Stranded (2001 film)
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- William Harrison of DVD Talk rated it 2/5 stars and called it "an unremarkable rehash of classic sci-fi movies". Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "stops at being merely seriously dull and trite, rather than tipping into train-wreck silliness."
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Feb 20, 2024 · In 2013, the same weekend that 'The Wolverine' opened, the Christian Slater-starring sci-fi movie 'Stranded' hit theaters. Here's why it didn't last, and why it's hilarious to watch now.
- Ryan Britt
Jul 26, 2013 · The latest spawn of Ridley Scott's 1979 genre-bender is "Stranded," starring Christian Slater as the commander of a moon base that's pelted with meteorites and plunged into darkness.
"Stranded" is a low-budget movie and a lame rip-off of "Alien" and other movies of the genre. The characters are not bright as astronauts should be and they usually take the wrong decisions. "Stranded" is not a good movie but there are others worse and worse.
- 12 'Retreat'
- 11 'Six Days, Seven Nights'
- 10 'Extortion'
- 9 'Lord of The Flies'
- 8 'The Beach'
- 7 'Swiss Army Man'
- 6 'The Red Turtle'
- 5 'Battle Royale'
- 4 'Isle of Dogs'
- 3 'Castaway on The Moon'
Director: Carl Tibbetts
Retreat follows a couple who seek recovery from a personal tragedy that has shattered their lives. And they do so on an isolated island, away from any sort of news or civilization. Their retreat is ruined though when a stranger washes ashore to tell them that an airborne disease has rattled Europe. Retreat is a creative twist on the deserted island genre, moving the film into the realm of the small-scale apocalyptic subgenre.It certainly brings the anxiety of a couple experiencing shocking wo...
Director: Ivan Reitman
Six Days, Seven Nights combines the typical deserted island survival movie situations and puts them together into one film: pirates and a plane crash. Harrison Ford plays the grumpy and reclusive charter pilot who is hired to fly the more straight-laced Anne Hecheto an emergency photo shoot in Tahiti. Soon, it turns into a movie about a couple stranded on an island, desperately trying to survive. Their plane crashes during a storm on an uninhabited island where the two are thrown together to...
Director: Phil Volken
What happens when someone comes to rescue you off of a deserted island, but only if you give them one million dollars? One of the most underrated island movies, Extortion tells this tale in a high-stakes, anxiety-riddled journey of the protagonist's instincts to survive and save his family. Eion Bailey plays the protagonist of Kevin with the incredible ingenuity of a man with nothing left, contrasting Barkhad Abdi's cruel Miguel perfectly. The movie shows the men as two sides of the same coin...
Director: Harry Hook
Lord of the Flies explores the darker side of humanity and the pure animalistic instincts that reside in even the most modern humans.The film revolves around a group of schoolboys whose evacuating plane is shot down from the sky. They become stranded on an island and try to govern themselves to disastrous results. Each of the boys represents a different aspect of society, morals, and politics – whether it's the charismatic leader, Ralph, and his wishes for a better humanity, or, Jack, the vio...
Director: Danny Boyle
The Beach takes on a much darker tone than most movies set on an island. It follows Richard (one of Leonardo DiCaprio's lesser-known characters), who wants to escape his boring life and travel the world, looking for his perfect paradise-lost. He is given a map that leads to a “tropical paradise” and joins up with a French couple to join the island commune. This commune turns out to be a bit of an island prison instead, run by a woman who collects people to work for her. Richard causes the isl...
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
An unconventional genre-buster from the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Swiss Army Man is a wonderfully weird film about a man stranded on a deserted island, Hank (Paul Dano), who is about to give up all home until he finds a corpse. It’s not just any corpse, it’s an enchanted corpse portrayed by Daniel Radcliffewho soon becomes the protagonist’s closest friend. The film depicts a heartfelt and often surreal adventure that may not be for everyone, but those who love quirky humor a...
Director: Michaël Dudok de Wit
A Studio Ghibli film unlike any other, director Michaël Dudok de Wit's The Red Turtlerevolves around the poignant story of a castaway who finds himself stranded on a deserted island. Every time he tries to escape, he's stopped by a mysterious (and huge) red turtle. Soon, magical moments help him realize his deeper connection to the turtle and the island. Aside from the animated movie's stunning visuals, what makes The Red Turtle stand out is the deliberate lack of dialogue throughout the film...
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
The original death game movie before blockbusters like The Hunger Games and hit shows like Squid Game, Battle Royale is a classic Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film follows the twisted fates of a class of high school students who are thrust into a deadly game of survival on a deserted island. As one of the best island survival movies, the movie does a fantastic job of portraying truly horrific situations that make audiences question their own views on morality. The fact that s...
Director: Wes Anderson
Director Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs is a whimsical stop-motion animated movie that transports viewers to a dystopian version of Japan in the future, where all dogs are sent to a trash island because of an outbreak.Eventually, a young boy named Atari decides to go to the island to find his missing dog. There, he encounters a pack of helpful dogs with Chief at the helm. On their journey, the odd group soon discovers a massive conspiracy that could change the dogs' fates. Considering that the i...
Director: Lee Hae-jun
In the magical Korean rom-com, Castaway on the Moon, a hopeless man riddled with debt decides to end his life by jumping into the Han River.His world is shaken when he awakens washed up on a deserted island in the middle of the Seoul River. He searches the island to find nothing but flora and vegetation and begins to enjoy his time alone there, choosing to stay. Even though it is difficult, he finds anything to be better than the worries of city life. The film takes a turn when Kim begins sen...
- Cast Away. Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy. 297 votes. In this enthralling survival drama, director Robert Zemeckis captures the desperate struggle of Chuck Noland (played by Tom Hanks), a FedEx employee who gets stranded on a remote island after a plane crash.
- Adrift. Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas. 140 votes. Based on a harrowing true story, Adrift follows the lives of young couple Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin) as they embark on a sailing adventure across the Pacific Ocean.
- Titanic. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane. 240 votes. James Cameron's epic disaster romance Titanic revisits the infamous sinking of the RMS Titanic, blending historical events with the fictional love story of upper-class Rose (Kate Winslet) and working-class Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio).
- The Perfect Storm. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly. 191 votes. Director Wolfgang Petersen brings Sebastian Junger's bestselling novel to life in The Perfect Storm, a thrilling drama about the ill-fated fishing vessel Andrea Gail and its crew during the “storm of the century.”
May 30, 2024 · Shubhabrata Dutta. Updated May 30, 2024. We love stories of grit, spirit, and human courage. It could be the story of a stranded castaway stuck on an island far from the inhabited lands or the story of a plane crash survivor struggling to survive in extreme temperatures. We love them all.
When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive. Director Hans Horn Stars Susan May Pratt Richard Speight Jr. Niklaus Lange
