Movies and TvShows featuring "man-against-nature" theme.
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step. John Ottway works in Alaska killing the wolves that threaten an oil drilling team. On his last day, he plans to commit suicide but is stopped by the howl of a wolf. When their plane crashes in a blizzard, Ottway and the survivors must gather resources while being attacked by wolves. As they struggle to stay alive, tensions rise within the group. Through hardships and losses, Ottway ultimately decides to make a stand against the alpha wolf, hoping to find redemption.
When a massive hurricane hits Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears - relentless attacks from a pack of aggressive alligators soon become their deadliest threat.
Melanie Daniels, a young San Francisco socialite, meets Mitch Brenner, a lawyer, at a pet shop. Wanting to prank Mitch, Melanie follows him to his family home in Bodega Bay. However, as she tries to leave lovebirds as a gift for Mitch's sister, she is attacked by a seagull. Birds in the town begin to attack people, causing chaos and fear. Melanie and Mitch must find a way to survive the relentless bird attacks and escape the town.
I Shouldn't Be Alive is a docudrama series that tells the stories of individuals who have survived against all odds in extreme conditions. Each episode showcases different scenarios such as being lost in the Arizona desert or trapped at sea.
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Tomorrow is a documentary that showcases various solutions to environmental and societal challenges, focusing on sustainable agriculture, local economies, and renewable energy. It discusses alternative models to capitalism and the importance of cooperation and community involvement. The film takes viewers to different locations around the world, including Iceland, Copenhagen, Denmark, Chennai, India, and highlights innovative initiatives in each place. It also explores the impact of industrialization on the environment and the tipping point towards mass extinction.
Open Water is a horror thriller film that tells the story of a couple who are accidentally left behind by their scuba diving tour boat while on vacation. As they struggle to survive in the open sea, they face various terrifying challenges including shark attacks. Based on a true story, the film explores themes of primal fear, abandonment, and the fight for survival.
Set in the pre-Columbian era, Pathfinder follows the story of a young American boy who embarks on a dangerous journey to save his tribe from brutal marauders. Armed with his Viking ship, sword, and shield, he must navigate treacherous landscapes, face deadly enemies, and confront his own fears. Along the way, he encounters challenging obstacles such as a shipwreck, a cave, a chase, a whipping, and a waterfall. Through courage, determination, and self-sacrifice, he discovers the true path to success.
In the small town of Northbridge, a group of evil ravens wreak havoc on the community, attacking anyone and anything in their path. The sheriff and a group of survivors must band together to stop the bird onslaught and save the town from destruction.
Two years after the phenomenal success of the documentary Demain, Cyril Dion looks back at the projects the film inspired. He is accompanied by Laure Noualhat, a renowned investigator and sceptic of the ability of micro-initiatives to have any real impact in the face of climate change. Their humorous confrontation pushes them to their limits: what works, what fails? What if all this forces us to invent a new narrative for humanity?
When a group of tourists on a boat tour in the Australian outback become stranded, they must find a way to survive as a ferocious crocodile begins hunting them down. As tensions rise and the body count increases, they must rely on their wits and teamwork to make it out alive.
After getting saved by a stranger, a police officer falls in love with him. However, their relationship takes a turn when the stranger dies and his spirit possesses the body of a teenage boy.
16-year-old Bella and Vipulan are part of a generation convinced its very future is in danger. Between climate change and the 6th mass extinction of wildlife, their world could well be inhabitable 50 years from now. They have sounded the alarm over and over, but nothing has really changed. So they’ve decided to tackle the root of the problem: our relationship with the living world. Over the course of an extraordinary journey, they come to realize just how deeply humans are tied to all other living species. And that by saving them… we’re also saving ourselves. Humans thought they could distance themselves from nature, but humans are part and parcel of nature. For man is, after all, an Animal.
In 'Asteroid,' an astronomer and a firefighter team up to prevent a catastrophic collision between Earth and a massive asteroid. As the countdown to impact begins, they face numerous obstacles and challenges while trying to find a solution. With the fate of humanity at stake, they race against time to develop a plan that could potentially save the world.
Lifelong friends Ray and Daniel are at the brink of their friendship but in hopes of fixing their relationship they go on a hunting trip and stay at a small cabin in the woods. However, they are soon plagued by what they believe to be a mysterious entity that not only threatens their friendship but their own lives.
The Big Lonely is a mesmerizing documentary that chronicles the incredible journey of a homeless man in the vast and unforgiving American wilderness. Through stunning visuals and intimate storytelling, the film explores themes of survival, resilience, and the human spirit.
Living among the percebeiros of the Coast of Death (Galicia), this documentary shows a unique relationship between man and his surroundings, man and the sea. At the end of Europe, years after the Prestige oil spill disaster, these fishermen face an uncertain future.
When a newlywed couple's honeymoon in the Grand Canyon takes a dangerous turn, they find themselves stranded in the desert and must face threats from nature, including animal attacks and a mysterious wolf.
The story of WILD transports viewers to a world where myth intertwines with history – the mysterious, majestic 17th-century Carpathians. At the center of the story is a half-wild, mute warrior – raised by both animals and mountain people. His fate intertwines with the brutal mission of an imperial inquisitor who, under the pretext of recovering stolen papal insignia, unleashes a bloody revenge. Against the backdrop of monumental mountains, a duel between two worlds unfolds – nature and civilization, freedom and fanaticism, instinct and power.
In the Faroe Islands, hundreds of pilot whales are slaughtered each year in a hunt known as the “Grind.” This gruesome tradition has drawn outrage from activists, most notably the international conservation group Sea Shepherd, who routinely sail to the islands to try to block whaling boats. Yet the Faroese are equally determined to maintain their tradition, defending the practice as more sustainable and less cruel than getting meat from slaughterhouses. Director Vincent Kelner spends time with both Faroese hunters and Sea Shepherd crusaders, building to a nuanced look at a disturbing event with much larger implications for the way humans relate to other creatures.