Rural Survival Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 30 films about survival and set in the countryside, spanning 1968–2022. 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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• 2007

  30 Days of Night

  Barrow · Alaska — 2000s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade
• 1979

  Apocalypse Now

  Vietnam · Cambodia — 1960s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 2006

  Apocalypto

  Central America — Early Modern
  Wilderness · Rural · Urbandir. Mel Gibson
• 2012

  Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Louisiana — Near Future
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin
• 2003

  Cold Mountain

  North Carolina — 1800s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella
• 1972

  Deliverance

  Georgia — 1970s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. John Boorman
• 1971

  Duel

  California — 1970s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
• 2022

  EO

  2020s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski
• 2020

  First Cow

  Oregon — 1800s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt
• 1996

  From Dusk Till Dawn

  Texas · Mexico — 1990s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Robert Rodriguez
• 2008

  Frozen River

  New York State — 2000s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt
• 1993

  Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

  California · Sierra Nevada — 1990s
  Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham
• 2016

  Hunt for the Wilderpeople

  New Zealand — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Taika Waititi
• 2018

  Leave No Trace

  Portland · Washington (state) — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik
• 2016

  Lion

  Kolkata · Hobart · Melbourne · Khandwa — 1980s · 2000s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis
• 1990

  Misery

  Colorado — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Rob Reiner
• 2013

  Mud

  Arkansas — 2010s
  Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols
• 1968

  Night of the Living Dead

  Pennsylvania — 1960s
  Ruraldir. George A. Romero
• 2002

  Signs

  Pennsylvania — 2000s
  Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan
• 2011

  Take Shelter

  Ohio — 2010s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols
• 1999

  The 13th Warrior

  Baghdad · Scandinavia — Medieval
  Wilderness · Rural · Undergrounddir. John McTiernan
• 2015

  The 33

  Chile — 2010s
  Underground · Ruraldir. Patricia Riggen
• 2009

  The Road

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
• 1990

  Tremors

  Nevada — 1990s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Ron Underwood
• 1996

  Twister

  Oklahoma — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Jan de Bont
• 1971

  Wake in Fright

  Australia — 1970s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff
• 2011

  War Horse

  England · France — 1910s
  Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
• 1978

  Watership Down

  England — Timeless
  Rural · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Martin Rosen
• 2017

  Wind River

  Wyoming — 2010s
  Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan
• 2010

  Winter's Bone

  Missouri — 2000s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik