Movies and TV series about rescues

The 46 best titles about rescues, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Toy Story
iRank90
1995 · John Lasseter
MovieAdventureAnimationComedy
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstan
Mad Max: Fury Road
iRank86
2015 · George Miller
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this worl
Pinocchio
iRank86
1940 · Hamilton Luske
MovieAnimationFamilyFantasy
When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right
Django Unchained
iRank84
2012 · Quentin Tarantino
MovieDramaWestern
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
The Hurt Locker
iRank84
2008 · Kathryn Bigelow
MovieDramaThrillerWar
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
RRR
iRank84
2022 · S. S. Rajamouli
MovieActionAdventureDrama
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.
Full Metal Jacket
iRank83
1987 · Stanley Kubrick
MovieDramaWar
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Ninja Scroll
iRank82
1993 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
MovieActionAnimationFantasy
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government t
How to Train Your Dragon 2
iRank81
2014 · Dean DeBlois
MovieActionAdventureAnimation
Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave th
Apollo 13
iRank81
1995 · Ron Howard
MovieDramaHistory
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of
Interstellar
iRank80
2014 · Christopher Nolan
MovieAdventureDramaScience Fiction
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Society of the Snow
iRank80
2023 · J. A. Bayona
MovieDramaHistory
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
Thirteen Lives
iRank78
2022 · Ron Howard
MovieDramaHistoryThriller
Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside
Sully
iRank77
2016 · Clint Eastwood
MovieDramaHistory
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However
Bone Tomahawk
iRank76
2015 · S. Craig Zahler
MovieDramaHorrorWestern
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both dis
Gangs of New York
iRank73
2002 · Martin Scorsese
MovieCrimeDramaHistory
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigran
Paddington in Peru
iRank73
2024 · Dougal Wilson
MovieAdventureComedyFamily
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an
Deepwater Horizon
iRank73
2016 · Peter Berg
MovieActionDrama
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Shanghai Noon
iRank72
2000 · Tom Dey
MovieActionAdventureComedy
Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlik
Horton Hears a Who!
iRank71
2008 · Jimmy Hayward
MovieAdventureAnimationComedy
An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding com
Labyrinth
iRank70
1986 · Jim Henson
MovieAdventureFamilyFantasy
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sar
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
iRank69
2023 · Sam Fell
MovieAdventureAnimationComedy
A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
iRank69
2010 · Bradley Raymond
MovieAdventureAnimationFamily
During a summer stay on the mainland, Tinker Bell is accidentally discovered while investigating a little girl's fairy house. As the other fairies, led by the brash Vidia, launch a daring rescue in th
Charlotte's Web
iRank68
2006 · Gary Winick
MovieComedyFamilyFantasy
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
iRank67
1989 · Daisuke Nishio
MovieActionAnimationFantasy
In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and sav
Taken
iRank67
2008 · Pierre Morel
MovieActionThriller
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his wors
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
iRank67
2018 · Stefano Sollima
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
The Edge
iRank67
1997 · Lee Tamahori
MovieActionAdventureDrama
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them
Penguins of Madagascar
iRank65
2014 · Simon J. Smith
MovieAdventureAnimationComedy
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Hot Shots! Part Deux
iRank64
1993 · Jim Abrahams
MovieActionComedyWar
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—w
Scream 4
iRank60
2011 · Wes Craven
MovieHorrorMystery
Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of tee
The Guardian
iRank58
2006 · Andrew Davis
MovieActionAdventureDrama
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacri
Hook
iRank57
1991 · Steven Spielberg
MovieAdventureComedyFamily
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London,
Jaws 2
iRank56
1978 · Jeannot Szwarc
MovieHorrorThriller
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
The Matrix Revolutions
iRank54
2003 · Lilly Wachowski
MovieAdventureActionThriller
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
The Expendables
iRank54
2010 · Sylvester Stallone
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a lo
Dante's Peak
iRank50
1997 · Roger Donaldson
MovieActionAdventureDrama
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a m
Killer Elite
iRank50
2011 · Gary McKendry
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret militar
Red One
iRank49
2024 · Jake Kasdan
MovieActionComedyFantasy
After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
Assassins
iRank48
1995 · Richard Donner
MovieActionAdventureCrime
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
iRank46
2013 · Jon M. Chu
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
iRank45
2004 · Alexander Witt
MovieActionHorrorScience Fiction
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of e
Evan Almighty
iRank43
2007 · Tom Shadyac
MovieComedyFamilyFantasy
God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
The Delta Force
iRank42
1986 · Menahem Golan
MovieActionThrillerWar
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is
Conan the Barbarian
iRank42
2011 · Marcus Nispel
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the o
Gods of Egypt
iRank38
2016 · Alex Proyas
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.