Survival film

The survival film is a film genre in which one or more characters make an effort at physical survival. It often overlaps with other film genres. It is a subgenre of the adventure film, along with swashbuckler films, war films, and safari films.[1] Survival films are darker than most other adventure films which usually focus their storyline on a single character, usually the protagonist. The films tend to be "located primarily in a contemporary context" so film audiences are familiar with the setting, meaning the characters' activities are less romanticized.[2]

In a 1988 book, Thomas Sobchack compared the survival film to romance: "They both emphasize the heroic triumph over obstacles which threaten social order and the reaffirmation of predominant social values such as fair play and respect for merit and cooperation."[2] The author said survival films "identify and isolate a microcosm of society", such as the surviving group from the plane crash in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) or those on the overturned ocean liner in The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Sobchack explained, "Most of the time in a survival film is spent depicting the process whereby the group, cut off from the securities and certainties of the ordinary support networks of civilized life, forms itself into a functioning, effective unit." The group often varies in types of characters, sometimes to the point of caricature. While women have historically been stereotyped in such films, they "often play a decisive role in the success or failure of the group".[3]

List of films

Film Year Ref.
The 332015[4]
127 Hours2010[5]
Against the Sun2014[6]
Alive1993[7]
All Is Lost2013[8]
Apollo 131995[9]
Arctic2018[10]
Back from Eternity1956[11]
Buried2010[5]
Captain Phillips2013[12]
Cast Away2000[5]
The Deep2012[13]
Deliverance1972[7]
Dunkirk2017[5]
The Edge1997[7]
Escape from Alcatraz1979[14]
Everest2015[15]
Five Came Back1939[11]
The Flight of the Phoenix1965[3]
Gravity2013[12]
The Grey2011[16]
A Hijacking2012[9]
The Impossible2012[17]
In the Heart of the Sea2015[18]
Inferno1953[11]
Into the Wild2007[5]
Jeremiah Johnson1971[19]
Life of Pi2012[20]
Lifeboat1944[21]
Lone Survivor2013[12]
Lord of the Flies1963[11]
Marooned1969[21]
The Martian2015[22]
Man in the Wilderness1971[21]
Meek's Cutoff2010[19]
My Side of the Mountain1969[11]
The Naked Prey1965[21]
No Blade of Grass1970[11]
Nobody Wants the Night2015[23]
The Omega Man1971[21]
On the Beach1959[21]
Open Water2003[5]
Panic in Year Zero!1962[21]
Planet of the Apes1968[21]
The Poseidon Adventure1972[3]
Quest for Fire1981[5]
Rabbit-Proof Fence2002[5]
Rescue Dawn2006[5]
The Revenant2015[24]
The Road2009[9]
Robinson Crusoe1954[11]
Robinson Crusoe on Mars1965[25]
Sanctum2011[26]
Sands of the Kalahari1965[21]
The Savage Is Loose1974[21]
The Secret Land1948[11]
Seven Waves Away1957[9]
The Shallows2016[27]
Southern Comfort1981[19]
Soylent Green1973[21]
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains2007[9]
Survival Quest1989[7]
Swiss Family Robinson1960[16]
Teenage Caveman1958[21]
Touching the Void2003[5]
The Ultimate Warrior1975[28]
The War Game1965[21]
Walkabout1971[9]
The Way Back2010[5]
The World, the Flesh and the Devil1959[21]
Z.P.G.1972[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sobchack 1988, p. 12
  2. 1 2 Sobchack 1988, p. 14
  3. 1 2 3 Sobchack 1988, p. 15
  4. ↑ Long, Tom (November 13, 2015). "Review: 'The 33,' true story of struggle for survival". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Staff (January 23, 2012). "The 10 Best Survival Movies". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ Laskin, Nicholas (November 18, 2014). "Watch: Trailer For WWII Survival Film 'Against The Sun' Starring Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, Jake Abel". The Playlist. Indiewire. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Ferguson, Lee (November 12, 2010). "127 Hours and five other great survival movies". cbc.ca. CBC News. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ Savage, Sophia (August 7, 2012). "First Look at J.C. Chandor's 'All is Lost' with Robert Redford". Thompson on Hollywood. indieWire. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Staff (October 17, 2013). "20 Survival Films That Will Take You Into The Abyss". The Playlist. Indiewire. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (May 22, 2017). "Mads Mikkelsen on Surviving the Polar Wilderness in 'Arctic'". Variety. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fristoe, Roger (December 22, 2017). "Survival Movies: Fridays in January". tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 McGrath, Charles (November 1, 2013). "Tales of Danger for You to Survive". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  13. ↑ Kaufman, Amy (September 3, 2015). "Fall Movie Guide: Making 'Everest' was a tall order for filmmakers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  14. ↑ Vanhala, Helena (2011). "International Terrorism and the Commercial Hollywood Film Industry". The Depiction of Terrorists in Blockbuster Hollywood Films, 1980-2001: An Analytical Study. McFarland. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-7864-3662-0.
  15. ↑ Adams, Sam (September 2, 2015). "First Reviews of 'Everest': Stunning Spectacle, So-So Drama". Criticwire. Indiewire. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  16. 1 2 Guzman, Rafer (January 27, 2012). "Survivor films: Which live, which die – and why?". The Sacramento Bee.
  17. ↑ Topel, Fred (November 6, 2012). "AFI 2012 Review: The Impossible". CraveOnline.com. CraveOnline Media, LLC. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  18. ↑ Chang, Justin (December 2, 2015). "Film Review: 'In the Heart of the Sea'". Variety. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 Mertes, Micah (November 1, 2013). "The 10 best survival movies". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  20. ↑ Holden, Ed (December 19, 2012). "Life of Pi review". MSN Movies. MSN. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Yacowar, Maurice (2003). "The Bug in the Rug". In Grant, Barry Keith. Film Genre Reader III. University of Texas Press. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-0-292-70185-4.
  22. ↑ Gettell, Oliver (June 8, 2015). "'The Martian' trailer: Matt Damon is lost in space (again)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  23. ↑ Roddy, Michael (February 5, 2015). "Arctic survival film, from female perspective, kicks off Berlin fest". reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  24. ↑ Bahr, Lindsey (January 11, 2016). "'Martian,' 'Revenant' get awards boost with top Globes wins". ap.org. Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  25. ↑ Leskosky, Richard J. (February 2, 2014). "A new film genre: Solitary survival". The News-Gazette. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  26. ↑ Burr, Ty (February 4, 2011). "Sanctum". The Boston Globe.
  27. ↑ Stolworthy, Jacob (June 9, 2016). "The Shallows could be the shark film all horror fans have been waiting for since Jaws". The Independent. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  28. ↑ Shapiro, Jerome F. (2001). Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film. Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-415-93660-6.

Bibliography

  • Sobchack, Thomas (1988). "The Adventure Film". In Gehring, Wes D. Handbook of American Film Genres. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-24715-6.
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