Survival Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 59 films about survival against the odds, spanning 1953–2022. 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.
- 2010
127 Hours
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle - 2019
1917
Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes - 1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 1979
Alien
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott - 2018
Annihilation
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1995
Apollo 13
Off Worlddir. Ron Howard - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 2006
Children of Men
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 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 - 1982
Fitzcarraldo
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 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 - 2019
Hotel Mumbai
Urbandir. Anthony Maras - 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 - 2018
Leave No Trace
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik - 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 - 2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Island · Wildernessdir. Wes Anderson - 2013
Mud
Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols - 1968
Night of the Living Dead
Ruraldir. George A. Romero - 1985
Runaway Train
Wildernessdir. Andrei Konchalovsky - 2004
Shaun of the Dead
Urbandir. Edgar Wright - 2002
Signs
Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2015
Son of Saul
Undergrounddir. László Nemes - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 2007
Sunshine
Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle - 2011
Take Shelter
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols - 2006
The Host
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 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 - 1997
Titanic
Coastal Seadir. James Cameron - 2016
Train to Busan
Urbandir. Yeon Sang-ho - 2022
Triangle of Sadness
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund - 1996
Twister
Ruraldir. Jan de Bont - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 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 against the odds?
Kinora's catalogue lists 59 films about survival against the odds, spanning 1953–2022.
What are some movies about survival against the odds?
Films about survival against the odds in our catalogue include 127 Hours (2010), 1917 (2019), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Alien (1979), and Annihilation (2018).
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 Triangle of Sadness (2022).