The Martian: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Matt Damon stars as an astronaut stranded on Mars
Year: 2015
Certificate: 12
Outer space can be as lonely as it is awe-inspiring, and the plight of the lone astronaut is a popular subject for films (Silent Running, Gravity and more). What Ridley Scott's blockbuster brings to the lost-in-space table is stoicism and back-to-basics grit - there's no time wasted pondering the meaning of existence, Stanley Kubrick-style.
Matt Damon stars as mission botanist Mark Watney, who is left, believed dead, on the Red Planet when his crew are forced to flee a deadly storm. Though his rescue is not a certainty, teams of boffins set to it back on Earth, while Watney does what he must to survive. The film was made with the support of Nasa; its message is that, in the future, mankind could survive on Mars and even set up home there. (142 minutes)
