Into the Wild, the real story of Christopher McCandless, is a movie about the cocky-discovery of a free-spirited man. Disillusioned by the materialism and monotony of society, McCandless (in a moving performance by Emile Hirsch) leaves social club altogether and instead hitchhikes to various regions in the North American wilderness, christening himself as 'Alexander Supertramp'.

While the story might seem like a Utopian dream for many of u.s. (until the finish, of form), there are many life lessons to learned from the picture.Into the Wild would give viewers a feeling of solace and peace that can well-nigh exist therapeutic. Here are 15 other movies that would make for a thought-provoking watch if you lot liked Into the Wild.

Updated on October 2d, 2020 past Mark Birrell: As Sean Penn'southward accommodation of John Krakauer'south non-fiction book remains a hugely inspiring and fascinating story to many, and new fans keep discovering the movie every day, nosotros decided to add an extra v examples of similar wilderness films to watch if you lot like Into the Wild.

xv Gerry

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in this sparse and haunting drama near 2 hikers who get lost on a walk in a Southwestern American desert.

Loosely based on a  true story, the movie is told by and large through long, irksome, elegant takes of the two main characters moving through their barren landscape in hopes of finding their direction, and everything that is omitted by the lack of dialogue is told in excruciating item through the naturalistic performances of Damon and Affleck.

14 The Way

Emilio Estevez directs his male parent, the great Martin Sheen, in this spiritual drama about an elderly man's search for some kind of significant in the wake of his son's expiry, embarking on a walking pilgrimage in Spain to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Along the style, he gets to know many other pilgrims and their problems, taking solace in their sharing.

The Wayis low-key in many respects only a heavy philosophical movie in others, creating a unique mixture of moods and drama for a touching parable about loss and faith.

13 Jungle

Daniel Radcliffe stars as real-life adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg as he becomes lost in the Amazon rainforest during an ill-fated expedition to locate a remote tribe.

Left to fend for himself in the unpredictable wilderness and with no sense of where he is, Yossi's journeying becomes a terrifying ordeal that highlights the raw power of the natural world.

12 Lean on Pete

Charlie Plummer plays a boyfriend who, subsequently tragedy strikes in his life, finds himself emotionally bound to an old racehorse named 'Lean on Pete' who he steals to avoid the slaughterhouse, taking them on a cross country journey to try and detect some family who could have them in.

A heartwrenching coming of age story, the movie handles the harshness of mod life through a combination of cute cinematography and brutally honest realism.

11 The Way Back

Following a group of escapees from a Siberian gulag, this very long prison break takes its characters through every kind of tough terrain imaginable on a trek across ane of the about sparsely populated areas on Globe.

Helmed by main director Peter Weir,The Way Dorsumis an epic story of perseverance and defiance in the face up of overwhelming forces that makes for a very different kind of war movie.

ten The Motorcycle Diaries

Mexican heartthrob Gael García Bernal stars as revolutionary leader Ernest 'Che' Guevara in this Castilian coming-of-age film. But the film features no political speeches or guerrilla warfare as you would expect from a Che Guevara biopic as the flick covers the earlier parts of his life.

The picture depicts Ernesto as a young medical student who takes his friend Alberto on a motorcycle trip all across South America. On his journey, he discovers several harsh realities of social club and gets moved past the conditions of the indigenous people in various countries. This somewhen moves him to take upward their crusade afterwards on in life. Based on Guevara'southward memoir, the movie is a moving journeying of how travel and observations can totally modify a person. While Into the Wild's Supertramp decided to change his life for himself, Che Guevara decides to modify the life of the people around him.

9 Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic seems to be almost a heartwarming satire on Into the Wild-like movies. Much like the Supertramp, Viggo Mortensen'southward Ben Cash is a man who lives a primitive life in the woods with his entire family unit. Just when his wife passes away, he decides to introduce his children back to the materialistic society of which he was one time a part of.

The results are hilarious every bit the family unit faces new challenges that it didn't anticipate at all. Apart from Mortensen's moving performance every bit a dislocated merely responsible father, the movie'southward moral conflicts and social comedy is what makes it totally worth a picket.

8 Go out No Trace

Another family-bonding film that has a like premise is Debra Granik's heavily-acclaimed feature Leave No Trace. In this indie drama too, a begetter and a daughter attempt to reenter normal gild, equally they're forced out of the National Park land where they dwelled in a self-sustainable mode. While the daughter is willing to requite normal life a shot, it'south her father who becomes stubborn and tries to get back to his old ways.

There isn't much of a story in the motion picture; a lot of the conflicting emotions are expressed subtly through Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie's powerful performances. If emotional boring-burn movies go down your valley, then this is the film for you.

7 Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson might rely a lot on his unique make of deadpan, emotionless humor but he too tin can pull his audition'southward heartstrings, specially with movies like Moonrise Kingdom. The flick tin't be put under one genre, every bit it'southward an adventure motion-picture show with traces of a rom-com and coming-of-age drama.

The plot revolves around two young lovers who flee their town, rejecting society. Without any proper planning, they still plan to alive together in a natural habitat, their love and sense of chance keeping them alive. Meanwhile, the town gets frantic as information technology sets out on a search political party to find these kids. A moving story, themes of innocence, and Anderson's signature aesthetics and humor make it 1 of the most memorable entries in his filmography.

6 Hunt for the Wilderpeople

New Zealand native Taika Waititi had mastered the art of edgy children comedies long before Jojo Rabbit, with this 2016 adventure-comedy that went on to be the highest-grossing film of New Zealand. In this instance too, a national manhunt is organized to detect a missing kid and his grumpy foster uncle. The only difference is these two escape into the wild confronting their volition and presently become national fugitives.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople benefits largely from its performances by debutant Julian Dennison (some might recognize him as the kid from Deadpool 2) and veteran Sam Neil, forth with Waititi's offbeat screenplay. An added bonus is the visually-pleasing locations.

v 127 Hours

In Into the Wild, the protagonist decides to engage in a tryst with nature to discover something new and engage in take chances. The protagonist (James Franco) in 127 Hours probably has the same aspirations only things get messed upwardly for him right from the offset. In this real-life story, canyoner Aron Ralston gets trapped past a bedrock in an isolated canyon without any food or water. All he has is a video photographic camera and a hand stuck nether a rock.

Ralston's quest for survival is gut-wrenching enough to make 127 Hours seem sort of survival horror tale. AR Rahman'southward tense background score and the very fact that the movie's plot happened in real make the moving-picture show scarier.

4 Wild

We all have coping mechanisms to bargain with loss. Wild's Chery Strayed'south method is to embark on an anarchistic take a chance. Reese Witherspoon, in an Oscar-nominated operation, plays real-life backpacker Cheryl Strayed, who embarked on a hundred-mile solo hike to recover from a personal tragedy. As a result, her run a risk moves her and changes her life forever. Along with Witherspoon, it's Laura Dern who shines playing the protagonist's mother.

From the title to the concept, Wild is similar to Into the Wild in many ways. Fifty-fifty though the latter's Supertramp doesn't face up any personal loss, his parents' abusive marriage disheartens him and prompts him to reject society altogether.

iii The Hush-hush Life of Walter Mitty

Directed by and starring Ben Stiller, this gamble comedy was very polarizing on its release. And it might not impress some who might find Stiller stuffing too many themes in a somewhat simplistic plot. But there'south a lot of passion in this film that makes for feel-proficient, escapist fun. Stiller'due south lead Walter Mitty is an everyday man who is bored with the everyday monotony of life.

He dreams of alternative scenarios where he gets to commence on romance and action-filled adventures. When unemployment starts knocking Mitty's door, he really decided to brand these alternative realities his ain.

2 Boyhood

Well-nigh of the films mentioned here are adventure, survival, or road-films. Boyhood, on the other hand, is a picture that shows ordinary life every bit no less of an adventure. Shot in the span of twelve years, Richard Linklater's epic drama details the life of Stonemason and his ordinary teenage life. Most of the motion-picture show feels improvised with not much of cinematic drama in it. But it'due south the sheer simplicity that makes it one of the best movies on the concept of self-discovery.

As Mason grows upwards, his human relationship changes with his female parent, changing fathers, and life in general. Films similar Boyhood are rare, every bit they for a change, would make audiences feel happy almost their own life inspiring them to celebrate their little everyday victories.

1 Stand By Me

Horror icon Stephen King can whip out a moving drama too,Stand by Me being a fine example. Based on King'south novella The Torso, this tells the tale of 4 kids who embark on a camping trip merely to see a dead trunk in the wood. As the young boys survive nature and some bullies, they bond together in an adventure of a lifetime. The moving picture again celebrates simplicity and the innocence of childhood. It tin can make 1 wonder that one might exist living the best years of their lives without actually realizing it.

The flick ends on a realistic note that all 4 friends abound up to have their own lives, and the bond they once shared fades away. But at least, the memory of that summer hiking trip still remains etched in their minds. Information technology's highly possible for everyone who has watched this pic to go all teary-eyed thinking about Stand by Me.

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