7 Movies Inspired by True Survival Stories

127 Hours (2010)- PrimeVideo

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The Revenant (2015)- PrimeVideo

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Unbroken(2014)- Netflix

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Alive(1993)- PrimeVideo

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Into the Wild (2007)- PrimeVideo

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Sully (2016)- PrimeVideo

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The Impossible(2012)

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