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1. The Blue Lagoon (1980)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels
Votes: 76,496 | Gross: $58.85M
2. Into the Wild (2007)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 657,842 | Gross: $18.35M
3. I Am Legend (2007)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Votes: 813,614 | Gross: $256.39M
4. Wild (I) (2014)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman
Votes: 138,788 | Gross: $37.88M
5. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Votes: 41,001 | Gross: $0.23M
6. The Mosquito Coast (1986)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele
Votes: 31,181 | Gross: $14.30M
7. Human Nature (2001)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman is in love with a man in love with another woman, and all three have designs on a young man raised as an ape.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Ken Magee
Votes: 18,967 | Gross: $0.70M
8. Instinct (1999)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
When noted anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell, who left society to live in the jungle, is imprisoned for murder, it's up to young psychiatrist Theo Caulder to get through to him.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney
Votes: 34,278 | Gross: $34.10M
9. Welcome to the Jungle (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.
Director: Rob Meltzer | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Megan Boone
Votes: 14,037
10. Miss Castaway and the Island Girls (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A spoof that combines Cast Away with Miss Congeniality, Planet of the Apes, Love Boat, Gilligan's Island, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic Park, and more
Director: Bryan Michael Stoller | Stars: Eric Roberts, Charlie Schlatter, Joyce Giraud, Stuart Pankin
Votes: 2,764
11. The Green Planet (1996)
99 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
On a distant planet, rural vegans master telepathy and mental power to travel interstellar etc. Mila is sent to Earth to report back. She lands in Paris - quite a cultural shock. Earthlings are strange.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Coline Serreau, Vincent Lindon, James Thierrée, Samuel Tasinaje
Votes: 5,533
12. Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 (1979)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Family
The family who went "back to nature" by homesteading in Colorado's Rocky Mountains is threatened by possible federal opposition to their mining claims on the land they moved to.
Director: Jack Couffer | Stars: Robert Logan, Susan Damante, Heather Rattray, Ham Larsen
Votes: 630
13. The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Family
The Wilderness Family now face terrifying times in fierce winter storms, an avalanche, and being attacked by a ferocious pack of hungry wolves. Watch as America's favorite family stands ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Zuniga | Stars: Robert Logan, Susan Damante, Heather Rattray, Ham Larsen
Votes: 764
14. Surviving with Wolves (2007)
118 min | Drama
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her ... See full summary »
Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Mathilde Goffart, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos, Michèle Bernier
Votes: 1,166
15. Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle (2009)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
In 1988 director Kevin Tomlinson interviewed a group of back-to-the-land hippies at a 'healing gathering' in rural Washington State practicing peace and love. Now, in this poignant ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Tomlinson | Stars: Jerry Bartels, Maeyowa, One Pine, Skeeter
Votes: 48
16. Jäniksen vuosi (1977)
129 min | Comedy, Drama
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his ... See full summary »
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo, Paavo Hukkinen
Votes: 1,418
17. Amazon (1990)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Kari Väänänen, Robert Davi, Rae Dawn Chong, Minna Sovio
Votes: 559
18. Ever Since the World Ended (2001)
78 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Twelve years after a plague, an intimate mockumentary shows how the 186 San Francisco survivors live now.
Directors: Calum Grant, Joshua Atesh Litle | Stars: James Curry, Linda Noveroske, Dan Plumlee, Aubrey Ankrum
Votes: 751
19. Commune (2005)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
A documentary on the Black Bear Ranch Commune, an alternative living community founded in 1968 in the remote North Californian wilderness.
Director: Jonathan Berman | Stars: Mahaj Seeger, Peter Coyote, Cedar Seeger, Mel Kramer
Votes: 430
20. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Pimentel, Nicholas Winand, Kyle Abraham, Hashim Gari
Votes: 1,315
21. Like It Is (1968)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
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. Included are discussions of the drug scene with... See full summary »
Director: William Rotsler | Stars: Candee Earle, Adele Rein, Michelle Angelo, James Brand
Votes: 80
22. Lampaansyöjät (1972)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Valtteri and Sepe, two ordinary white-collar guys from southern Finland drive up north to implement a plan they've been hatching for months. Because they simply love the taste of lamb, ... See full summary »
Director: Seppo Huunonen | Stars: Leo Lastumäki, Heikki Kinnunen, Pentti Auer, Elina Hoffrén
Votes: 484
23. Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä (1986)
Comedy
Director: Jouko Suikkari | Stars: Sinaijda Feodoroff, Seppo Heinola, Paavo Hukkinen, Pekka Ketonen
Votes: 58
24. Six Million Steps: A Journey Inward (2011)
93 min | Documentary
"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 ... See full summary »
Votes: 84
25. The Alaska Wilderness Adventure (1978)
PG | 84 min | Drama, Family, Adventure
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Meader | Stars: Linda Johnson, Don Meader, Elaine Meader, Fred Meader
Votes: 19
26. Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett (2002 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
From the hectic city of Berlin to the tranquil Brandenburg region. The Teuffel family accepts the challenge and moves to Krummenwalde with sacks and bags. There mother Beate took over the ... See full summary »
Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher | Stars: Barbara Rudnik, Axel Milberg, Ludwig Blochberger, Philippine Pachl
Votes: 32
27. Hello Aloha (1952)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Winston Hibler, James MacDonald, Harry Owens
Votes: 448
28. Riverrun (1968)
R | 87 min | Drama
Conscientious objector Dan and student Sarah leave Berkeley for life in San Marino County, away from the horrors of city life. Moving to a sheep farm, the couple anticipates the birth of ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Orion DeWinter, George Hellyer Jr., Mark Jenkins, Laura Kwong
Votes: 25
29. Hideaway (1978)
97 min | Comedy
Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.
Director: Seppo Huunonen | Stars: Leo Lastumäki, Erkki Liikanen, Ritva Valkama, Petra Frey
Votes: 131
30. Warlord (2007)
12 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A young boy one day becomes bored with his stereotypical life and decides to take matters into his own hands.
Director: David Garrett | Stars: Eric Bolsch, Pilar Witherspoon, Ana Walczak, Anthony Colangelo
Votes: 74
31. Waltzing Tilda (2017)
15 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
When Tilda wakes up to find herself the last human on earth she goes on a journey along with her bunny rabbit Shane, experiencing both the immense joy and crippling loneliness of a world without humans.
Director: Jonathan Wilhelmsson | Stars: Holly Fraser, Glean De Goya, Bandit the Rabbit, Indiana Kwong
Votes: 64
32. Matula kalandpark (2011 TV Movie)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director: Gergely Fonyó | Stars: Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Nóra Trokán, Zalán Makranczi, István Znamenák
Votes: 16
33. iCon (2017)
TV-MA | 18 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a society where smart apps dominate, a man chooses an environment away of the comforts high technology offers and tries to face a powerful opponent, using only his own strength.
Director: Konstantina Papadopoulou | Stars: Alexandros Koch, Konstantina Ouroumi, Maria Stefanidou
34. The Man Who Had Everything (1998 TV Movie)
86 min | Documentary, Biography
Louis Bromfield: acclaimed author, dirt farmer.
Director: Brent Greene | Stars: Louis Bromfield, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 41
35. Lake (2005)
19 min | Short, Drama
A reclusive man guides a woman through the wilderness, towards a lake that can wash away the past. As they journey along, the man and woman begin to develop feelings for each other...
Director: Ryan Redford | Stars: Krista Bridges, John Robinson
Votes: 9
36. Elsa (1982)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A comedic view of a couple's eco-friendly lifestyle in the countryside and a role of a woman in our society.
Director: Marja Pensala | Stars: Juha Olavinen, Pirjo Ravattinen
Votes: 36
37. Year of the Caribou (1974)
100 min | Documentary
This is a film of a family, moving to Alaska in 1960, living an isolated and independent life for years, and filming themselves and nature over nearly two decades.
Director: Fred Meader
39.
Portlandia (2011–2018)
Episode:
Riot Spray
(2018)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
Spyke gets the band back together. Podcasters investigate a police station. Candace introduces Toni to her childhood home. Brendan and Michelle consider van life.
Director: Carrie Brownstein | Stars: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Ed Begley Jr., Brendan Canty
Votes: 127
40.
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Episode:
Ireland
(2019)
45 min | Documentary, Adventure
Ben travels to Ireland's rugged west coast, where he stays with independent octogenarian Judith, who has lived here alone since her husband died twenty years ago.
Director: Sean McDonnell | Star: Ben Fogle
Votes: 18