What are the best survival movies of all time?

From stranded astronauts to mountain crashes to drifting at sea, these films put human endurance to the ultimate test. A definitive list worth bookmarking — cast your vote and see who survives the ranking!

Cast Away

Tom Hanks stars as a FedEx employee stranded alone on a desert island after a plane crash.

1/13

The Martian

Matt Damon plays an astronaut left behind on Mars who must survive alone using science and ingenuity.

2/13

Alive

Based on the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes in 1972.

3/13

127 Hours

James Franco plays real-life hiker Aron Ralston, trapped by a boulder in a Utah canyon for five days.

4/13

Life of Pi

A young man survives a shipwreck and drifts across the Pacific on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.

5/13

The Grey

Liam Neeson leads oil-rig survivors through the brutal Alaskan wilderness, hunted by a wolf pack.

6/13

Into the Wild

The true story of Christopher McCandless, who abandoned his possessions to live alone in the Alaskan wilderness.

7/13

Gravity

Sandra Bullock plays an astronaut stranded in orbit after a debris storm destroys her shuttle.

8/13

Everest

Based on the deadly 1996 Mount Everest disaster, following two expeditions caught in a ferocious storm.

9/13

The Revenant

Leonardo DiCaprio plays a frontiersman left for dead who endures the brutal wilderness for revenge.

10/13

Arctic

A man stranded in the Arctic must decide whether to remain safely with his crashed plane or risk a trek through deadly terrain.

11/13

Buried

Ryan Reynolds plays a contractor who wakes up buried alive in a wooden coffin with only a mobile phone.

12/13

All Is Lost

Robert Redford stars as a lone sailor fighting for survival after his boat is damaged in the Indian Ocean.

13/13