Alive
1993 Adventure, Thriller, DramaThe 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.
Movies like Alive
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Alive. Explore films such as The Wages of Fear, The Lost City of Z, and The English Patient, around the themes of based on true story, survival, andes mountains. Other notable keywords include crash and stranded.
#1
The Wages of Fear
Synopsis:
In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.
Starring:
Yves Montand,
Véra Clouzot,
Charles Vanel
Plot:
oil company,
unemployment,
oil,
risk,
vibration,
explosion,
nitroglycerin,
risk taking,
shifting gears,
mountain road
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#2
The Lost City of Z
Synopsis:
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Starring:
Sienna Miller,
Tom Holland,
Angus Macfadyen
Plot:
jungle,
based on true story,
based on book,
explorer,
journey,
raft,
archaeology,
husband wife relationship,
travel,
tribe
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#3
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
#4
War of the Worlds
Synopsis:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Starring:
Miranda Otto,
Yul Vazquez,
Lisa Ann Walter
Plot:
alien,
survival,
underground,
mass death,
escape,
paranoia,
near death experience,
cult film,
disaster,
destroyed city
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#5
Suspiria
Synopsis:
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.
Starring:
Chloë Grace Moretz,
Tilda Swinton,
Mia Goth
#6
The Mountain Between Us
Synopsis:
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
Starring:
Kate Winslet,
Idris Elba,
Dermot Mulroney
#7
Jaws 2
Synopsis:
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Starring:
Roy Scheider,
Murray Hamilton,
Lorraine Gary
#8
Dunkirk
Synopsis:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Starring:
Fionn Whitehead,
Damien Bonnard,
Aneurin Barnard
Plot:
world war two,
1940s,
soldier,
beach,
evacuation,
military,
army,
yacht,
sinking ship,
survival
...
#9
Dawn of the Dead
Synopsis:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Starring:
David Emge,
Ken Foree,
Scott H. Reiniger
#10
Battle Royale
Synopsis:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Starring:
Sousuke Takaoka,
Tatsuya Fujiwara,
Takeshi Kitano
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#11
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Synopsis:
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
Starring:
Jason Momoa,
Ben Affleck,
Amy Adams
#12
X-Men: Apocalypse
Synopsis:
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender,
Oscar Isaac,
James McAvoy
Plot:
mutant,
x men,
superhero team,
superhero,
year 1983,
1980s,
based on comic book,
marvel comics,
comic book,
good versus evil
...
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#13
The Dark Knight Rises
Synopsis:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city t…
Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Gary Oldman,
Anne Hathaway
#14
Snowpiercer
Synopsis:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Starring:
John Hurt,
Octavia Spencer,
Ewen Bremner
Plot:
train,
dystopia,
ice,
tunnel,
based on graphic novel,
revolt,
social commentary,
post apocalypse,
violence,
guilt
...
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#15
Pandemic
Synopsis:
After a virus of epic proportions overwhelms the planet—with more infected than uninfected—humanity is losing its grip on survival and its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren, a doctor, arrives in Los Angeles with her crack team to lead the hunt for uncontaminated civilian survivors, but nothing can prepare them for the blood-soaked mayhem they witness as they h…
Starring:
Mekhi Phifer,
Missi Pyle,
Rachel Nichols
Plot:
pandemic,
survival,
rescue,
zombie,
dystopia,
post apocalypse,
infection,
shooting a woman,
woman with a gun,
woman in jeopardy
...
#16
Crawl
Synopsis:
When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.
Starring:
Barry Pepper,
Kaya Scodelario,
Morfydd Clark
Plot:
storm,
dog,
trapped,
hurricane,
father daughter relationship,
underwater scene,
video call,
raining,
evacuation,
boat
...
#17
Cast Away
Synopsis:
Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.
Starring:
Tom Hanks,
Helen Hunt,
Chris Noth
Plot:
survival,
remote island,
lost at sea,
lone survivor,
survivor,
survivalist,
island,
rescue,
storm,
volleyball
...
#18
Aquaman
Synopsis:
Once home to the most advanced civilization on Earth, Atlantis is now an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. With a vast army at his disposal, Orm plans to conquer the remaining oceanic people and then the surface world. Standing in his way is Arthur Curry, Orm's half-human, half-Atlantean brother and true heir to the throne.
Starring:
Patrick Wilson,
Jason Momoa,
Amber Heard
#19
Airport
Synopsis:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Starring:
Jacqueline Bisset,
Barry Nelson,
Van Heflin
Plot:
boeing 707,
cockpit,
air crew,
commercial air travel,
airport,
bomb,
aviation,
airplane,
1970s,
kissing
...
#20
World War Z
Synopsis:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and l…
Starring:
James Badge Dale,
Brad Pitt,
Ludi Boeken
Plot:
zombie,
walled city,
severed arm,
south korea,
white male lead in a diverse cast,
chaos,
pandemic,
infection,
disease,
antidote
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