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Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica (2007)
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Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912 is considered one of the most amazing feats of endurance of all time. Although his two companions perished, Douglas Mawson survived, but how? In a bold historical experiment, scientist and adventurer Tim Jarvis is retracing the gruelling experience, with the same meagre rations, primitive clothing and equipment to uncover what happened to Mawson physically-and mentally-as a man hanging on the precipice of life and death.
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot: wilderness, hiking, heroism, endurance, hunger, expedition, dog sled, diary, life risking, nature, wildlife, risk, man versus nature, survival, blizzard, travel and leisure, dog, snow, experiment, doctor, starvation, journal, voice over narration, explorer, reenactment ...
Place: antarctic, antarctica, south pole
Keyword: australian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about survival, wilderness, danger, escapades, nature, snow and forces of nature mostly in Drama, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica: Antarctica (1983), The Beckoning Silence (2007), Erebus: Into the Unknown (2014), Siberia, Monamour (2011), Scream of Stone (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Antarctica (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
Style: suspenseful, depressing, ironic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog sled, survival, dog, expedition, nature, thoughtful, winter, landscape, animal life, escapades, pets, danger ...
Time: 50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place: antarctica, japan, asia, antarctic, hokkaido
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The Beckoning Silence (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, scenic
Plot: mountaineer, climbing, mountain, mountain climbing, survival, wilderness, mountaineering, wilderness survival, human spirit, rescue, life philosophy, expedition ...
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Erebus: Into the Unknown (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 70 min.
Story: On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable Mount Erebus. As the police recovered the ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic
Plot: investigation, survival, dishonesty, heroic mission, escapades, uncover truth, danger, aviation, forces of nature, disaster, conspiracy, mountain ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place: antarctica, new zealand
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Siberia, Monamour (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Siberia. Late autumn. In taiga, in the deserted village there lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. A pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighborhood. One of these dogs is Leshia's best friend. ...
Style: touching, gloomy, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot: wilderness, elderly, danger, life is a bitch, isolation, orphan, woods, survival, nature, wilderness survival, post soviet, old man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: soviet union, russia
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Scream of Stone (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Argentina, UK, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport ...
Style: captivating, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: mountain, climbing, wilderness, mountain climbing, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, love triangle, danger, mountaineering, dream, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: patagonia
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Zero Kelvin (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Larsen, an aspiring poet in '20s Oslo, leaves his girlfriend to spend a year as a trapper in East Greenland. There he is teamed with a seemingly rough old sailor/trapper, Randbæk, and a scientist, Holm. Trapped in a tiny hut together as the ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, atmospheric, neurotic, bleak ...
Plot: survival, winter, poetry, writer's life, wilderness, disaster, snow, male nudity, poet, frozen, landscape, schizophrenia ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: greenland
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Antarctica (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story: Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating
Plot: dog, animal, human dog relationship, expedition, winter, scientific expedition, dog sled, cold, cold weather
Place: antarctic, south pole
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Courage (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jason Priestley (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Andrea Roth star in this inspirational adventure story about courage, love and the power of family. Aspiring author Robert (Priestly) organizes a quick getaway with his wife and ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: survival, wilderness, island, forces of nature, escapades, danger, human spirit, shipwreck, isolation, family relations, storm, spirituality ...
Place: canada
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Endless Night (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Greenland, 1908. Josephine, self-confident and bold wife of famous Arctic explorer Robert Peary, embarks on a dangerous journey in pursuit of her husband who is seeking a route to the North Pole. But Josephine is also naïve and ignores warnings ...
Style: captivating, serious, psychological, tense, stylized ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, couples, escapades, danger, friendship, women, biopic, woman, friends, visceral, struggle for survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s
Place: greenland
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Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two thousand miles from home, Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (with baby Clayton) lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow, battling for survival against the elements. Using only meager supplies and resourcefulness, the young ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: snowstorm, survival, frostbite, hypothermia, rescue, wilderness, babies and infants, danger, heroes, isolation, forces of nature, family life ...
Time: 90s
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The Snow Walker (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style: emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic, compassionate ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, nature, wilderness, arctic, airplane, human spirit, friendship, rescue, hunter, isolation, friends, hopes ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1953, post world war two, 1950s
Place: canada, antarctic, persia
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The Donner Party (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, realistic, serious, mysterious ...
Plot: wilderness, hunger, human nature, cannibalism, moral dilemma, danger, isolation, hopes, snow, mountain, wilderness survival, winter ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s
Place: usa, california
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Eight Below (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is ...
Style: touching, sentimental, inspirational, breathtaking, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: survival, dog, wilderness, expedition, rescue, dog sled, pets, snow, husky dog, animal, winter, storytelling ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 90s
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, wilderness survival, treasure hunt, pets, treasure hunter, starvation, blizzard, disorder, human spirit, chases and races, escapades ...
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Country: Argentina, Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Five juvenile delinquents break out of jail and attempt to make their way to a house in the Mendoza foothills of Argentina.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
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Style: suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating
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First Winter (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious, mumblecore ...
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Style: touching, uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional ...
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Duration: 100 min.
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Country: Canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
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Style: scenic, semi autobiographical, philosophical, offbeat, anthropological ...
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