369 films
Films about survival
Stories stripped down to whether a person continues.
Every film here has been read through the same lens: which rung of the E0–E14 reality ladder its story fights on, whether it moves consciousness off the human, and which rule of its world it alters. Ordered by how many people have rated them.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)★ 7.6
The Hunger Games (2012)★ 7.2
Alien (1979)★ 8.2
The Terminator (1984)★ 7.7
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)★ 6.8
Ice Age (2002)★ 7.4
Pacific Rim (2013)★ 6.9
I, Robot (2004)★ 7.0
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)★ 7.3
Transformers (2007)★ 6.8
Madagascar (2005)★ 6.9
Oblivion (2013)★ 6.7
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)★ 6.7
Snowpiercer (2013)★ 6.9
Independence Day (1996)★ 6.9
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)★ 6.7
The Mummy (1999)★ 7.0
Godzilla (2014)★ 6.4
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)★ 7.2
Alien: Covenant (2017)★ 6.2
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)★ 6.9
Shaun of the Dead (2004)★ 7.5
War of the Worlds (2005)★ 6.5
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)★ 6.2
Predator (1987)★ 7.5
Terminator Genisys (2015)★ 6.0
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)★ 6.2
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)★ 6.8
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)★ 6.6
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)★ 6.0
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)★ 6.4
Pixels (2015)★ 5.8
Life (2017)★ 6.5
Prey (2022)★ 7.7
The Witch (2016)★ 7.0
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)★ 6.2
Terminator Salvation (2009)★ 6.1
This Is the End (2013)★ 6.2
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)★ 6.7
The Book of Eli (2010)★ 6.8
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)★ 7.0
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)★ 5.4
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)★ 7.8
Bambi (1942)★ 7.0
The 5th Wave (2016)★ 5.9
The Good Dinosaur (2015)★ 6.7
Battleship (2012)★ 5.9
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)★ 6.4
Alien Resurrection (1997)★ 6.2
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)★ 5.6
Cube (1998)★ 6.8
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)★ 6.1
Escape Room (2019)★ 6.5
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)★ 7.3
I Am Number Four (2011)★ 6.2
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)★ 5.9
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)★ 6.1
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)★ 7.5
Over the Hedge (2006)★ 6.6
Predators (2010)★ 6.3
Alien: Romulus (2024)★ 7.2
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)★ 6.6
The Birds (1963)★ 7.5
Dawn of the Dead (2004)★ 7.1
The Evil Dead (1981)★ 7.3
Love and Monsters (2020)★ 7.3
Army of the Dead (2021)★ 6.2
Underworld: Awakening (2012)★ 6.3
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)★ 6.1
Truth or Dare (2018)★ 5.9
Mad Max 2 (1981)★ 7.4
Flushed Away (2006)★ 6.3
Waterworld (1995)★ 6.2
Finch (2021)★ 7.8
9 (2009)★ 6.9
Predator 2 (1990)★ 6.3
Battle Royale (2000)★ 7.3
Under the Skin (2014)★ 6.1
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)★ 5.7
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)★ 5.8
Evil Dead Rise (2023)★ 6.9
Scary Movie 4 (2006)★ 5.5
Evil Dead II (1987)★ 7.5
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)★ 5.2
Jeepers Creepers (2001)★ 6.5
10,000 BC (2008)★ 5.5
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)★ 7.7
Godzilla Minus One (2023)★ 7.6
30 Days of Night (2007)★ 6.4
Open Season (2006)★ 6.2
Legion (2010)★ 5.9
The Dead Don't Die (2019)★ 5.4
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)★ 6.7
I Am Mother (2019)★ 6.7
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)★ 7.0
Flow (2024)★ 8.1
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)★ 7.2
The Land Before Time (1988)★ 7.1
Dinosaur (2000)★ 6.6
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)★ 5.9
The Forever Purge (2021)★ 6.9
Ghost Ship (2002)★ 6.0
Deep Blue Sea (1999)★ 6.0
Priest (2011)★ 5.9
Reign of Fire (2002)★ 6.2
In the Tall Grass (2019)★ 5.5
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)★ 7.2
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)★ 6.5
Day Shift (2022)★ 6.7
[REC]² (2009)★ 6.6
Balto (1995)★ 7.3
The Core (2003)★ 5.8
Circle (2015)★ 6.0
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)★ 6.6
#Alive (2020)★ 7.2
The Blue Lagoon (1980)★ 6.1
Extinction (2018)★ 6.0
Project Hail Mary (2026)★ 8.2
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)★ 7.3
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