Survival Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 112 films about survival against the odds, spanning 1953–2024. 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.
- 2007
[REC]
Urbandir. Jaume Balagueró - 2010
127 Hours
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle - 2019
1917
Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes - 2007
30 Days of Night
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade - 1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 1979
Alien
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott - 1986
Aliens
Off Worlddir. James Cameron - 1993
Alive
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Frank Marshall - 2013
All Is Lost
Coastal Seadir. J.C. Chandor - 2018
Annihilation
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 2006
Apocalypto
Wilderness · Rural · Urbandir. Mel Gibson - 1995
Apollo 13
Off Worlddir. Ron Howard - 2000
Battle Royale
Island · Wildernessdir. Kinji Fukasaku - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 2000
Cast Away
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2009
Castaway on the Moon
Island · Urbandir. Lee Hae-jun - 2006
Children of Men
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1993
Cliffhanger
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Renny Harlin - 2008
Cloverfield
Urban · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 2003
Cold Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella - 1998
Cube
dir. Vincenzo Natali - 1981
Das Boot
Off Worlddir. Wolfgang Petersen - 2004
Dawn of the Dead
Suburban · Urbandir. Zack Snyder - 2016
Deepwater Horizon
Coastal Seadir. Peter Berg - 1972
Deliverance
Wilderness · Ruraldir. John Boorman - 1988
Die Hard
Urbandir. John McTiernan - 1971
Duel
Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2017
Dunkirk
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2022
EO
Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski - 2015
Everest
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Baltasar Kormákur - 2020
First Cow
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 1982
Fitzcarraldo
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 2024
Flow
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Gints Zilbalodis - 1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Desert · Ruraldir. Robert Rodriguez - 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 - 2005
Grizzly Man
Wildernessdir. Werner Herzog - 1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham - 2019
Hotel Mumbai
Urbandir. Anthony Maras - 2004
Hotel Rwanda
Urbandir. Terry George - 2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Taika Waititi - 2014
Interstellar
Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan - 1975
Jaws
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 1972
Jeremiah Johnson
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack - 1993
Jurassic Park
Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 2018
Leave No Trace
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik - 2012
Life of Pi
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee - 2016
Lion
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis - 1990
Lord of the Flies
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Harry Hook - 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 - 1990
Misery
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Island · Wildernessdir. Wes Anderson - 2013
Mud
Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols - 1968
Night of the Living Dead
Ruraldir. George A. Romero - 1973
Papillon
Island · Wildernessdir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 1987
Predator
Wildernessdir. John McTiernan - 2022
Prey
Wildernessdir. Dan Trachtenberg - 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Desert · Wildernessdir. Phillip Noyce - 1985
Runaway Train
Wildernessdir. Andrei Konchalovsky - 2004
Shaun of the Dead
Urbandir. Edgar Wright - 2002
Signs
Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2023
Society of the Snow
Mountain · Wildernessdir. J. A. Bayona - 2015
Son of Saul
Undergrounddir. László Nemes - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 2007
Sunshine
Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle - 2016
Swiss Army Man
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Daniel Kwan - 2011
Take Shelter
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols - 1999
The 13th Warrior
Wilderness · Rural · Undergrounddir. John McTiernan - 2015
The 33
Underground · Ruraldir. Patricia Riggen - 1999
The Blair Witch Project
Wildernessdir. Daniel Myrick - 2004
The Day After Tomorrow
Urban · Wildernessdir. Roland Emmerich - 2005
The Descent
Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall - 1997
The Edge
Wildernessdir. Lee Tamahori - 2012
The Grey
Wildernessdir. Joe Carnahan - 2006
The Host
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 2012
The Impossible
Coastal Seadir. J. A. Bayona - 1988
The Land Before Time
Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth - 2015
The Martian
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott - 2000
The Perfect Storm
Coastal Seadir. Wolfgang Petersen - 2002
The Pianist
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 2012
The Raid
Urbandir. Gareth Evans - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 2009
The Road
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat - 1982
The Thing
Wildernessdir. John Carpenter - 1974
The Towering Inferno
Urbandir. John Guillermin - 1953
The Wages of Fear
Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1979
The Warriors
Urban · Undergrounddir. Walter Hill - 2015
The Wave
Mountain · Coastal Seadir. Roar Uthaug - 2024
The Wild Robot
Island · Wildernessdir. Chris Sanders - 2022
Thirteen Lives
Underground · Mountaindir. Ron Howard - 1997
Titanic
Coastal Seadir. James Cameron - 2016
Train to Busan
Urbandir. Yeon Sang-ho - 1990
Tremors
Desert · Ruraldir. Ron Underwood - 2022
Triangle of Sadness
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund - 1996
Twister
Ruraldir. Jan de Bont - 2018
Utøya: July 22
Island · Wildernessdir. Erik Poppe - 2000
Vertical Limit
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Martin Campbell - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 1971
Walkabout
Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg - 2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 2011
War Horse
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2005
War of the Worlds
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1978
Watership Down
Rural · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Martin Rosen - 2017
Wind River
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik - 2013
World War Z
Urbandir. Marc Forster
Frequently asked
How many movies are about survival against the odds?
Kinora's catalogue lists 112 films about survival against the odds, spanning 1953–2024.
What are some movies about survival against the odds?
Films about survival against the odds in our catalogue include [REC] (2007), 127 Hours (2010), 1917 (2019), 30 Days of Night (2007), and Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972).
What is the oldest movie about survival against the odds?
The Wages of Fear (1953) is the earliest film about survival against the odds in our catalogue; the most recent is The Wild Robot (2024).