Wilderness Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 124 films set in wilderness environments, spanning 1939–2024. 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.

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• 2010

  127 Hours

  Utah — 2000s
  Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle
• 1968

  2001: A Space Odyssey

  Space · Africa — Ancient · Near Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2007

  3:10 to Yuma

  Bisbee · Contention — 1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. James Mangold
• 2007

  30 Days of Night

  Barrow · Alaska — 2000s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade
• 1964

  A Fistful of Dollars

  1800s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone
• 2018

  A Quiet Place

  New York State — Near Future
  Rural · Wildernessdir. John Krasinski
• 2002

  Adaptation.

  Los Angeles · New York City · Florida — 1990s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze
• 1972

  Aguirre, the Wrath of God

  Peru — 1700s
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
• 1993

  Alive

  Andes — 1970s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Frank Marshall
• 1981

  An American Werewolf in London

  London · Yorkshire — 1980s
  Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
• 2018

  Annihilation

  Florida — Near Future
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
• 1979

  Apocalypse Now

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

  Apocalypto

  Central America — Early Modern
  Wilderness · Rural · Urbandir. Mel Gibson
• 1992

  Army of Darkness

  England — Medieval · 1990s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Sam Raimi
• 2009

  Avatar

  Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. James Cameron
• 1974

  Badlands

  South Dakota · Montana — 1950s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick
• 2000

  Battle Royale

  Japan — Near Future
  Island · Wildernessdir. Kinji Fukasaku
• 2015

  Beasts of No Nation

  Africa — 2010s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
• 2016

  Captain Fantastic

  Washington (state) · New Mexico — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Matt Ross
• 1993

  Cliffhanger

  Colorado — 1990s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Renny Harlin
• 1977

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  Indiana · Wyoming — 1970s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Steven Spielberg
• 1985

  Come and See

  Belarus — 1940s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov
• 2014

  Creep

  California — 2010s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Patrick Brice
• 1990

  Dances with Wolves

  Kansas — 1800s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner
• 1985

  Day of the Dead

  Florida
  Underground · Wildernessdir. George A. Romero
• 1972

  Deliverance

  Georgia — 1970s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. John Boorman
• 1990

  Dreams

  Japan — 1800s · 1940s · Near Future · Timeless
  Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2015

  Embrace of the Serpent

  Colombia — 1900s · 1910s · 1940s
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Ciro Guerra
• 2022

  EO

  2020s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski
• 2015

  Everest

  Nepal · Mount Everest — 1990s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Baltasar Kormákur
• 1987

  Evil Dead II

  1980s
  Wildernessdir. Sam Raimi
• 1981

  Excalibur

  England — Medieval
  Rural · Wildernessdir. John Boorman
• 1973

  Fantastic Planet

  Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. René Laloux
• 2020

  First Cow

  Oregon — 1800s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt
• 1982

  Fitzcarraldo

  Iquitos — 1900s
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
• 2024

  Flow

  Timeless
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Gints Zilbalodis
• 2005

  Grizzly Man

  Alaska — 2000s
  Wildernessdir. Werner Herzog
• 1981

  History of the World: Part I

  Rome · Paris · Spain — Ancient · Medieval · 1700s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Mel Brooks
• 1993

  Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

  California · Sierra Nevada — 1990s
  Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham
• 2017

  Hostiles

  Montana — 1800s
  Wildernessdir. Scott Cooper
• 2016

  Hunt for the Wilderpeople

  New Zealand — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Taika Waititi
• 2007

  Into the Wild

  Alaska · California · South Dakota — 1990s
  Wilderness · Rural · Desertdir. Sean Penn
• 1990

  Jacob's Ladder

  New York City · Vietnam — 1970s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne
• 1972

  Jeremiah Johnson

  Rocky Mountains — 1800s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack
• 1965

  Kwaidan

  Kyoto — Timeless
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi
• 2018

  Leave No Trace

  Portland · Washington (state) — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik
• 1994

  Legends of the Fall

  Montana — 1910s · 1920s · 1960s
  Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick
• 1990

  Lord of the Flies

  Pacific Ocean — 1990s
  Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Harry Hook
• 1981

  Mad Max 2

  Australia — Near Future
  Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
• 2015

  Mad Max: Fury Road

  Near Future
  Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
• 2011

  Meek's Cutoff

  Oregon — 1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt
• 2012

  Moonrise Kingdom

  New England — 1960s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Wes Anderson
• 1984

  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

  Far Future
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2021

  Nomadland

  Nevada · Arizona · South Dakota · California — 2010s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao
• 2017

  Only the Brave

  Arizona — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joseph Kosinski
• 1973

  Papillon

  French Guiana — 1930s · 1940s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Franklin J. Schaffner
• 2021

  Petite Maman

  2020s · 1990s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Céline Sciamma
• 1975

  Picnic at Hanging Rock

  Victoria — 1900s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir
• 2021

  Pig

  Portland — 2020s
  Wilderness · Urbandir. Michael Sarnoski
• 1986

  Platoon

  Vietnam — 1960s
  Wildernessdir. Oliver Stone
• 1987

  Predator

  Central America — 1980s
  Wildernessdir. John McTiernan
• 2022

  Prey

  Great Plains — 1700s
  Wildernessdir. Dan Trachtenberg
• 1997

  Princess Mononoke

  Japan — Medieval
  Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2002

  Rabbit-Proof Fence

  Australia — 1930s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Phillip Noyce
• 1950

  Rashomon

  Kyoto — Ancient
  Wildernessdir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2011

  Rise of the Planet of the Apes

  San Francisco — 2010s
  Urban · Suburban · Wildernessdir. Rupert Wyatt
• 2022

  RRR

  Delhi — 1920s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. S. S. Rajamouli
• 1985

  Runaway Train

  Alaska — 1980s
  Wildernessdir. Andrei Konchalovsky
• 1999

  Sleepy Hollow

  New York State — 1700s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Tim Burton
• 2013

  Snowpiercer

  Near Future
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Bong Joon Ho
• 2023

  Society of the Snow

  Andes — 1970s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. J. A. Bayona
• 1977

  Sorcerer

  Jerusalem · Paris · New York City · Veracruz — 1970s
  Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin
• 2003

  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

  South Korea — Timeless
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Kim Ki-duk
• 1939

  Stagecoach

  1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. John Ford
• 1979

  Stalker

  Timeless
  Wildernessdir. Andrei Tarkovsky
• 2016

  Swiss Army Man

  2010s
  Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Daniel Kwan
• 1999

  The 13th Warrior

  Baghdad · Scandinavia — Medieval
  Wilderness · Rural · Undergrounddir. John McTiernan
• 2018

  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  1800s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joel Coen
• 1999

  The Blair Witch Project

  Maryland — 1990s
  Wildernessdir. Daniel Myrick
• 1957

  The Bridge on the River Kwai

  Thailand — 1940s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lean
• 2005

  The Constant Gardener

  Kenya · London — 2000s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Fernando Meirelles
• 2004

  The Day After Tomorrow

  New York City — 2000s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Roland Emmerich
• 1978

  The Deer Hunter

  Pennsylvania · Saigon — 1970s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino
• 1997

  The Edge

  Alaska — 1990s
  Wildernessdir. Lee Tamahori
• 1980

  The Empire Strikes Back

  Space — Timeless
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Irvin Kershner
• 1983

  The Evil Dead

  Tennessee — 1970s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Sam Raimi
• 2006

  The Fountain

  Space · Central America — Early Modern · 2000s · Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Darren Aronofsky
• 1981

  The Fox and the Hound

  Timeless
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Richard Rich
• 1966

  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone
• 2021

  The Green Knight

  Medieval
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lowery
• 2012

  The Grey

  Alaska — 2010s
  Wildernessdir. Joe Carnahan
• 1988

  The Land Before Time

  Ancient
  Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth
• 1992

  The Last of the Mohicans

  New York State — 1700s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Michael Mann
• 1994

  The Lion King

  Africa — Timeless
  Wilderness · Desertdir. Roger Allers
• 1986

  The Mission

  Paraguay — 1700s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Roland Joffé
• 2005

  The New World

  Virginia · London — Early Modern
  Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick
• 2022

  The Northman

  Iceland — Medieval
  Island · Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers
• 1993

  The Piano

  New Zealand — 1800s
  Coastal Sea · Wilderness · Ruraldir. Jane Campion
• 2005

  The Proposition

  Australia — 1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. John Hillcoat
• 2015

  The Revenant

  1800s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• 2009

  The Road

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
• 1956

  The Searchers

  Texas · New Mexico — 1800s
  Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford
• 1998

  The Thin Red Line

  Guadalcanal — 1940s
  Wilderness · Island · Coastal Seadir. Terrence Malick
• 1982

  The Thing

  Antarctica — 1980s
  Wildernessdir. John Carpenter
• 2021

  The Tomorrow War

  Miami · Dominican Republic · Russia — 2020s · Near Future
  Urban · Coastal Sea · Wildernessdir. Chris McKay
• 1953

  The Wages of Fear

  1950s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 2024

  The Wild Robot

  Near Future
  Island · Wildernessdir. Chris Sanders
• 2016

  The Witch

  New England — 1700s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers
• 2010

  Troll Hunter

  Norway — 2010s
  Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. André Øvredal
• 2010

  True Grit

  Arkansas — 1800s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ethan Coen
• 2010

  Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

  West Virginia — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Eli Craig
• 1983

  Twilight Zone: The Movie

  France · Vietnam — 1940s · 1960s · 1980s
  Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
• 2014

  Under the Skin

  Glasgow — 2010s
  Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer
• 1992

  Unforgiven

  Hokkaido — 1800s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood
• 2009

  Up

  Venezuela — 2000s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Pete Docter
• 2018

  Utøya: July 22

  Norway — 2010s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Erik Poppe
• 2000

  Vertical Limit

  Pakistan — 2000s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Martin Campbell
• 1971

  Walkabout

  Australia — 1970s
  Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg
• 2008

  WALL·E

  Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Andrew Stanton
• 2017

  War for the Planet of the Apes

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves
• 1978

  Watership Down

  England — Timeless
  Rural · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Martin Rosen
• 2014

  Wild Tales

  Argentina — 2010s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Damián Szifron
• 2017

  Wind River

  Wyoming — 2010s
  Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan
• 2018

  Woman at War

  Iceland — 2010s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Benedikt Erlingsson