Survival Instinct
by kiran1921 | created - 16 Jan 2021 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicList of the films which portrays the survival instinct.
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1. Cast Away (2000)
PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White
Votes: 638,265 | Gross: $233.63M
2. The Revenant (I) (2015)
R | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 873,788 | Gross: $183.64M
3. 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: 58,313 | Gross: $2.41M
4. The Martian (2015)
PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara
Votes: 924,471 | Gross: $228.43M
5. Into the Wild (2007)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 657,865 | Gross: $18.35M
6. 127 Hours (2010)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott
Votes: 401,187 | Gross: $18.34M
7. Life of Pi (2012)
PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu
Votes: 666,568 | Gross: $124.99M
8. The Shallows (2016)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo, Joseph Salas
Votes: 143,360 | Gross: $55.12M
9. Gravity (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen
Votes: 862,943 | Gross: $274.09M
10. All Is Lost (2013)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Star: Robert Redford
Votes: 83,801 | Gross: $6.26M
11. Lord of the Flies (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
Votes: 20,408
12. Gagma napiri (2009)
90 min | Drama
A young refugee and his mother flee war and ethnic cleansing in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, leaving his father behind. After arriving in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, the ... See full summary »
Director: George Ovashvili | Stars: Tedo Bekhauri, Tamar Meskhi, Archil Tabukashvili, Temo Goginava
Votes: 1,338
13. The Road (I) (2009)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Votes: 254,077 | Gross: $0.06M
14. Buried (2010)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García-Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 168,462 | Gross: $1.03M
15. Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 739,547 | Gross: $188.37M
16. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
Votes: 911,506 | Gross: $32.57M
17. Interstellar (2014)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy
Votes: 2,097,392 | Gross: $188.02M
18. Ófærð (2015– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.
Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Guðjón Pedersen
Votes: 24,896
19. Eight Below (2006)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood
Votes: 68,351 | Gross: $81.61M
20. 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: 110,778 | Gross: $5.49M
21. The 33 (2015)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin
Votes: 39,738 | Gross: $12.19M
22. Against the Sun (2014)
PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
Director: Brian Peter Falk | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, Jake Abel, Nadia Parra
Votes: 6,471
23. Cell 211 (2009)
113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón
Votes: 70,757
24. Apollo 13 (I) (1995)
PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, History
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise
Votes: 315,383 | Gross: $173.84M
25. Defiance (I) (2008)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, History
Jewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos
Votes: 155,627 | Gross: $28.64M
26. Everest (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson
Votes: 232,315 | Gross: $43.48M
27. The Deep (2012)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama
Based on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Joi Johannsson, Thora Bjorg Helga
Votes: 5,722
28. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 848,595 | Gross: $10.06M
29. World Trade Center (2006)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Votes: 87,855 | Gross: $70.28M
30. Stowaway (I) (2021)
TV-MA | 116 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
Director: Joe Penna | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, Toni Collette
Votes: 52,460
31. Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Androids are tasked with raising human children on a mysterious planet.
Stars: Travis Fimmel, Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath
Votes: 86,479
32.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Pentagram
(2020)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mother receives unexpected guests with sinister plans. Are humans and androids the only inhabitants of Kepler-22b?
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 4,362
33.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Virtual Faith
(2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
After the Mithraic kids fall sick, Campion believes Mother is poisoning them and plans an escape. As Mother and Father attempt to prove otherwise, Marcus and Sue work to convince the other ... See full summary »
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 4,021
34.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Nature's Course
(2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Father tries to teach the children how to hunt some of Kepler-22b's mysterious creatures for food. Meanwhile, the Mithraic make a stunning discovery that potentially fulfills a Mithraic ... See full summary »
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 3,568
35.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Infected Memory
(2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Marcus moves forward with a plan to rescue the Mithraic children, but first he has to find them. Back at the settlement, Campion and Paul bond while on a hunting expedition with Father, and Mother attempts to learn more about her origins.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 3,752
36.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Lost Paradise
(2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
After rekindling her connection to her creator, Mother finds herself distracted by intense feelings she didn't know she was capable of having, unaware that Marcus, Sue and the Mithraic are closing in on the settlement.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 3,395
37.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Faces
(2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Marcus' decisions stress his relationship to his family as he struggles to maintain his clout as leader of the Mithraic. Mother is able to see Marcus for who he truly is, which threatens ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Gabassi | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 3,165
38.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Mass
(2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
As Marcus continues to embrace his Mithraic devotion, Sue worries he may no longer have her and Paul's best interests at heart. Mother experiences what she believes to be malfunctions, and Hunter works on a secret project with Father.
Director: Alex Gabassi | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 3,054
39.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Umbilical
(2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Sue is determined to keep the children safe, and in doing so, struggles with whether or not she can trust Mother. Meanwhile, a new threat arises and an increasingly erratic Marcus causes the Mithraic to question their leader.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 3,052
40.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Beginning
(2020)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Paul displays troubling behavior that leads to a revelation; Sue confides in Mother, while Father battles human-like emotions; as Campion questions his place in his new family, Mother and Father uncover a secret about the native creatures.
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 4,493
41.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Collective
(2022)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
While Mother, Father, and the children face hostility from their new atheist collective, Marcus sets out to fill the walls of an ancient church with Sol's worshipers.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,925
42.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Seven
(2022)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Campion is hurt meeting the serpent. The Trust tasks the collective with hunting #7 down. Mother must reconcile her feelings. Convinced the serpent will lead him to the Tree of Knowledge, Marcus sets out to find it before the atheists do.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,669
43.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Good Creatures
(2022)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Upon learning that the serpent is nonviolent, Mother fiercely protects it, while Father busies himself with the regeneration of a new android. Endowed with mysterious new powers, Marcus grows his congregation.
Director: Sunu Gonera | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,549
44.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Control
(2022)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
After the Trust uses Paul to strike back against Marcus, Mother confronts the Trust and threatens a coup. Meanwhile, on the run from Mother, Marcus has to keep his followers from losing faith as his powers suddenly disappear.
Director: Sunu Gonera | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,760
45.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
King
(2022)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mother struggles to keep the collective from falling apart as she struggles to lead while Sue resorts to prayer in her desperation to cure Paul. Meanwhile, Marcus and his followers are ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Gabassi | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,567
46.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Tree
(2022)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
As they try and fail to open the seed box, Sue and Paul realize they need Marcus's help. Sue makes a plan to break Marcus out of the brig while Mother is distracted with the imminent birth ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Gabassi | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,567
47.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Feeding
(2022)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A reeling Marcus and Paul join forces with Mother to disarm the newly weaponized serpent before it wreaks unimaginable havoc.
Director: Lukas Ettlin | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,465
48.
Raised by Wolves (2020–2022)
Episode:
Happiness
(2022)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Grandmother reveals her own agenda. Marcus seeks revenge, and Mother sets out to neutralize the serpent - but is leveled by the fallout.
Director: Lukas Ettlin | Stars: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar
Votes: 1,627
49. Hope (III) (2023)
96 min | Thriller
When a vlogger suffers a severe injury on her latest adventure, her optimism and positive outlook on life get pushed to their limits as she fights to survive.
Director: Bobby Marno | Stars: Sadhbh Larkin Coyle, Nathan Hughes, Vincent Tsang, Rosie McClelland
Votes: 89
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