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Survival

Found footage about staying alive: people stranded in the wild, lost at sea or hunted, with the camera recording every desperate decision. Includes Area 407, Open Water 3: Cage Dive and Welcome to the Jungle.

34 films

Area 4072012
Below Ground2012
The Borneo Incident2013
Catskill Park2018
Crowsnest2012
Dark Amazon2014
The Darkest Dawn2016
Foxhollow2025
The Helpers2012
Hulk Blood Tapes2015
I Am Alone2015
I Hate Found Footage2026
In Darkness We Fall2014
LifeRaft2016
Missing in Greenwood2020
Moth2016
Open Water 3: Cage Dive2017
The Pigman Murders2015
Predators of the Deep: The Hunt for the Lost Four2023
Punishment Park1971
Raw 2: The Diary of Grete Müller2014
Shopping Tour2012
Snowed In2018
Survive the Hollow Shoals2018
Territorial Behavior2015
Tex Montana Will Survive!2015
Tontine2010
Underground2023
Vlog#132025
Welcome to the Jungle2007
Witnesses2019
The Woodmen2023
Woods Witch2023
The Woodsman2012

Also 4 hybrid films tagged Survival (only partly found footage)

Survival in Numbers

34 films · 1971-2026 · Peak: 2010s · 13 countries

The earliest Survival film on the site is Punishment Park (1971). The 2010s brought the most, with 24 films, and 2012 was the busiest single year with 6.

Essential Survival Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

Crowsnest2012Punishment Park1971Survive the Hollow Shoals2018Witnesses2019In Darkness We Fall2014Catskill Park2018Territorial Behavior2015Moth2016

Films per Decade

  • 1970s1 3%
  • 2000s1 3%
  • 2010s24 71%
  • 2020s8 24%

Top Countries

  1. United States22
  2. United Kingdom4
  3. Ireland3
  4. Brazil1
  5. Albania1