Fantastic Survival Movies

A list of the best survival movies selected by visitors to our site.: The Day After Tomorrow, The Platform, Waterworld, Finch, Interstellar, Logan, Prometheus, The Hunger Games, The Book of Eli, Passengers.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountrySpain

A mysterious place, an indescribable prison, a deep hole. An unknown number of levels. Two inmates living on each level. A descending platform containing food for all of them. An inhuman fight for survival, but also an opportunity for solidarity.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryUSA

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:49

    Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:04

    A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:22

      Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantastic, action, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Australia
      Duration02:31

      A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, action, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who comes into a fortune of time, though too late to help his mother from dying. He ends up on the run from a corrupt police force known as 'time keepers'.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan
      Duration01:44

      In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:07

      A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration01:36

      Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:42

        In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, Canada, New Zealand
        Duration02:01

        Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:19

        A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantastic, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Jordan
        Duration03:34

        During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA

        An astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet only to discover he’s not alone.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

        Markimdb: 8.4
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:45

        Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:30

        Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:59

        After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantastic, drama
        CountryAustralia, USA
        Duration03:15

        The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Mexico, United Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:03

        Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that Hammond has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
        CountrySouth Africa, Germany, USA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:51

          Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:11

          When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents..

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrefantastic, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:30

            Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:53

            Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:03

              The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrefantastic, action, drama, family, sport
              CountryUSA, India
              Duration02:07

                In the near-future, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After Charlie's robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, South Africa
                Duration02:17

                Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:08

                A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration01:49

                Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

                Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:32

                  On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
                  CountryAustralia, USA
                  Duration02:28

                  A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:55

                  Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:43

                  A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.

                  Markimdb: 7.2
                  Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
                  CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
                  Duration01:36

                    In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

                    Markimdb: 7.3
                    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                    CountryUSA, Japan, Canada
                    Duration02:28

                    When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

                    Markimdb: 8
                    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
                    Duration02:26

                    Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, music
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:31

                    In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

                    Markimdb: 7.3
                    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
                    CountrySouth Korea, USA
                    Duration02:20

                    A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

                    Markimdb: 7.8
                    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:50

                      Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, adventure
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:43

                      A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

                      Markimdb: 8.5
                      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:26

                      As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

                      Markimdb: 8
                      Genrefantastic, action, drama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
                      Duration02:05

                      Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.




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