater, animal attack, panic, research, shark attack, great white shark, survival horror, chase, rescue, killer shark ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
mexico
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374K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind ...
Style:
captivating, spaghetti western, dark comedy, psychotronic, biting ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, nuclear, arizona desert, mutation, desert, destruction, capitalism, wasteland, bandit, underground bunker, ruins, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, north america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA, UK
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make ...
Style:
epic, scenic, atmospheric, breathtaking, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
sword fight, fantasy world, friendship, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, wizard, magic, middle earth, lord of the rings, mythology, hobbit, magical ...
Time:
year 2001, future, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
iran, detroit, new zealand
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress ...
Style:
fairy tale, gothic horror, atmospheric, romantic, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
beauty and the beast, monster, curse, loneliness, ruins, father, mansion, sister, daughter, maiden, father daughter relationship, strong female character ...
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, eastern europe, europe, central europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, atmospheric, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
sword fight, magic, wizard, magical, battles, good versus evil, courage, monster, creature, friendship, sword and sorcery, ancient ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
iran, new zealand
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19K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Follows a man wandering in the wilderness.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, atmospheric, offbeat
Plot:
death, monologue, cyclist, shadow, ruins, ant, dead animal, drawing, moon, swimming pool, cafe, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who try to flee a foreign country after one of them is caught up in the murder of a private detective.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, period piece, romantic, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder, on the run, tour guide, ruins, love triangle, american abroad, greed, cons and scams, dishonesty, fugitives, criminal heroes, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 2010s, year 2014, year 1962
Place:
greece, athens greece, somalia, europe, turkey ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog ...
Style:
epic, exciting, fantasy adventure, visually stunning, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot:
fantasy world, sword fight, battles, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, dragon, imaginary kingdom, middle earth, elf, wizard, wizards and magicians, epic battle ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, future
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the ruins of an amphitheatre just outside an unnamed Italian city lives Momo, a little girl of mysterious origin. She is remarkable in the neighbourhood because she has the extraordinary ability to listen — really listen. By simply being with ...
Style:
esoteric, spiritual, surreal, exciting, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
surrealism, child, ruins, time freeze, children, occult, coming of age, distopia, love and romance, goth, pagan, on the run ...
Time:
future
Place:
italy
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Hungary
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A story about two urban boys, who spend a summer at the romantic Kis-Balaton side with an old field keeper, and gradually change their point of view about their civilized life, and fall in love with the nature.
Style:
black and white
Plot:
eagle, school, fishing, teacher, snake, ruins, lake, nature, coming of age, summer vacation, dog, crab ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, Population 2 is about a relationship that ends in tragedy forcing a woman to struggle in the aftermath.
Style:
captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, past life, post apocalypse, climate change, solitude, grief, isolation, ruins, loneliness, loss ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A group of history students are promised a reward if they can find the ancient tools of legendary blacksmith, 'One-Eyed Yardley', who murdered the townspeople of a remote rustic village in the 1800s. Legend says his ghost still stalks ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, atmospheric, creepy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, friends, creature, monster, archeological dig, mercy killing, ancient mystery, trapped, survival horror, body horror, swimming, apocalypse ...
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2K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.
Style:
disturbing, transgressive, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
mental disorder, extreme, distopia, arthouse horror, blaxploitation, supernatural power, hypnosis, excrement, surrealism, demolished city, vestiges of humanity, apocalypse ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Set in post-WWII Leningrad as two female soldiers return from war and attempt to rebuild their lives in the ravaged city.
Style:
heartbreaking, cerebral, erotic, costume drama, rough ...
Plot:
tall woman, hospital, female soldier, female protagonist, world war two, wartime life, devastation, hopes, lgbt, life is a bitch, lesbian, survival ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1945, 2010s, 1940s
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, soviet union, germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Two young girls, Yoko and Airi, travel through the empty world of post-apocalyptic Japan. They photograph the scenery of famous places and camp out in towns overtaken by nature. Together, they ride on a Serow off-road motorbike and experience a new ...
Style:
atmospheric, poignant, contemplative, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
exploration, friendship, slice of life, road trip, post apocalyptic, female friendship, ruins, journey, travel, isolation, travelogue, intimate ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Following the collapse of civilization, one storied hotel stands among the ruins of Tokyo’s Ginza district. Overrun by nature, this lone hotel continues to defy humanity’s collapse. Current guests: zero. Check-ins scheduled today: zero. ...
Style:
atmospheric, existential, melancholic, meditative, surreal ...
Plot:
hotel, post apocalyptic, survival, artificial intelligence, ruins, dystopia, isolation, urban, abandonment, abandoned city, loneliness, macabre ...
Time:
near future
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: War, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
April 1945: In the demolished and bombed-out streets of Berlin the civilian population tries to survive the last days of Nazi rule and to hide from marauding Red Army forces.
Style:
bleak, historical drama, dark, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, tragedy, violence, ruins, survival, fear, hitler, desperation, chaos, bunker, german soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
berlin germany
Is relevant?
528
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Armenia, Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
«Spitak» tells the story of the most devastating and largest (in terms of casualties) Armenian earthquake that happened on December 7, 1988. This day went down in history as the day of a horrible disaster, which claimed the lives of over 25,000 ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, emotional, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
natural disaster, tragedy, hopes, grief, loss, disaster, tragic event, destruction, family tragedy, hell on earth, survival, mourning ...
Place:
armenia, russia, soviet union, moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Trapped inside an old mining complex, somewhere in the ruins of Chernobyl, a group of international mercenaries must band together to fight an army of mad men. 8 against 800, they just couldn't lose.
Style:
thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
virus, threat, problem, ruins, post apocalyptic, siege, survival, underground, isolation, horde, violent, claustrophobia ...
Place:
chernobyl
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a world shaken by an epidemic of madness that spreads through speech, Murat is the only immune person. As he searches for the secret of his mysterious immunity, his “hot skull", he has to leave the safe zone and embark on an adventure ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, exciting, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
epidemic, survival, pandemic, authoritarianism, dystopia, virus, city, life, distopia, madness, society, immunity ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In the medieval land of Driland, hunters explore ruins in search of treasures. Princess Mikoto dreams of one day becoming a hunter despite of her royal responsibility of one day assuming the throne of the country of Elua. Following the words of ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, heroic, lighthearted ...
Plot:
magic, journey, treasure hunt, exploration, quest, adventurer, fight, wizards and magicians, adventure hero, magical, magical power, ruins ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The film adapts and expands the Planetarian visual novel by Key. The story is set in a dystopian future where biological and nuclear warfare has left a once prosperous civilization in complete ruin. The film tells the story of an old man travelling ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, disturbing, futuristic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
slice of life, post apocalyptic, dystopia, dystopian future, children, humanity, vestiges of humanity, ruins, desolation, lonely, post war, bittersweet ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On a storm-ravaged island that has seen its share of tragedy, a person who had been assumed dead reappears and ignites a frenzy of reactions, ranging from ecstatic religious fervor to fear.
Style:
tense, bleak, tension, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
island, ruins, fear, isolation, grief, moral ambiguity, resurrection, secrets, morality, desperation, haunting, civil unrest ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lebanon
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine Deneuve and a friend, actor and artist Rabih Mroue;, on the roads of South Lebanon. Together, they will drive through the regions devastated by the ...
Style:
reflective, art house, independent film, non-linear, semi documentary ...
Plot:
road trip, destruction, ruins, trauma, post war, memory, investigation, experimental narrative, intimate, humanitarian, war trauma, testimony ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
lebanon, middle east, beirut lebanon
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
walking dead, anarchy, supernatural, survival horror, post apocalyptic, dead man, danger, living dead, post apocalypse, evil dead, ruins, zombie ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
TV show
Story:
The mysterious Rodo fell to earth ages ago, stealing away the air, water and life from the planet. It's up to Ran, a daring young man, and Aira, a silver-haired girl with a mysterious connection to the Rodo, to save the planet.
Style:
anime, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
alien invasion, survival, post apocalyptic, contamination, wasteland, dystopia, revenge, hopes, orphan, ruins, friendship, family tragedy ...
Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return ...
Style:
bleak, black comedy, existential, slapstick
Plot:
perestroika, homelessness, poverty, post soviet, survival, social realism, desperation, class struggle, realism, economic crisis, collapse, urban decay ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, ussr
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