Man vs. Nature

Of course every tale worth telling bears at least one of the “Man vs.” conflicts, but occasionally one dazzles us in full relief. Following are excellent illustrations of men ~ and women ~ gazing upon a force of nature (literal or constructive), calculating the odds, and engaging it anyway.

Examples of Man vs. Nature in Film

• A Beautiful Mind
• Adam
• Alien
• Aliens
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• Apollo 13
• Big
• Born on the Fourth of July
• Born to Be Wild
• Buried
• Captains Courageous
• Cast Away
• Cliffhanger
• Contact
• Deliverance
• Forrest Gump
• G.I. Jane
• Holes
• In America
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Knowing
• Larger Than Life
• Lost in America
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Normal
• Places in the Heart
• Predator
• Private Benjamin
• Runaway Train
• Signs
• Source Code
• Star Trek: First Contact
• The African Queen
• The Big Year
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• The Day After Tomorrow
• The Edge
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Matrix
• The Painted Veil
• The Perfect Storm
• The Road
• Titanic
• Watership Down
• We Are Marshall
• What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
• White Squall

What are some of your favorite examples, and why? Please do share ~