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Documentaries like The Rescue

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The 3 reasons people love The Rescue

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  1. You like holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending.

  2. You like the real divers telling what they did in their own words.

  3. You like a rescue plan nobody thought could work.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Meru2015

    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you like watching people push their bodies past what seems possible.

  • Last Breath2019

    • holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending
    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you like counting the minutes with a crew racing against time.

  • The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari2022

    • holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending
    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you want survivors and rescuers telling it in their own words.

  • The Alpinist2021

    • holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending

    Good for you if you like watching someone alone on a wall, one move at a time.

  • 127 Hours2010

    • holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you like a true story of survival against everything.

  • Everest2015

    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you like a storm closing in on climbers near the summit.

  • The Deepest Breath2023

    • holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending
    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words

    Good for you if you like holding your breath with a diver far below the surface.

  • The Twister: Caught in the Storm2025

    • holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending
    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words

    Good for you if you want to hear Joplin survivors tell their own story.

  • Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell2013

    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you want to know how people made it out of deserts and jungles alive.

  • 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible2021

    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you like Nims Purja's real 2019 attempt on the world's fourteen highest peaks.

  • The Dawn Wall2017

    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you want the real footage of a climb nobody had done before.

  • The Summit2013

    • holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending
    • the real divers telling what they did in their own words
    • a rescue plan nobody thought could work

    Good for you if you want to understand what it takes to stay alive near the top of K2.

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