12 Movies Like Alone You Need to Watch
Explore 12 gripping survival and reality picks, from Alone and Outlast to Naked and Afraid XL, for fans wanting tense, isolated challenges.
If you’re searching for movies like Alone, you probably want tense survival stories, castaway-style isolation, and reality competition pressure that keeps every decision sharp. This page gathers 12 picks that lean into wilderness endurance, social strategy, and raw survival, including Alone (2015), Alone Australia (2023), Alone: The Beast (2020), and Outlast (2023). You’ll also find documentary and reality-TV favorites such as Naked and Afraid XL (2015), Port Protection (2015), Snowflake Mountain (2022), and Extracted (2025). Whether you want real-life hardship, game-show stakes, or adventure built around grit, these titles hit the same nerve in different ways.
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Port Protection
reality-tv
Port Protection is home to the few who have left behind normal society and chosen a different life in a remote Alaskan community, where survival of the individuals and community cannot sustain without the other. The stakes are high. The land is rugged and unforgiving and the seas which surround Port Protection are cold and merciless. With risk comes a reward more profound than mere survival: a world of beauty and freedom with the security of community and without the constraints of bureaucracy. In Port Protection there are no clear roads to survival, inhabitants must carve one themselves.
Cast Belle, Tonka, Brutus, Sancho, TiggerHuluDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Naked and Afraid XL
1 Emmy nomination
adventure · game-show · reality-tv
A group of amateur survivalists are put to the ultimate test in the wild for 40 days with nothing but a few primitive tools. No food. No clothing. No water. They must hunt and gather whatever they need until extraction day.
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Alone Australia
game-show · reality-tv
Ten Australians are dropped off alone in separate areas of the Tasmanian wilderness where they must deal with the forces of nature, hunger, and loneliness.
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Extracted
reality-tv
12 untrained competitors attempt to survive extremely grueling conditions, perilous terrain, and the threat of fearsome predators in the unforgiving Canadian wilderness. Meanwhile, some miles away, their family members are locked down at a secluded headquarters watching them navigate their dangerous surroundings alone via a 24/7 live feed.
Directed by Harbinder Singh, Quinn SaundersCast Megan HineHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Outlast
adventure · game-show · reality-tv
In the extreme Alaskan wild, 16 survivalists compete for a chance to win a massive cash prize — but these lone wolves must be part of a team to win.
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Snowflake Mountain
reality-tv
A bunch of clueless kidults are put through their paces at a wilderness survival retreat to try to kickstart each into standing on his/her own two feet. There's no running water, no parents, and--worst of all--no Wi-Fi.
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Alone: The Beast
reality tv
Three strangers attempt to endure 30 days in a remote wilderness location with no tools or modern amenities; faced with extreme challenges, it'll take all their ingenuity and stamina to work together and survive.
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Life Below Zero: Next Generation
reality-tv
Individuals who have recently left their traditional lifestyle behind face a challenging new world off the grid in the wilds of Alaska.
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Primal Survivor
documentary · action · adventure
Primal Survivor tracks wilderness guide and survival instructor Hazen Audel as he tackles some of mankind's most rigorous journeys, relying on skills learned from native inhabitants.After first living with the locals to understand their way of life, he sets out on solo journeys through territories that push him to his very limits.
Directed by Joe Loncraine, Alex Parkinson, Charlie Bingham, Anwar Mamon, Anthony BarwellCast Hazen AudelHuluDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Naked Castaway
documentary
Ed Stafford undertakes an extreme survival challenge as he washes up naked and alone on a desert island, Olorua, south east of Fiji. He has only his brain, bare hands and a camera to keep him alive. He'll take no food, water, clothes, knife or tools, so from the moment he arrives he is on a race to stay alive. As man can only last three days without water and three weeks without food, Ed will attempt to survive on the island physically and mentally, for 60 days.
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Primal Survivor: Mighty Mekong
reality tv · documentary
Survivalist Hazen Audel travels 500 miles along the Mekong River Basin, in the journey of a lifetime. He faces remote jungle and flooded plains, soaring cloud-forest and brutal limestone peaks, relying only on the traditional survival skills of the Mekong’s indigenous people – all at the toughest time of the year, when Monsoon Season peaks, and the landscape is at its wildest and most challenging.
Directed by Joe LoncraineCast Hazen AudelHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Life Below Zero
Won 9 Emmys 21 nominations
documentary · adventure · reality-tv
Viewers go deep into an Alaskan winter to meet six tough and resilient residents as they try to stay one step ahead of storms and man-eating beasts to make it through to spring. The closest neighbor to Sue Aikens is more than 300 miles away. Eric Salitan subsists solely on what he hunts and forages. Chip and Agnes Hailstone catch fish for currency in bartering for supplies, and Andy and Kate Bassich use their pack of sled dogs for transportation.
Cast James FranzoHuluDisney PlusMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
This list is built for viewers who like survival tension, isolated settings, and the kind of pressure that reveals who can truly adapt. From harsh wilderness challenges to social games where cooperation can collapse fast, each pick offers a different angle on endurance. Bookmark this page if you want a quick way to find your next watch, since it’s updated regularly as new series and specials become available. Come back whenever you need another strong option for your queue.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes these movies similar to Alone?
These picks were matched by tone, themes, and story style using a similarity model trained on plot synopses, genres, and cast — not just shared genre tags — so the connection runs deeper than a simple category match.