American survival films

Titanic is a 1997 American epic historical romance film written and directed by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictional aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as members of different social classes who fall in love during the ship's ill-fated maiden voyage. The ensemble cast includes Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner and Bill Paxton.

Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan. It features an ensemble cast led by Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight and famine, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through space in search of a new home for humanity.

2013 film directed by Alfonso Cuarón

2015 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

2012 film directed by Gary Ross

2015 film directed by Ridley Scott

2000 film by Robert Zemeckis

Apocalypto () is a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia. The film features a cast of Indigenous and Mexican actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Jonathan Brewer, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. Set in Yucatán around the year 1511, Apocalypto portrays the hero's journey of a young man named Jaguar Paw, a late Mesoamerican hunter and his fellow tribesmen who are capt

1995 film by Ron Howard

2007 film directed by Francis Lawrence

2017 film directed by James Mangold

2010 film directed by Danny Boyle

2013 film by Francis Lawrence

2021 film directed by Adam McKay

2018 film directed by Christian Rivers

1980 film by Randal Kleiser

1998 film directed by Mimi Leder

Cloverfield is a 2008 American found footage monster film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Drew Goddard. It stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller (in his film debut), Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, and Odette Yustman. In the film, six friends attempt to flee from a monster that attacks New York City.

2016 adventure film directed by David Yates

2018 film directed by Wes Ball

Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his own 1970 novel. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into the remote northern Georgia wilderness to whitewater canoe the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed, only to find themselves in danger from the area's inhabitants and nature. It stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts.

2002 film by Kathryn Bigelow

1997 film by Lee Tamahori

Geostorm is a 2017 American science-fiction action film directed, cowritten, and coproduced by Dean Devlin (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris, and Andy García. It follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites.

2014 film by Jean-Marc Vallée

2006 film by Wolfgang Petersen

2023 film directed by Francis Lawrence

2011 film by Joe Wright

2010 film directed by Tony Scott

2004 film directed by David Twohy

2015 film directed by Ron Howard

2016 film by Jaume Collet-Serra

2009 film directed by John Hillcoat

2011 film by Joe Carnahan

1972 film by Ronald Neame

2018 film directed by Albert Hughes

2023 film directed by J. A. Bayona

1974 film directed by Mark Robson

1944 American survival film by Alfred Hitchcock

1994 film by Curtis Hanson

2022 film directed by Scott Mann

1993 film directed by Frank Marshall

2010 film directed by Rodrigo Cortés

2006 film directed by Frank Marshall

1985 film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky

2015 film directed by John Erick Dowdle

1983 film directed by Nicholas Meyer

2002 film by Rob Bowman

1958 film by John Sturges

1971 film directed by Boris Sagal

2000 film directed by Martin Campbell

2004 film by John Moore

2016 film directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan

1986 film directed by Peter Weir

1999 film directed by John Bruno

2023 film directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

Ready or Not is a 2019 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell. It follows a young bride who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil.

2014 film by Steven Quale

2010 film by Peter Weir

2019 film directed by Alexandre Aja