Highest-Rated Movies about 'Self-rescue'

Touching the Void (2003), Trapped (2017), 127 Hours (2010), Arctic (2018), Gerald's Game (2017), Scenic Route (2013), The Shallows (2016), Right at Your Door (2006) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Self-rescue movies.

#1. Touching the Void (2003)

Storyline: In 1985 two friends, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set out to climb Siula Grande in Peru via the West Face, a hitherto unaccomplished feat by any climber. After a tough ascent they succeed but on the descent they run into significant problems. Soon they are both in dire danger and the chances of surviving are slim.—grantss

Plot Keywords: adventure, documentary, survival, mountain climbing, true story, extreme sports, human nature ...

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#2. Trapped (2017)

Storyline: 'Shaurya' (Rajkummar Rao) must pluck up the courage to stay alive after he accidentally locks himself up in his new rented apartment in a desolate Mumbai high-rise, for almost a week. To make things worse, his phone battery dies and since the building is devoid of residents, electricity and water or food supply, Shaurya must take extreme measures to survive this unexpected nightmare.—subratjain1

Plot Keywords: thriller, suspense, crime, survival, confined space, human nature, social issues ...

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#3. 127 Hours (2010)

Storyline: 127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?

Plot Keywords: adventure, biography, drama, survival, true story, outdoor, desert ...

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#7. The Shallows (2016)

Storyline: In the taut thriller The Shallows, when Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing on a secluded beach, she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

Plot Keywords: thriller, survival, shark, horror, ocean, isolation, tension ...

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#8. Right at Your Door (2006)

Storyline: After Lexi leaves home to visit Central LA, there's a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs. After the attack, her musician husband, Brad, fails to find her and reluctantly seals himself inside his house. He will have to deal with this decision in the days to come.

Plot Keywords: thriller, disaster, horror, suspense, drama, independent film, survival ...

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#9. Nim's Island (2008)

Storyline: Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive.

Plot Keywords: adventure, family, fantasy, children, comedy, action, island ...

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#10. Catch Hell (2014)

Storyline: Washed up Hollywood actor Reagon Pearce is kidnapped by thugs on the way to work in Shreveport, Louisiana. Trapped in a swamp hut, his kidnappers torture and blackmail him, hijacking his twitter account and threatening to upload compromising material. How can he escape his predicament?—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, mystery, kidnapping, revenge, indie film, dark ...

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#12. The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

Storyline: In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack on Thalys train #9364 bound for Paris, an attempt prevented by three courageous young Americans travelling through Europe. This movie follows the course of the friends' lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of unlikely events leading up to the attack. Throughout the harrowing ordeal, their friendship never wavers, making it their greatest weapon and allowing them to save the lives of the more than five hundred passengers on-board.

Plot Keywords: true story, heroism, courage, self-rescue, usa, france, europe ...

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#13. The Last Man (2018)

Storyline: Tov Matheson is a war veteran with post traumatic stress disorder who perceives that the end of the world is coming. After establishing a relationship with a dubious Messiah, he leaves his normal life to begin the construction of a shelter underground and trains himself, in an extreme way, at the cost of everything in his life. When he also believes the Messiah, something extraordinary happens.—Niek Stapelbroek

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, survival, loneliness, human extinction, survivor, psychological thriller ...

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