Sub-genre
Survival
🪓 Every survival title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
2825 titles
Forgive Us All
›2025 · Horror, Western, Thriller · 93m · Lily Sullivan, Callan Mulvey, Richard Roxburgh
In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge in an isolated mountain cabin, until a desperate wounded stranger arrives with a story of hope.
The California Kid
›1974 · Action, Thriller, Horror · 74m · Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
Where the Devil Roams
›2023 · Horror · 93m · Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, John Adams
A family of murderous sideshow performers traverse the harsh conditions of a Depression-era America in a bloody deal with the Devil.
I Can Make You Love Me
›1993 · Thriller, TV Movie, Horror · 92m · Richard Thomas, Brooke Shields, Viveka Davis
A beautiful young computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the Eighties, is stalked and harassed by a nerdy, dangerous and mentally-unstable colleague with a twisted obsession.
Honey Bunch
›2026 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 114m · Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Jason Isaacs
Diana's husband is taking her to an experimental trauma facility deep in the wilderness, but she can't remember why... As her memories begin to creep back in so do some unwelcome sinister truths about her marriage.
The Summoning of Baby Blue
›2025 · Horror · 76m · Valeria San Martin, Justina Ceballos, Daniela Flombaum
A babysitting gig becomes a nightmare of urban legend when three teens summon Baby Blue. Survival depends on uncovering the past to escape a mother’s wrath from beyond the grave.
The Night Stalker
›2016 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 89m · Bellamy Young, Lou Diamond Phillips, Alice Rietveld
An account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.
Woken
›2024 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 90m · Erin Kellyman, Maxine Peake, Peter McDonald
Anna wakes to kind faces she doesn’t recognize and a remote island she has no memory of. She is forced to re-learn everything about herself, her husband and the baby she is carrying. But when two disfigured people arrive on the island and there is a violent altercation she discovers that the human race is close to extinction and goes searching for the truth about herself.
The Purge: Anarchy
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.
The Visit
›PG-132015 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
Predators
›R2010 · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 107m · Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
The Bone Collector
›R1999 · Crime, Thriller, Drama · 118m · Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.
Crawl
›R2019 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark
When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.
Funny Games
›R2008 · Thriller, Horror · 111m · Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.
Cargo
›NR2017 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Martin Freeman, Simone Landers, Anthony Hayes
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
In the Shadow of the Moon
›R2019 · Science Fiction, Thriller · 115m · Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Michael C. Hall
In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.
No One Will Save You
›PG-132023 · Horror, Science Fiction · 93m · Kaitlyn Dever, Elizabeth Kaluev, Zack Duhame
A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.
Synchronic
›R2020 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 102m · Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
Van HelsingSeries
›TV-142016 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure · 5 seasons · Kelly Overton, Rukiya Bernard, Aleks Paunovic
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
They Will Kill You
›R2026 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 94m · Zazie Beetz, Myha'la, Paterson Joseph
A woman answers a help wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious New York City high-rise, unaware that she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years and may be under the grip of a Satanic cult.
Lost Girls
›R2020 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 95m · Amy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie, Lola Kirke
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.
Backcountry
›R2015 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 92m · Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop, Eric Balfour
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
The Blob
›NR1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 82m · Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe
A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.
Afflicted
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Baya Rehaz, Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.