20 Best Survival Movies Of All Time

Rabbit Proof Fence is a beautiful and devastating film aimed, it seems, to make the audience angry. Mainly because that's what it does. The film was released in 2002 to a storm of controversy (primarily from members of the Australian government), and was directed by Jack Ryan film-maker Phillip Noyce.

RPF follows the true story of mix-raced Aboriginal girls Molly Kelly, Daisy Kadibil and Gracie as they escape from a resettlement centre in Perth and attempt to make their way back home. In order to succeed, the girls must brave a 1500 mile walk across Australia's "rabbit proof fence" (a fence used to keep rabbits and other pests away from crops). Their journey takes nine weeks, and they are pursued by white law enforcement officers as they move.

The film, as you can guess, is extremely heart-breaking; a blunt but careful look at Australia's "Stolen Generation", kids separated from their families because of their mixed-race heritages. Despite this sombre tone, the film itself is very well made, full of some brilliant acting from young talents and excellent scenery, interspersed with a chase and a fight for freedom and safety.

It's quite an under-seen gem which demands audiences to watch it and be appalled, and in every respect - as a film, a thriller, a drama, a story of survival - it succeeds with top marks. Just make sure you're emotionally prepared.