Republic Entertainment Desk

Survival Movies Based On Real Life Incidents

Society Of The Snow is based on a rugby team's flight crashes on a glacier in the Andes, leaving only a few survivors in one of the world's toughest environments.

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Alive revolves around Uruguayan rugby team faces desperate measures after crash-landing in snow-covered Andes. Directed by Frank Marshall, written by Piers Paul Read and John Patrick Shanley.

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The Impossible is about an Indian Ocean tsunami devastated Thailand, causing chaos and destruction for a tourist family. Directed by J.A. Bayona, stars Naomi Watts and Tom Holland.

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Rescue Dawn revolves around A U.S. fighter pilot's survival story after being shot down in Laos during the Vietnam War, directed by Werner Herzog, stars Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, and Jeremy Davies.

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Everest is about Rob Hall and Scott Fischer's expedition teams which face a storm on Mount Everest's summit, requiring survival battles.

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The Deepwater Horizon is 2010 oil spill, is a dramatic film directed by Peter Berg, written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand, David Barstow, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell.

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Set in the 1820s, The Revenant is about a fur trading expedition that faces survival after being mauled by a bear and left dead by his hunting team.

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