List of movies like "Into the Wild?"?

Listen to @janbb. She always reads my mind and saves me the trouble of actually answering.

Good question. Not exactly the same but Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre or the Wrath of God are very powerful and strange movies about explorers venturing into the wild.

I know there are more – let me think some.

@gailcalled Thanks, kiddo.

If you like documentaries, you’ll enjoy Grizzly Man.

Anothe good adventure documentary is Keep the River on Your Right about a gay anthropologist who traveled and lived with Amazonian tribes.

Walkabout and Picnic at Hanging Rock from Australia, WhaleRider from New Zealand.

Into Thin Air about one of the recent struggles to climb Mt. Everest.

The North Face, a German Film about the 1936 attempt to climb the brutal North Face of the Eiger.

Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

Never Cry Wolf is one of my favorite movies; such a delight!

Touching the Void is another survival story of mountaineers on the edge and a very powerful one.

Alive is ths story of a plane crash in the Andes.

Death Hunt with Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson.

”The execution of this story is excellent, the acting first-rate and the shots of the Yukon breathtaking.”

Grizzly Man is a really great movie about living in the wild but it’s a documentary. Also, Jeremiah Johnson is a good movie.

Jeremiah Johnson is on some channel every week where I live!

@faye – Yeah it’s an oldie, but a goodie!

Personally, I thought Grizzly Man was an absolutely dreadful movie, in all honesty I felt no sympathy whatsoever for him. On the contrary, I thoroughly enjoyed Into Thin Air and was full of sympathy for the delightful but naive protagonist.

You may enjoy:
Shackleton with Kenneth Branagh
Stranded

Good call (and great answers) on Never Cry Wolf, Whale Rider, and Jeremia Johnson
Also:
Man in the Wilderness
The Naked Prey
Apocalypto
Dances With Wolves

@Adagio I thought there was a movie about Shackleton but couldn’t remember it. His is a great story.

@janbb “His is a great story” It certainly is that.

Scott of the Antarctic. It’s pretty old, but good.

Alive, maybe. You’re probably looking for self discovery in the wilderness type films? The Motorcycle Diaries, Hideous Kinky, Invisible Circus, The Best of Youth. One that you might like is Wendy and Lucy. Very sweet film.
It’s an interesting genre, thanks for bringing it up.

@Adagio – Grizzly man was great! It definitely sucks what happened to him, but I don’t think anyone was really surprised. Still good though.

Terrence Malick, sort of. His movies are extremely nature-centric. Not sure if it’s exactly what you’re looking for, but he’s amazing anyway. Highly recommend Badlands.

Isn’t there a recent Werner Herzog documentary about Anarctica or something? I really want to see that.

One movie I’ve watched over and over again is The Bear. It’s shot mostly in Canada and Washington state, if I remember right. I’ve never seen another movie like it. It shoots from the bear’s perspective, but it isn’t Disney-esque, like Homeward Bound. It’s cinematography is truly breathtaking. Additionally,

Call Of the Wild
Deliverance
Cast Away
Clan of the Cave Bear
Man from Snowy River (brilliant horsemanship!)
Nanook fo the North
Lord of the Flies
Swiss Family Robinson
Robinson Caruso
Blue Lagoon
The Pianist
I am Legend

The Man Who Skied Down Everest.

Chomolungma > respect.

Alone in the Wilderness, the true story of Dick Proenneke, who moved to Alaska in 1967 at age 50, built a cabin by himself, and then lived up there for 30 years. He filmed the cabin building and various aspects of his daily life himself, with a 16 mm camera.

@phillis How did I forget Cast Away? nice list!

@py_sue I almost forgot, too! Dont feel bad :)

There is also the wonderful book by Anne La Bastille. She built an Adirondack log cabin in the Ad. Park and lived there under fairly primitive conditions long enough to write
Woodswoman

She is the author of five other similar books, but I am unfamiliar with them.

Himalaya-beautifully filmed in an exotic locale-
Pathfinder (may be a little hard to find for rental. Might have to buy it, but it’s great. Based on an old Nlorse legend)
Fast Runner-filmed in the arctic, talk about survival!

I probably have a few more if you are still interested. Survival stories really appeal to me.
As far as not surviving, try a movie about the Donner party,lol.

A book with this theme that I love is “Voss” by Patrick White. It’s about a man who leads an expedition in 1845 to cross the continent of Australia for the first time. The people who decide to go with him are not explorers but ordinary people including his newlywed wife.