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16 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Into the Wild. 2007 2h 28m R. 8.1 (661K) Rate. 73 Metascore. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
- 117 votes. Apollo 13. Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, is a gripping account of the ill-fated lunar mission, with Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton portraying astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise.
- 167 votes. Alive. Alive, directed by Frank Marshall, tells the harrowing tale of a Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the Andes Mountains after their plane crashes in 1972.
- 156 votes. 127 Hours. 127 Hours, helmed by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, stars James Franco as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston. The film chronicles Ralston's harrowing experience trapped in a Utah canyon for over five days, ultimately leading him to take desperate measures to save his life.
- 12 votes. Society of the Snow. In 1972, a Uruguayan flight crashes in the remote heart of the Andes, forcing survivors to become each other's best hope. More Society of the Snow.
Into the Wild. 2007 2h 28m R. 8.1 (661K) Rate. 73 Metascore. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
The best adventure movies can run on the thrill of exploration and discovery, treading deep into jungles, stalking across arid deserts, or sailing across open oceans. The casts of characters...
- Into The Wild
- The Way Back
- Tracks
- Gorillas in The Mist
- 127 Hours
- Motorcycle Diaries
- Touching The Void
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Wild
It’s a real-life travel story of 22-year-old Christopher McCandless. After graduation, he left his bright career ached of him and went into the wilderness in search of adventure. He transformed himself and became the inspiration of lots of people. Was Christopher McCandless a brave wanderer or a Stupid idealist? An insubordinate 1990s Thoreau or an...
This film is based on a biographical book “The Long Walk “written by slavomir rawicz. 7 prisoners of a Soviet Union labor camp, break away their Siberian POW camp and start a treacherous journey walked 4,000 miles (6,400 km) to freedom through hostile antagonistic terrain.
The film TRACKS, which recounts the real-life travel story of Robyn Davidson. A young lady who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through right around 2,000 miles of the rambling Australian desert. She started her journey with her dos and for camels which she earned in a camel firm. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photogra...
This film is based on the biographical book of naturalist Dian Fossey. A physical therapist from Kentucky Fossey is inspired by famed anthropologist Louis Leakey to devote her life to the study of Gorillas in Africa. Fossey gets entranced with the lives and habits of the rare mountain gorillas of the Ugandan wild. She is so dedicated to “her” mount...
127 Hours’ is the real story of Ralston’s extraordinary journey as a mountaineer to save himself after a falling rock breaks his arm and traps him in Utah in loneliness. For the next five days, Ralston explores his life and survives the elements to eventually discover that he has the strength and the resources to extricate himself by all possible m...
“The Motorcycle Diaries” is a wonderfully crafted story. It shows the dawning of the social consciousness of one of the most charismatic revolutionaries of the 20th century. The best film to date by Brazilian director Walter Salles shows how an eight-month trip across South America in 1952 changed the minds of 23-year-old Argentinean medical studen...
In 1985, two young climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set off from the Peruvian Andes to ascend the dangerous west face of the Siula Grande. They were professional climbers and climbed “Alpine-style” without setting up ropes or base camps ahead of time. Ascending the mountain in “one great push” We reached the summit (21,000 ft.) on the third da...
Vain Heinrich, a renowned Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his spouse and infant son to lead an expedition to the Himalayas in 1939, ended up as a prisoner of war in the hands of the Allied powers. He and a fellow prisoner, Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), make their way to the Forbidden City of Tibet. Where Peter meets a wife and Hei...
Wild shows off Cheryl Strayed’s real-life travel adventure story. She lost her mother to malignancy at age 22, followed by some unexpected circumstances. Similar to her marriage breakdown, separated from her children, and addicted to heroin and sex. A few years after the fact, Cheryl is deciding on the imprudent decision of hiking the Pacific Crest...
The best movies based on true stories. 1. All the President's Men (1976) Film. Drama. Warner Brothers. Wait, you’re telling us Watergate is an actual thing that happened, and in 1974 two...
Jun 1, 2022 · The 25 Best Survival Movies to Test Your Mettle. Whether it's shipwrecks, the vast wilderness, plane crashes or other disasters that kick them off, these thriller tales (some based on true...
