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!

1

Cast Away

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

2

The Martian

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

3

Alive

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

4

127 Hours

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

5

Life of Pi

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

6

The Grey

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

7

Into the Wild

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

8

Gravity

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

9

Everest

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

10

The Revenant

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

11

Arctic

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

12

Buried

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

13

All Is Lost

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