The best survival movies to feel the adventurous spirit

Action adventure movies are a great option for evening viewing with family or friends. Interesting stories and intricate plot twists will make you forget about all the problems and plunge into the fictional world of trials and difficulties.

OBOZ.UA publishes the top movies about both fictional and real travelers and daredevils who fight for life in difficult conditions. These films show human strength and endurance in the wild.

Everest

• Genre: adventure, drama.
• Director: Baltasar Kormakur.
• Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke.

Climbers strive to conquer the highest peak - Mount Everest. It's a real challenge because the climb is fraught with many dangers. Many years of experience, training, reliable equipment and professional training cannot always save the lives of the heroes. The movie is based on real events of May 1996.

The Revenant

• Genre: drama, thriller.
• Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu.
• Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy.

Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is a professional hunter and mountain guide. A routine hunt in the mountains of North America ends tragically when Glass and his assistants are attacked by Indians. Glass escapes from the warlike tribes but falls behind his group. He will have to face the challenges of the wilderness for a long time. Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance.

Against the Ice

• Genre: drama, thriller.
• Director: Peter Flinth.
• Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole.

The Alabama expedition sets sail for Greenland in search of the notebooks and diaries of a previous exploration group. Experienced travelers Ejnar, the ship's captain, and Iver, the mechanical engineer, find themselves in a terrible snow trap from which it seems they will never be able to escape.

Nowhere

• Genre: thriller, drama.
• Director: Albert Pintó.
• Starring: Anna Castillo, Tamar Novas.

Nico and his wife Mia, who is expecting a child, are fleeing a totalitarian regime. Mia gets on a ship in a cargo container but it the container falls into the open sea during a terrible storm. The woman will have to survive with limited water and food and the risk of drowning at any moment.

Jungle

• Genre: adventure.
• Director: Greg McLean.
• Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann.

Traveler Yossi and his friend decide to take a risky trip. They decide to explore the Amazon jungle. It was supposed to be an interesting and quite safe adventure - they even hired a guide. However, the guide deceives the group and tries to kill them. Yossi escapes from the pursuit but finds himself alone in the middle of the impenetrable tropics.

Cast Away

• Genre: adventure, drama.
• Director: Robert Zemeckis.
• Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt.

This story has already become a cult one. Chuck (Tom Hanks) finds himself stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. He will have to survive in the wild without access to the basic achievements of civilization. Critics have called the film a modern interpretation of the classic Robinson story.

Society of the Snow

• Genre: thriller, adventure.
• Director: Juan Antonio Bayona.
• Starring: Enzo Vogrincic, Matthias Recalt, Agustin Pardella.

The story is based on real events. A plane carrying the Uruguayan rugby team among other passengers crashed in the mountains. Some passengers survived but were stranded in the inaccessible Andes region. They will have to make difficult choices while waiting for help.

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