Some of the most thrilling movies involve people working to survive against terrifying animals and creatures.
In films, animals are usually featured as pet side characters, portrayed as cute and lovable. But in the horror and thriller genres, they come across as the opposite: predators who are out to get the main characters.
While murderers may have evil motives that drive them to perform wicked acts covered in shadows, wild beasts are different—they have no higher intelligence and they merely act on natural instincts.
Such animals could be "real" animals that are provoked, or they could be genetically enhanced organisms that are unnatural, but the end is always the same: they find themselves preying on humans. And, in some ways, these movies can be even scarier than ghosts and murderers.
From land to sea, here are my picks for the best movies about man against animal(s) and what they must do to survive.
