Movies like Only The Mountain Remains (2018)
The best movies like Only The Mountain Remains (2018) are No Man's Land (2013), Night of the Hunted (2023) and Raining in the Mountain (1979). If Only The Mountain Remains hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Only The Mountain Remains
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSafety Last! (1923)7.7/10 from 614 votes
- NewestThieves Highway (2025)Released 2025
- In ChineseNo Man's Land (2013)Also in Chinese
No Man's Land (2013)
Pan Xiao, a young lawyer, goes to a rural small village settled in the western desert lands of China to handle the case of a falcon poacher who has ran over a policeman. Pan wins the case through sophisticated reasoning and forces the poacher to give him his car as a reward. Then, he just drives back home, but the return will not be an easy one.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNight of the Hunted (2023)
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaining in the Mountain (1979)
In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the temple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSafety Last! (1923)
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGarage Sale Mysteries: The Mask Murder (2018)
When Jennifer buys a storage locker at auction, she discovers a dead body inside - along with a mask matching the deceased woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBurn (2019)
Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRiddle of Fire (2024)
Three mischievous children embark on a woodland odyssey when their mother sends them on an errand.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMissing Link (1988)
A million years ago in Africa: the last of the ape-humans is on flight from the humans, who killed the rest of his clan. Alone, seeking others of his kind, he traverses steps, deserts and mountains until he reaches the coast. But there are already humans, too.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuster's Mal Heart (2017)
An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThieves Highway (2025)
After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lady Vanishes (2013)
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad to Paloma (2014)
While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisOverdrive (2017)
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Young One (1960)
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Dog (2024)
Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hitcher (1986)
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOut of the Past (1947)
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCliffhanger (1993)
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChongqing Hot Pot (2016)
When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shooting (1966)
Two miners agree to guide a mysterious woman, who has appeared in their camp from nowhere, to a nearby town; but soon, because of her erratic behavior, they begin to suspect that her true purpose is quite different.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Only The Mountain Remains?
The closest matches to Only The Mountain Remains are No Man's Land (2013), Night of the Hunted (2023) and Raining in the Mountain (1979). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Only The Mountain Remains?
Start with No Man's Land (2013), the closest match to Only The Mountain Remains.
What is the highest-rated movie like Only The Mountain Remains?
Safety Last! (1923), rated 7.7/10 by 614 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Only The Mountain Remains?
Thieves Highway (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Chinese movies like Only The Mountain Remains?
Yes: No Man's Land (2013), Raining in the Mountain (1979) and Black Dog (2024).
How are movies similar to Only The Mountain Remains chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Only The Mountain Remains, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.