A Glean movie guide
Against the Elements
Nature at its most relentless.
Gripping survival stories set in the world's most unforgiving frozen landscapes.
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The movie list
- 01
Society of the Snow
A harrowing and deeply moving account of the 1972 Andes flight disaster and the human will to endure.
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.
- 02
The Revenant
A visceral, visually stunning journey of a frontiersman fighting for survival in the harsh American 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.
- 03
Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen delivers a powerful, minimalist performance as a man stranded in the desolate frozen north.
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
The Grey
A group of plane crash survivors faces off against the elements and a pack of wolves in the Alaskan wild.
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.
- 05
Wind River
The freezing Wyoming winter serves as a haunting backdrop for this gripping murder investigation.
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
- 06
Everest
This biographical drama captures the terrifying reality of a massive storm on the world's highest peak.
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
- 07
Frozen
A simple premise—three skiers stranded on a chairlift—becomes a claustrophobic nightmare of survival.
When three skiers find themselves stranded on a chair lift at a New England ski resort that has closed for the next week, they are forced to make life or death choices that prove to be more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
- 08
Togo
An inspiring true story of a sled dog team braving a deadly Alaskan winter to deliver life-saving medicine.
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.
- 09
The Edge
Two men must put aside their differences to survive the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash.
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.