7 Best Sci-Fi Survival Movies You Must Watch

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Khuraijam Roger Singh
Nov 22, 2024

Finch (2021)

A post-apocalyptic survival film directed by Miguel Sapochnik follows an aging man, a survivor in a now nearly uninhabitable Earth, who builds and teaches a robot to take care of his dog when he dies.

Oxygen (2021)

A sci-fi thriller film directed by Alexandre Aja, the story follows after waking up in a cryogenic capsule, a woman must figure out how to get out before her oxygen runs out. She has no memory of how she got there.

The 5th Wave (2016)

One of the few survivors, Cassie, chooses to put everything on the line in order to locate her younger brother, Sam, while the human race faces extinction due to an alien invasion.

Cloverfield (2008)

Rob, Hud, Lily, and Marlena band together as a big monster strikes New York City. They make a valiant effort to save their buddy Beth, who is stuck in her apartment.

I Am Legend (2007)

Francis Lawrence’s film, set in New York City, follows a scientist who is the last human survivor in the whole of New York. He attempts to reverse the effects on the man-made virus.

Life (2017)

Directed by Daniel Espinosa, the film follows a group of International Space Station astronauts who uncover extraterrestrial life on Mars. Later, they find that the creatures are rapidly evolving and very dangerous.

Io (2019)

A post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Jonathan Helpert set in a world where earth has been rendered so toxic that humanity abandoned the place and lived on Jupiter’s moon, Io.

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