sometimes movies leave us breathless and
sometimes it’s the characters who have a
hard time breathing okay gotta save it
for the transfer welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten running
out of oxygen scenes in movies I’ll go
in through the emergency airlock without
your space helmet Dave we’re going to
find that bother difficult for this list
we’re looking at the scenes in cinema
where people’s lives are on the line the
air is thin and the stakes are as high
as they get beyond the standard one
Scene per movie limit we’re leaving the
list open to all potential entries as
long as the scenes in question contains
someone losing oxygen and struggling to
survive what happened to the oxygen a
spoiler alert is probably in order we
have to make our way to the space
station
over there number 10 buddy breathing
sanctum sometimes the bond of friendship
just isn’t enough at least that seems to
be the case here all right get me to the
address we’ll never make it you get back
during a diving excursion Frank notices
fellow diver Jude’s tank seems a little
off and then the oxygen hose comes loose
all right you got a bit of a lake let me
take a look well you made the to
scramble to act as jude’s begin
suffocating even going so far as to
start sharing a breathing mask
all right don’t do it we’re gonna lose
your bugs however in her panicked state
Jude starts hogging the masks Frank
needs to make a tough decision to ensure
they don’t both die down there
of course with his team watching on a
monitor he’ll have some difficult
questions to answer later see this
connection what’s going from loop number
nine
one final gambit event horizon come on
go why is this shit gonna happen to me
when in doubt resort to extreme measures
all right get back to ship a get back to
ship all right it’s probably this line
of thinking that drives Cooper a crew
member on the Lewis and Clark vessel
when he is left floating in space after
a ship’s destruction
clinging to one part of the ruined craft
terrified and with limited oxygen in a
spacesuit remaining Cooper makes the
decision to reroute his oxygen and use
it as propulsion to get back to the
titular ship event horizon it’s a
dangerous maneuver but we respect him
for making it number eight a friendly
chat gravity beautiful don’t you think
what the sunrise though Kowalski’s
eventual return is just as powerful a
moment hello story there is a sort of
beauty in this oxygen-deprived
conversation between colleagues
Kowalski nest owned played by George
Clooney and Sandra Bullock respectively
float through space after a disastrous
series of events
as their oxygen supply dwindles Kowalski
tries to keep things light asking stone
about home habits and her loved ones she
was at school playing tag slipped hit
her head no is it what follows is a
heartfelt confession from stone boo
soul-baring monologue is both moving and
a sign that things won’t get any easier
from here I wake up I go to work and I
just try number 7 houston we have a
problem
Apollo 13 houston we have our duck based
on a true story
Apollo 13 chronicles the efforts of
three astronauts placed into an
unenviable situation gentlemen it’s been
a privilege flying with you immediately
after a public broadcast three days into
their mission to land on the moon
mission control asks Apollo’s crew to go
over their spacecrafts functions and
test everything for a standard procedure
hey we’ve got a problem here
what did you do nothing I stirred the
text and since this is unlucky Apollo 13
we’re talking about
why wouldn’t a technical malfunction
occur one of the two oxygen tanks
explodes firing fear and everyone
present the astronauts their mission
support team and the audience yo tell me
how to fly the damn cm all right do a
job they asked me to stir the damn tanks
and I stir the tank stop kicking
yourself in the end this is not my fault
however we do get an iconic line out of
the ordeal this is Houston say again
please houston we have a problem number
six brutal decompression Total Recall
simple but fitting late in the events of
this Schwarzenegger classic the
villainous governor Coe Hagen gets
thrown out of an airlock and onto the
surface of Mars
thus we are privy to a villains brutal
demise as he quickly succumbs to the
lack of breathable air while the scene
is rather short the cartoon like way in
which Quahog uns face puffs up is
certainly memorable if not entirely
pleasant to watch considering his evil
deeds number 5
breaking out angels and demons when they
shut down the system they know we’re
down here
how much do you suppose Robert Langdon
wants to retire after this the desk of
power there’s no oxygen
can we get out the door is it neutronic
at midway through an investigation into
the theft of antimatter the iconic Tom
Hanks character and a Vatican guard find
themselves trapped inside the Vatican
archives well that’s disappointing with
their air supply cut off and the
archives surrounded by bulletproof glass
walls you can see the desperation
increase as their consciousness fades
even as Langdon makes a game effort of
trying to escape
hang in there professor
number four pools spacewalk 2001 a Space
Odyssey the pod bay doors won’t be
opening this time poor Frank Poole this
astronaut could not have known that by
going on a spacewalk he was exposing
himself to a cutting blow by an AI
controlled pod open the pod bay doors
hell I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t
do that his friend Dave Bowman has to
watch as Poole is separated from his
oxygen line and sent spiraling through
space the worst part is this even as
Dave sees Poole grasping for air the
shipboard artificial-intelligence Hal
9000 refuses to allow Dave to intervene
after all hal was the one who killed
Frank what are you talking about this
mission is too important for me to allow
you to jeopardize it number 3
Gallagher’s discovery red planet
dizziness scandal tingle vision narrows
then shock this one was a close call
sometime after touching down on the Red
Planet
the crew of the Mars one ship finds
themselves running short of breathable
air hi buddy over here take a walk
Gallagher oxygen supply completed the
remaining astronauts all assemble and
prepare for their demise it’s actually
fairly depressing watching as three
trained space explorers slowly accept
their impending doom head again replace
your o2 canister immediately Gallagher
starts to succumb to suffocation first
and removes his helmet only to breathe
in that sweet sweet Martian air that’s
quite the convenience but we expect he
is not complaining but I’ll take number
two noble sacrifice the abyss okay let’s
roll heroism isn’t dead but did it
really have to come at this cost in
James Cameron’s 1989 film the abyss
estranged couple Virgil and Lindsay
Brigman find themselves knee-deep in a
slowly flooding submarine what’s the
plan I drown and you told me back to the
rig no no the situation only gets worse
as Lindsay does the mental math and
realizes there’s no feasible way to save
them both without sacrifice Lindsay’s
choice to drown in the hope that she can
be revived later while Virgil takes the
remaining diving suit and swims for help
is certainly brave but that makes it no
less tragic to watch unfold before we
unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions
ridiculous get back into your pod
and fit two people in there you’re gonna
die you’ll die in seconds
you gotta sneeze for me pal can you do
it stays why because I still have enough
action to make it out of the yogurt
Jesus we collected over 100 miles per
hour right now I’m inside your large
body of my only chance to make it out as
Vienna stays okay okay Bob Oh worse
whenever shades of my life I was in love
you’re suffocating
Stoney tell Jim get us out of here
stop eating your oxygen damn yo be still
number one dr. Mann vs. Cooper
interstellar two men grapple only one
man leaves
that’s the setup for this scene in
interstellar a rolling fight between
Matt Damon’s dr. Hugh Mann and Matthew
McConaughey’s noble engineer Joseph coop
Cooper both of whom want to prevent the
other from leaving the icy planet
they’re on but I knew if I just pressed
that button and somebody would come and
save me Hey yeah man prevails in the
fight though as he fractures Cooper’s
helmet just enough to leave his former
comrade suffocating those are the best
19 years as coop struggles with his
apparent final breaths we get a dose of
introspection from man who establishes
himself less as a villain and more as a
flawed individual Oh guess what’s gonna
save us
Kyle let’s see for you the scenes not
bold or bombastic but it gets the job
done enough for a number one spot on our
list
as possible we’re almost there do you
agree with our list
what oxygen-deprived scenes do you enjoy
for more breathtaking top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
sometimes it’s the characters who have a
hard time breathing okay gotta save it
for the transfer welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten running
out of oxygen scenes in movies I’ll go
in through the emergency airlock without
your space helmet Dave we’re going to
find that bother difficult for this list
we’re looking at the scenes in cinema
where people’s lives are on the line the
air is thin and the stakes are as high
as they get beyond the standard one
Scene per movie limit we’re leaving the
list open to all potential entries as
long as the scenes in question contains
someone losing oxygen and struggling to
survive what happened to the oxygen a
spoiler alert is probably in order we
have to make our way to the space
station
over there number 10 buddy breathing
sanctum sometimes the bond of friendship
just isn’t enough at least that seems to
be the case here all right get me to the
address we’ll never make it you get back
during a diving excursion Frank notices
fellow diver Jude’s tank seems a little
off and then the oxygen hose comes loose
all right you got a bit of a lake let me
take a look well you made the to
scramble to act as jude’s begin
suffocating even going so far as to
start sharing a breathing mask
all right don’t do it we’re gonna lose
your bugs however in her panicked state
Jude starts hogging the masks Frank
needs to make a tough decision to ensure
they don’t both die down there
of course with his team watching on a
monitor he’ll have some difficult
questions to answer later see this
connection what’s going from loop number
nine
one final gambit event horizon come on
go why is this shit gonna happen to me
when in doubt resort to extreme measures
all right get back to ship a get back to
ship all right it’s probably this line
of thinking that drives Cooper a crew
member on the Lewis and Clark vessel
when he is left floating in space after
a ship’s destruction
clinging to one part of the ruined craft
terrified and with limited oxygen in a
spacesuit remaining Cooper makes the
decision to reroute his oxygen and use
it as propulsion to get back to the
titular ship event horizon it’s a
dangerous maneuver but we respect him
for making it number eight a friendly
chat gravity beautiful don’t you think
what the sunrise though Kowalski’s
eventual return is just as powerful a
moment hello story there is a sort of
beauty in this oxygen-deprived
conversation between colleagues
Kowalski nest owned played by George
Clooney and Sandra Bullock respectively
float through space after a disastrous
series of events
as their oxygen supply dwindles Kowalski
tries to keep things light asking stone
about home habits and her loved ones she
was at school playing tag slipped hit
her head no is it what follows is a
heartfelt confession from stone boo
soul-baring monologue is both moving and
a sign that things won’t get any easier
from here I wake up I go to work and I
just try number 7 houston we have a
problem
Apollo 13 houston we have our duck based
on a true story
Apollo 13 chronicles the efforts of
three astronauts placed into an
unenviable situation gentlemen it’s been
a privilege flying with you immediately
after a public broadcast three days into
their mission to land on the moon
mission control asks Apollo’s crew to go
over their spacecrafts functions and
test everything for a standard procedure
hey we’ve got a problem here
what did you do nothing I stirred the
text and since this is unlucky Apollo 13
we’re talking about
why wouldn’t a technical malfunction
occur one of the two oxygen tanks
explodes firing fear and everyone
present the astronauts their mission
support team and the audience yo tell me
how to fly the damn cm all right do a
job they asked me to stir the damn tanks
and I stir the tank stop kicking
yourself in the end this is not my fault
however we do get an iconic line out of
the ordeal this is Houston say again
please houston we have a problem number
six brutal decompression Total Recall
simple but fitting late in the events of
this Schwarzenegger classic the
villainous governor Coe Hagen gets
thrown out of an airlock and onto the
surface of Mars
thus we are privy to a villains brutal
demise as he quickly succumbs to the
lack of breathable air while the scene
is rather short the cartoon like way in
which Quahog uns face puffs up is
certainly memorable if not entirely
pleasant to watch considering his evil
deeds number 5
breaking out angels and demons when they
shut down the system they know we’re
down here
how much do you suppose Robert Langdon
wants to retire after this the desk of
power there’s no oxygen
can we get out the door is it neutronic
at midway through an investigation into
the theft of antimatter the iconic Tom
Hanks character and a Vatican guard find
themselves trapped inside the Vatican
archives well that’s disappointing with
their air supply cut off and the
archives surrounded by bulletproof glass
walls you can see the desperation
increase as their consciousness fades
even as Langdon makes a game effort of
trying to escape
hang in there professor
number four pools spacewalk 2001 a Space
Odyssey the pod bay doors won’t be
opening this time poor Frank Poole this
astronaut could not have known that by
going on a spacewalk he was exposing
himself to a cutting blow by an AI
controlled pod open the pod bay doors
hell I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t
do that his friend Dave Bowman has to
watch as Poole is separated from his
oxygen line and sent spiraling through
space the worst part is this even as
Dave sees Poole grasping for air the
shipboard artificial-intelligence Hal
9000 refuses to allow Dave to intervene
after all hal was the one who killed
Frank what are you talking about this
mission is too important for me to allow
you to jeopardize it number 3
Gallagher’s discovery red planet
dizziness scandal tingle vision narrows
then shock this one was a close call
sometime after touching down on the Red
Planet
the crew of the Mars one ship finds
themselves running short of breathable
air hi buddy over here take a walk
Gallagher oxygen supply completed the
remaining astronauts all assemble and
prepare for their demise it’s actually
fairly depressing watching as three
trained space explorers slowly accept
their impending doom head again replace
your o2 canister immediately Gallagher
starts to succumb to suffocation first
and removes his helmet only to breathe
in that sweet sweet Martian air that’s
quite the convenience but we expect he
is not complaining but I’ll take number
two noble sacrifice the abyss okay let’s
roll heroism isn’t dead but did it
really have to come at this cost in
James Cameron’s 1989 film the abyss
estranged couple Virgil and Lindsay
Brigman find themselves knee-deep in a
slowly flooding submarine what’s the
plan I drown and you told me back to the
rig no no the situation only gets worse
as Lindsay does the mental math and
realizes there’s no feasible way to save
them both without sacrifice Lindsay’s
choice to drown in the hope that she can
be revived later while Virgil takes the
remaining diving suit and swims for help
is certainly brave but that makes it no
less tragic to watch unfold before we
unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions
ridiculous get back into your pod
and fit two people in there you’re gonna
die you’ll die in seconds
you gotta sneeze for me pal can you do
it stays why because I still have enough
action to make it out of the yogurt
Jesus we collected over 100 miles per
hour right now I’m inside your large
body of my only chance to make it out as
Vienna stays okay okay Bob Oh worse
whenever shades of my life I was in love
you’re suffocating
Stoney tell Jim get us out of here
stop eating your oxygen damn yo be still
number one dr. Mann vs. Cooper
interstellar two men grapple only one
man leaves
that’s the setup for this scene in
interstellar a rolling fight between
Matt Damon’s dr. Hugh Mann and Matthew
McConaughey’s noble engineer Joseph coop
Cooper both of whom want to prevent the
other from leaving the icy planet
they’re on but I knew if I just pressed
that button and somebody would come and
save me Hey yeah man prevails in the
fight though as he fractures Cooper’s
helmet just enough to leave his former
comrade suffocating those are the best
19 years as coop struggles with his
apparent final breaths we get a dose of
introspection from man who establishes
himself less as a villain and more as a
flawed individual Oh guess what’s gonna
save us
Kyle let’s see for you the scenes not
bold or bombastic but it gets the job
done enough for a number one spot on our
list
as possible we’re almost there do you
agree with our list
what oxygen-deprived scenes do you enjoy
for more breathtaking top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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