Desert Survival Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 12 films about survival and set in the desert, spanning 1953–2015. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2010
127 Hours
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle - 1971
Duel
Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Desert · Ruraldir. Robert Rodriguez - 1981
Mad Max 2
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt - 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Desert · Wildernessdir. Phillip Noyce - 1988
The Land Before Time
Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth - 1953
The Wages of Fear
Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1990
Tremors
Desert · Ruraldir. Ron Underwood - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 1971
Walkabout
Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg
Frequently asked
How many movies are about survival and set in the desert?
Kinora's catalogue lists 12 films about survival and set in the desert, spanning 1953–2015.
What are some movies about survival and set in the desert?
Films about survival and set in the desert in our catalogue include 127 Hours (2010), Duel (1971), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Mad Max 2 (1981), and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
What is the oldest movie about survival and set in the desert?
The Wages of Fear (1953) is the earliest film about survival and set in the desert in our catalogue; the most recent is Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).