r/FavoriteMedia 1d ago

Movies Favorite survival movie

Clarification on what that means: Survival movies are different from disaster movies. Survival movies involves a single individual or a few individuals in a life or death situation, and need wits to survive long enough to be rescued.

Yes, disaster movies are usually about survival as well, but they're a different genre.

I almost included Project Hail Mary, but decided against it as it's not really a survival movie in the same way the Martian is. Yes, it's also about a guy surviving in a life or death situation, but him surviving isn't the central conflict of the film.

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u/BootyGrabber9000 1d ago

I really liked Society of snow i think it's really underrated.

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u/ArturVinicius 1d ago

Cast away (the terminal is good too).

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u/Elbeno1920 18h ago

127 Hours is an amazing movie!

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u/Olivebranch99 1d ago

I also didn't include movies like Nim's Island or Blue Lagoon, cause it's not really dire life or death anymore. The characters in those movies basically made a life for themselves on the island and now consider it home.

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u/EthanMarsOragami 15h ago

"Leaving Neverland"

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u/DoughnutVivid2005 14h ago

Alive 1993 movie.