10 Incredible Movies That Barely Have Any Dialogue

9. All Is Lost

Under The Skin
Lionsgate

With only one cast member, it's understandable that J. C. Chandor's 2013 survival drama All Is Lost doesn't have a lot of dialogue. Robert Redford plays an unnamed man who becomes stranded at sea in a small boat, somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

So much is said through the film's use of sound, which received an Academy Award nomination for its editing. The deafening crash of the waves during storms, for example, emphasises Redford's incredible struggle to survive, and the silence that follows relieves the viewer almost as much as it does Redford's character.

In the end, it's how Redford reacts to his situation and its various predicaments that speaks the loudest, and in that way All Is Lost really doesn't need words in order to truly to communicate to its audience.

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