20 movies like Arctic, ordered by similarity : Everest(2015), The Mountain Between Us(2017), Mia and the White Lion(2018), Mad Max: Fury Road(2015), A Vigilante(2018), Mine 9(2019), The Grey(2012), The Finest Hours(2016), Operation Arctic(2014), The 33(2015), Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure(2017), All Is Lost(2013) ...
Adventure, Drama
Iceland
2018
97 Minutes
Mads Mikkelsen Maria Thelma Smáradóttir Tintrinai Thikhasuk
survival expert tense bleak gripping wilderness tundra race against time struggle man vs. nature wild animals epic journey courage rescue 2010s
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Iceland
2015
121 Minutes
Jason Clarke Josh Brolin John Hawkes Robin Wright Emily Watson Michael Kelly Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Martin Henderson Elizabeth Debicki Ingvar Sigurdsson
mountain climber sherpa team leader survivor friend family member bleak emotional gripping tense intense mount everest base camp house trail helicopter hospital mountain climbing storm danger
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
Kate Winslet Idris Elba Beau Bridges Dermot Mulroney Linda Sorensen Vincent Gale Marci T. House Dania Nassar Lee Majdoub Andres Joseph Nancy Sivak
doctor journalist pilot neurosurgeon photojournalist survivor bleak frightening gripping suspenseful tense moving mountain airplane airport lake restaurant cave stranded airplane crash
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
France|Germany|South Africa|Switzerland|Monaco|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Mélanie Laurent Daniah De Villiers Langley Kirkwood Ryan Mac Lennan Brandon Auret Lillian Dube Lionel Newton Tessa Jubber
girl lion lion tamer father mother inspiring passionate charming positive emotional tense south africa farm wilderness wildlife preserve plains human-animal friendship secret dangerous information journey
A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
Action, Adventure
Australia|South Africa|USA
2015
120 Minutes
Tom Hardy Charlize Theron Nicholas Hoult Hugh Keays-Byrne Josh Helman Nathan Jones Zoë Kravitz Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Riley Keough Abbey Lee Courtney Eaton
survivor tyrant rebel loner gang leader gang member bleak brash intense thrilling gripping wild fortress road truck battlefield desert canyon apocalypse rebellion
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max.
Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Olivia Wilde Morgan Spector Tonye Patano Kyle Catlett Cheryse Dyllan Olivia Gilliatt Betsy Aidem C.J. Wilson
vigilante victim criminal husband counselor child dark bleak gripping intense house car wilderness group therapy home domestic violence traumatic past struggle vigilantism painful memories
After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, she is back with a vengeance.
Drama
USA
2019
83 Minutes
Terry Serpico Mark Ashworth Kevin Sizemore Clint James Drew Starkey Erin Elizabeth Burns Alpha Trivette Francine Locke
miner rescue worker family bleak disheartening gritty gutsy inspiring incredible powerful solemn somber tense mine appalachia rescue survival rescue 2010s
Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2012
117 Minutes
Liam Neeson Frank Grillo Dermot Mulroney Dallas Roberts Joe Anderson Nonso Anozie Ben Bray James Badge Dale Anne Openshaw Peter Girges Jonathan James Bitonti
sharpshooter oil driller pilot colleague incredible gripping inspiring alaska oil refinery wilderness bar airplane survival plane crash man vs. beast wolves rescue quest adventure 2010s
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
Adventure, Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Chris Pine Casey Affleck Ben Foster Holliday Grainger John Ortiz Kyle Gallner John Magaro Beau Knapp Eric Bana Graham McTavish Abraham Benrubi
sailor engineer coast guard officer survivor crew member rescue worker brooding emotional intense boat ocean massachusetts office car street storm wreckage danger survival coast guard
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Drama, Adventure
Norway
2014
89 Minutes
Kaisa Gurine Antonsen Lars Arentz Hansen Nicolai Cleve Broch Leonard Valestrand Eike Kristofer Hivju Per Kjerstad Evy Kasseth Røsten Oddrun Valestrand Line Verndal Ida Leonora Valestrand Eike
young girl twin mother father animal pilot intense suspenseful thrilling heartwarming helicopter north pole arctic norway moving stowaway survival siblings adventure discovery
Accidentally, three sibling children are left alone in a winter storm on the island of Spitsbergen. No-one on the main land, an ocean apart, knows where they are. It's a dramatic fight for survival.
Drama
Chile|Colombia|Spain|USA
2015
125 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Rodrigo Santoro Juliette Binoche Gabriel Byrne Lou Diamond Phillips Mario Casas Juan Pablo Raba Tenoch Huerta Adriana Barraza Kate del Castillo Cote de Pablo
miner mine owner rescue worker family member friend reporter bleak brooding intense chile mine office hospital house car mining disaster rescue survival stress
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Adventure, Drama
Canada|South Africa
2017
87 Minutes
Sam Ashe Arnold Elizabeth Hurley Richard Lukunku Louis Minnaar Shawn Devlin Hlomla Dandala Yule Masiteng Tertius Meintjes Joseph Mupfudze Hekima Namarifa Austin Shandu
boy elephant animal orphan poacher moving engaging emotional gripping africa desert plains poaching poachers animals unlikely allies escape growing up rescue 2010s
Two kids and their dog must use all their skills to survive in the African bush after a plane crash.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
USA
2013
105 Minutes
sailor dark intense raw thrilling indian ocean boat survival shipwreck sailing danger storm adventure rescue quest 2010s
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.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
1993
126 Minutes
Sam Neill Laura Dern Jeff Goldblum Richard Attenborough Bob Peck Martin Ferrero BD Wong Joseph Mazzello Ariana Richards Samuel L. Jackson Wayne Knight
paleontologist mathematician billionaire grandchild grandfather employee engaging thrilling frightening intense island theme park isla nublar jurassic park wilderness jungle dinosaurs survival scientific experiments man vs. nature
A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Hungary|Jordan
2015
142 Minutes
Matt Damon Jessica Chastain Kristen Wiig Jeff Daniels Michael Peña Kate Mara Sean Bean Sebastian Stan Aksel Hennie Donald Glover Mackenzie Davis
astronaut survivor president scientist wife crew member brooding emotional intense tense dark nasa facility camp mars spacecraft space station control room space travel stranded mars
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.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
Adventure, Drama
1971
121 Minutes
Sean Connery Claudia Cardinale Peter Finch Hardy Kruger Massimo Girotti Luigi Vannuchi Mario Adorf Eduard Martsevich Nikita Mikhalkov Donatas Banionis
elderly man explorer ghost roald amundsen aviator captain bleak brutal frightening gripping north pole italy norway airship ship umberto nobile exploration disaster survival haunting
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (Sean Connery) leads a 1928 North Pole air search for Italian explorer Umberto Nobile (Peter Finch).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA|Hong Kong|China
2016
107 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Kurt Russell Douglas M. Griffin James DuMont Joe Chrest Gina Rodriguez Brad Leland John Malkovich Dave Maldonado J.D. Evermore Ethan Suplee
oil driller foreman crew member wife daughter rescue worker chilling gripping intense house helicopter oil drilling platform bunker ocean office oil spill drilling operation explosion danger survival
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Adventure, Drama
2018
98 Minutes
Sam Elliott Aidan Turner Ron Livingston Sean Bridgers Rizwan Manji Ellar Coltrane Mark Steger Larry Miller Caitlin Fitzgerald
veteran man bigfoot engaging gripping unrestrained suspenseful rousing united states wilderness hunting save humanity plagues the past pursuit 2010s
Decades after ending World War II by assassinating Adolf Hitler in an undercover operation, unsung American hero Calvin Barr is called upon by the government to hunt down the fabled Bigfoot, the carrier of a deadly plague that could destroy humanity.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
USA|Canada|Antarctica
2006
120 Minutes
Paul Walker Bruce Greenwood Moon Bloodgood Jason Biggs Gerard Plunkett August Schellenberg Wendy Crewson Panou Connor Christopher Levins Malcolm Stewart Megan McKinnon
explorer scientist dog friend powerful tense antarctica animals friendship survival loyalty sacrifice rescue 1990s
Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.
Adventure, Drama
2017
97 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Mira Sorvino Sarah Dumont Kale Culley Jason Cottle Austin R. Grant Nathan Stevens Marty McSorely
hockey player snowboarder rescue worker pilot nurse survivor emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense moving mountain cabin united states ski slopes home disaster winter survival
Former professional hockey player Eric LeMarque finds himself stranded on a mountain during a fierce snowstorm. Coming to terms with his personal demons, he soon rediscovers the power of faith while fighting for survival.