A good protagonist is someone we can really root for, and that's never more true than with survival movies. As viewers, putting ourselves in the shoes of characters fighting for their lives can be ...

Survival movies based on true stories transport us to a world where human endurance, courage, resilience, and the sheer will to live, take centre stage.

Based on a true story, Into the Wild is one of the worst survival movies, and not least because the hero dies. From a survival standpoint, Chris McCandless was horribly unprepared to survive ...

The true story of Aron Ralston, played by James Franco in 127 Hours, is one of the most visceral ever shown in a movie. It's a story that basically can understand just how harrowing it is.

Based on the true story of Israeli adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg’s trek into the Amazon rainforest in 1981, “Jungle’ is a story ...

This survival movie gives viewers an insight into the real incident when Aron Ralston gets trapped in a canyon by a boulder. ... the movie stays true to the well-written source.

This utterly nightmarish movie from 2003 is loosely based on a true story. A couple on a diving strip are left stranded in the ocean when their dive boat accidentally miscounts the passengers back in.