Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "struggle-for-survival"

1. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan

Votes: 1,084,315

2. Evil Dead Rise (2023)

R | 96 min | Horror

A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

Director: Lee Cronin | Stars: Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lily Sullivan

Votes: 137,452

3. The Girl Next Door (2007)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.

Director: Gregory Wilson | Stars: William Atherton, Blythe Auffarth, Blanche Baker, Kevin Chamberlin

Votes: 29,437

4. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,565 | Gross: $14.38M

5. Toy Story 3 (2010)

G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty

Votes: 893,609 | Gross: $415.00M

6. The Loved Ones (2009)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror

When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.

Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson

Votes: 44,126

7. Oliver & Company (1988)

G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.

Director: George Scribner | Stars: Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan

Votes: 53,035 | Gross: $74.15M

8. Runaway Train (I) (1985)

R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner

Votes: 33,076 | Gross: $7.94M

9. Fantasia (1940)

G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.

Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton

Votes: 104,131 | Gross: $76.41M

10. The Divide (2011)

R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 38,632 | Gross: $0.02M

11. Roots (2016)

TV-MA | 388 min | Drama, War

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.

Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne

Votes: 8,488

12. Rescue Dawn (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, War

A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier

Votes: 110,870 | Gross: $5.49M

13. Last Cannibal World (1977)

R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror

An oil prospector is captured and imprisoned by a violent and primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippines' rain forest. He manages to escape with a female hostage, and begins searching for his missing companion and their airplane.

Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov, Sheik Razak Shikur

Votes: 4,174

14. Arctic (2018)

PG-13 | 98 min | Adventure, Drama

A man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.

Director: Joe Penna | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir, Tintrinai Thikhasuk

Votes: 58,409 | Gross: $2.41M

15. Snatched (2017)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When her boyfriend dumps her before their exotic vacation, a young woman persuades her ultra-cautious mother to travel with her to paradise, with unexpected results.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kim Caramele, Raven Goodwin

Votes: 37,607 | Gross: $45.83M

16. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur

Votes: 58,718 | Gross: $17.77M

17. Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.

Director: Hans Horn | Stars: Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr., Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis

Votes: 19,962

18. Sanctum (2011)

R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world.

Director: Alister Grierson | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Allison Cratchley, Christopher James Baker, Richard Roxburgh

Votes: 57,228 | Gross: $23.07M

19. Just Before Dawn (1981)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

Five young people venture into the backwoods of Oregon to claim a property, and find themselves being stalked by a hulking, machete-wielding psychopath.

Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry

Votes: 7,152

20. Malevolence (2003)

R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol, bank robbers hide in an isolated rural farmhouse where a serial killer lurks.

Director: Stevan Mena | Stars: R. Brandon Johnson, Samantha Dark, Heather Magee, Richard Glover

Votes: 3,783

21. Chaos (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls on a mission to find drugs at a rave get more than they bargained for. One is sexually assaulted and they are both tortured in horrific ways. The attackers seek refuge in the parents' of one of the victims' homes.

Director: David DeFalco | Stars: Kevin Gage, Sage Stallone, Kelly K.C. Quann, Maya Barovich

Votes: 2,288

22. Texhnolyze (2003)

TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.

Stars: Michael Forest, Liam O'Brien, Patrick Seitz, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 3,122

23. Seven Beauties (1975)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War

The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.

Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore

Votes: 6,498 | Gross: $0.01M

24. The Great Alligator (1979)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror

Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Romano Puppo

Votes: 1,437

25. Black God, White Devil (1964)

Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.

Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle

Votes: 5,368

26. Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)

PG-13 | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

On the distant planet Axis, rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl Kaena defies the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take a perilous journey and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds.

Directors: Chris Delaporte, Pascal Pinon | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Anjelica Huston, Richard Harris, Cécile de France

Votes: 4,176 | Gross: $0.01M

27. Eden (I) (2014)

R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

When a US soccer team gets stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash they must face difficult choices to survive. Modern day Lord of the Flies.

Director: Shyam Madiraju | Stars: Nate Parker, Grant Alan Ouzts, James Remar, Eva Jenickova

Votes: 3,234

28. Back from Eternity (1956)

Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama

After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk

Votes: 1,638

29. They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A champion boxer on the lamb, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at a farm for delinquent youths.

Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: John Garfield, Claude Rains, The Dead End Kids, Ann Sheridan

Votes: 2,594

30. The Control Group (2014)

84 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

Trapped in an abandoned insane asylum, five college students and the rogue scientists who abducted them must band together when a supernatural threat appears.

Director: Peter Hurd | Stars: Brad Dourif, Ross Destiche, Jenna Enemy, Justen Jones

Votes: 605

31. Primitif (1978)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Horror

After a raft accident in the jungle, three anthropology students and their guides attempt to escape from a primitive cannibal tribe that has hunted them down.

Director: Sisworo Gautama Putra | Stars: Enny Haryono, Barry Prima, Johann Mardjono, Rukman Herman

Votes: 807

32. The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)

G | 90 min | Documentary, Drama

A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.

Directors: Walon Green, Ed Spiegel | Stars: Lawrence Pressman, Conlan Carter, Ian McShane, Suzanne Pleshette

Votes: 964 | Gross: $0.04M

33. Psycho from Texas (1975)

R | 89 min | Crime, Horror

A drifter/hitman is hired by a local business man to kidnap the local oil baron. The hitman had been reared in squalor, suffering the abuses of his whoring mama. When the baron escapes his ... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Collins, Jim Feazell | Stars: John King III, Herschel Mays, Christian Feazell, Candy Dee

Votes: 372

34. Lower Level (1991 Video)

R | 88 min | Thriller

A depressive woman who is happening through difficult times becomes the object of desire of a security guard who reads her diary and is then obsessed her sexual fantasies.

Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: David Bradley, Elizabeth Gracen, Jeff Yagher, Shari Shattuck

Votes: 294

35. Hurricane (1974 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 74 min | Drama

Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Larry Hagman, Martin Milner, Jessica Walter, Barry Sullivan

Votes: 222

36. SideFX (2004)

R | 85 min | Horror

Sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll will never be the same after a medieval sex drug makes a comeback on the college party scene. Everyone wants to try this "orgasm" drug but no one considers the... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Johnson | Stars: Amanda Phillips, Todd Swift, Amber Heard, Aaron Garrett

Votes: 806

37. Simoun (2006)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the world of Daikuuriku, everyone is born female, and chooses which sex they wish to become at age 17. In this world, the peaceful theocracy of Simulacrum is guarded by magical flying ... See full summary »

Stars: Mamiko Noto, Nana Mizuki, Megumi Toyoguchi, Houko Kuwashima

Votes: 168

38. Valley of Ditches (2017)

79 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Left for dead in an open grave, Emilia struggles to keep both her life and her sanity.

Director: Christopher James Lang | Stars: Amanda Todisco, Russell Bradley Fenton, Jeremy Sless, Alexandria Benford

Votes: 356

39. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert, Barbara Jo Allen, Carolyn Lee

Votes: 61

40. Mein Leben - Marcel Reich-Ranicki (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

In 1929, the 9 year old Polish Jew Marcel Reich-Ranicki is sent by his artistic mother to Berlin to study. Marcel loves the German literature and music, but in October 1938 the Nazis deport... See full summary »

Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Katharina Schüttler, Maja Maranow, Joachim Król

Votes: 391

41. China Express (1929)

62 min | Drama

In a train where social classes are strictly separated (wealthy in the front, poor in the back), a revolt erupts.

Director: Ilya Trauberg | Stars: Sergei Minin, Igor Chernyak, I. Arbenin, Yakov Gudkin

Votes: 142

42. Nature's Half Acre (1951)

Passed | 33 min | Documentary, Short, Family

The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures.

Director: James Algar | Stars: Winston Hibler, Mogens Lind

Votes: 283

43. The Search (1966)

92 min | Drama

A young man comes to Madrid in 1900 and fights poverty. He tries to avoid becoming part of a gang of thieves but in a fight with the leader fatally wounds him and is arrested.

Director: Angelino Fons | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Emma Penella, Sara Lezana, Hugo Blanco

Votes: 141

44. Rites of Passage (1983)

15 min | Short

A disillusioned modern man is haunted by memories of a previous life as a primitive caveman who lived in a hostile past world. The caveman walks across a harsh landscape, hunts animals for ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Roderick Harrison, Richard Stanley

Votes: 81

45. Build a Fire (2011)

20 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

This adaptation of To Build a Fire (1969) by Jack London, is a modern look at the tragic tale of Tom Vincent who decides to travel alone through the unrelenting and unforgiving environment of sub-freezing temperatures.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Brian Rozek

Votes: 42

46. Bit Parts (2006 Video)

72 min | Horror

A plastic surgeon has badly injured his daughter in a car accident. In order to make her look "perfect", he lures unsuspecting young actresses to an abandoned warehouse, kills them, and put... See full summary »

Director: Dave Reda | Stars: Michelle Angel, Molly Fix, Elizabeth Kirven, Christopher Page

Votes: 125

47. Massive Nature (2004– )

30 min | Documentary

Series which unravels the mysteries behind the world's most dramatic wildlife events.

Star: Sean Pertwee

Votes: 31

48. The Interrogator (1961 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Set in the British Colony of Cyprus during the Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959). A British officer interrogates a Greek Cypriot member of the EOKA (National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters).

Director: John Jacobs | Stars: Bernard Lee, John Barrie, Conrad Phillips, Sean Lynch

49. A Long Walk Home (2010)

5 min | Short, Comedy

A brisk walk home, on a calm winter night, turns into a battle between man and nature. Will he make it in time?

Director: Rob Langille | Star: Rob Langille

50. The Girl in the Road (2011)

16 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

A man finds a badly injured young girl in the middle of a country road at 2 in the morning. Before he and his wife can help her the situation gets much worse and all their lives are soon in danger.

Director: Brian Lockyer | Stars: David Prescott, Caleigh Le Grand, Natalie Kulesza, Eric Edquist

Votes: 10