Movies Like The Martian

The Martian is a survival film where the threat is arithmetic. No villain, no monster — just a man, a planet, and a spreadsheet.

NASA checked the maths, and most of it survives contact with reality. The film gets three things right that others skip:

• water reclamation actually works that way
• the orbital mechanics are real, if generous about fuel
• potatoes would grow, given enough of what the crew leaves behind

Try Gravity for the panic, Apollo 13 for the procedure, or browse survival films on Shownex.