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The crew of Apollo 13 weren't really stranded, as such. They were far from home and not sure if they had the means to get home before the supplies ran out, which is a different problem
Sergei Krikalev was stuck on the Mir space station for 311 days after the Soviet Union broke up.
What an absolutely wild situation to be in.
Tom Hanks in The Terminal 2: Waiting for Korolev