A Glean movie guide
Against the Elements
Survival in the snow
Gripping tales of human endurance in the world's most unforgiving frozen landscapes.
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- 01
Society of the Snow
A harrowing and visceral modern retelling of the 1972 Andes flight disaster and the struggle to stay alive.
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
Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen delivers a powerful, minimalist performance as a man fighting for survival 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.
- 03
The Revenant
An epic, visually stunning journey of vengeance and physical endurance set in the brutal 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.
- 04
The Grey
A group of plane crash survivors must battle both the freezing Alaskan elements and a pack of relentless wolves.
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
Touching the Void
This gripping dramatized documentary recounts the near-impossible survival story of two climbers in the Andes.
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.
- 06
Wind River
A haunting murder mystery where the harsh, 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.
- 07
Eight Below
A poignant story of loyalty and survival that follows a guide's desperate mission to rescue his abandoned sled dogs.
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission.
- 08
The Edge
Two men stranded in the Alaskan wilderness must overcome their personal conflicts to survive the elements.
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.