7 Best Plane Crash Survival Movies You Must Watch

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Khuraijam Roger Singh
Dec 06, 2024

Society of the Snow (2023)

A survival drama film directed by J. A. Bayona, set in 1972 follows a Uruguayan flight that crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes mountains carrying 45 passengers. The survivors hope for each other.

The Edge (1997)

For a picture shoot, Charles and his spouse journey to Alaska. They go farther into Alaska at the photographer's insistence, but their pilot perishes when their plane crashes into the lake.

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

A survival drama film directed by Robert Aldrich follows a small group of men struggling to survive their aircraft's emergency landing in the Sahara.

Five Came Back (1939)

The story follows a flight on their way to Panama from Los Angeles where nine passengers were boarded. A fierce nighttime storm buffets their airliner, the engine fails and the pilots are forced to crash-land in a jungle.

Alive (1993)

Based on Piers Paul Read's 1974 book Alive, follows a Uruguayan rugby team that must take drastic efforts to survive after their plane crashes into the Andes mountain range.

Cast Away (2000)

A survival drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis follows Chuck who is stranded on a deserted island after his plane crash-lands into the Pacific. He must find ways to survive on the island.

The Grey (2011)

A survival thriller film directed by Joe Carnahan follows a number of oil men stranded in Alaska after a plane crash who must survive a pack of grey wolves, stalking them during the mercilessly cold weather.

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