TV series about survival

TV series about survival
List of the best survival TV shows selected by visitors to our site: The 100, See, The Wilds, Jericho, The Day After, The Walking Dead, The Last Man on Earth, Lost, Falling Skies, The Terror.

In the top there are new series of 2022, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:00
CharactersTeenagers, Aliens
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Intrigue
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleWorth watching

Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, action, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersFamily, Blind, Twins, Warriors
PlotSurvival, Viruses, Weapons
PlaceForest
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleSpectacular, Atmospheric, Fascinating

A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersTeenagers, Strong women
PlotSurvival, Mystery, Fate
PlaceUninhabited island
StyleFor girls

A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they keep, and the traumas they've all endured. But there’s just one twist… these girls did not end up on this island by accident.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, action, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersHeroes
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Mystery
PlaceSmall towns
TimePost-apocalypse
StyleAction, Twisted plot, Fascinating

Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountryRussia
Duration00:48
PlotSurvival, Viruses
PlaceRussia

A drug company, attempting to create a perfect human race, releases a virus which proves to be deadly. People are dying by the thousands, but eleven strangers, who wake up in a bunker with no memory of how they got there, find themselves responsible for determining the future of all mankind.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersZombie
PlotSupernatural, Survival, Apocalypse, Death, Viruses
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleWorth watching, Action, Fascinating

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
CharactersPartners
PlotSurvival, Viruses
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleSpectacular, Easy, Fancy

The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersMonsters, Heroes
PlotSupernatural, Survival, Death, Adventures, Fate
PlaceIslands, Airplanes, Uninhabited island
StyleWorth watching, Spectacular, Atmospheric, Action, Fascinating

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration00:43
CharactersAliens, Military, Heroes
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Alien invasion, Adventures, Shootouts
TimePost-apocalypse
StyleSpectacular

Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:37
CharactersMonsters, Indians, Cannibals, Shamans
PlotSurvival, Self-sacrifice, Expeditions
PlaceCourt, Ships
Time19th century
StyleFor men, Atmospheric, Based on real events

The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryBelgium
CharactersPilots, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, The end of the world
PlaceAirplanes
TimeNight

When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySouth Korea
CharactersGood people
PlotSurvival, betrayal, Survival Games, Money, Reality Show
PlaceEnclosed space
StyleWorth watching, To cry

Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games—with high stakes. But, a tempting prize awaits the victor.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
CountryItaly, France, USA
CharactersTeenagers, Difficult teenagers, Brother and sister
PlotSurvival, Viruses, Release of hostages
TimePost-apocalypse
StyleWomen in the lead roles

A 13-year-old Sicilian girl must contend with a viral contagion that has killed off all adults on the island as she sets out in search of her kidnapped brother.

Markimdb: 5
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:58
CharactersAliens, Gays, Investigators, Military
PlotSurvival, Travel, Jealousy
PlaceSpace
StyleAction, Touching

After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryGermany, Denmark, Poland
CharactersTeenagers, Difficult teenagers, Pupils, Pregnant women, Friends
PlotSurvival, Viruses, Relationship
PlaceSchool, Islands, USA
StyleSpectacular, Action, Fascinating

A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersHeroes, Gardeners
PlotSupernatural, Survival, Mystery
PlaceSmall towns
StyleSpectacular, Action, Twisted plot

Under the Dome is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill in Maine, where a massive, transparent, indestructible dome suddenly cuts them off from the rest of the world. With no Internet access, no mobile signals and limited radio communication, the people trapped inside must find their own ways to survive with diminishing resources and rising tensions. While military forces, the government and the media positioned outside of this surrounding barrier attempt to break it down, a small group of people inside attempt to figure out what the dome is, where it came from, and when (and if) it will go away.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration00:43
TimePost-apocalypse

Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a deadly virus.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:42
CharactersHeroes, Losers
PlotTime travel, Survival, Apocalypse, Travel, Viruses
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleAtmospheric, Action

The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:27
CharactersZombie, Demons, Heroes
PlotSupernatural, Survival, Apocalypse, Viruses

Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who’s spent the last three decades avoiding maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. But when a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, he’s forced to face his demons — both metaphorical and literal.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
Duration00:43
CharactersVampire, Heroes, Scientists, Warriors
PlotSupernatural, Survival, Viruses
StyleFascinating

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryCanada, USA
Duration03:51
PlotSurvival, Investigation, Travel, Technology, Mystery
PlaceSpace
StyleTwisted plot, Fascinating

In 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, action, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:45
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Survival, Teleportation
PlaceUSA
StyleSpectacular

The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersRobots, Military, Heroes
PlotRevenge, Survival, Apocalypse
PlaceSpace
TimeFuture
StyleSpectacular

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:00

Outcasts is a 2011 British television science-fiction drama serial, starring Liam Cunningham, Hermione Norris, Amy Manson, Daniel Mays, Jamie Bamber, Eric Mabius and Ashley Walters. It originally aired on BBC One, and BBC HD. It was broadcast in the United States on BBC America.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersHeroes
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Travel, Adventures
TimePost-apocalypse
StyleSpectacular, Twisted plot

Revolution focuses on the struggle to survive 15 years after a global blackout.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersAngels, Heroes, Soldier
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Survival, Travel, Uprising
TimeFuture
StyleSpectacular

Dominion is an epic supernatural drama set in the near future. Specifically, 25 years after "The Extinction War," when an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, waged war against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, chose to side with humanity. Rising out of the ashes of this long battle are newly fortified cities which protect human survivors. At the center of the series is the city of Vega, a glistening empire that has formed from the ruins of what was once Las Vegas.

Markimdb: 9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration09:48
CharactersSmugglers
PlotSurvival, Adventures, Shootouts
PlaceSpace
TimeFuture
StylePopular, Spectacular, Fascinating

Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00
CharactersAliens
PlotSurvival, Adventures
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleSpectacular

400 years after the extinction of the human race, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The colony of revived humans encounter struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand and get along with the mysterious aliens who revived them.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
PlotSurvival
PlaceParallel worlds

An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersAliens
PlotSurvival, Investigation, Adventures
PlaceUSA
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleSpectacular, Action

Defiance is an American science fiction television show that takes place in the future on a radically transformed Earth containing new species arriving from space. In the show, Joshua Nolan works as the lawman for the town of Defiance, a community where humans and intelligent extraterrestrial species coexist. The show follows Nolan, his adopted alien daughter Irisa, and the town's new mayor Amanda Rosewater.





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