Eden is a 2024 American survival thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Noah Pink from a story by Pink and Howard.[3] It stars Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Brühl, Felix Kammerer, Toby Wallace and Richard Roxburgh. The film is based on the true story of a few European settlers arriving at Floreana Island, in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.[4]

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2024, and was released theatrically in Germany on April 3, 2025, by Leonine before a U.S. theatrical release by Vertical on August 22, 2025.

Dr. Friedrich Ritter and his wife Dora Strauch flee their native Germany in 1929, repudiating the bourgeois values they believe are corroding mankind’s true nature. On the isle of Floreana (part of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador), Friedrich can focus on writing his manifesto, while Dora resolves to cure her multiple sclerosis through meditation. Their hard-won solitude, however, is short lived.

They are joined by Margret and Heinz Wittmer, who prove to be earnest, capable settlers. Next comes Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn, a self-described Baroness and the “embodiment of perfection”, who arrives with two devoted lovers, an Ecuadorian servant, a wardrobe full of evening gowns, and plans to erect a luxury hotel. Between inclement weather, unruly wildlife, and a total lack of amenities, all three groups find life on Floreana arduous. But nothing will test their mettle more than the challenge of coexisting with desperate neighbors capable of theft, deception, and worse.