Immer an vorderster Front, um sein Leben für den Präsidenten zu geben: Mike Banning ist der loyalste Mann des Secret-Service. Zweimal in seiner langen Karriere hat er bereits den US-Präsidenten gerettet - Zeit, einen Gang runter zu schalten und über eine Versetzung in den Innendienst nachzudenken. Doch alles ändert sich nach einem vermeintlichen Routineeinsatz. Bei einem großangelegten Anschlag auf Präsident Allan Trumbull stirbt fast das gesamte Secret-Service-Team, nur Mike Banning überlebt und ist plötzlich der Hauptverdächtige. Während der Präsident schwer verletzt im Koma liegt, wird Banning von seinen Kollegen und dem FBI quer durchs Land gejagt und muss beweisen, wer die wahren Drahtzieher sind. Ein gnadenlos rasantes Katz-und-Maus-Spiel beginnt...
Die jugendliche Tom und ihr Vater Will, Kriegsveteran, leben seit vielen Jahren unentdeckt in Forest Park, einem riesigen Waldgebiet am Rande von Portland, Oregon. Eine zufällige Begegnung führt zu ihrer Entdeckung und zur Betreuung durch die Sozialbehörde. Sie versuchen sich an ihre neue Umgebung anzupassen, bis eine unerwartete Entscheidung sie auf einen gefährlichen Weg zurück in die Wildnis führt – und sie zwingt, sich mit dem widerstreitenden Wunsch, Teil der Gesellschaft zu sein und dem heftigen Verlangen, abseits zu leben, auseinandersetzen zu müssen.
Die junge Frau Ann kämpft ums Überleben, nachdem eine Epidemie die Gesellschaft ausgelöscht hat. Sie führt ein isoliertes Leben und kämpft gegen die Bedrohung durch die blutrünstigen Überlebenden, die infiziert wurden und außerhalb des Waldes lauern.
In verschiedenen Selbsthilfegruppen wird heimlich die Nummer einer geheimnisvollen Frau weitergereicht: Sadie soll dort helfen können, wo hilflose Opfer häuslicher Gewalt absolut keinen Ausweg mehr sehen. Und tatsächlich kann sie etwas bewirken, jedoch auf ihre ganz eigene, zweifelhafte Art: Mit gnadenloser Härte geht sie nämlich gegen die Täter vor und stellt so sicher, dass diese ihre Lektion lernen und nie wieder handgreiflich werden. Doch Sadie hat auch ihre ganz eigene Mission, die sie bei all ihren Aufträgen nie aus den Augen verliert. Was sie jedoch nicht merkt ist, dass die Schatten der Vergangenheit ihr dicht auf den Fernsen sind ...
Die egozentrische Lucy ist Vorstandsvorsitzende eines Unternehmens, das essbares Besteck produziert. Um den Teamgeist ihrer Mitarbeiter zu entfachen, reist sie mit ihnen zu einem Teambuilding-Event nach New Mexico, bei dem sie Höhlen erforschen werden. Doch als es zu einer Katastrophe kommt, kann auch der Guide die Gruppe nicht befreien. Eingeschlossen tief unter der Erde müssen sie nun ihren Teamgeist beweisen, um der tödlichen Falle zu entkommen.
Disenchanted by the modern world, Michael Lees heads into the forest of Dominica with some basic survival gear, religious texts and a camera. "Why did man ever leave the forest? And what makes for a good life?" Just as he starts to acclimatize to his new life - the unexpected; Category 5 Hurricane Maria, one of the top ten strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, makes a direct landfall. Michael is caught out in the open in a palm leaf and bamboo hut. With the nation in ruins, the forest destroyed, and essential services knocked out islandwide, the entire country must now return to a past way of life if they hope to survive.
Life is normal for James. He works out at the gym, commutes to work, teaches school, picks up groceries, returns to his suburban home, eats dinner with his wife, and wakes up the next morning to do it all over again. Everything is as it should be. His world is peaceful, calm and happy. Or is it? Never one to think much about the future, James begins to take note of the warning signs all around him that seem to point to impending doom and the collapse of society. After considering all the awful things that could happen, James decides to prepare for the worst. But there is just one problem... he has no idea where to start. Enlisting the help of his wife Sarah, James embarks on a quest to be ready for anything without spending all his money, losing the respect of his friends, or becoming a survivalist freak.
French YouTuber Inoxtag challenges himself on a survival adventure on a deserted island.
Everything in high school is like the world ending and Sadie Mitchell's crippling fear of the coming apocalypse is the heightened version of that.
Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordered life in an apartment filled with canned goods. His equilibrium is smashed when his landlady evicts him to make way for her daughter Anna (Irene Wan Pik-ha) to move in. When the middle-aged woman keels over from a bad combination of Panadol and liquor, Sardine believes that he is responsible for her death and tries to hide the body. Trouble ensues when Anna finds the corpse in Sardine's apartment while Sardine contends with a devious fellow employee who tries to get him canned from the supermarket.
21 Days, based on the story of six young fishermen who left Gros-Islet fishing village on a routine fishing expedition and simply vanished. The young men disappeared on February 15, 1985, after they set out on a fishing expedition.
The starship Tantalus drifts through space.
Zombies are running after ! Even with no hope, Azu and her fellows try to survive and think about starting new life after the disaster. But they don't know that the disaster would be crueler than they could have ever imagined.
Documenting the 7th season of one man's extraordinary isolation in the wilderness, The Big Lonely captures the essence of loneliness, survival, and resilience of the human spirit in a uniquely filmed manner. Director David Manougian unveils the captivating, intimate and redemptive story of Michael Nelms and his dog Tic, who, after becoming homeless, chose a life in a remote wilderness hideout over "living under a bridge."
Three college students group to survive against an unknown entity. But soon how far will the few will go to living freely at last?
Set in the ruins of the Capital Wasteland, the story follows Lars, a wandering scavenger who arrives in the fragile settlement of Megaton, only to find the town already teetering on the edge of collapse. After a cryptic encounter with a disfigured preacher and an uneasy alliance with a local mercenary, Lars is approached by a stranger offering him caps to detonate the bomb at the town’s center.
While, all over the world, multiple wild species are threatened, raccoons are displaying an unprecedented expansion. Beneath the innocent and graceful plush exterior hides an unparalleled "survivor" temperament. Omnivorous, curious, intelligent and extremely adaptable, raccoons prove to be very good at overcoming any challenge thrown by humans. But how do these clever creatures manage to survive both in the wild and in urban settings? Set in one summer in Georgia, USA, this film follows a litter of young raccoons from birth to adulthood on Jekyll Island.
In the early days of a now lawless, post-apocalyptic world, a small group sheltering in a remote cabin must navigate a harrowing choice that will define who they are as their unforgiving new reality tests them with the ultimate moral dilemma: to act as judge, jury, and possibly executioner.
This documentary talks to women training with machine guns, to undergraduates taking courses in How to Stay Alive, to retired generals who run schools for mercenary killers, and to self-appointed clergy who say their native America has "gone soft on the Devil and the Reds" and has become a "Disneyland for Dummies".
The story of Jacob Eisenbach begins with a loving childhood, soon dashed and swept into a world of sorrow from the horrors of The Holocaust. His inspirational tale of survival, hope, faith, and love would come to shape his sense of purpose in his life to come. His experience would bestow upon him his greatest mission, which is to prevent future genocides and inspire new generations with his profound kindness and humanity.