Wilderness Survival Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 50 films about survival and set in the wilderness, 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.

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• 2010

  127 Hours

  Utah — 2000s
  Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle
• 2007

  30 Days of Night

  Barrow · Alaska — 2000s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade
• 1972

  Aguirre, the Wrath of God

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

  Alive

  Andes — 1970s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Frank Marshall
• 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
• 2000

  Battle Royale

  Japan — Near Future
  Island · Wildernessdir. Kinji Fukasaku
• 1993

  Cliffhanger

  Colorado — 1990s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Renny Harlin
• 1972

  Deliverance

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

  EO

  2020s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski
• 2015

  Everest

  Nepal · Mount Everest — 1990s
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Baltasar Kormákur
• 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
• 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
• 1972

  Jeremiah Johnson

  Rocky Mountains — 1800s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack
• 2018

  Leave No Trace

  Portland · Washington (state) — 2010s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik
• 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
• 1973

  Papillon

  French Guiana — 1930s · 1940s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Franklin J. Schaffner
• 1987

  Predator

  Central America — 1980s
  Wildernessdir. John McTiernan
• 2022

  Prey

  Great Plains — 1700s
  Wildernessdir. Dan Trachtenberg
• 2002

  Rabbit-Proof Fence

  Australia — 1930s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Phillip Noyce
• 1985

  Runaway Train

  Alaska — 1980s
  Wildernessdir. Andrei Konchalovsky
• 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
• 2016

  Swiss Army Man

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

  The 13th Warrior

  Baghdad · Scandinavia — Medieval
  Wilderness · Rural · Undergrounddir. John McTiernan
• 1999

  The Blair Witch Project

  Maryland — 1990s
  Wildernessdir. Daniel Myrick
• 2004

  The Day After Tomorrow

  New York City — 2000s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Roland Emmerich
• 1997

  The Edge

  Alaska — 1990s
  Wildernessdir. Lee Tamahori
• 2012

  The Grey

  Alaska — 2010s
  Wildernessdir. Joe Carnahan
• 1988

  The Land Before Time

  Ancient
  Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth
• 2015

  The Revenant

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

  The Road

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
• 1982

  The Thing

  Antarctica — 1980s
  Wildernessdir. John Carpenter
• 1953

  The Wages of Fear

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

  The Wild Robot

  Near Future
  Island · Wildernessdir. Chris Sanders
• 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
• 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
• 2017

  Wind River

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