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Plot Summary:
Sixteen plane crash survivors stranded in the Andes turn to cannibalism to stay alive. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Best tv shows and movies like Survive! (1976):
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Supervolcano (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, educational, disturbing, apocalyptic, mockbuster, disaster movie
Similar in 79%
Beyond The Mountain (2018)
Plot Summary:
Miguel is a lonely boy letting his life pass by in a monotonous routine. He works in a public kiosk, takes care of his mother Consuelo and dreams with Carmela's love, one of his usual clients. One day, this perfect bubble of dissatisfaction pops when his mother dies. The tragic event, forces him to face his past and to make a radical decision: find the father that abandoned them, with the intention to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 87%
Avalanche (1994)
Plot Summary:
Duncan (Hasselhoff) is a murderous thief. When he jumps out of his plane, it crashes into the Rockies and produces an avalanche. A quiet family trapped inside their house will rescue him. They will have to survive the disaster and the madman.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
Plot Summary:
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Trigger Man (2007)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events...The story of three hunters who mysteriously became the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, atmospheric, rough, mumblecore, retro, scary, exciting, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
Whisky Romeo Zulu (2004)
Plot Summary:
Whisky Romeo Zulu tells the story prior to the crash of LAPA Boeing 737 that on August 31, 1999, caught fire after hitting an embankment in the center of Buenos Aires, killing 67 people. The disaster changed the history of civil and commercial aviation in Argentina, and the film recounts, from the standpoint of the director, a former airline pilot-how in some countries the safety of the flight is incredibly precarious.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, thought provoking, suspenseful, sincere, serious, realistic
Similar in 82%
Hurricane (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, disaster movie
Similar in 88%
Airport 1975 (1974)
Plot Summary:
"Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the nerve chilling sequel to the greatest disaster movie ever made.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, fast, crying, black comedy
Similar in 87%
Air Crew (1980)
Plot Summary:
Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, crying, disaster movie
Similar in 88%
Avalanche (1978)
Plot Summary:
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, psychotronic, suspense, independent film, road movie, sexy, humorous
Similar in 80%
Landslide (2005)
Plot Summary:
Manhattan fireman Mark Decker visits, for the first time, his Steven in his ex Emma's new apartment in one of her dad Donald Richardson's development estates, at the foot of Diamand-back Mountain. But Don's ambitious executive Stewart Hancock, who dreams of his own firm, has been cutting too many corners, at the expense of safety, causing a landslide. Mark gets trapped with Steven and the new concierge Harold, who knows everything about an additional danger: rattlesnakes awoken early from hibernation. Now Mark discovers artistic, nerdy Steven only did 'manly' stuff in the city because dad-son time is so rare. While they soldier on, landscape architect Emma discovers the truth and counters Stewart's plan B to literally cover it up.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
Similar in 76%
Chariot (2013)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers find themselves unwitting participants in a U.S. government evacuation program gone horribly wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: mysterious, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, suspense, realistic
Similar in 86%
Airspeed (1999)
Plot Summary:
When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other passengers are incapacitated, and Nicole is left on her own to keep the plane in the air, guided by an air traffic controller. Can the irresponsible and panic-stricken teen find a way to land the jet?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)
Plot Summary:
Everybody expected military flight Boxtop 22 from Thule into the vast frozen wilderness of Canada's North Western territories to be boring routine, but in a matter of minutes a crash reduces Gulf War veteran pilot Captain John Couch's crew and passengers to ever-growing despair. First they consider themselves relatively lucky as 14 out of 18 aboard are alive, including Captain Wilma De Groot, a medical doctor, but as time progresses the merciless cold makes it seem hopeless to check on Bob and Sue, who cannot be moved near the only campfire, while rescue attempts on land from Alert ('only' about 10 miles) and by air from Edmonton (8 hours flying) take no less then 32 hours to reach the plane wreck.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Crash Point Zero (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern B movie, reusing lots of footage from other films.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, cliffhanger
Similar in 82%
Tracks of a Killer (1996)
Plot Summary:
Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 84%
The Crew (1994)
Plot Summary:
Still depressed over the suicide of his mother, Bill has no idea that he's in for a wild ride when he and his wife Jennifer board the yacht owned by her bigoted lawyer brother. Along for the trip: a rock musician and his wife, as well as the newly sex-changed Tim, and the woman he's smuggling into the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, psychological thriller, independent film
Similar in 79%
Blind Heat (2001)
Plot Summary:
An industrialist's wife is kidnapped and held for ransom.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic
Similar in 76%
Cannibal (2006)
Plot Summary:
Cannibal is based on the true-crime story of Armin Meiwes, the "Rotenburg Cannibal" who posted an online ad searching for someone to volunteer to be mutilated and eaten. Unlikely as it may seem, someone actually replied. The film shows a fictional portrayal of the meeting between the cannibal and his victim/participant, their homosexual relationship, and the eventual mutilation and murder of said victim.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, controversial, bloody, cult horror, intense, extreme horror, devastating
Similar in 84%
Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)
Plot Summary:
True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
Similar in 87%
Gray Lady Down (1978)
Plot Summary:
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, disaster movie
Similar in 88%
Circle of Power (1981)
Plot Summary:
A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, fast
Similar in 77%
Airplane vs Volcano (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive - without landing.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, mockbuster, exciting, disaster movie
Similar in 76%
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot Mike Hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely; however when the airline is desperately short of staff, he is offered to be first officer and accepts, without enthusiasm, received with disdain by the well-connected commander. Surprisingly his come-back proves less then routine, as the captain gets knocked out and a collision as well as a murderer being transported by police require courageous action from Mike, his crew and several passengers, including soccer star Ty Conner.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film, fast, disaster movie
Similar in 79%
Van Diemen's Land (2009)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic
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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 83%
Travellers (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four friends set out on a motorcycle adventure weekend, clocking up miles in an attempt to outrun their age and urban lifestyles. After bartering with a local land owner for a place to set up camp, they spend the night reminiscing over their wasted youth. The following morning they spot an ominous looking caravan, and decide to investigate. Within minutes, an idiotic prank leads to a series of brutal events and a deadly race for survival. A modern plunge back into the worlds created by movies such as 'Deliverance' and 'Southern Comfort' but with a gritty British twang. Kidnap, murder and a hidden past are just some of the reasons these four adventurers should have stayed at home. An action thriller that will make you question who the villains really are. You cant outrun what's in your blood.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, serious, tense, captivating, bleak, realistic
Similar in 86%
Alive (1993)
Plot Summary:
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: realistic, inspirational, emotional, disturbing, suspense, sad, suspenseful, intense, breathtaking, exciting
Similar in 78%
The Donner Party (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, serious, realistic, mysterious, suspenseful, bleak, wild
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Sanctum (2011)
Plot Summary:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea. Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team--including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd)--are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, breathtaking, tense, realistic, sad, entertaining, stylized