A Glean movie guide
Against the Elements
Nature is the ultimate adversary.
Gripping survival stories set in the world's most unforgiving winter landscapes.
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The movie list
- 01
The Revenant
A visceral, beautifully shot tale of one man's relentless fight for survival in the frozen wilderness.
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
The Grey
A plane crash survivor leads a desperate battle against both the freezing elements and a pack of wolves.
Following a grueling five-week shift at an Alaskan oil refinery, workers led by sharpshooter John Ottway are flying home for a much-needed vacation. But a brutal storm causes their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness, and only eight men, including Ottway, survive. As they trek southward toward civilization and safety, Ottway and his companions must battle mortal injuries, the icy elements, and a pack of hungry wolves.
- 03
Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen delivers a powerful, near-silent performance as a man stranded in the desolate Arctic.
A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
- 04
Alive
This harrowing true story explores the extreme lengths a rugby team must go to after crashing in the Andes.
The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
- 05
Wind River
A haunting murder mystery where the brutal, snow-covered Wyoming landscape is as dangerous as the killer.
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
- 06
Touching the Void
A gripping, real-life account of a mountain climbing expedition that goes terrifyingly wrong.
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
- 07
The Thing
Paranoia runs high in this classic thriller about a research team trapped in Antarctica with a deadly entity.
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
- 08
The Mountain Between Us
Two strangers must rely on each other to survive after a plane crash in a remote, snowy mountain range.
Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.