Edge-of-Your-Seat Survival Stories Based on Real Events

From rescue missions to natural disasters, these 18 movies and TV shows are guaranteed to have you on the edge of your seat and in shock that these stories actually happened.

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Dunkirk
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Dunkirk
4.2
Hotel Rwanda
3.9
Apollo 13
3.7
The Finest Hours
3.3
Schindler's List
4.3
Argo
3.6
Lone Survivor
3.9
The Revenant
3.8
127 Hours
3.9
Rescue Dawn
3.9
The Perfect Storm
3.4
Touching the Void
4.2
The Way Back
3.8
Alive
3.5
Everest
3.6
The Impossible
3.6
Five Days at Memorial
4.1
Thirteen Lives
3.9

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