Survival movies test a viewer’s patience and mettle with nail-biting moments that bring the character inches to a life-and-death moment. Here are 10 cervical movies, from the edge of space to the deep seas, to keep you occupied, thrilled, and guessing until the end.
Into the Wild (Prime Video, Apple TV): A student-athlete abandons his old life, hitch-hiking to Alaska and facing numerous challenges in the wilderness.
Gravity (Prime Video, Apple TV): An engineer and an astronaut have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
The Silence (Netflix): When the world is under attack by a swarm of creatures called vesps, a teenager and her family take refuge in a house in a remote place.
127 Hours (Apple TV): A mountain climber, on a hiking adventure in Utah gets trapped in a canyon, taking desperate measures to survive.
Life of Pi (Disney+ Hotstar, Apple TV): A young man survives a shipwreck and shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, on an extraordinary journey of survival and self-discovery.
Cast Away (Prime Video, Apple TV): A man must use every skill to survive after being stranded on a deserted island following a plane crash in the Pacific.
The Revenant (Apple TV): A legendary frontiersman, survives a bear attack and betrayal by his crew, using his skills to endure and seek revenge on his betrayer.
Fall (Apple TV): Two best friends, Becky and Hunter, climb a 2000-foot-tall abandoned tower, only to become stranded when the corroded ladder breaks.
The Martian (Disney+ Hotstar): An astronaut stranded on Mars, fights to survive as his NASA colleagues back on Earth exhaust all options to bring him home.
Bird Box (Netflix): Years after an unseen entity causes widespread suicide, Malorie and her two children embark on a perilous journey while blindfolded.