Best movies like Maneater
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to Maneater? Contribute your expertise to help others to movies and tv series you've already watched that might appeal to them too. Facilitate broadening the circle of people putting forward videos knowledge one another. We encourage your involvement!
Plot Summary:
Two couples on a camping trip are hunted by two tigers set upon them by a crazed animal trainer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: wild
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Best tv shows and movies like Maneater (1973):
Similar in 75%
Dangerous Waters (1999)
Plot Summary:
A river expert (Connie Selleca), her boy friend (Matt McCoy), and her children go on a river rafting trip. But things go awry when they are taken captive by escaped convicts searching for stolen money.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, psychotronic
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 83%
Claws (1977)
Plot Summary:
"Claws!' is about a grizzly bear who is wounded by three hunters one year. From then on, the bear goes on a killing spree in the woods, trying to take revenge on humans as a whole for its brush with the hunters. Jason and Chris Monroe, estranged husband and wife, go in search of the bear after it kills their only son, Buck.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 84%
Grizzly (1976)
Plot Summary:
A fifteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, slasher, independent film, suspense, funny, retro, gothic horror
Similar in 75%
Grizzly Park (2008)
Plot Summary:
A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called Grizzly Park after making the demise of an escaped serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, natural horror, cult film
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 75%
Edge of Honor (1991)
Plot Summary:
A group of scouts stumble onto a cache of stolen weapons hidden in a forest. They meet up with a girl and get involved with the men who originally stole the weapons. The men try to shoot the scouts every time - but are thwarted at the end.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, dark
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 83%
Prey (2021)
Plot Summary:
A hiking trip into the wild turns into a desperate bid for survival for five friends on the run from a mysterious shooter.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, action thriller, mysterious, wild
Similar in 87%
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
Plot Summary:
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, emotional, semi serious, cult film
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 78%
Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
Plot Summary:
In the 1930's, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northen Quebec.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, independent film
Similar in 79%
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Plot Summary:
The story of a modern family bored with the hassles of the city life in Los Angeles. They head for the wilderness never to return.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action adventure, exciting, sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 90%
Hard Target (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, entertaining, intense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, bloody, stylized
Similar in 87%
Wildlike (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, atmospheric, captivating
Similar in 84%
Black Water: Abyss (2020)
Plot Summary:
An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions rise as oxygen levels fall and the friends find themselves trapped. Unknown to them, the storm has also brought in a pack of dangerous and hungry crocodiles.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, scary, suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic
Similar in 85%
Black Water (2007)
Plot Summary:
A terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, christmas horror, natural horror, dark, intense, grindhouse
Similar in 88%
A Cry in the Wild (1990)
Plot Summary:
13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 86%
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Plot Summary:
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the aid of expert tracker Jonathan Knox. It's a turbulent yet vital relationship they must maintain in order to survive... and one that becomes increasingly desperate when Knox's girlfriend Sarah becomes the killer's latest hostage!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense, breathtaking, cult classic, visually stunning
Similar in 79%
Surviving the Game (1994)
Plot Summary:
Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals -- they're after him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, harsh, rough, suspenseful, exciting, road movie, cliffhanger, psychotronic, perverse, action thriller
Similar in 88%
Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, natural horror, suspense, tense, cliffhanger, slasher
Similar in 88%
Survival Quest (1988)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed by one of the city slickers, he coaxes his team into exterminating all of them. They will have to rely on their wits and on each other in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, retro, independent film, realistic
Similar in 82%
Open Water (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, psychological, stylized, rough, natural horror, clever
Similar in 86%
Burning Bright (2010)
Plot Summary:
After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating beast. This edge-of-your-seat thriller follows the gutsy heroine and her younger sibling as they struggle to outwit the ravenous predator and find a way to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense, serious, realistic, psychotronic, natural horror, surreal, minimal cast
Similar in 82%
Prey (2007)
Plot Summary:
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, natural horror, psychological thriller, suspense, perverse, rough, bleak
Similar in 76%
Backcountry (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, natural horror, scary, disturbing
Similar in 85%
The Naked Prey (1965)
Plot Summary:
A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, retro, fast paced, independent film, realistic, psychotronic
Similar in 82%
Blood and Money (2020)
Plot Summary:
A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, ambiguous ending
Similar in 83%
White Water Summer (1987)
Plot Summary:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, feel good, serious, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, scary
Similar in 79%
The Hunter (2011)
Plot Summary:
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, melancholic, atmospheric, thought provoking, psychological thriller, scenic, cerebral, visually stunning
Similar in 78%
Deliverance (1972)
Plot Summary:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, suspense, southern gothic, controversial, rough
Similar in 76%
The Edge (1997)
Plot Summary:
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious, compassionate, exciting, entertaining, intense, atmospheric, clever
Similar in 89%
The Grey (2011)
Plot Summary:
An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 261000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bad ending, harsh, tense, exciting, emotional, psychological, suspense, rough, scenic
Similar in 85%
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scenic, dramatic, natural horror, atmospheric, anamorphic, serious