载人航天宇宙飞船阿瑞斯3号成功抵达火星，谁知一场破坏力极其巨大的风暴向宇航员们袭来，阿瑞斯3号被迫中断任务，紧急返航。撤离途中，宇航员马克·沃特尼（马特·达蒙 Matt Damon 饰）被飞船上吹落的零件击中，由于生还希望渺茫，队友们只得匆匆返航，并向世人宣告他已牺牲的事实。出乎意料的是，马克以极低的概率活了下来。他躲进驻火星的航天基地疗伤。下一次火星任务要等到四年后，而基地内的补给仅够他维持31天。短暂的绝望后，马克决定利用有限的食物，在这颗空无一人的星球上种植作物，寻找一线生机。与此同时，地球方面也很快发现马克生还的事实，他们想尽办法部署营救计划。孤军奋战的马克，能否等到救援队伍的到来？ 
　　影片改编自安迪·威尔的同名科幻小说。

They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So, technically, I colonized Mars. In your face, Neil Armstrong!
他们说，你要是在一个地方种了庄稼，那里就算是你的殖民地了。所以，从技术上来说，我把火星变成了我的殖民地。你牛什么啊，阿姆斯特朗！

Every human being has a basic instinct: to help each other out. If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.
人类都有本能，会互相帮助。有人爬山时迷路了，会有人组织搜救。火车出事故了，人们会排着队去献血。有城市被地震夷为平地，全世界的人都会输送应急物资。这是基本的人性，全球各地无一例外，都是这样。没错，是会有一些不顾他人死活的混蛋，但是，关心他人的人要比这些混蛋多得多。

It's space. It doesn't cooperate. I guarantee you that at some point, everything's going to go south on you. You're going to say, 'This is it. This is how I end.' Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work.
这里是太空。太空不会主动配合你。我可以很肯定地告诉你，在某些时刻，发生在你身上的每件事都会很糟糕。你可能会说：“就这样了，我可能就这样完蛋了。”现在，你要么接受这个现实等死，要么就开始动手想办法。

No matter what happens, tell the world, tell my family that I never stopped fighting to make it home.
无论发生什么，告诉全世界，告诉我的家人，我一直在努力想办法回家。

If I want water, I'll have to make it from scratch. Fortunately, I know the recipe: Take hydrogen. Add oxygen. Burn.
如果我需要水，我就得自己造。幸好，我知道造水的配方：来点儿氢气，加点儿氧气，再把它们点燃。

It's a strange feeling. Everywhere I go, I'm the first. Step outside the rover? First guy ever to be there! Climb a hill? First guy to climb that hill! Kick a rock? That rock hadn't moved in a million years! I'm the first guy to drive long-distance on Mars. The first guy to spend more than thirty-one sols on Mars. The first guy to grow crops on Mars. First, first, first!
这感觉很奇特。无论我走到哪里，我都是第一个。踏出火星车，第一个涉足此地的家伙！爬上一座火星山？史上第一人！踢走一块石头？那块石头可能已经有100万年没有动过地方了！我是第一个在火星上开长途车的人。第一个在火星上待了超过31个太阳日的人。第一个在火星上种庄稼的人。什么都是第一，第一，第一！