Movies About Survival
Kinora's catalogue lists 75 films about survival, spanning 1936–2022. 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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- 2013
12 Years a Slave
Ruraldir. Steve McQueen - 2010
127 Hours
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle - 2019
1917
Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes - 2002
28 Days Later
Urban · Ruraldir. Danny Boyle - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 2018
A Quiet Place
Rural · Wildernessdir. John Krasinski - 1979
Alien
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott - 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ruraldir. Edward Berger - 1995
Apollo 13
Off Worlddir. Ron Howard - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 1948
Bicycle Thieves
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica - 2018
Capernaum
Urbandir. Nadine Labaki - 2006
Children of Men
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 2002
City of God
Urbandir. Fernando Meirelles - 2004
Collateral
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 1985
Come and See
Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov - 1981
Das Boot
Off Worlddir. Wolfgang Petersen - 1972
Deliverance
Wilderness · Ruraldir. John Boorman - 2017
Dunkirk
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2022
EO
Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski - 2020
First Cow
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 1988
Grave of the Fireflies
Urbandir. Isao Takahata - 2013
Gravity
Off Worlddir. Alfonso Cuarón - 2020
Greyhound
Coastal Seadir. Aaron Schneider - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 2019
Hotel Mumbai
Urbandir. Anthony Maras - 2005
Hustle & Flow
Urbandir. Craig Brewer - 2014
Interstellar
Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan - 2007
Into the Wild
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Sean Penn - 1975
Jaws
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 1993
Jurassic Park
Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 2001
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ruraldir. Ashutosh Gowariker - 2012
Life of Pi
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee - 2016
Lion
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis - 1981
Mad Max 2
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir - 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt - 1936
Modern Times
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin - 1968
Night of the Living Dead
Ruraldir. George A. Romero - 1955
Pather Panchali
Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray - 1980
Pixote
Urbandir. Héctor Babenco - 1986
Platoon
Wildernessdir. Oliver Stone - 1985
Runaway Train
Wildernessdir. Andrei Konchalovsky - 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1954
Seven Samurai
Rural · Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa - 2004
Shaun of the Dead
Urbandir. Edgar Wright - 2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 2013
Snowpiercer
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Bong Joon Ho - 2015
Son of Saul
Undergrounddir. László Nemes - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 2007
Sunshine
Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 2017
The Florida Project
Suburbandir. Sean Baker - 1977
The Gauntlet
Urban · Desertdir. Clint Eastwood - 1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Desert · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Ruraldir. John Ford - 2006
The Host
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 2015
The Martian
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott - 2000
The Perfect Storm
Coastal Seadir. Wolfgang Petersen - 2002
The Pianist
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 2009
The Road
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat - 1982
The Thing
Wildernessdir. John Carpenter - 1953
The Wages of Fear
Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 2016
Train to Busan
Urbandir. Yeon Sang-ho - 2022
Triangle of Sadness
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund - 1993
True Romance
Urbandir. Tony Scott - 2005
Tsotsi
Urbandir. Gavin Hood - 1971
Walkabout
Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg - 2005
War of the Worlds
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2017
Wind River
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik
Frequently asked
How many movies are about survival?
Kinora's catalogue lists 75 films about survival, spanning 1936–2022.
What are some movies about survival?
Films about survival in our catalogue include 12 Years a Slave (2013), 127 Hours (2010), 1917 (2019), 28 Days Later (2002), and A Prophet (2009).
What is the oldest movie about survival?
Modern Times (1936) is the earliest film about survival in our catalogue; the most recent is Triangle of Sadness (2022).