Cast Away

FedEx analyst Chuck Noland’s plane crashes in the Pacific and he washes up alone on a deserted island. What follows is one of cinema’s most sustained solo performances — four years of Chuck learning to survive to find purpose and to hold onto the hope of rescue. The volleyball Wilson became one of cinema’s most beloved inanimate objects because Tom Hanks makes the friendship completely real. Robert Zemeckis’s film is a profound examination of solitude and the human need for connection stripped to its barest elements.