Movies and TvShows featuring "heat-exhaustion" theme.

Deserted is a 2016 movie about two sisters who get stranded in the Mojave Desert when their car breaks down. As they struggle to survive in the harsh environment, they must confront their own psychological demons and fractured relationship. With dehydration, heat exhaustion, and the constant threat of death by snakebite, they face profound challenges that test their will to survive.

After an elderly hospital patient dies, a nurse tries unsuccessfully to contact the next of kin. Later, a social worker continues the effort but finds only the neighbor who was feeding the patient’s dogs. A county investigator fails to locate any relatives and ultimately must process the belongings in the decedent’s home. Meanwhile, we follow a frail man’s discharge from the hospital and an older woman’s day spent running errands and trying to stay cool during a heat wave.