<strong><span>127 Hours </span><span>(2010)</span></strong> <span>Danny Boyle writes and directs James Franco in this gripping solo drama, retelling the true story of rock climber Aaron Ralston who becomes trapped in a remote Utah canyon when a boulder falls, crushing and trapping his right hand – the film’s title refers to the length of time he spent trapped. </span> <span>With clever use of hallucination and flashbacks as Ralston's condition deteriorates, Boyle crafts a fascinating film from the limited tools a man trapped under a rock offers</span><span> and was rewarded with six Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for Franco and Best Picture. </span> <span>The scenes where a dehydrated Ralston realises that his only chance of survival is self-amputation of the offending body part will stay with you long after the final credits roll.</span> <strong><span>Alive (1993)</span></strong> <span>Frank Marshall directs another based-on-reality survival drama, this time telling the tale of a Uruguayan rugby team and their friends and families, whose charter flight crash landed in the Andes in 1973. Ethan Hawke heads the cast, while the real-life character he plays, Nando Parrado, served as a technical consultant on the</span><span> film. John Malkovich narrates the film as an older Carlitos Paez, a fellow survivor alongside Parrado. </span> <span>The survivors were eventually rescued after a 72-day ordeal in sub-zero temperatures when Parrado and his team mate Roberto Canessa successfully completed a 10-day trek out of the mountain. The 16 survivors were forced to eat the flesh of their 29 dead comrades to survive in the meantime.</span> <strong><span>The Grey</span><span> (2011)</span></strong> <span>Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo and Dermot Mulroney head the cast in this story of Alaskan oil workers stranded in the freezing Alaskan wilderness following a plane crash, and stalked by a vengeful pack of wolves. The </span><span>film reunited the team of director Joe Carnahan, producers Ridley and Tony Scott and star Liam Neeson, who had previously collaborated on the less well-received, 2010 action-comedy remake </span><span><em>The A-Team</em></span><span>.</span> <span><em>The Grey</em></span><span> found a much better reception with critics and audiences alike, although it did run into trouble with environmentalists, who called for a boycott of the </span><span>film when it was revealed that the producers had bought two grey wolf carcasses for the cast to dine on, </span><span>to help "get into character". </span> <strong><span>Everest </span><span>(2015)</span></strong> <span>Baltasar Kormakur's </span><span>film about the 1996 Everest Disaster, when eight climbers died in a blizzard while trying to descend from the mountain's summit, brings together an all-star ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal, but it's Salvatore Totino's stunning cinematography, rather than the performances or a particularly impressive narrative, that really steals the show here. </span> <span>That could help explain why 78 per cent of the </span><span>film's opening weekend box office receipts were for IMAX screenings with a record-breaking US$7.2 million weekend haul in the giant-screen format.</span> <strong><span>Touching the Void </span><span>(2003)</span></strong> <span>Kevin MacDonald's docudrama reconstructs </span><span>Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous attempt to climb the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. The pair </span><span>reached the top</span><span> but then a huge storm developed, making their attempted descent almost impossible. Simpson breaks his leg after a fall, then the pair are separated after Simpson suffers another fall</span><span>. </span><span>Yates </span><span>assumes the worst and save himself. Simpson, however, has survived </span><span>and must </span><span>get himself to safety despite a broken leg and </span><span>frostbite. </span><span> </span> <span>It won the 2004 B</span><span>afta for Best</span><span> Film</span><span> and </span><span><em>The Guardian</em></span><span> described it as "the most successful documentary in British cinema history".</span> ________________<br/> <br/> <strong>Read more:</strong> ________________