Fabulous Films for Young Adults

Fiction
2013 Selection(s)
127 Hours
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
28 Days Later
An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty room to find that a powerful virus has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland.
Alive
Faced with the brutal weather conditions in the Andes after their plane crashes, members of a rugby team struggle to survive.
Apollo 13
When the Apollo 13 spacecraft was seriously during an explosion, the crew and Houston-based mission controllers race against time and heavy odds to return the damaged spacecraft safely to Earth.
Battle Royale
A 9th grade class is sent to a remote island where they are locked into exploding neck collars, given a random weapon, and forced to hunt and kill each other until there is only one survivor left.
Big Miracle
Three whales are trapped by ice in the waters off Barrow, Alaska. Various segments of the population come together to save the whales.
Cast Away
When Chuck Nolan's plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean, he finds himself stranded on a deserted island. With few supplies, Chuck must physically and mentally adapt to his new environment in order to survive.
Defiance
Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.
Devil’s Arithmetic
A teen girl learns to appreciate her Jewish heritage after being transported back in time to the concentration camp that imprisoned her ancestor.
Eight Below
This film tells the story of a pack of sled dogs abandoned at a research film. These dogs must battle hunger, the extreme climate, and dangerous predator in order to survive.