Movies and TvShows featuring "struggle-to-survive" theme.

Yellowjackets is a TV show about a high school girls' soccer team that crashes in the Canadian wilderness. The survivors must navigate the challenges of the wilderness, including cannibalism, animal abuse, and struggle for survival. The story also focuses on the psychological drama and suspense within the group.

The Terror is a TV show set in the year 1847 in the Arctic. The HMS Terror and HMS Erebus are trapped in the ice, and the crew faces extreme conditions, food shortages, and supernatural entities. As they struggle to survive, they must also confront their own demons and the secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game. Young brothers Alex (Mark O'Brien) and Daniel Le Domas (Adam Brody) witness the killing of a man on the night of his wedding to their Aunt Helene (Nicky Guadagni). Thirty years later, Alex has returned home to marry his fiance, Grace (Samara Weaving), a former foster child eager to finally have a family. On their wedding night, he tells her that, as tradition, every outside addition to the family must play a game...

To the Lake is a TV show set in Moscow, Russia, where a group of people must navigate a dystopian world plagued by a deadly pandemic. As they face the challenges of survival and try to escape the infected zones, they also encounter various dangers and strive to protect their loved ones.

Kenichi Hamada is just a regular, middle-aged man working as an illustrator in Japan. One day, he is transported to another world and wakes to find himself in the middle of a dangerous forest filled with ravenous monsters. He quickly discovers a massive online shopping site that can deliver him exactly what he needs. Join Kenichi on his search for relaxation in a new world!

Trapped in a claustrophobic bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers wait for rescue while experiencing strange occurrences. Paranoia sets in as tensions rise and each man becomes suspicious of his comrades. The fear and terror drive them to the edge of insanity as they struggle to survive the horrors of war and a malevolent force.

Seven Beauties is a dark comedy-drama that follows the story of Pasqualino, a small-time crook and army deserter who ends up in a Nazi concentration camp. In order to survive, Pasqualino must use all his wit and charm to manipulate his way through various harrowing situations. The movie explores themes of survival, desperation, and the struggle for personal dignity in the face of extreme adversity.

The series explores the hidden truths behind the idyllic German-themed amusement park once home to Nazis, torture chambers, extreme medical experiments, and Chile's most dangerous cult. Colonia Dignidad ('Dignity Colony') was a unique case in the world. It was a sect and an evil empire based upon sexual abuse and exploitation.

Fraidy Cat is an unlucky and miserable cat who like all cats has nine lives, but has used up eight of them and is on his ninth and last life. Every time Fraidy inadvertently or accidentally says any single-digit number (from one to eight) or any word that sounds like the number, a ghost from one of his former lives will appear and tend to make things even worse for the hopeless cat.

When ordinary humans failed, Roghaye became a 48-hour superwoman—not to escape death, but to reclaim her ordinary life.

As a team of livestreamers embark on a haunted house challenge, they quickly realize that the scares may be more real than they anticipated. With each twist and turn, they must navigate through the terror and fight to survive the night.

Following a cataclysmic event which left the Earth without technology or power, Sam (Belle Adams)—a book-obsessed girl in her late teens—lives in seclusion with her two mother-figures (Carrie Walrond Hood & Sophie Edwards). But after an accident, she’s pushed out of her protective world and forced to put her makeshift parents’ opposing world-views to the test as she faces the physical and emotional challenges of a world reclaimed by nature. (Synopsis taken from the film's official site.)

Since the 1970s and the influx of European, Chinese, Russian, and Turkish trawlers, West African waters have been overexploited. Whether for fishing or fishmeal production, these foreign powers have endangered the livelihoods of local fishermen and artisans.