All Is Lost

"Never give up."

2013 1h 46m EN

👍

6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 1,824

ActionAdventureDrama

Synopsis

Spoiler shield

During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and barely escapes with his life. With any luck, the ocean currents may carry him into a shipping lane -- but, with supplies dwindling and the sharks circling, the sailor is forced to face his own mortality.

“Never give up.”

WhatsApp X Facebook Telegram

Where to watch · US

PhiloSubscription

Starz Amazon ChannelSubscription

Lionsgate+ Amazon ChannelSubscription

StarzSubscription

Starz Apple TV channelSubscription

Howdy Amazon ChannelSubscription

Amazon VideoRent

Apple TV StoreRent

Google Play MoviesRent

Google Play MoviesBuy

YouTubeBuy

Fandango At HomeBuy

Cast

Robert Redford
Our Man

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: J.C. Chandor
Writers: J.C. Chandor
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.

Did you know?

Fun facts 🍿

1 / 7

MONEY

Did you know

Earned back only 68% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 7

ERA

Did you know

Released 13 years ago.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Directed by J.C. Chandor, shot by Frankie DeMarco. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Original score by Alex Ebert. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Editor Pete Beaudreau shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 7

FACT

Did you know

Marketing tagline: "Never give up.".

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 7

WILD

Did you know

IMDB entry: tt2017038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

Cinephile deep dive

The take

J.C. Chandor directs. Frankie DeMarco behind the camera. Alex Ebert scores. Pete Beaudreau cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 68% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Directed by J.C. Chandor, shot by Frankie DeMarco. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Alex Ebert. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Pete Beaudreau shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Marketing tagline: "Never give up.".
7IMDB entry: tt2017038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 18 themes, including "sea", "thirst", "alone", "struggle for survival".
9Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Frankie DeMarco
Original score: Alex Ebert
Editing: Pete Beaudreau
Production design: John P. Goldsmith
Costume design: Van Broughton Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Leo Corey Castellano
VFX supervisor: Colin Davies
Sound: Steve Boeddeker
Stunt coordinator: Mark Norby
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,000,000
Box office: $6,108,720
Return: 68% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: All Is Lost (2013)

Also by

J.C. Chandor

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.

Wallpaper

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-07-26
★ 7/10
Robert Redford is quietly circumnavigating somewhere in his yacht when he wakes up with a puncture. During the night, the boat has clashed with a ten ton piece of flotsam and is holed above the waterline. He’s not unduly worried as he can still navigate freely and has plenty of supplies, but a series of storms soon reduce him to living in his life raft, creatively desalinating his water and hoping he can manoeuvre his way into the shipping lanes where one of the great freighters who caused his predicament in the first place might be able to help him. What chance rescue? There is virtually no dialogue, save for the odd SOS attempt on the wireless, and so we are left like a fly-on-the-mast observing as he has to survive the worse that the ocean can throw at him, plot his course and attract the attention of those skyscraper-esque vessels as the last thing their lookouts (assuming they have any) expect to see in the middle of nowhere is a bloke on a rubber dinghy! It’s a slowly paced drama, this, so don’t expect too much to happen minute by minute, but as we watch this man use his ingenuity to survive it becomes quite an intensely photographed and compelling feature with us far from certain that he, even if he is Robert Redford, will make it to safety. I love boats, especially with a glass of Veuve Clicquot and the odd prawn sandwich. This one, though, maybe not so much.

Production companies