If you were stuck on a deserted island, what one item would you bring? I assume many kids were asked this same question when they were little. Thinking about it now, has your answer changed? Mine has. Not sure what use I would have for my toy rabbit if I ended up stranded on an island. However, with an extensive amount of survival movies, perhaps now we would be more prepared to survive on an uninhabited island. Find shelter, build a fire, find food and clean water - this is what wilderness movies have taught us. Seems pretty straightforward, right? However, why do I reckon I wouldn't be able to bear a single day in the wilderness with my survival skills?
One more thing they don't teach you at school. yOu WIll NEed ThIS LatEr IN liFe - no, Mr./Mrs. *insert your math teacher's surname*, I still haven't used the cosine function a single time in my life. Can you feel the disappointment in my tone of writing? Pardon me, back to the movies about survival. Probably the most well-known wilderness movie is Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away. Perhaps your typical I'm lost, all alone and must find a way to stay alive movie. One of the things we may take away from this third-highest-grossing film of 2000 is that after being stranded on a deserted island, a ball may become one's best friend. Wilson the volleyball represented the need for human companionship, which, among physical needs, is vital in maintaining sanity in rather, let's call them, insane circumstances.
However, Cast Away is just one among many great survival movies. Think of Eight Below, Open Water, or 127 Hours. Below, we've prepared an extensive list of critically and viewer-acclaimed best survival movies made to this day, with the top 10 having brief personal reviews. Grab a pen and paper to write down some of the not-yet-seen or long-forgotten survival movies, and let us know your favorite one.
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