Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore characters facing danger and struggling to survive.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 198 films.
Hopecore, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, science fiction film
In the near future, middle school teacher and former molecular biologist Ryland Grace wakes up from an induced coma on the interstellar spacecraft Hail Mary, suffering from amnesia. Grace learns that he is the sole survivor of a three-pers…
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Dark Comedy, Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, survival film
Socially awkward and downtrodden corporate strategist Linda Liddle anticipates a long-promised promotion from Bradley Preston, the son of her former boss, upon his appointment as CEO. Instead, Bradley awards the position to Donovan, a rece…
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Thriller, action film, survival film, thriller film
While climbing the Troll Wall in Norway, adventurous couple Sasha and Tommy are caught in a storm. Tommy is struck by a falling boulder, and the weight of his unconscious body threatens to drag Sasha off the cliff face. She is forced to re…
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Sci-Fi, science fiction film, survival film
On July 10, 1982, aspiring novelist Denise Platt lives with her husband Greg, children Audrey and Brian, and dog Starbuck on Oak Street in the suburban town of Flowervale, Michigan. The couple's marriage is strained; Denise privately conte…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, Zombiefilm, action film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, independent film, katastrophe, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, zombie film
A group of animal rights activists infiltrate a laboratory in Cambridge which houses abnormally aggressive chimpanzees. Despite a scientist warning that the chimpanzees are "infected" with "rage", an activist frees one; it attacks her and,…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Thriller, action film, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film, survival film, thriller film
Five years after the impact of interstellar comet Clarke destroyed civilization and most life on Earth, the environment is chaotic, with sudden electromagnetic storms, lingering radioactive fallout, deorbiting fragments of Clarke's debris …
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Thriller, survival film, thriller film
Friedrich Ritter and Dore Strauch flee their native Germany in 1931, repudiating the bourgeois values they believe are corroding humankind. On the isle of Floreana in the Galápagos Islands, Friedrich focuses on writing his manifesto, while…
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Gothic film, Horror, body horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, gothic horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several corpses from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discover…
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, science fiction film, survival film
thumb|left|Ares III mission landing site (Acidalia Planitia region) In 2035, the crew of the Ares III mission to Mars is exploring Acidalia Planitia on Martian solar day (sol) 18 of their 31-sol expedition. A severe dust storm threatens th…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, body horror film, fantasy film, girls with guns, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
The commercial space tug Nostromo is returning to Earth with a seven-member crew in "stasis": captain Dallas, executive officer Kane, warrant officer Ripley, navigator Lambert, science officer Ash, and engineers Parker and Brett, along wit…
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Drama, disaster film, drama film, survival film
On November 8, 2018, high winds and dry conditions lead a Pacific Gas & Electric transmission line failure to spark the 2018 Camp Fire. Firefighters are unable to contain the blaze from spreading into a massive wildfire, and computer issue…
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Animalhorror, Natural Disaster, Thriller, adventure film, horror film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, survival film, suspense film, thriller film
In the New England beach town of Amity Island, a young woman goes for a late-night ocean swim. An unseen force attacks and pulls her underwater. Her partial remains are found washed up on the beach the next morning.
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, body horror film, drama film, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, survival film, suspense film, thriller film
In Antarctica, a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American research station. The Americans witness the passenger fumble a grenade and accidentally blow up the helicopter and himself. The pilot fires a rifle at the dog and shou…
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Thriller, survival film, thriller film
Best friends Becky Connor and Shiloh Hunter are climbing a mountain with Becky's husband Dan, who is startled by a bat and falls to his death. A year later, Becky has given up climbing and become a recluse contemplating suicide. She has es…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, magic realist film, survival film
In the early 2010s Montreal, a writer meets Pi Patel, whom he has been told would be a good subject for a book. Pi tells the writer the following story: Pi is born in 1960, named Piscine Molitor Patel after Piscine Molitor, a famous French…
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Action, Adventure, Thriller, Western film, biographical film, drama film, survival film, thriller film
Fur trapper Hugh Glass watches as American soldiers burn down a Native American village on the Great Plains. Years later, in 1823, during the Arikara War, Glass guides Captain Andrew Henry's trappers through the territory of the present-da…
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Slasher Horror, comedy horror film, slasher film
One year after the Woodsboro killings orchestrated by Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman, Blackmore University professor Laura Crane is catfished and murdered by her student Jason Carvey wearing a Ghostface costume. Jason plots with his roomm…
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Action, Aliens, Monster Film, Space Opera, Thriller, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
A deep-space salvage crew find an escape shuttle where Ellen Ripley has been in stasis for 57 years after destroying her ship, the Nostromo, to kill an alien creature that slaughtered the crew. Ripley is debriefed by her Weyland-Yutani Cor…
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Thriller, Zombiefilm, survival film, thriller film, zombie film
After the United States accidentally detonates an experimental weapon off the Eastern coast of Tasmania, the city of Hobart is destroyed, and victims on the island not caught in the immediate blast are rendered brain dead. Soon it is found…
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Adventure, Drama, Robinsonade, adventure film, drama film, robinsonade
In December 1995, a FedEx courier collects a package from a sculptor, whose gate carries the names "Dick & Bettina". The package, marked with pink angel wings, is delivered to her husband, who is in Moscow with another woman. Meanwhile, Ch…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Sci-Fi, action film, drama film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, vampire film
In 2009, a genetically engineered measles virus designed to cure cancer mutated and killed 90% of the human population, and transformed another 9% into vampiric-zombies known as Darkseekers, who hunt for immune humans at night as they are …
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Erotic Film, coming-of-age film, drama film, melodrama, romance film, survival film, teen film
In the late Victorian period, two cousins, nine-year-old Richard and seven-year-old Emmeline Lestrange, and galley cook Paddy Button, are shipwrecked on a lush tropical island in the South Pacific. Paddy cares for the children and forbids …
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Adventure, Romance Film, War Film, drama film, melodrama, romance film, war film
In 1757, during the French and Indian War, Mohican Chingachgook, his son, Uncas, and his white, adopted son, "Hawkeye," are travelling through the upstate New York wilderness. Stopping at the farm of a friend, they learn of the British Arm…
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Drama, action film, biographical film, drama film, katastrophe
Fire and Rescue Crew 7 of Prescott, Arizona, superintended by Eric Marsh, responds to the Cave Creek wildfire. Eric predicts that the fire will threaten a residential area, but is disregarded by the assigned superintendent. Eric's fear com…
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