The best survival movies
The top 3 according to 11 votes from people: The Revenant (2015) · 127 Hours (2010) · The Martian (2015). (Updated Jul 20, 2026.)
Alone against the mountain, the sea, the cold or space: gripping survival films, based on MovieHunt, Critique Film and Mouton-Résilient.
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Top 10
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1
The Revenant (2015)
Hugh Glass left for dead after a bear attack.
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2
127 Hours (2010)
A climber trapped by a boulder in a Utah canyon.
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3
The Martian (2015)
A botanist stranded on Mars who grows potatoes.
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4
Alive (1993)
The Uruguayan rugby team lost in the Andes.
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5
Arctic (2018)
Mads Mikkelsen survives alone after a crash in the Arctic.
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6
Into the Wild (2007)
Christopher McCandless's one-way journey to Alaska.
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7
Open Water (2003)
Two divers left behind at sea among sharks.
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8
Gravity (2013)
Two astronauts adrift around the Earth.
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9
All Is Lost (2013)
Robert Redford alone at sea, almost without a word.
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10
The Shallows (2016)
A surfer stuck on a rock with a shark circling.
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11
Sanctum (2011)
Divers trapped in an underwater cave system.
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12
Cast Away (2000)
Tom Hanks stranded on an island with a volleyball named Wilson.
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13
The Grey (2011)
Oil workers facing wolves after a plane crash in Alaska.
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14
The Way Back (2010)
Escapees from a gulag walking all the way to India.
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15
Crawl (2019)
A daughter and her father facing alligators during a hurricane.
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