Movies like Solo (2018)
The best movies like Solo (2018) are 127 Hours (2010), The Dive (2023) and Nowhere (2023). If Solo hooked you with its thriller and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedNowhere (2023)7.3/10 from 1,649 votes
- NewestThe Drift (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishNowhere (2023)Also in Spanish
127 Hours (2010)
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Dive (2023)
Two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One of the sisters is struck by a rock, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNowhere (2023)
A young pregnant woman named Mia escapes from a country at war by hiding in a maritime container aboard a cargo ship. After a violent storm, Mia gives birth to the child while lost at sea, where she must fight to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSurvive (2022)
When their plane crashes on a remote snow-covered mountain, Jane and Paul have to fight for their lives as the only remaining survivors. Together they embark on a harrowing journey out of the wilderness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSuddenly (2023)
Ben and Laura are a passionate but volatile couple who embark on a round-the-world sailing adventure to give their relationship a new start. During their trip, they decide to explore a vast deserted island which they discover off the coast of Chile. Caught in a violent storm, they shelter in an abandoned whaling station for the night but wake up the next morning to find their boat has disappeared. Stranded in a hostile environment with no means of communication, dwindling supplies and winter approaching they must work together in a life and death battle for survival, that will challenge their feelings and change their relationship forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisValley of Shadows (2024)
Quique, Clara and little Lucas are vacationing in northern India. One night, sleeping outside during a storm, they are brutally attacked. Hours later, Quique is rescued by a native and taken to a remote isolated village in the mountains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSurvive! (1976)
A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNot Without Hope (2025)
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shallows (2016)
While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRetribution (2015)
While Carlos, a banking executive, takes his two kids to school in his car, he gets a phone call telling him that there is a bomb under the seats and he must to gather a large amount of money; otherwise, his car will blow up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Drift (2026)
A survival drama about an ice skater stranded on an ice floe at the Arctic Sea. When the ice floe starts to float towards south and melt, the ice skater must use all means necessary to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
From the Ashes: The Pit (2026)
Trapped in an underground pit during a storm, three students from an all-girls school must confront their personal conflicts as they fight to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Lord of the Flies (1990)
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJungle (2017)
In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrozen (2010)
When three skiers find themselves stranded on a chair lift at a New England ski resort that has closed for the next week, they are forced to make life or death choices that prove to be more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFirebreak (2026)
Little Lide disappears in the forest while her family packs up their home. As a fire breaks out, her mother must race to reach her before the flames do.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAdrift (2018)
Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope of rescue, Tami must now find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFear Below (2025)
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ledge (2022)
A rock climbing adventure between two friends turns into a terrifying nightmare. After Kelly captures the murder of her best friend on camera, she becomes the next target of a tight knit group of friends who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence and anyone in their way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuried (2010)
As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCaught Inside (2010)
A group of surfers arrives in a remote spot off the Australian coast, and the isolation and pressure push one person over the edge, leading to a violent outburst and a fight for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Backcountry (2015)
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManjummel Boys (2024)
A carefree vacation turns into a desperate race against time when a group of lifelong friends must unite to save one of their own from a notoriously perilous, uncharted abyss deep within the Guna Caves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisPressure (2015)
Four divers are stuck deep underwater in a vessel after a freak storm destroys their ship. Will they survive?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Reef (2010)
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSanctum (2011)
Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Fire (2023)
Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have any hope of surviving the rapid forces of mother nature.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLord of the Flies (1963)
Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCave Rescue (2019)
When a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time to find them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Solo?
The closest matches to Solo are 127 Hours (2010), The Dive (2023) and Nowhere (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Solo?
People who watched Solo most often go on to 127 Hours (2010), The Dive (2023) and Nowhere (2023).
What is the highest-rated movie like Solo?
Nowhere (2023), rated 7.3/10 by 1,649 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Solo?
The Drift (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Solo?
Yes: Nowhere (2023), Valley of Shadows (2024) and Survive! (1976).
How are movies similar to Solo chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Solo, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.