
Sub-genre
Survival
🪓 Every survival title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
2813 titles

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
›R2012 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 105m · Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

47 Meters Down
›PG-132017 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine
Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

Piranha 3D
›R2010 · Comedy, Horror · 88m · Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Steven R. McQueen
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
›PG-132016 · Romance, Horror, Comedy · 108m · Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston
A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.

Snakes on a Plane
›R2006 · Action, Thriller, Adventure · 105m · Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

Friday the 13th Part 2
›R1981 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Russell Todd, Amy Steel, John Furey
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.

Maggie
›PG-132015 · Horror, Drama, Science Fiction · 95m · Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller.

Wrong Turn
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 110m · Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage
Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.

The Descent: Part 2
›R2009 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 94m · Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Gavan O'Herlihy
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.

The Deep House
›NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 85m · James Jagger, Camille Rowe, Éric Savin
While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

Elevation
›R2024 · Action, Science Fiction, Thriller · 91m · Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin, Maddie Hasson
Post-apocalyptic survivors find refuge in the Rocky Mountains to hide from giant, insect-like creatures that can't live above 8,000 feet. However, when one of them needs life-saving supplies, they risk it all to venture into the danger zone.

Untraceable
›R2008 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 101m · Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.

P2
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley, Simon Reynolds
A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.

Diary of the Dead
›R2007 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 96m · Michelle Morgan, Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts
A group of young filmmakers encounter real zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

Arcadian
›R2024 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins
In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their father taught them to keep him alive.

Cooties
›R2014 · Comedy, Horror, Action · 88m · Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.

Pet
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy
A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.

No One Lives
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Laura Ramsey
A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

Viral
›R2016 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Sofia Black-D'Elia, Lio Tipton, Travis Tope
Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.

Howl
›2015 · Horror · 89m · Ed Speleers, Shauna Macdonald, Elliot Cowan
When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown
›R2014 · Thriller, Horror · 85m · Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Travis Tope
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

Intruders
›R2015 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 90m · Beth Riesgraf, Martin Starr, Jack Kesy
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.

Sightless
›2020 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Madelaine Petsch, Alexander Koch, December Ensminger
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.

Hostile
›R2018 · Drama, Horror, Romance · 82m · Brittany Ashworth, Grégory Fitoussi, Javier Botet
Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.
