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1. Swiss Army Man (2016)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Antonia Ribero
Votes: 133,741 | Gross: $4.21M
2. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
GP | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee
Votes: 35,028 | Gross: $47.74M
3. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro
Votes: 62,378
4. Dersu Uzala (1975)
G | 142 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Mikhail Bychkov, Vladimir Khrulyov
Votes: 33,557
5. A Cry in the Wild (1990)
PG | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Adapted from Gary Paulsen's novel "Hatchet", a boy crash-lands in Canada's bear country and survives with a hatchet his divorced mother gave him.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Jared Rushton, Ned Beatty, Pamela Sue Martin, Stephen Meadows
Votes: 1,167 | Gross: $1.49M
6. Man vs. Wild (2006–2020)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Reality-TV
Bear Grylls travels the world in search of challenges to his survival skills.
Stars: Bear Grylls, Chris Kratt, Will Ferrell, Sean Lacoste
Votes: 23,277
7. Survivorman (2004– )
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Adventure
No food, no shelter, no fresh water - one man alone in the wild for seven days with only his wits and stamina to sustain him.
Stars: Les Stroud, Logan Stroud, Todd Standing, Sam Omik
Votes: 6,722
8. The Earthling (1980)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
Diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett
Votes: 1,819
9. Unplugged (IV)
Animation, Drama | Filming
Dayna flees her tour and finds solace in South Dakota's Badlands, connecting with nature and locals, healing from abuse. Her disappearance fuels fame, leaving her stranded in the wilderness she loves, saved from suicide but risking death.
Directors: Paul McComas, Holly Trasti | Stars: Christina Ricci, Jeri Ryan, Louis Gossett Jr., Edward Asner
10. Master of the World (1983)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure
Primitive humans had to adapt to their brutal and savage environment or disappear into oblivion. For Bog, a great warrior, this struggle means conquering the land and gaining supremacy over his rivals.
Director: Alberto Cavallone | Stars: Sven Kruger, Sasha D'Arc, Viviana Maria Rispoli, Maria Vittoria Garlanda
Votes: 223
11. The Balloonatic (1923)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy
A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, John Brown, Phyllis Haver, Babe London
Votes: 3,246
12. I Am Still Alive
Drama, Thriller | Announced
After surviving a car crash and moving into her dad's cabin, Jess is stranded with her dog.
Star: Ben Affleck
13. Fat Guys in the Woods (2014– )
60 min | Reality-TV
For thousands of years, man lived wild. He made fire, built shelter, and hunted food with his own two hands...but as he got smarter, his waist got bigger. Now, it's time to get guys off of ... See full summary »
Stars: Creek Stewart, Jacob Perry, Big Fella, Opie Cooper
Votes: 152
14. Lost Holiday: The Jim & Suzanne Shemwell Story (2007 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In Idaho, an estranged couple are trapped in a blizzard while on vacation just before Christmas.
Director: Gregory Goodell | Stars: Jami Gertz, Dylan Walsh, Aaron Pearl, Julia Maxwell
Votes: 317
15. Med Monsen på villspor (2014– )
59 min | Adventure, Reality-TV
Lars Monsen is left blindfolded at remote locations of the Scandinavian wilderness, with a backpack and a partial map leading him towards a goal area. In the next few days he will hike, ... See full summary »
Stars: Lars Monsen, Anne Rimmen, Trond Strømdahl, Dag Kjelsaas
Votes: 145
16. Canada på tvers med Lars Monsen (2005)
180 min | Documentary
Lars Monsen travels across Canada, encountering wildlife around every corner.
Director: Fridtjof Kjæreng | Star: Lars Monsen
Votes: 396
17. Survivorman Ten Days (2012– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Les Stroud shows how to survive alone in the wilderness for ten days. He has minimal supplies, and demonstrates all survival techniques without the assistance of a camera crew or production crew.
Star: Les Stroud
Votes: 452
18. 7 Days in Hell (2015)
TV-14 | Documentary, Adventure
Inspired by historical events, Brett and Cliff set out to replicate the experience of surviving in life-threatening situations for seven days, from prospectors pitted against the elements in the Yukon to being shipwrecked on Roatan Island.
Stars: Brett Rogers, Cliff Quinn, Tom Park
19. To Build a Fire (1969)
52 min | Adventure, Drama
Based off of the version of this story Jack London wanted to write. A man goes traveling alone with his dog with the temperature -50 and it is getting colder and colder.
Director: David Cobham | Stars: Ian Hogg, Orson Welles
Votes: 159
20. Nordkalotten 365: Et år på tur med Lars Monsen (2007–2008)
28 min | Documentary, Adventure
Lars Monsen travels to the Cap of the North to spend one full year in the arctic wilderness of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Stars: Lars Monsen, Nina Skramstad
Votes: 99
21. 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
24. A Little Bit in All of Us (1978)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Brian Hannant | Stars: John Dick, Graham Caldwell, James Cameron, Grant Carlin
25. Survival Handbook (2021)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Due to burnout, David, a financial advisor, is prescribed exercise by his doctor. He then sets out on a survival tour, equipped with a brand-new guidebook. With a manual, David wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Rodja Martin Tröscher | Stars: Anthony Straeger, Rodja Martin Tröscher
26.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Ascent
(1996)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On their way to answer a warrant, Odo and Quark crash, and must put aside their differences to survive and signal for help.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,066
27.
CNN Presents (1993– )
Episode:
The Hunt for Eric Rudolph
(2002)
Documentary
When accused Olympic Park Bomber Eric Rudolph was captured, CNN correspondent Art Harris and his field crew went to North Carolina for a story he'd covered from the start, breaking yarns ... See full summary »
Star: Art Harris
28.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Pilot
(2021)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
On the eve of a fateful flight, a championship high school girls soccer team celebrates by betraying one another. Twenty-five years later, the survivors do their best imitations of well-adjusted people. Season premiere.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 3,500
29.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
F Sharp
(2021)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The teens get their bearings as Misty finds hell on earth quite becoming. In the present: revenge, sex homework, and the policeman formerly known as Goth.
Director: Jamie Travis | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,785
30.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
The Dollhouse
(2021)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Yellowjackets debate the merits of probably dying while staying put or probably dying while looking for shelter. Taissa navigates a dirty attack ad and the other C-word. Shauna sees about a boy.
Director: Eva Sørhaug | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,503
31.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Bear Down
(2021)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The girls play with guns to determine who is the most responsible. Natalie untangles a lifetime of piecing together broken men. Taissa greets the rich.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,380
32.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Saints
(2021)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The girls tangle with the birds and the bees, navigating love, lust and DIY surgery. In the present: blackmail, bunnies and an icy reunion. Misty prepares for a houseguest.
Director: Bille Woodruff | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,198
33.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
No Compass
(2021)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
As starvation looms, Taissa leads a last-ditch effort and/or suicide mission. The Yellowjackets are forced to commit small talk.
Director: Eva Sørhaug | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,144
34.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Flight of the Bumblebee
(2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
What is madness and what is divine? While in triage after a vicious attack, the Yellowjackets are left to suss out the best of their worst ideas. Shauna dabbles in some light cyberstalking.
Director: Ariel Kleiman | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,166
35.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Doomcoming
(2022)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
You are cordially invited to The Doomcoming. On the brink of death, the Yellowjackets opt to throw one last rager before careening into oblivion. An increasingly paranoid Shauna struggles between keeping her cool and being Shauna.
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,282
36.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
(2022)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
On the night of their 25-year reunion, the Yellowjackets navigate damning evidence, false alibis and a dubious attempt to heal. In the wilderness, the Doomcoming fallout finds everything firmly off the rails as resentments come to a head.
Director: Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,495
37.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Blood Hive
(2021)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Out in the wilderness plan a dark arts slumber party. Natalie and Misty tame a stallion. On Halloween night, Shauna parties like it's 1996.
Director: Eva Sørhaug | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 2,276
38.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Friends, Romans, Countrymen
(2023)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two months into winter the survivors cope with falling rations, low morale and their latest disastrous attempt to freeze a teammate out of the game. Taissa, Misty and Natalie all seek out best friends, both old and new.
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,938
39.
1, 000 Places to See Before You Die (2007)
Episode:
Brazil
(2007)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary
Director: Casey Brumels | Stars: Craig DeSilva, Albin Ulle, Melanie Ulle, Louis Lo Maiden
40.
MythBusters (2003–2018)
Episode:
Duct Tape Island
(2012)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV
Can Adam and Jamie survive on a deserted island using just duct tape?
Directors: Alice Dallow, Lauren Gray Williams | Stars: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron
Votes: 180
41.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Episode #3.1
(2025)
TV-MA | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
42.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Edible Complex
(2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Breaking off that friendship with the person who keeps ghosting you isn't always easy. Tai speeds through an unexpected reunion, Nat shacks up with Lottie, and Misty encounters a riddle wrapped in an enigma dressed in cargo shorts.
Director: Ben Semanoff | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,798
43.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Old Wounds
(2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Relive your youth by hitting the road! Go on vacation with a new friend! Hitchhike, if you must! Just make sure you pack a good playlist for the ride. Some recommendations from us: "Anything You Can Do" and "You Get What You Give".
Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,435
44.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Two Truths and a Lie
(2023)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Rise and shine and don't forget your booties because it's coooold out there. Misty makes a leap of faith, Natalie and Lottie play a game, Shauna finds herself unexpectedly randy, and Tai seeks out a movie recommendation.
Director: Ben Semanoff | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,477
45.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Digestif
(2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The girls experience an unusual hangover. Shauna learns the thrill of peer-to-peer car rentals. Natalie audits Lottie's class in emotional apiology. Misty hits the high seas - and the Yellowjackets throw a baby shower like no other.
Director: Jeffrey W. Byrd | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,513
46.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Storytelling
(2023)
TV-MA | 61 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Heavy is the head that wears the antler crown is a lesson you don't learn until much later in life... if you ever even learn it at all. Everything's about to get really wild(erness), and we're so excited (so excited!). Season finale.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,612
47.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Qui
(2023)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Trapped inside on a snow day, the Yellowjackets revisit the highlights, humiliations and traumas of Health Class. Tai and Van help each other rewind, while Misty explores joining a classic Cosmic American tribute band.
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,512
48.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
Burial
(2023)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Out in the wilderness, Coach Scott does a great Karl Havoc impression for an unimpressed Misty.
Director: Anya Adams | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,431
49.
Yellowjackets (2021– )
Episode:
It Chooses
(2023)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Callie encounters an old flame, Van proves goalies never say die, most of the adults intentionally commune in the sharing shack.
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 1,428
50.
Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout? (2013– )
Episode:
Canoe Jousting
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
The Scouts are at Sequoia National Forest to face three new competitors: Dan wants to prove to his Eagle Scout brothers that he could have been one; John wants to prove himself to his ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Backer | Stars: Charles Ingram, Michael C. Henderson, Rio Gifford, Keegan Rice