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A list of 40 movies that deal with survival in wilderness or fighting against nature, from Deliverance to The Way Back. See ratings, genres, summaries, directors and stars for each movie.
- Deliverance
- Into The Wild
- The Revenant
- Cast Away
- The Call of The Wild
- All Is Lost
- 127 Hours
- Wild
Directed By: John Boorman Starring: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox IMDB Rating: 7.7 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% Trailer Link Four Atlanta businessmen and good friends decide to go canoeing in Cahulawassee River for the weekend before it gets dammed. But once they arrive in rural Georgia, the four friends realize they’re not partic...
Directed By: Sean Penn Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Brian Dierker IMDB Rating: 8.1 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83% Trailer Link The main character, Christopher McCandless, graduates from Emory University as a top student and athlete. But instead of pursuing a career, he decides to give his enti...
Directed By: Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter IMDB Rating: 8.0 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 78% Trailer Link While guarding trappers through what is now Dakota, Hugh Glass and the crew was attacked by Arikara war party who’s searching for the leader’s kidnapped daughter and willing to kil...
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy IMDB Rating: 7.8 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% Trailer Link Chuck Noland, a systems analyst executive at FedEx, travels to Malaysia to resolve a work problem. However, a plane gets into a storm and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Nolan, who’s the only survivor, escapes in an in...
Directed By: Chris Sanders Starring: Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee IMDB Rating: 6.7 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 63% Trailer Link Based on Jack London’s novel of the same name, the movie tells the story of Buck, a dog that was kidnapped from California and brought to Yukon, where he’s sold as a sled dog. There, Buck is forced to adapt to new life, wh...
Directed By: J. C. Chandor Starring: Robert Redford IMDB Rating: 6.9 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% Trailer Link After a free-floating container collides and rammed his sailboat, a veteran mariner finds himself in the middle of the Indian Ocean without radio or navigation and only in the mercy of the ocean currents. In order to survive, the man has to...
Directed By: Danny Boyle Starring: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara IMDB Rating: 7.6 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93% Trailer Link This movie tells a true story of a mountaineer Aron Ralston going on a hiking adventure in Utah. Not telling anyone about his whereabouts seemed like no big of a deal at that time, but soon did he realize what a great ...
Directed By: Jean-Marc Vallée Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski IMDB Rating: 7.1 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% Trailer Link After losing her mother and going through a tough divorce, Cheryl Strayed decides to go on a solo 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. She has no outdoor experience, but she believes this trip is wha...
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A list of movies featuring wilderness, sea, mountain, castaway, stranded and war survival scenarios. See ratings, genres, directors, stars and plot summaries for each movie.
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- Cast Away (2000) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez. Adventure, Drama, Romance (2h 23m) 7.8 on IMDb — 89% on RT. Never before have we felt more emotionally attached to an inanimate object than when we watched Cast Away.
- 127 Hours (2010) Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara. Biography, Drama (1h 34m) 7.5 on IMDb — 93% on RT. Danny Boyle's 127 Hours is one of the most brutal examples of a true survival tale, showcasing just how powerful our desire to live can be.
- The Revenant (2015) Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter. Action, Adventure, Drama (2h 36m) 8.0 on IMDb — 78% on RT.
- Into the Wild (2007) Directed by Sean Penn. Starring Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener. Adventure, Biography, Drama (2h 28m) 8.1 on IMDb — 83% on RT.
- The Blair Witch Project (1999) The marketing on this film made it so successful, that it's still talked about to this day. The Blair Witch Project was marketed as a documentary; as a terrible true story that took place in 1994 to three friends/filmmakers.
- The Revenant (2015) Gaining Leonardo DiCaprio his first ever Oscar win for Best Actor, The Revenant is based on the true story of Hugh Glass (DiCaprio), a hunter and American frontiersman that lived nearly two centuries ago.
- Into the Wild (2007) Sean Penn directs, writes, and produces this true story based off the life of Christopher McCandless, an individual who left home at a young age and courageously decided to hike through North America and up into the Alaskan wilderness.
- Wild (2014) Based on the memoir written by Cheryl Strayed, Reese Witherspoon shines in this movie, as she physically walks the Pacific Crest Trail, and emotionally walks through grief and heartbreak.
Jan 8, 2016 · A 2015 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a frontiersman who fights for survival after a bear attack and betrayal by his hunting team. The film won 3 Oscars and features stunning natural landscapes and cinematography.
Jun 17, 2022 · If you're looking for a pulse-pounding distraction from reality, check out these 12 survival films from apocalyptic thrillers, to persevering in extreme wilderness—or surviving outer space.
