127 Hours
2010 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 7.1 · 88% critics
A solo outdoor adventure turns into a fight for survival when a climber becomes trapped by a fallen boulder in a remote Utah canyon. With little help available, the film follows endurance, fear, and determination in an unforgiving natural setting.
Based on Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-11-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (8,099 votes)
- Box office
- $60,000,000
- Budget
- $18,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you want a tense, emotional survival story like Touching the Void or The Grey; Not for you if you dislike claustrophobic settings or painful, realistic peril.
Pros: intense survival tension; strong lead performance; emotional true story | Cons: graphic hard moments; limited setting; slower stretches
Themes
- canyon
- based on novel or book
- utah
- photography
- despair
- hiking
- biography
- engineer
- based on true story
- alone
- mountain biking
- struggle for survival
- +13 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2011 · nominated
Cast & crew
James Franco
as Aron Ralston
Kate Mara
as Kristi Moore
Amber Tamblyn
as Megan McBride
Clémence Poésy
as Rana
Lizzy Caplan
as Sonja Ralston
Kate Burton
as Aron's Mom
Treat Williams
as Aron's Dad
Sean Bott
as Aron's Friend
Fenton Quinn
as Blue John
- JL
John Lawrence
as Brion
Directed by Danny Boyle