Wings of Hope (1999)

Juliane Koepcke was the sole survivor of LANSA Flight 508, which broke apart over the Peruvian jungle after a lightning strike in 1971, and she made her own way out of the rainforest. Herzog had narrowly avoided taking that same flight, and here he takes her back to the scenes of the crash and her escape. It is one of his most personal and least showy films, and Koepcke's calm, precise memory is riveting. Pair it with Little Dieter Needs to Fly for a double bill on surviving the jungle.