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Movies that feel like127 Hours (2010)

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

If you loved 127 Hours, the closest films we have are The Impossible (2012), Steve Jobs (2015) and Munich (2005). All three share 127 Hours' epic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is All the Money in the World (2017).

🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Danny Boyleepiccontemplativetense
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The Impossible
2012 · dir. J. A. Bayona
🍅 81%★ 7.5drama · thriller · historyNetflix

A true disaster-survival story told through bodily agony and will

The difference: A family epic — the intimate one-man ordeal becomes ensemble weepie

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

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Steve Jobs
2015 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 85%★ 7.2drama · history

Boyle again wires one driven man's psyche into pure momentum

The difference: All boardrooms and talk — endurance of ego, not of the body

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

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Munich
2005 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 79%★ 7.5drama · history · thrillerPrime Video

True-story weight and a man carrying an ordeal he can't put down

The difference: A long geopolitical thriller — hours of moral fog, not one canyon

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

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JFK
1991 · dir. Oliver Stone
🍅 85%★ 8drama · thriller · history

A true-story epic about one man's refusal to let go

The difference: Three hours of conspiracy paperwork, zero physical peril

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

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Foxcatcher
2014 · dir. Bennett Miller
🍅 88%★ 7drama · thriller

True-life obsession and physical discipline pushed to the breaking point

The difference: Glacial and chilly — dread creeps in where Boyle sprints

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

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All the Money in the World
2017 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 79%★ 6.8crime · history · thrillerRent or buy

A true hostage ordeal where survival becomes a waiting game

The difference: The captive shares the film with cold money games back home

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

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The Beach
2000 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 21%★ 6.6drama · adventure · romance

Boyle's other tale of paradise-seeking youth punished by nature

The difference: Slacker and messier — the paradise curdles slowly instead of one snap

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

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The Perfect Storm
2000 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
★ 6.5drama · adventure · action

Working men against indifferent nature with survival never certain

The difference: Ensemble disaster spectacle without the interior monologue

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

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Into the Wild
2007 · dir. Sean Penn
🍅 83%★ 8adventure · drama

A young man alone in the wild learning what solitude truly costs

The difference: Meandering and elegiac where Boyle is propulsive and compressed

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

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Everest
2015 · dir. Baltasar Kormákur
🍅 73%★ 7.1adventure · drama · historyRent or buy

Climbers meeting the mountain's indifference with everything at stake

The difference: Ensemble scale dilutes the single trapped-man intensity

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · dir. Lynne Ramsay
🍅 74%★ 7.4drama · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

Both land stillness and tension at once

The difference: Easier on the scale than 127 Hours

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

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Dark Waters
2019 · dir. Todd Haynes
🍅 89%★ 7.6drama · thrillerRent or buy

Common ground in both: biography and a true story

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

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