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* ''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]'' with a very insane Klaus Kinski being overrun by monkeys on a sinking raft.
** [[Werner Herzog]] in general likes to explore nature's savagery and indifference to human survival. See also ''[[Grizzly Man]]'', set in the same territory as ''[[Into the Wild]]''.
** Another Klaus Kinski example, and one fitting the entire "obsession and insanity" theme of this trope, is the movie ''[[Fitzcarraldo]]''. Kinski plays Peruvian rubber baron Ryan Sweeney "Fitzcarraldo" FitzGerald (loosely based on the historical [[Badass Spaniard|Carlos Fitzcarrald]]), who
** See also Herzog's documentary ''Wings of Hope'', about a girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon and ''walked'' for ten days out of the jungle - and then 30 years later, Herzog brings her back to retrace her steps. Oh, and '''Little Dieter Needs To Fly/Rescue Dawn''. Yeah, Herzog ''really'' likes this trope.
* ''[[Dead Man (film)|Dead Man]]'': The eponymous title character is taken to the "river made of waters".
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'''Gibbs:''' That seems a mite... contradictory, Cap'n. }}
* In ''Without A Paddle'', the characters get lost, lose their boat and supplies, and are attacked and pursued by a bear and violent locals.
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