Movies like Ordeal in the Arctic
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Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Everybody expected military flight Boxtop 22 from Thule into the vast frozen wilderness of Canada's North Western territories to be boring routine, but in a matter of minutes a crash reduces Gulf War veteran pilot Captain John Couch's crew and passengers to ever-growing despair. First they consider themselves relatively lucky as 14 out of 18 aboard are alive, including Captain Wilma De Groot, a medical doctor, but as time progresses the merciless cold makes it seem hopeless to check on Bob and Sue, who cannot be moved near the only campfire, while rescue attempts on land from Alert ('only' about 10 miles) and by air from Edmonton (8 hours flying) take no less then 32 hours to reach the plane wreck...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, aviation, space, disaster, catastrophe, heroes, rescue, escapades, forces of nature, save the day, paratrooper, snow, pilot, death, ice, warplane, accident, weather, runaway, blizzard, insanity, sacrifice, night, bad weather, airplane accident ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
canada, greenland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about danger, escapades, catastrophe, disaster, heroes, forces of nature and survival mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ordeal in the Arctic: Freefall: Flight 174 (1995), Hurricane (1974), Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993), Courage (2009), Landslide (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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