
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

Cottage Country
›2013 · Action, Comedy, Crime · 91m · Malin Åkerman, Tyler Labine, Dan Petronijevic
When Todd takes his girlfriend Cammie up to the family cottage for a reclusive proposal, the last thing he expected to be doing was dealing with was his slacker brother and his hippie girlfriend. But in this comedy of errors, Todd and Cammie, have to deal with his accidentally murdered brother in order to live happily ever after.

Home Invasion
›PG-132016 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 88m · Natasha Henstridge, Jason Patric, Liam Dickinson
Terror arrives at the one place we all feel safest... When a wealthy woman, Chloe, and her stepson, Jacob, are targeted by a trio of expert thieves in their remote mansion, her only form of help comes from a call with Mike, a security systems specialist. But as the intruders become increasingly hostile and the connection wavers, will she trust him to be her eyes and navigate her to safety?

In Their Skin
›NR2012 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Selma Blair, Joshua Close, James D'Arcy
A couple and their young son retreat to their woodland vacation home, only to face sinister neighbors who intend to kill them and steal their identities.

Prophecy
›PG1979 · Horror, Science Fiction · 102m · Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante
When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate. Chief John Hawks insists the loggers are poisoning the water supply, and, though company man Isley denies it, the Vernes can't ignore the strangely mutated wildlife roaming the woods. Robert captures a bear cub for testing and soon finds himself the target of an angry mutant grizzly.

Darlin'
›R2019 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 101m · Lauryn Canny, Bryan Batt, Nora-Jane Noone
Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she’s to be rehabilitated into a "good girl" as an example of the miraculous work of the church. But Darlin’ holds a secret darker than the "sins" she is threatened with, and she is not traveling alone. The Woman who raised her, equally fierce and feral, is ever present in the shadows of Darlin’s psyche and is determined to come for her no matter who tries to get in her way.

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›NR2017 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Keiynan Lonsdale, Ema Horvath, Nate Hartley
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation to community and rescue... or to stalking, obsession and madness.

The Mutilator
›NR1985 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock
As a child, Ed was cleaning his father’s hunting rifles - a surprise birthday treat for the old man - when one of them went off, hitting and killing his mother. On seeing the bloodshed, his father flew into a murderous rage - Ed just barely escaped with his life. Now in his teens, he returns home; he doesn’t expect to find his father, still there, waiting for a chance to settle the score . . .

Even Lambs Have Teeth
›2015 · Thriller, Horror · 78m · Kirsten Zien, Tiera Skovbye, Darren Mann
Two young women terrorized by a group of small town psychos seek revenge on their tormentors.

Frank and Penelope
›R2022 · Thriller, Horror, Crime · 112m · Billy Budinich, Caylee Cowan, Johnathon Schaech
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.

Offseason
›2022 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 83m · Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Richard Brake
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.

Organ Trail
›R2023 · Horror, Western, Drama · 112m · Zoé De Grand Maison, Mather Zickel, Lisa LoCicero
A young Abigale Archer is left friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits.

Cucuy: The Boogeyman
›2018 · Thriller, Horror · 85m · Marisol Nichols, Brian Krause, Jearnest Corchado
When children start disappearing, a rebellious teen under house arrest starts to suspect that a legendary evil, a boogeyman known as the Cucuy, might be responsible.

Game of Death
›NR2017 · Thriller, Horror · 73m · Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman
Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Now each one's head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town?

Exit Humanity
›R2011 · Drama, Horror · 114m · Stephen McHattie, Brian Cox, Mark Gibson
A decade after the American Civil War, Edward Young returns home from a hunting trip to find a horrific reanimation of his wife and that their son Adam has disappeared. He must battle his way through an unexplainable outbreak of the walking dead.

Body
›NR2015 · Drama, Thriller, Crime · 75m · Helen Rogers, Alexandra Turshen, Lauren Molina
A night out turns deadly when three girls break into a seemingly empty mansion.

It Lives Again
›R1978 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan
Maternity wards echo with the patter of tiny claws as more murderous baby-faced monsters are born. But rather than kill their monstrous offspring during delivery, cursed parents flee to secret incubation hideouts.

Naked Fear
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · Joe Mantegna, Danielle De Luca, Evan Adrian
Diana arrives in a town to start a new job. She's threatened into working as an exotic dancer. She's later kidnapped and let loose naked in the wilderness as prey for the psycho hunter, like many women before her. Will she survive?

Silent Zone
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller · 118m · Matt Devere, Luca Papp, Nikolett Barabas
In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.

Held
›R2020 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 94m · Jill Awbrey, Bart Johnson, Travis Cluff
A couple's ailing marriage is put to the test when they are held hostage in an isolated vacation rental by an unseen Voice that commands their every move and threatens harm if they don’t obey.

The Russian Bride
›NR2019 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Corbin Bernsen, Oksana Orlan, Kristina Pimenova
A Russian woman travels to America with her daughter to marry a reclusive billionaire offering them a better life, but soon begins to suspect her new husband might have a far more sinister plan for their arrangement.

Coyotes
›R2025 · Horror, Comedy · 91m · Justin Long, Mila Harris, Brittany Allen
Trapped in their Hollywood Hills home, a family fights for survival when caught between a raging wildfire and a pack of savage coyotes.

Dark Nature
›2023 · Horror · 85m · Hannah Emily Anderson, Madison Walsh, Roseanne Supernault
While recovering from an abusive relationship, Joy joins her friend's therapy group on an isolated mountainous retreat. Led by a doctor with experimental methods, the group is soon forced to confront a monstrous entity.

Hounded
›2022 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 94m · Samantha Bond, Malachi Pullar-Latchman, James Lance
A stately home robbery takes an evil turn one night when a gang of young thieves are caught by the owners of the house and then hunted across the estate for the proprietor's entertainment.

1 Buck
›2017 · Drama, Thriller · 89m · John Freeman, Katie Ryan, Cassi Colvin
Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.
