11 Must-Watch Movies Like "The Revenant" On Netflix If You Are Into Suspenseful Films

Salena Harshini |Nov 12, 2020

If you are looking for atmospheric, suspenseful, rough movies about/with survival, vengeance, wilderness, like "The Revenant', this list is dedicated to you!

Academy Award-winner The Revenant is touted as the new crowner of survival movies, putting a man on a legendary journey for survival against natural forces. If you like to watch more films of this film genre, we have collected a list of movies like The Revenant on Netflix for you to check out.

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If you are looking for atmospheric, suspenseful, rough movies about/with survival, vengeance, wilderness, this list is dedicated to you

1. Cast Away

The first one in the list of movies like The Revenant on Netflix is the 2000 film starring Tom Hanks. There are myriads of movies with people stuck on a deserted island but almost all of them cannot be more remembered than this solo-acted movie that features Chuck Nolan, the only survivor from a plane crash.

Cast Away
Cast Away stars top A actor Tom Hanks

The seasoned actor, as always, pulls off his role and made the film the most realistic survival film ever.

2. The Martian

No one said that these films had to be about survivors on earth. The Martian is about an astronaut/scientist stranded on Mars after being mistakenly assumed to be dead and a powerful storm makes the remaining of the crew have to leave.

The Martian
The Martian is an Academy-nominated film

With totally limited supplies left, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) must try to survive every odd until some crew is sent up there to brign him home.

3. Into The Wild

The true story of Christopher McCandless as a young bloke looking for a meaning for his life is tragic as he ends up on his own in the Alaska wilds. Living on an abandoned bus, his unpreparedness and inexperience for the open wilderness’s harsh realities make it a difficult and life-costing challenge.

Into The Wild
Into the Wild is based on a true story

Helmed by Sean Penn, this film is an emotional motion picture that respectfully tells McCandless’s last weeks as he approaches the goals of his life. The lone struggles portrayed in the film are gripping and disturbing yet makes us wonder our own life.

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Kristen Stewart is also part of the movies like The Revenant

4. Life of Pi

The 2012 hit movie is based on the same-name best seller about the extraordinary story of a zookeeper’s son. Pi was traveling with his family and animals but then left adrift on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a tiger.

Life Of Pi
Life of Pi will leave you to linger with the taste and lessons of life

Starring late actor Irrfan Khan, along with Suraj Sharma and Tabu, the film is a highly regarded masterpiece of the movie world.

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5. The Grey

This is yet another venture in the list of movies like The Revenant on Netflix that starts from a plane crash. A group of oil pipeline workers is trapped in Alaska’s frozen wilds and surrounded by a hungry, ruthless wolf pack.

The Grey
The Alaskan wilderness seems to have a lot of dangers

The movie starred veteran actor Liam Neeson.

6. Alive

Starring Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, and Vincent Spano, the 1993 film is the real-life story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose flight crashed into the Andes Mountain in 1972.

Alive
"Alive" (1993)

After about two months, the desperate measures they had to face even escalated to cannibalism.

7. The Edge

An arrogant fashion photographer and a billionaire are stranded together in the Alaskan wilds after they survive a plane crash.

The Edge
also, about survival, bear fighting, and more, The Edge is one of the movies like The Revenant on Netflix

The Edge, as one of the movies like The Revenant on Netflix, sees a fight against a grizzly bear and a special friend dynamic.

8. 127 Hours

Here we introduce to you another worth watching movie that is similar to The Revenant on Netflix, just with a different context. The true tale of Aron Ralston, portrayed by James Franco, started when he fell in a canyon and had his arm stuck between the canyon and a rock.

127 Hours
James Franco's film is among the most acclaimed survival films like The Revenant

127 hours will provide you with an inspiring story and one's resilience to live.

9. Apollo 13

Talking about space, Apollo 13 is another amazing, and true-story, tale that occurs off the Earth. The three members of the crew on the trip to the Moon find themselves in danger as their ship has a problem.

Apollo 13
Apollo 13 stars the most credited actors

They must skip their plans to do whatever possible and come back home without losing their lives in a cold empty void.

10. The Impossible

Starring: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland

It is hard to believe but so many of these films are based on real events, and The Impossible is also one of them.

The Impossible
The Impossible is another film in the list of movies like The Revenant on Netflix

Set against the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, the movie focuses on a family enjoying their holiday in Thailand when the huge wave comes in and separates them.

11. Gravity

Similar to Apollo 13, Gravity is one of the movies like The Revenant on Netflix and is more about space adventure compared to sci-fi.

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Gravity starring Sandra Bullock

Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney,  hones in a lone astronaut stranded alone in space after her space station is torn apart by a broken satellite.

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