Recommended Survival Movies/Shows, Fictional or Otherwise...

Shotgun said:
JFrame said:
IMHO, "The Grey" was horrible...The people depicted were so inept at survival, it became an exercise in frustration and disgust watching it. Now, granted, that may actually be realistic in terms of people in general -- it just did not make for good cinema.
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That movie is what is great and terrible about hollywood. The story line I found to be fantastic and so was the acting. Then, they had to spoil it by the need that hollywood has to jazz everything up. Spoiling it with an unrealistic portrayal of wolves. The fact that the characters new nothing of survival made it more realistic to me. People that study survival stuff are in the teeny tiny minority.
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Watched it last night with my lady, and we were both very disappointed. It's a good movie to watch if you want to get yourself killed as fast as possible... worth a watch? Sure. But you'd be hard pressed not be frustrated at the lack of common sense.
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Happy People - A year in the Taiga

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Hell in the Pacific - Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune are stranded on a tropical island in WWII and although they started out as antagonists, end up cooperating to get off the island. Surprise ending. Alternate ending in DVD wasn't bad.

Walkabout - A young girl and younger brother are lost in the Australian outback, but manage to survive with the help of an Aboriginal boy. The ending for me seemed sad and depressing.

Sands of the Kalahari - nice survival scenes, Stuart Whitman connives to become alpha male, fights baboons!

Flight of the Phoenix (1965 version) - Survivors of a plane crash in the desert rebuild the plane with the help of a plane designer (there's a twist here).

Cry in the Wild - a boy survives in the Canadian wilderness

Swiss Family Robinson - fun Disney movie

Castaway - Tom Hanks survives for years on a deserted island in the Pacific.

Dersu Uzala - Directed by Akira Kurosawa in collaboration with a Russian cast/crew, I believe. About the friendship between a Nanai tribesman guide and a Russian explorer. Compelling scene about making a shelter to survive a sudden snowstorm.
 
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There was a USA TV movie that came out in the 90's with the title the hunted. It was about a female reporter that is sent into the wilderness to investigate a plane crash. She links up with a guide who lives on the mountain and takes her tot he crash site. It has a twist to it. Stared HArry Hamlin and Machin Amith (SP?) it was kind of goofy but pretty good.

Also there was a USA movie about the hunt for the unabomber that was pretty good.
 
A Lonely Place to Die is another survival against armed hostiles movie. Entertaining indy.

"A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety."

+1 Walkabout is an insanely great classic.
 
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Lets not forget the most hardcore wilderness guy you'll ever meet, Norway's Lars Monsen.

The "Across Canada" show is an epic journey, where he crosses Canada by dog-sled and hiking. The trip took him 2½ years IIRC. There are too many highlights to list here, but its amazing.

Lars Monsens resume from wiki:

His well-documented expeditions include:

Walking and dog-sledding across northern Canada (2 years and 7 months, going from Kaktovik to Goose Bay). A lot of filming was done during this expedition, the footage was subsequently cut together into the documentary series Canada På Tvers.
Walking across Alaska (10 months)
Walking across Norway (12 months)
Walking across Kodiak Island, Alaska
Walking across Admiralty Island, Alaska
Paddling in canoe, twice, through Katmai National Park, Alaska
Traveling 900 km by foot through Norway, Sweden and Finland
Walking 90 days in Børgefjell National Park
Three 1-month trips through Finnmark, Femundsmarka og Saltfjellet for NRK.
365 days of wilderness traveling through Norway, Sweden, Finland for a TV show on NRK called Nordkalotten 365.
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Youtube has "Across Canada" with english subtitles

Episode 1:
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In the Bush with Malcolm Douglas for youtube in addition to the others mentioned. I concur with most of the suggestions so far, especially Death Hunt and Jeremiah Johnson. Lots of fun. Also the movies about the guy who goes to Alaska to build a cabin are really good.


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