A Glean movie guide
Against All Odds
Pushing the limits of survival.
Gripping tales of human endurance and the relentless will to survive.
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The movie list
- 01
The Revenant
A visceral, visually stunning journey of a frontiersman fighting for survival against the elements.
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
- 02
127 Hours
A harrowing, true-life account of a climber trapped in a canyon who must make an unthinkable choice.
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
- 03
All Is Lost
A masterclass in minimalist storytelling that follows a lone sailor battling the vast, unforgiving ocean.
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and barely escapes with his life. With any luck, the ocean currents may carry him into a shipping lane -- but, with supplies dwindling and the sharks circling, the sailor is forced to face his own mortality.
- 04
Gravity
A fast-paced, high-stakes thriller that captures the terrifying isolation of being adrift in space.
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
- 05
The Shallows
A tight, suspenseful survival thriller about a surfer trapped just yards from shore by a great white shark.
While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
- 06
Society of the Snow
A powerful, modern retelling of the 1972 Andes flight disaster and the survivors' extraordinary resilience.
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
- 07
Buried
An intense, claustrophobic thriller that traps you alongside a man fighting for his life in a coffin.
As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
- 08
The Grey
A brutal, high-stakes battle for survival against both the Alaskan wilderness and a pack of predators.
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.