Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley, a devotee of Thoreau, decides to leave the city to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Vertical Limit
Wilderness
The Warriors
Showdown at Williams Creek
Flight of the Phoenix
Jeremiah Johnson
Lost Horizon
Celebration
The Hateful Eight
Pitch Black
Priorities
Wally of the Vultures
The Shipping News
Einmal noch die Heimat seh’n
Die Geierwally
Die Geierwally
Forever Yours, Bansho
Alive
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Open Season
SIMILAR MOVIES
Vertical Limit
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2000
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.Wilderness
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 2006
Juvenile delinquents are sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoner's death, where they must fight for survival.The Warriors
IMDB 7.7 | Feb , 1979
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.Showdown at Williams Creek
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1991
True story of a former British soldier on trial for murder in the 19th century Northwest.Flight of the Phoenix
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2004
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.Jeremiah Johnson
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1972
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.Lost Horizon
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1937
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.Celebration
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2013
It's cold up on Mount Manjaca. "In the winter it snows, there's nowhere to go," says the central figure in Celebration. "We have to wait until someone comes to clear the road. Sometimes they come, and sometimes they don't." He diligently ploughs the knee-high snowdrifts as the wind howls at his ears.The Hateful Eight
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 2015
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.Pitch Black
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 2000
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.Priorities
IMDB 5.5 | Jun , 2014
After a plane crash, a young man and his dog, who are stranded on an deserted island, must bond together in order to survive the elements.Wally of the Vultures
IMDB 6 | Aug , 1956
The father of young maiden Wally wants to force the girl into a marriage.The Shipping News
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2001
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.Einmal noch die Heimat seh’n
IMDB 3 | Nov , 1958
Because the young hunter Michael has carelessly fallen for the head forester's daughter, he incurs the wrath of his colleague Bertl. This not only earns him a beating, but also a charge for a crime he did not commit. Fortunately, he manages to flee to Africa, where he finds shelter with a friend as a big game hunter. But his heart soon pulls him back home.Die Geierwally
IMDB 4.8 | Sep , 1921
"The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter, from a dangerous situation in a vulture's nest. He then calls her "Geierwally". They fall in love. Wally's father disapproves of this romance. He has other plans for Wally.Die Geierwally
IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 1940
In the mountains of the Ötztal, the wealthy Fender (Eduard Köck) and Wally (Heath Hatheyer), his only daughter and heir, manage a small farm. He wants to marry the rich, but boring, Vincent (Leopold Esterle). Wally escapes to a mountain hut, where she lives alone and withdrawn. Her love belongs to the hunter, Joseph (Sepp Rist). When she unwisely takes a young vulture from its nest and is attacked by the mother, Joseph comes to her aid and from that point on, she fondly calls him her "Geierwally". He also feels attracted to her, but Wally can't escape the feeling, that the young Afra is his mistress. Mad with jealousy, Wally announces that she'll marry the one who kills Josef. Vincent wants to earn her hand and is determined to kill the Geierwally. Just in time, though, the actual relationship between Joseph and Afra is clarified.Forever Yours, Bansho
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2019
In the peaceful hamlet of Dzuluk, a man is about to return to his wife of thirty four years, a marriage they have sustained mostly through letters.Alive
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 1993
The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2005
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."Open Season
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2006
Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.