Movies Like The Hunter (2011)

The Hunter is a 2011 adventure, drama, thriller film from Daniel Nettheim with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Dying Breed and Howling III: The Marsupials.

Adventure Drama Thriller

Dying Breed

2008

An extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger. A long-forgotten legend, “The Pieman” aka Alexander Pearce, who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Both had a desperate need to survive; both could have living descendants within the Tasmanian bush. Four hikers venture deep into isolated territory to find one of these legends, but which one will they come upon first?

5.1

MagicScore

Howling III: The Marsupials

1987

A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?

4.5

MagicScore

Van Diemen's Land

2009

The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.

5.3

MagicScore

A Cry in the Wild

1990

13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.

5.5

MagicScore

Walkabout

1971

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

7.3

MagicScore

Benji the Hunted

1987

Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her cub.

6.6

MagicScore

Alone

2020

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

6.4

MagicScore

Troll Hunter

2010

A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

6.7

MagicScore

Arctic Blue

1993

Eric Desmond, a committed environmentalist, is accidentally involved in the transfer of Ben Corbett, a ruthless killer, from an isolated Alaskan village, along a long route, to civilization; but the prisoner is determined to escape at any cost.

4.4

MagicScore

#10

Okja

2017

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

The Nightingale

2018

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

The Most Dangerous Game

1932

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Centurion

2010

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

Lion

2016

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

8.0

MagicScore

#15

The Descent: Part 2

2009

Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

More Than Honey

2012

With dazzling nature photography, Academy Award®–nominated director Markus Imhoof (The Boat Is Full) takes a global examination of endangered honeybees — spanning California, Switzerland, China and Australia — more ambitious than any previous work on the topic.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

Dragon Head

2003

Teru Aoki (青木輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.

5.5

MagicScore

#18

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

2011

Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simultaneously offering a profile of Oregon ELF member Daniel McGowan, who was brought up on terrorism charges for his involvement with the radical group.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

We Bury the Dead

2026

After a catastrophic military disaster reanimates the dead, Ava searches for her missing husband amidst an increasingly hostile world.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

Tasmanian Devils

2013

Tasmanian Devil Synopsis: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years,” “The West Wing”) and Olympic speed skating champion Apolo Ohno take on a deadly mythical beast in the new Syfy Saturday Original Movie “Tasmanian Devil.”

4.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Hunter?

The top films similar to The Hunter by MovieMagicScore are Dying Breed (5.1), Howling III: The Marsupials (4.5), Van Diemen's Land (5.3). Each shares adventure/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Hunter worth watching?

The Hunter holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 677 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Hunter?

The Hunter (2011) is a adventure, drama, thriller film directed by Daniel Nettheim, starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor, Sam Neill.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Hunter?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Hunter

This ranked list pairs The Hunter (2011), a adventure and drama and thriller film from Daniel Nettheim, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Willem Dafoe take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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