swap_horiz Everest (2015) Alternatives

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is a British war film directed by David Lean, set in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp...

Classic Epic Wwii Survival

9.1 Excellent

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Paths of Glory (1957)

Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and adapted from Humphrey Cobb's novel. Set...

Classic Drama Wwi Kubrick

9.1 Excellent

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Stand by Me (1986)

Stand by Me is a 1986 coming-of-age film directed by Rob Reiner and adapted from Stephen King's novella The Body. Set in...

Classic Drama Road Stephen King

8.2 Great

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Apollo 13 (1995)

Apollo 13 is a 1995 historical drama directed by Ron Howard and based on the aborted 1970 NASA lunar mission. Tom Hanks...

Survival Historical Nasa Hanks

8.1 Great

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The Martian (2015)

The Martian is a 2015 science-fiction survival film directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from Andy Weir's novel. Matt Da...

Sci Fi Survival Comedy Ridley Scott

8.1 Great

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Gravity (2013)

Gravity is a 2013 space survival film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Bullock...

Modern Sci Fi Survival Space Adventure

8.0 Great

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Deliverance (1972)

Deliverance is a 1972 American survival thriller directed by John Boorman and adapted from James Dickey's 1970 novel. It...

Classic Wilderness Survival Thriller

7.9 Good

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Cast Away (2000)

Cast Away is a 2000 survival drama directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems a...

Drama Wilderness Survival Island

7.7 Good

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Apocalypto (2006)

Apocalypto (2006) is a Mel Gibson-directed American adventure film set in the declining Maya civilization, filmed entire...

Action Survival Mayan Mel Gibson

7.6 Good

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The Mission (1986)

The Mission (1986) is a British historical drama directed by Roland Joffé, set in 18th-century South America, depicting...

Drama South America Colonial Jungle

7.5 Good

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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) is an American Western directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, based loosely on...

Classic Wilderness Survival Western

7.5 Good

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Wild (2014)

"Wild" is a 2014 biographical survival drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and adapted from Cheryl Strayed's 2012 me...

Drama Wilderness Survival True Story

7.4 Good

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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

"Escape from Alcatraz" is a 1979 prison thriller directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. It dramatizes the 1...

Adventure True Story Escape Prison

7.4 Good

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Kon-Tiki (2012)

Kon-Tiki (2012) is a Norwegian adventure film co-directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, dramatizing Thor Heyerd...

Exploration Norwegian Survival Historical

7.2 Good

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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

*The Count of Monte Cristo* is a 2002 historical adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds, based on the classic 1844 no...

Adventure Drama Historical Revenge

7.2 Good

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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

*The Poseidon Adventure* is a 1972 disaster film directed by Ronald Neame and produced by Irwin Allen, adapted from Paul...

Classic Survival Sea Ensemble

7.2 Good

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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984)

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) is a British adventure drama directed by Hugh Hudson and starri...

Drama Survival British Jungle Adventure

6.7 Fair

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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 historical submarine drama directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The film dramatizes a 1961 incide...

Cold War Submarine Survival True Story

6.5 Fair

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Adrift (2018)

Adrift is a 2018 survival drama directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. It is based...

Survival True Story Romance Disaster

6.4 Fair

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The Mountain Between Us (2017)

The Mountain Between Us is a 2017 survival drama directed by Hany Abu-Assad and starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslet. Th...

Drama Mountain Wilderness Survival

5.2 Mediocre