True story survival books

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poster Harvested Alive

Harvested Alive

62mn - Documentary

As a doctor, Zhiyuan Wang spent 30 years studying how to save lives. He never imagined that he would spend another 10 years investigating how Chinese doctors take innocent lives. 95% of his evidence come…

poster The Broken Ones

The Broken Ones

Based on a true story of one woman’s struggle with the loss of her father on 9/11, this film delves into the struggles of two strangers who meet and help each other overcome personal fears.

poster Pandemic Undead

Pandemic Undead

What starts as the ultimate spring break party in a peaceful California town quickly becomes a fight for survival when a deadly zombie virus turns paradise into a living nightmare. A group of carefree col…

poster The Mad

The Mad

83mn - Horror, Comedy, Thriller

When Dr. Jason Hunt stops at a rural truck stop during a family road trip, he and his teenage daughter must fight for survival after the locals transform into flesh-eating zombies from tainted mad cow bur…

poster Forgotten Evil

Forgotten Evil

87mn - Thriller, Short

When Renee awakens underwater in a tied sack and miraculously escapes her watery grave, she discovers her past has been completely erased from her mind. Forced to rebuild her life from nothing, she cautio…

poster Shark Week

Shark Week

A group of complete strangers find themselves isolated by a wealthy madman on his island compound. They are forced into a horrifying gauntlet where they must survive a barrage of ever deadlier species of …

poster Ghost Game

Ghost Game

86mn - Horror, Thriller

A thrill-seeking couple infiltrates a notorious haunted house as part of a viral internet challenge to stage fake paranormal activity. But when they discover the house's terrifying secrets are real, they …

poster In Love and War

In Love and War

100mn - Adventure, Romance, Action

This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, among other senior off…

poster Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

92mn - Adventure, Mystery, Horror

Having heard tales of Bigfoot wreaking havoc in the swamps of Louisiana, a zoology professor sets out to investigate these strange occurrences for himself, aided by a ragtag team. Hitting the road in thei…

poster Deadly Renovations

Deadly Renovations

0mn - Horror, Thriller

When a small house-flipping group takes on the renovation of an abandoned hotel, greed quickly takes over as rumors spread of millions in hidden cash stashed within the walls. As the search for the money …

poster Wolf Mountain

Wolf Mountain

94mn - Action, Horror

Haunted by traumatic nightmares of his parents' death, AJ returns to the ominous woods of Wolf Mountain where dark legends roam. As he searches for closure with his brother and friends, they discover that…

poster Buried Alive

Buried Alive

62mn - Crime, Drama, Romance

A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed fo…

poster The Spirit Chaser

The Spirit Chaser

When gambler Mike loses a hefty bet, he convinces his best friend Dylan to help him spend 24 hours documenting their experience in the supposedly haunted Malpaso Forest for a chance at $10,000 and debt fo…

poster The Experience

The Experience

At a wilderness camp for troubled youth, the reclusive Scarlet struggles with haunting memories of her deceased mother until she meets Dylan, a mysterious new arrival with whom she forms an instant, trans…

poster Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis

Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis

115mn - Mystery, Thriller, Western

When legendary explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at a remote wilderness inn in 1809, his friend Alexander Wilson arrives to investigate the truth behind the official suicide ve…

poster Isn't Life Terrible?

Isn't Life Terrible?

Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with…

Spookt

A paranormal investigator and a skeptic join forces to uncover the truth behind a missing girl in a small town, but their investigation leads them to the infamous Gibson house where the malevolent spirit …

poster In the Dark

In the Dark

89mn - Drama, Thriller

After a tragic car accident leaves Ali blind and devastated by the loss of her family, she hires a caretaker to help her navigate her new reality. But when her helpful aide becomes dangerously obsessed, A…

poster Dead Man's Cards

Dead Man's Cards

90mn - Crime, Drama

In the treacherous wilderness of 18th-century America, fearless scout Hawkeye and his loyal Mohican companion Chingachgook navigate the dangers of the French and Indian War, protecting settlers from hosti…

poster Mary White

Mary White

102mn - Drama, Short, Family

The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on th…

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