Survival film

Films by genre

The survival film is a film genre in which one or more characters make an effort at physical survival.[1] The genre focuses on characters' life-or-death struggles, often set against perilous circumstances. Survival films explore the human will to live, individual motivations, and personal desires, prompting audiences to reflect on broader aspects of humanity and personal values. They balance realism and believability with slow-burning suspense to maintain a sense of urgency. While some survival films may have epic scopes and lengthy running times, their effectiveness lies in creating an atmosphere where every moment poses a passive threat to the protagonist's existence.[2]

Survival films are darker than most other adventure films and usually focus their storyline on a single character, usually the protagonist. The films tend to be "located primarily in a contemporary context", so film audiences are familiar with the setting, and the characters' activities are less romanticized.[3]

In a 1988 book, Thomas Sobchack compared the survival film to romance film: "They both emphasize the heroic triumph over obstacles which threaten social order and the reaffirmation of predominant social values such as fair play and respect for merit and cooperation."[3] The author said survival films "identify and isolate a microcosm of society", such as the surviving group from the plane crash in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) or those on the overturned ocean liner in The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Sobchack explained, "Most of the time in a survival film is spent depicting the process whereby the group, cut off from the securities and certainties of the ordinary support networks of civilized life, forms itself into a functioning, effective unit." The group often varies in types of characters, sometimes to the point of caricature. While women have historically been stereotyped in such films, they "often play a decisive role in the success or failure of the group."[4]

List of films

Film Year Ref.
12 Years a Slave 2013 [2]
The 33 2015 [5]
127 Hours 2010 [6]
The Last Man On Earth 1964 [7]
2018 2023 [8]
Adrift 2018 [9]
Against the Sun 2014 [10]
Alive 1993 [11]
All Is Lost 2013 [9]
Apollo 13 1995 [12]
Arctic 2018 [13]
Back from Eternity 1956 [14]
Battle Royale 2000 [15]
The Blue Lagoon 1980 [9]
Buried 2010 [6]
Captain Phillips 2013 [16]
Cast Away 2000 [6]
Cliffhanger 1993 [17]
Crawl 2019 [9]
A Cry in the Wild 1990 [17]
Cube 1997 [18]
Dances with Wolves 1990 [17]
Dante's Peak 1997 [17]
The Day After Tomorrow 2004 [17]
The Deep 2012 [19]
Deep Rising 1998 [20]
Deliverance 1972 [11]
The Descent 2005 [18]
The Edge 1997 [11]
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition 2000 [17]
Escape from Alcatraz 1979 [21]
Escape Room 2019 [18]
Everest 2015 [22]
Fall 2022 [18]
First Blood 1982 [9]
Five Came Back 1939 [14]
The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 [4]
Frozen 2010 [23]
Gerald's Game 2017 [2]
Gravity 2013 [16]
Green Room 2015 [2]
The Grey 2011 [24]
A Hijacking 2012 [12]
I Am Legend 2007 [9]
The Impossible 2012 [2]
In the Heart of the Sea 2015 [25]
Inferno 1953 [14]
Into the Wild 2007 [6]
Iron Will 1994 [17]
Jaws 1975 [17]
Jeremiah Johnson 1971 [26]
Jungle 2017 [27]
Jurassic Park 1993 [17]
Kon-Tiki 2012 [9]
Life of Pi 2012 [28]
Lifeboat 1944 [29]
Lone Survivor 2013 [16]
Lord of the Flies 1963 [14]
Luck 2009 [30]
Madagascar 2005 [31]
Marooned 1969 [29]
The Martian 2015 [9]
Man in the Wilderness 1971 [29]
Meek's Cutoff 2010 [26]
Misery 1990 [18]
My Side of the Mountain 1969 [14]
The Naked Prey 1965 [29]
No Blade of Grass 1970 [14]
Nobody Wants the Night 2015 [32]
North Face 2008 [33]
The Omega Man 1971 [29]
On the Beach 1959 [29]
Open Water 2003 [6]
Oxygen 2021 [34]
Panic in Year Zero! 1962 [29]
Panic Room 2002 [2]
The Perfect Storm 2000 [17]
Plane 2023 [35]
Planet of the Apes 1968 [29]
Pompeii 2014 [2]
The Poseidon Adventure 1972 [4]
Predator 1987 [17]
Quest for Fire 1981 [6]
A Quiet Place 2018 [2]
Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 [6]
Red Dawn 1984 [17]
Rescue Dawn 2006 [6]
Resident Evil 2002 [6]
Red Planet (film) 2000 [6]
The Revenant 2015 [9]
The Road 2009 [12]
Robby 1968 [36]
Robinson Crusoe 1954 [14]
Robinson Crusoe 1997 [37]
Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1965 [38]
Room 2015 [2]
Sanctum 2011 [39]
Sands of the Kalahari 1965 [29]
The Savage Is Loose 1974 [29]
The Secret Land 1948 [14]
Seven Waves Away 1957 [12]
The Shallows 2016 [9]
Sisu 2022 [40]
The Snow Walker 2003 [17]
Society of the Snow 2023 [41]
Southern Comfort 1981 [26]
Soylent Green 1973 [29]
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains 2007 [12]
Survival Quest 1989 [11]
Swiss Family Robinson 1960 [24]
Teenage Caveman 1958 [29]
The Goat Life 2024 [42]
Titanic 1997 [2]
Touching the Void 2003 [6]
Tremors 1990 [17]
The Ultimate Warrior 1975 [43]
Vertical Limit 2000 [17]
The War Game 1965 [29]
Walkabout 1971 [12]
The Way Back 2010 [6]
White Water Summer 1987 [17]
Wild 2014 [2]
The Wild Robot 2024
The World, the Flesh and the Devil 1959 [29]
Z.P.G. 1972 [29]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sobchack 1988, p. 12
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Foreman, Alison (August 24, 2023). "The Best Survival Movies, from 'Cast Away' and 'The Revenant' to 'The Martian' and 'Alive'". IndieWire. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
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  4. ^ a b c Sobchack 1988, p. 15
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  19. ^ Kaufman, Amy (September 3, 2015). "Fall Movie Guide: Making 'Everest' was a tall order for filmmakers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
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  27. ^ Abele, Robert (October 19, 2017). "Review: Daniel Radcliffe fights terror and reality in problematic survival story 'Jungle'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
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  33. ^ Holden, Stephen (January 28, 2010). "'Because It's There' Is the Least of Their Reasons". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  34. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (May 12, 2021). "'Oxygen': Alexandre Aja & Mélanie Laurent On Why Making Netflix's Confined Thriller Was A Breath Of Fresh Air". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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  39. ^ Burr, Ty (February 4, 2011). "Sanctum". The Boston Globe.
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  41. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (December 19, 2023). "Review: 'Society of the Snow' review – cannibalism in the ice in incredible real-life survival tale". The Guardian. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
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