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The Revenant(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 37min | Western, Drama, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 8,463 votes)

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

In the Heart of the Sea(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action, History
3.4/5 (with 1,847 votes)

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

The Road(2009)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Adventure, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1,700 votes)

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.

Night Nurse(1931)

1h 12min | Crime, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 27 votes)

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.

The Colony(2013)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 35min | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 495 votes)

Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.

Black '47(2018)

1h 40min | Drama, Western
3.3/5 (with 128 votes)

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

Valhalla Rising(2009)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Adventure, Drama, Action, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 524 votes)

Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

Grave of the Fireflies(2005)

2h 28min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 41 votes)

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.

Directed by Toya Sato

The Salt of the Earth(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 270 votes)

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.

In Darkness We Fall(2014)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 16min | Horror, Adventure
2.9/5 (with 67 votes)

Three boys and two girls go backpacking from the city to a paradisiacal island. There they rent motorcycles, travel around the prettiest and most remote spots, camp out in the woods, on a coastal cliff, get drunk and swim in the sea. The following day they enter a deep, maze-like cave to explore it and get lost inside.

Directed by Alfredo Montero

The Survivalist(2015)

3.1/5 (with 138 votes)

In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.

Directed by Stephen Fingleton

Hunger(2009)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 41min | Horror
2.6/5 (with 71 votes)

Five strangers face the unthinkable when they wake up and find themselves trapped. With no idea how they got there they frantically try to figure out how to escape. The disoriented group quickly realise the truth about their situation when they discover another room containing enough water to survive for 30 days… and a razor sharp surgical knife. The intention becomes quite clear. Whoever put them in this place wants to see just how long it will take before the hunger makes them commit unspeakable acts and cross a very deadly line.

Directed by Steven Hentges - With Lori Heuring, Linden Ashby
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Tintin and the Blue Oranges(1964)

2.5/5 (with 38 votes)

Professor Calculus's friend develops a blue-skinned orange that can grow on any kind of land and survive harsh weather (in the manner of Lue Gim Gong) and therefore solve world hunger. The Professor and his friends, however, run afoul of gangsters who also covet the fruit. The adventure takes them from their home in Marlinspike Hall (Moulinsart), a fictional mansion that is presumably in Belgium, to Spain, where Calculus and another scientist are kidnapped.

The Island on Bird Street(1997)

1h 47min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 20 votes)

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.

Funan(2019)

1h 24min | Animation, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 27 votes)

Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future….

Directed by Denis Do

Macario(1960)

1h 31min | Drama, Fantasy
4.3/5 (with 79 votes)

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

The Legend of Sarila(2013)

2.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.

Directed by Nancy Florence Savard - With Christopher Plummer

Ta Ra Rum Pum(2007)

3.1/5 (with 30 votes)

A poor New York resident, who is of Indian origin, dreams of becoming a fast car race driver. He endeavors, and his efforts are rewarded when he selected by a little-known group called 'RACING SADDLES'. He joins them and soon becomes their ace race driver. This man, whose name is Rajveer, then meets with a rich American woman, also of Indian origin, whose name is Radhika. Both fall in love with each other. They cannot get married, because Radhika's family hates Rajveer mainly because he is very poor. But Radhika is very stubborn, so she marries him. She loses all her rights to her family's wealth. They get married and become parents of two children. They also become very rich. Then Rajveer has an accident which changes their lives forever. They get into debt and stand to lose everything. Will Radhika be forced to return back to her family?

Hey, I'm Alive(1975)

1h 14min | Drama, Adventure, TV Movie
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

After their plane crashes, an older man and a young woman survive 49 days lost in the Yukon.

Directed by Lawrence Schiller - With Ed Asner

The Silent Enemy(1930)

1h 24min | Documentary, Drama
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

In the Canadian Northwest, the Chippewa tribe struggles to find food before the onset of winter.

With Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance

Along Came Daffy(1947)

3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Snowbound in a remote cabin, two starving men begin visualizing each other as food. When salesman Daffy Duck calls at their door, it doesn't take long before the men set their minds on having Daffy as their dinner.

Directed by Friz Freleng

Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story(2014)

3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

Twenty years ago, a young American hiker named Chris McCandless, the accomplished son of successful middle class parents, was found dead in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness and became the subject of the best-selling book and movie “Into the Wild.” Now, PBS retraces Chris McCandless’ steps to try to piece together why he severed all ties with his past, burnt or gave away all his money, changed his name and headed into the Denali Wilderness. McCandless' own letters, released for the first time, as well as new and surprising interviews, probe the mystery that still lies at the heart of a story that has become part of the American literary canon and compels so many to this day.

Barking Island(2010)

2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1910. There are too many stray dogs on the streets, so the government decides to deport thousands of them on a desert island, off the coast of the city.

Directed by Serge Avédikian

Wills & Burke(1985)

1h 38min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

Directed by Bob Weis - With Garry McDonald

Jack and the Beanstalk(1983)

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father died?

A Harlot's Progress(2006)

2h | Drama
2.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

The Boxer and Death(1963)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h | Drama
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

Concentration camp commander Kraft finds out that prisoner Kominek is a former professional boxer. Overnight, the prisoner is made Kraft's exercise partner and unwillingly rises to a privileged position at the camp. His anger over the death of his friend and co-prisoner leads to open revolt. The film brings a new view of human degradation during fascism by a tragic story of one man whose only chance for survival is to accept the rules of an unequal game.

The House in the Middle of the Sea(2022)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

After the Germans flooded large parts of The Netherlands towards the end of WWII, the Brouwer family find themselves trapped in their attic surrounded by water. With their rations dwindling, tensions arise within the household.

Chhutir Ghonta(1980)

3h 33min | Drama
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A 12-year old schoolboy mistakenly gets locked in the school's washroom by the caretaker.

Directed by Azizur Rahman - With Abdur Razzak, Shabana, Sujatha, Shawkat Akbar, Khan Ataur Rahman, ATM Shamsuzzaman, ...

Starved(1998)

1h 30min | Horror

Based on a true story, this involves a woman who is kidnapped and imprisoned by a man who subjects her to torture, psychological abuse and starvation.