favorite survival movies

[Myakka]

I really liked Cast Away, I even bought the DVD at Walmart. I think it was $8.88.

 

[spud]

Real Heroes Of Telemark (Ray Mears)

 

[Survivalboy]

Rambo First Blood, I never get tied of watching that movie

SB

 

[JD Mandrell]

Is Cast Away really good? I'm so tired of hearing, "Hey Mr. FedEx man, have you seen Cast Away?"

You should have a standard reply of "absolutely...ALL Fedex employees are training the same way, that's why you should ONLY trust your important packages to us!"

that'll gettem'

 

[hawkpatriot]

"Rambo 1st Blood"

 

[myopicmouse]

"The Edge" was good, and the bear/black guy scene was quite funny as well - though it takes a certain sence of humour.

"Wild America" wasn't a bad film either.

 

[oliverplomion]

"the stand" from stephen king! great one too!

 

[K Williams]

You should have a standard reply of "absolutely...ALL Fedex employees are training the same way, that's why you should ONLY trust your important packages to us!"

that'll gettem'

I'll try to remember that next time they ask.

 

[Patrick Duffy]

I belive that "Surviving the Game" was an excellent movie on ones will to survive.

 

[caine]

band of the hand

 

[Diamond Cut II]

Jurrasic Park is a good one. Especially the third one. One of the pilots had a Glock field knife strapped to his LBV and a 9v SureFire .

 

[SAK]

I went through the entire thread and dug out every title that was listed (80!). (Now up to 89 with new additions.) Thought this might make it easier for those of you looking for movie rentals.

Enjoy:

- 28 Days Later
- A Cry in the Wild
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Alive
- Alone in the Wilderness
- The Art Of War
- At Play In The Fields of the Lord
- Band of the Hand
- Bat 21
- Black Robe
- A Boy and his Dog
- Castaway
- Challenge to be Free
- Dawn of the Dead
- The Day After
- Day of the Dead
- Daylight
- Death Hunt
- Deliverance
- Dersu Uzala
- Distant Thunder
- DreamKeeper (TV mini-series)
- The Earthling
- The Edge
- The Education of Little Tree
- Enemy at the Gate
- Faces of Fear
- Fast Runner
- The Fast Runner
- First Blood
- Flight of the Phoenix
- The Great Dance, - A Hunters Story
- Grey Owl
- Hombre
- Home Alone
- The Hunter
- Ice Walker
- Inferno
- Iron Mistress
- Jeremiah Johnson
- Jurrasic Park
- Knife
- Land Of The Giants (TV)
- Last of the Dogmen
- The Last of the Mohicans
- The Life and Times Of Grizzly Adams
- Lord of the Flies
- Lord of the Rings
- Man in the Wilderness
- Master and Commander
- The Mountain Men
- My Side of the Mountain
- The Naked Prey
- Nanook of the North
- Never Cry Wolf
- Night of the Living Dead
- The Omega Man
- Panic in the Year Zero
- Papillon
- Pathfinder (Finnish)
- Planet of the Apes
- Platoon
- Predator
- The Punisher
- Rambo: First Blood
- Real Heroes Of Telemark (Ray Mears)
- Red Dawn
- Resident Evil 2
- Robinson Crusoe
- Rogue Male
- Running Man
- Sands of the Kalahari
- Shaun of the Dead
- Shoot to Kill
- The Snow Walker
- Soldier
- Sorcerer
- Soylent Green
- The Stand
- Survival Quest
- The Survivalist
- Surviving the Game
- Threads (British)
- Touching the Void
- The Tracker (directed by Rolf De Heer).
- Trigger Effect
- Walkabout (Australian)
- The White Dawn
- Wild America
- Wrong Turn


--SAK

 

[Jim Craig]

Just a quick side note. The movie Death Hunt is based on true events that happened in Canada's Nortwest Territories. It is the story of Albert Johnson, AKA the Mad Trapper, who shot several Mounties just north of Fort McPherson. His tiny cabin, that used to be on the Rat River is still intact, except the roof, and is now in the local cemetary.
He used some pretty sneaky little tricks like wearing his snowshoes backwards, travelling in circles, etc.

 

[JohnnyO]

Just a quick side note. The movie Death Hunt is based on true events that happened in Canada's Nortwest Territories. It is the story of Albert Johnson, AKA the Mad Trapper, who shot several Mounties just north of Fort McPherson. His tiny cabin, that used to be on the Rat River is still intact, except the roof, and is now in the local cemetary.
He used some pretty sneaky little tricks like wearing his snowshoes backwards, travelling in circles, etc.

Very interesting. I never knew that movie was based on true events.

 

[Diamond Cut II]

Thanks, SAK! Resident Evil 2 should be a good survival movie.

 

[Takujualuk]

Just watched The Snow Walker based on a story by Farley Mowatt. Tale about a pilot transporting a sick Inuit girl from the Arctic ocean to Yellowknife.
Plane goes down and interesting watching the pilot do most everything wrong and the Inuit girl do most everything right until buddy got scared enough to gain some humility and do some fast learning.

I really liked the movie. Well worth renting.

 

[Gray Wolf]

"The Survivalist", mainly to learn what NOT to do!

 

[cgd160]

A good one not on the list is A Cry in the Wild (1990) . In this movie the main character uses a hatchet instead of a knife .

Here's a quick plot summary from IMDb - "13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found."

 

[Ming65]

I thought I'd ressurect this thread as I just watch a great survival movie on DVD - it's The Snow Walker and it stars Barry Pepper (he played the sniper in Saving Private Ryan).

Very moving film with a great philosophical message on survival.

 

[longbow50]

Guess I'll have to print up the list and take it over to our local rental shop. The guys gonna freak that or he's gonna think he can close early.