Movies about wilderness/survival
 

Sorry about the shitty thread title. I wasn't sure how to word it.

I've been on a kick lately its movies about people being out in the wilderness. It doesn't matter if they're stranded or out there by choice, I'm just into the genre in general at the moment.

Off the top of my head I've seen Jeremiah Johnson, The Edge, Alive, Wild, and Into the White.

I'm looking for recommendations on great wilderness/survival movies.

What do you guys know?

Alone in the Wilderness
Dick Proenneke......Good stuff but its only available via purchase.

Just off the top of my head


The Grey, Alive, 127 Hours,

Just don't watch Into the Wild. You will want to kill yourself over how stupid that kid was.

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Touching The Void- strongly recommend this film. Well worth your time.

Synopsis at link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void_(film)

Everest was another good one.


Although, I have a tough time feeling sorry for these Adrenaline junkie types.

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Stranded: I've Come From A Plane That Crashed in The Mountains: The survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash tell their story; intense is an understatement.

Everest was garbo. I wouldn't even recommend it.

Guys, sorry I made the thread and then bailed. Had some issues tonight at work. Great suggestions so far. I think I might start with Touching The Void.

Has anybody seen Into the White? It's pretty good. German bomber pilots and English Fighter pilots both get shot down over Norway and end up stranded at the same remote abandoned cabin, and they have to work together to survive.

Here are a few, with some variety. I hope it's what you're looking for.

The Revenant was just in theaters, Man In The Wilderness is the earlier version
Castaway and Robinson Crusoe are island survival
Walkabout, or The Earthling, if you want survival in Australia
Touching The Void for a climbing survival movie (or Vertical Limit, which is not great, but watchable if you like Robin Tunney, since TTV was already mentioned)
Quest For Fire for a prehistoric survival movie
Deliverance for a (dated but still worth a watch if you've never seen it) Redneck survival movie
The Road for a post-apocalypse survival story
Into the Grizzly Maze for another Man v. Bear survival movie

I read an awful review on that movie when it first came out, and I've never even thought about watching since.

Concerning the movie Wild, I think it's one of those movies that might be the perfect date movie. For women it's got the drama and emotions of Witherspoon's relationship with her mother, and for guys it has the wilderness survival and flashbacks to scenes of Witherspoon having tons of drug-addled sex with strangers. It's a win/win.

The movie is good (IMHO) but yeah, McCandless was a dumbass.

My father is a huge fan of The Naked Prey and he passed it on to me,it's definitely an older film but if you can find it do yourself a favor and watch,it's a classic tale of survival.

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The Revenant (I know it's already been mentioned, but oh well)

You're welcome.


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North Face
The Road
Life of Pi
Castaway

Apocalypse Now. I know it's more of a War movie, but there are some survivalist elements to it.

A more recent one I watched

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The Toxic Avenger

Jeremiah Johnson
The Martian
Gravity
The Edge
Unbroken
Shawshank Redemption
Lost?

Having been laid up with a broken foot recently, I also went on a survival film kick...

Watched Into the Wild, enjoyed it...


I highly recommend The Way Back. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023114/

Have people seen this movie? It's a documentary that I found quite enthralling: http://www.merufilm.com/

Noted. Ty


Noted. Ty

Maybe you're stupid.

yes, good one!

Not necessarily a survivalist movie, but "The Way" with Martin Sheen is my favorite. It's about hiking the Camino across northern Spain.

Cant really tell what the hell its about, but looks awesome nonetheless

Grizzly Man.

Do it.

Not really wilderness survival per se but Surviving the Game with Ice T popped into my head. Haven't seen it in about 15 years but I liked it..

IIRC, Gary Busey's in that one too.

If I stay on this kick long enough, I'll likely make my way to it. I just can't put it high on my list.

When I was looking for some of the other recommended movies on netflix last night, I stumbled across The Way Back. I started the movie, and then the wife and I got distracted, but it is on the list now. Thanks.

Very creepy flick.

We'd all like to think that wouldn't be us but honestly it probably would be.

Thanks, SR!

I haven't gotten to read all suggestions yet, but I do appreciate them all.

I watched The Way Back last night. It was a good movie. I put it on at 1:30 am thinking I'd watch half last night and the rest this morning. I didn't go to sleep until it was over.

How about Grizzly Man you ****ing cock?!

Tim please tell me you're considering checking out The Naked Prey.

I watched it too. Did a man-hater direct that? They made that guy out to be quite the useless idiot.

That's 90% of movies/television now ('The Force Awakens' anyone?). Don't you know that XX is superior to XY...at everything?

i watched touching the void in a college class once.. thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thread over.

Lord of the Flies

I am very happy to see that Alone in the Wilderness and Naked Prey have already been mentioned. Both are great.


Would The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) qualify?



Inferno (1953) and its made for tv remake Ordeal (1973) may also be of interest. Deliver Us from Evil (1973) is also a pretty good made for tv movie that you may like.

I forgot to mention Papillon with Steve McQueen. Great movie that also has Dustin Hoffman.

I was gonna mention this one too. Great movie!! Are we related??

Also not really wilderness and you've prob already seen it but The Beach is a great one!

The Beach is good and I'd def consider that one wilderness survival

That actually looks interesting. I'm finna see if it's available streaming.

Yes, sir. It is on the list. I appreciate all the recommendations from you guys.

So this looks dope. I went on YouTube to see what it was about, and was really into it when the 10 minute video ended.

I'm gonna search amazon for a deal. Thanks, guys.

What about the movie called "Grizzly"?

Bio dome

Let me know.

He was a bit interesting to say the least.

Did you watch it yet?

Didnt listening to him screech make you glad he's dead?

No, I read about it. Gonna check netflix, amazon, or Xbox vid on my next weekend.

I did order that Alone in the Wilderness documentary from Amazon. It was kinda pricey, but I really want to watch it.

Why not just grab it from a tracker?



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I now own both the original and the second disc. It was a nice watch. Thanks, Al.
So, it happened to be trending on Netflix the other day, and I watched it out of convenience. I actually enjoyed it. Thanks, Mike. I probably would have skipped watching if it wasn't for your post.
Caught this one too! It put my wife to sleep, hahaha! I enjoyed it, though. It's certainly dated at this point, but the story kept me watching. Not bad. Thanks, Nzoner!

The Mission
A River Runs Through It
Never Cry Wolf
White Fang
Jeremiah Johnson
127 Hours
The Grey
Alive
The Way Back
Far NortH
Valhalla Rising
Apocalypto

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A River Runs through it. One of my favorite movies of all time and not just because I lived there.

"The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana." Norman Maclean.

Deliverance

Holy shit. How you been Mo?

I'm good man the kids and the farm keep me busy. I haven't had a day off in years at this point but its cool cause i love my job and i get to watch my kids grow up.

My Side of the Mountain if you want more of a kids movie.

The Mountain Men
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Night of the Grizzly
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Both old and dated but I loved these back in the day.

Before little Leo got raped by the bear Richard Harris had already done that movie.

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Always liked this one.
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Night of the Grizzly is one of those movies I'll always stop on, if I see it while channel surfing.

Leo was asking for it.

This is in Netflix and was surprisingly very good.

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Never Cry Wolf.

Disney movie. Not bad. good with science and problem solving.

partial nudity-but not the good kind.

Call of the Wild

Caught a movie on IFC a while back with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck called 'Gerry.'

It's about two friends stranded in the wilderness and they somehow end up in a desert. It was pretty good. I believe it's loosely based on a true story.

You might want to check it out.

Triangle from 2009

says who?