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- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsEthan HawkeVincent SpanoJosh HamiltonAfter crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.Based on the real life events of an Uruguayan rugby team that crash landed in the Andes. The story made worldwide headlines when it became known that the survivors resorted to cannibalism to stay alive
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate MaraA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.Based on the true story of Aron Ralston whose journey into Utah’s Canyonlands National Park would become one of the most horrific tales of endurance and courage ever told.
- DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter 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 real life story of Christopher McCandless, a man who shunned society and went off into the wilderness in search of adventure. The movie gives a chilling look into what can go wrong when a unprepared person tries to take on nature.
- DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsBarry PepperAnnabella PiugattukJames CromwellA pilot and his passenger struggle for survival after crashing in the Arctic tundra.Story of a couple who crashes in the Alaskan wilderness hundreds of miles from civilization and has to do what they can to survive.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordWill GeerDelle BoltonA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.Robert Redford stars in the adventure Jeremiah Johnson, a movie about a trapper who learns to survive as a mountain man in the wilderness
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksHelen HuntPaul SanchezA FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.Obviously.
The star and director of “Forrest Gump” set out to make a modern-day “Robinson Crusoe,” and they nailed it. They nailed it so completely that no one should ever again attempt to make a stranded-on-a-deserted-island movie.
Because your deserted island movie's not going to have Tom Hanks. It's not going to have ice skate dental surgery or an unopened FedEx package that serves as a symbol of hope. It won't have Wilson, one of the most memorable characters in all the movies that's also a volleyball. - DirectorsRod HardyGeorge MillerStarsPierce BrosnanWilliam TakakuPolly Walker1703: Robinson Crusoe has to leave Scotland for a year, but after months sailing, a storm wrecks his ship. He ends up as only survivor on a desolate island.Pierce Brosnan stars in the big screen version of Robinson Crusoe, a movie that is very loosely based on the classic novel. Crusoe is the only survivor of a shipwreck and has to survive on a deserted tropical island.
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsLiam NeesonDermot MulroneyFrank GrilloAfter their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.Liam Neeson vs. a wolf pack. It's a bloody, brutal good time at the movies. But it's also a thoughtful, melancholy film about accepting that you and everyone you love will someday die.
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsAnthony HopkinsAlec BaldwinElle MacphersonAn intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin fight a bear. And when they're not fighting a bear, they're speaking the almost literary dialogue of David Mamet. And then they go back to fighting a bear. And it's a pleasurable cycle of high-low art.
- DirectorTerrence MartinStarsCrispin GloverClayne CrawfordMichele SantopietroAfter becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of trapped settlers join together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.Based on the real life events of a group of pioneers who get stranded in the Sierra Nevada and resort to cannibalism to survive.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsSuraj SharmaIrrfan KhanAdil HussainA young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsRichard HarrisJohn HustonHenry WilcoxonLeft for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.An abandoned fur trapper fights to survive after being injured and left for dead in the wilderness.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsDewey MartinAnne CollingsAldo RayA frontier family crosses the U.S. by wagon train, hoping for a better life in the Oregon Territory.The true story of seven children who journey on the Oregon trail after their parents die.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsChristian BaleSteve ZahnJeremy DaviesA U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.The true story of a US fighter pilot who is shot down and captured during the Vietnam War.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJames StewartRichard AttenboroughPeter FinchAfter an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors' hopes are buoyed by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who comes up with a plan to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.A military plane crashed on desert and must be fixed before all the crew members die.
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsDennis QuaidMiranda OttoGiovanni RibisiSurvivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.A remake of the classic
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeGert van den BerghKen GampuDuring the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.A 1966 gem that everyone should see despite how politically incorrect it seems now. A group of guys on safari in Africa encounter a tribe, and one of the guys refuses to give the tribal leaders a gift. The tribe is offended and kills all of them but one. They instead give him a head start and hunt him across wild Africa. He's naked and weaponless and must use his wits to survive. It's awesome.
- DirectorChris KentisStarsBlanchard RyanDaniel TravisSaul SteinBased on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.Based on a true story of a couple who is abandoned at sea and must survive in shark infested waters
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsBruce GreenwoodPaul DanoSettlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.In this period western, a group of settlers are lost in the Oregon desert, their only hope two untrustworthy guides. It's a slow-moving film, naturally, but sometimes unbearably tense. When that wagon's going down the valley and it looks like it might crash and if it crashes, everyone's going to die … man. And it's also got a few nice performances from Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood and Will Patton.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsKeith CarradinePowers BootheFred WardDuring a routine exercise, a team of National Guardsmen are threatened by angry and violent locals.The ULTIMATE guy movie. A group of National Guardsman on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamps use a couple of canoes that aren't theirs and incur the wrath of the local Cajuns. It's fevered, disturbing, breathless. And the cast. Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Peter Coyote. It's “The Expendables” for cinephiles.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJenny AgutterDavid GulpililLuc RoegTwo city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They meet an Aborigine on "walkabout": a ritualistic separation from his tribe.
- DirectorAdam GreenStarsShawn AshmoreEmma BellKevin ZegersThree skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.chilling tale
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim SturgessEd HarrisColin FarrellSiberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.Siberian gulag escapees walk 4000 miles overland to freedom in India. (133 mins.)
- DirectorsKevin GoetzMichael GoetzStarsJosh DuhamelDan FoglerMiracle LaurieTensions rise between lifelong friends Mitchell and Carter after their truck breaks down on an isolated desert road as they start to attack each other's life decisions with unwavering brutality.ultimate test of friendship
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsHarrison FordAnne HecheDavid SchwimmerRobin Monroe, a New York magazine editor, and the gruff pilot Quinn Harris must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted South Seas island.Robin Monroe, a New York magazine editor, and the gruff pilot Quinn Harris must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted South Seas island.
