To quote TruePrepper's website: "Survival movies are a great way to relax, kick back, and be entertained. They also give us an easy way to learn about prepping and survival, just by watching characters map out their decisions when confronted with different survival situations. Typically, the more prepared and experienced they are the better off they are- but movies are made in Hollywood and anything can happen!"
"In our curated list below, we break out our favorite survival movies and list the rest broken up by the type of threats our protagonists face. they are surviving an emergency on their own or fending off hordes of zombies with their friends, there are examples of prepping and survival tactics in each…
To quote TruePrepper's website: "Survival movies are a great way to relax, kick back, and be entertained. They also give us an easy way to learn about prepping and survival, just by watching characters map out their decisions when confronted with different survival situations. Typically, the more prepared and experienced they are the better off they are- but movies are made in Hollywood and anything can happen!"
"In our curated list below, we break out our favorite survival movies and list the rest broken up by the type of threats our protagonists face. they are surviving an emergency on their own or fending off hordes of zombies with their friends, there are examples of prepping and survival tactics in each of our picks."
Best Prepper Movies (1-7)
These movies with survival themes and prepper characters hold a special place in our hearts. If you’re going to check out any of the movies on this list, pick one from our top picks below that you haven’t seen yet. These are our subjective picks, but most of them are well-received by a wide range of audiences.
Solo Survival Movies (8-18)
Sometimes bad stuff happens to just you, and you have to figure it out and survive. These movies focus on self-sufficiency and the ability to be resourceful enough to survive on your own.
Group Survival Movies (19-24)
These picks cover those movies where groups find themselves in some tough situations and need to rely on a little survival know-how to pull through.
Disaster Survival (25-34)
With 100-year events becoming more common, these disaster movies are becoming more relevant every day. Contagion had parts that were eerily similar to COVID-19… which of these will be the next ‘eerily similar’ movie?
Apocalyptic Survival (35-46)
What’s bigger than a disaster but not as big as a cataclysmic event? An apocalypse! And boy does Hollywood love movies with an apocalypse going on or set in the post-apocalyptic future.
Doomsday Survival (47-48)
These movies cover the areas where characters are really stretching the odds of survival. Aliens and other cataclysmic events really should just wipe us out. Nevertheless, the resourceful bunch in these movies persists. There are plenty more movies that fit in this category, but this list really highlights preparedness extending your survivability.
Zombie Survival (49-54)
You can find some survival and preparedness nuggets in almost any zombie movie. It’s often said, “If you’re prepared for zombies, you’re prepared for anything”. That may not be exactly true, but zombies make for great movies and entertainment. I’ve always been partial to them, and here are a few of the more relevant ones:
Even Movie Prepping & Survival Movies (55-91)
