Fall is a riveting survival movie that will leave you on edge from beginning to end. The story revolves around best friends Becky and Hunter who make the climb of their life to the top of a 2 000-foot tower. When tragedy strikes, they are left stranded on the tower and must avoid a deadly fall. Let’s look at other chilling survival movies and give them our survival star movie rating.
The Shallows
Blake Lively finds herself in deep trouble in the compelling thriller The Shallows. Medical student and avid surfer Nancy (Lively) gets stranded on a secluded Mexican beach after surviving a shark bite to her leg. She finds refuge on a rock and must outwit a great white shark, hoping that help will come. Lively’s performance is truly epic and embodies survival mode in every respect.
Survival star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
No Escape
Comedy legend Owen Wilson gets very serious in this chilling thriller. A family’s Southeast Asian getaway turns into a nightmare when they are caught in a violent uprising. They embark on a deadly journey of survival in a foreign country. Every second of the movie leaves your heart pounding and jump starts you into survival mode. The movie also stars Pierce Brosnan, and together he and Wilson deliver incredible action.
Survival star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
127 Hours
James Franco gives a powerful performance in this dramatic survival movie. A climber with a larger-than-life personality gets stranded in a remote canyon in Utah. Through a series of video recordings, he reveals the turmoil of his emotions, facing harsh survival conditions and taking daring risks to free himself.
Survival star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Castaway
We got an incredible performance from Tom Hanks in this emotional survival drama. Chuck Noland (Hanks), an analyst, survives a plane crash and finds himself stranded on an uninhabited island. As the days pass, Chuck fights for his survival and sanity. Tom Hanks's raw emotions give us an in-depth look at what it’s like to be completely isolated from humankind.
Survival star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio gave us chills in this movie based on Michael Punke’s novel of the same name. Fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) must survive the harsh wilderness and an army of enemies that want him dead. The movie boasts deadly survival scenes, raw emotions, and outshines many other survival movies.
Survival star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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