5 Breathtaking Survival Movies

1. Into The Wild (2007) - Imdb: 8.1

Adapted from a real life story, this movie is about the adventures of a young man named Christopher McCandless. Christopher, a recent college graduate, wants to do something for himself in his life and tries to live alone in the Alaskan wilderness. We are witnessing Christopher's experiences in this two-year journey. The drama-themed movie stars Emile Hirsch in the lead role and Oscar winner Sean Penn is in the director's chair.

2. The Shallows (2016) - Imdb: 6.3

A surfer is stranded on a boulder 180 yards from shore and must use her wits and courage to survive a great white shark attack. Blake Lively, who we know from the 'Gossip Girl' TV series, plays the lead role in the movie.

3. Gravity (2013) - Imdb: 7.7

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are among the actors of this sci-fi thriller and drama movie. The film has 7 awards at the Oscars, and won 6 at the Bafta Awards. It is about the struggle of two astronauts to survive when their spaceship is damaged during their mission in space. So will they survive?

4. 28 Days Later (2002) - Imdb: 7.5

An epidemic spreads in London. A deadly virus is released into the environment when test monkeys at a research center are freed by a group of activists. Those who get this virus turn out of their human form and turn into some kind of creature. Will our lead character Jim (Cillian Murphy) be protected from this epidemic?

5. 127 Hours (2010) - Imdb: 7.6

127 Hours is a biographical survival movie starring James Franco. Young mountaineer Aron Ralston goes on a trip without telling anyone and gets stuck in a large boulder in the Moab region near Utah. There is no one to save Aron, who has been trying his best to survive for 5 days. Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is the director and screenwriter of the movie, which is adapted from real life and James Franco has an Academy Award nomination for this movie.

5 Breathtaking Survival Movies