Movies and TvShows featuring "back-to-nature" theme.

Christopher McCandless, a top student and athlete, gives up his conventional life to live in the Alaskan wilderness. His journey is marked by encounters with different people and the realization that true happiness is found in sharing with others.

After experiencing a personal tragedy, Cheryl Strayed sets out on a 1,100-mile solo hike to find healing and redemption. Along the way, she faces physical and emotional challenges while reflecting on her past and rediscovering herself.

After their plane crashes in a remote jungle, a group of office workers must rely on their survival skills to navigate the treacherous environment and fend off dangerous animals. As tensions rise and sanity begins to waver, they must find a way to escape the jungle and make it back to civilization.

In La Belle Verte, a group of extraterrestrials from a harmonious and technologically advanced planet visit Earth to observe its inhabitants. The film explores themes of satire, social criticism, anti-materialism, and anti-consumerism as the extraterrestrials witness the destructive and materialistic nature of human civilization. Through their interactions, they encourage a return to nature, empathy, and spirituality as a way to address ecological and environmental issues. The film also critiques the negative impact of technology and capitalism on the planet, advocating for green living and a more natural way of life. Ultimately, it offers a message of spiritual redemption and the importance of communing with nature.

An idealistic inventor takes his family to live in the remote jungle of Honduras, where their utopian dream turns into a dangerous obsession.

Surviving with Wolves follows the journey of a young Jewish girl who escapes persecution and deportation during World War II and finds refuge in the forest, where she forms a unique bond with a pack of wolves.

When a beauty queen becomes the lone survivor of a plane crash, she must use her wits and humor to survive while encountering absurd situations on the island.

After surviving in the wilderness, the Wilderness Family faces new challenges when they return to civilization. They must adapt to modern life while still cherishing their love for nature and adventure.

This documentary on the "youth movement" of the late 1960s focuses on the hippie pot smoking/free love culture in the San Francisco Bay area.

In 'The Year of the Hare,' a man named Kaarlo Vatanen hits a hare with his car during a business trip. This incident prompts him to leave his ordinary life behind and embark on a transformative adventure in the Finnish wilderness. Along the way, he encounters various characters and experiences, including sleeping in a barn, bathing in a river, and fighting a forest fire. Through his encounters with nature and newfound freedom, Kaarlo learns to reevaluate his priorities and find true happiness.

When their plane crashes in the Rocky Mountains, a family must use their survival skills to navigate the wilderness and find a way back to civilization.

"Six Million Steps" is a documentary film that chronicles the lives of hikers during their adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, which spans 2,650 miles, the length of the U.S. Pacific coast.

In the city, Goofy finds his daily job much too stressful so he decides to leave this hustle and bustle for a more peaceful life in the tropics. He finds life there most enjoyable collecting shells from the beach, making a hut in which to live, getting back to nature, and even joining in the big luau feast (with meals such as shark fin soup). Yes, Goofy thinks nothing can go wrong in this paradise...until the natives need to sacrifice someone to their volcano.

Independent film by early New Hollywood figure John Korty

A short satire that parodies a passionate and fashionable return to nature, a green self-sufficient life.

In a future dystopia, a documentary filmmaker is invited to a commune in San Francisco to document the lives of survivors after a deadly plague. The film explores themes of survival, morality, and the human spirit as the characters navigate their new reality.

A family decides to move to the most remote place they can find and live for as long as they can. This is the true story of a family living off the land in remote Alaska with no modern tools or 'luxuries' (except a movie camera!). This documentary is a year in their life.

In a post-apocalyptic world, a man's mental breakdown leads him to form an imaginary friendship with a talking rabbit. Together, they navigate a dystopian landscape and confront themes of loneliness, isolation, and loss.

An alcoholic major Remes gets frustrated in the barracks and asks for a leave of absence. It is agreed to on the condition that Remes conducts one more military exercise. During that, Remes runs into a cunning career criminal Oiva Juntunen, who has hidden gold bars in the forest.