Movies like The Revenant

Into the Wild offers a more modern take on one man's quest to find solace in the wild, based on a true story. Though less focused on revenge, its themes of survival and the quest for meaning will resonate with fans of The Revenant.

Set during the French and Indian War, The Last of the Mohicans delivers a powerful blend of romance and action-packed historical drama. Similar to The Revenant, it features breathtaking landscapes and a story of survival, pursuit, and the human spirit's resilience.

Terrence Malick's The New World relates the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, set during the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement. Its lyrical approach to the natural world and its interactions with humanity offers a poetic companion to the raw survival story of The Revenant.

This gripping tale of survival pits man against nature as Liam Neeson leads a group of oil drillers stranded in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash. Fans of The Revenant will appreciate the film's tension, existential themes, and the protagonists' relentless battle against the elements and wolves.

This wartime survival story, based on true events, follows a pilot shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War, capturing the harrowing experience of evading capture and surviving in the wild. Like The Revenant, Rescue Dawn is a testament to human endurance under extreme conditions.

Kevin Costner's epic Dances with Wolves offers an authentic look at the American frontier and the interactions between a lone Union soldier and a Lakota tribe. Compelling and evocative, the movie treads a similar path of self-discovery and culture-clash as seen in The Revenant.

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, The Edge brings a tale of survival against a backdrop of the wilderness after a plane crash strands its characters in a remote Alaskan forest. The movie shares The Revenant's themes of survival, nature's ferocity, and human tenacity against all odds.