Rural Survival Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 18 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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• 1979

  Apocalypse Now

  Vietnam · Cambodia — 1960s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 2012

  Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Near Future
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin
• 1972

  Deliverance

  Georgia — 1970s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. John Boorman
• 2022

  EO

  2020s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski
• 2020

  First Cow

  Oregon — 1800s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt
• 2008

  Frozen River

  New York State — 2000s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt
• 2007

  Into the Wild

  Alaska — 1990s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Sean Penn
• 2018

  Leave No Trace

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

  Lion

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

  2010s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols
• 2009

  The Road

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
• 1996

  Twister

  Oklahoma — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Jan de Bont
• 1971

  Wake in Fright

  Australia — 1970s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff
• 2017

  Wind River

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

  Winter's Bone

  Missouri — 2000s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik