Loner movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant loner movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, psychological, serious, weird, suspenseful and realistic films and TV shows about / with loner, loneliness, death, revenge, murder, violence, blood, cigarette smoking, danger and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
loner movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as loner: Taxi Driver (1976), Le Samurai (1967), Drive (2011), He Was a Quiet Man (2007), Dag (2010), Hesher (2010), Night City (2015), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Brick (2005), Joker (2019).

List of loner movies

 8.2
 1.0M
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: loner, vigilante, character study, alienation, vigilantism, violence, obsession, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, social decay ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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 8.0
 65K
Le Samurai (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style: neo noir, detective, sexy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: loner, hitman, assassination, chase, professional killer, lone wolves, gangster, surveillance, police investigation, murder, assassin, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 7.8
 756K
Drive (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, adult
Plot: car chase, revenge, mechanic, loner, heist, danger, lone wolves, organized crime, tough heroes, robbery, chases and races, neighbor ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, iran, usa
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He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A troubled loner, Bob Maconel, imagines blowing up the tower in Los Angeles where he works. He takes a revolver to his office intent on killing colleagues, and then himself. At home, he holds conversations with his fish, who encourage him to do it. ...
Style: surreal, depressing, dark comedy, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: loner, disability, paranoia, surrealism, drunken sex, psychiatry, workplace, creativity, obsession, insanity, self discovery, suicide ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 8.5
 6K
Dag (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Meet Dag, a couple's therapist who holds a 90% divorce rate. His philosophy in life is that people should live alone and he's happy to share that with his patients. Dag leads a quiet life and the only thing he loves more than his solitude ...
Style: cynical, realistic, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Plot: loner, love and romance, dark humor, marital problem, therapy, therapist, dating, doctors and patients, friends, alienation, power relations, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.9
 55K
Hesher (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style: bleak, thought provoking, serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: loner, grief, antisocial behavior, depression, trauma, arson, life is a bitch, family problems, rebelliousness, youth, family drama, dealing with death ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.8
 25
Night City (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The disturbed young loner Paul is looking for his place in life in the urban 80s metropolis Night City. When the sleazy city infused with crime and violence pushes him to the edge, he decides to strike back against the scum. Falling in love with the ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, tense ...
Plot: prostitute, loner, serial killer, urban setting, revenge, rape, buddy cop, prostitution, murder, violence, psychopath, loneliness ...
Time: 80s
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The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Style: harsh, psychological, stylized, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: motorcycle, haunted by the past, bank robbery, loner, bank robber, father son relationship, police, money problems, family relations, corruption, robbery, criminal ...
Time: year 2012, future, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 114K
Brick (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Style: neo noir, cerebral, detective, teen, stylized ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, twists and turns, murder mystery, loner, murder, investigation, teenager, amateur detective, whodunit, coming of age, adolescence, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 8.3
 1.7M
Joker (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style: thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place: new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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 8.6
 912K
Dexter (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style: bloody, detective, captivating, stylized, clever ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, double life, crime investigation, forensics, loner, right and wrong, hidden identity, dark humor, serial murder, dark secret, anti hero, vigilantism ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, y2k, year 2006, 21st century
Place: miami, florida, usa, canada
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 6.1
 21K
Willard (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, dark comedy, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: rat, brutality, psychopath, misfit, loner, dangerous animal, vengeance, workplace, greed, obsession, boss and employee, blood ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Style: cult classic, art house, philosophical, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: loneliness, loner, african american, mafia, hitman, samurai, hip hop, honor, friendship, martial arts, assassin, professional killer ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, japan ...
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The Future Diary (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Yukiteru Amano (Yuki) is a loner who never really interact with people and prefers writing a diary on his cell phone with his only companion being an imaginary friend named Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that ...
Style: anime, exciting, bleak, serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: danger, survival, battles, diary, loner, supernatural, teenage life, social misfits, contests and competitions, predicting the future, foreknowledge, fight ...
Time: future
Place: japan, asia
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 7.4
 226K
Carrie (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Style: psychological horror, dark, tense, cult classic, intense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: revenge, high school, prank, bullying, telekinesis, prom, social misfits, female protagonist, cruelty, coming of age, supernatural horror, stephen king ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s, year 1979, future ...
Place: maine, usa
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 6.5
 182K
The Mechanic (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style: suspenseful, clever, suspense, action packed, brutal ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, chase, assassin, mentor, martial arts, loner, lone hero, tough guy, expert, vigilante, revenge, killer ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, colombia, usa, new orleans
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 7.7
 466K
The Game (1997)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, puzzle, uncover truth, existentialism, surveillance, life & death, game, life turned upside down, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
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A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A fateful day pushes an aimless college dropout (Tom Schilling) to stop wasting his time and finally engage with life.
Style: melancholic, black and white, realistic, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, loner, society, slacker, character study, depression, loneliness, unlikely friendships, hopes, lifestyle, unfulfillment, introspection ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany, california
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 340
Americana (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a small town in rural Kansas, a troubled veteran attempts to restore an old merry-go-round ride.
Style: independent film, existential, sentimental, period piece, allegory
Plot: loner, small town, war veteran, conflict, vietnam war, nostalgia, countryside, melancholy, loneliness, veteran, memory, character study ...
Time: year 1981, 70s
Place: kansas
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 4.3
 2K
The Victim (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Annie's (Jennifer Blanc) life is in jeopardy after she's witnessed the horrific rape and murder of her closest friend. Fleeing from two attackers (Ryan Honey, Denny Kirkwood) she stumbles across kyle (Michael Biehn), a recluse living in ...
Style: sexy, exciting, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: psychopath, murder, loner, serial murder, woman in danger, death, voyeurism, misogynist, brutality, torture, voyeur, misogyny ...
Time: medieval times, 21st century
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 7.2
 50K
Sleep Tight (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Apartment concierge Cesar is a miserable person who believes he was born without the ability to be happy. As a result, he decides his mission is to make life hell for everyone around him. A majority of the tenants are easy to agitate, but Clara ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stalking, home invasion, obsession, domestic disturbance, psycho, apartment building, caretaker, maniac, loner, woman in danger, voyeurism, concierge ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: barcelona, spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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Fade to Black (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Eric Binford watches a lot of movies. He is the truest definition of a film geek. One day, his sanity takes a turn for the worse and he begins acting out his favorite scenes from the movies. In doing so, he manages to involve his enemies and the ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, horror comedy, suspense ...
Plot: obsession, loner, psychopath, nerd, blonde, serial killer, insanity, paraplegic, murder, mentally unstable, fan culture, danger ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: los angeles
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Léon: The Professional (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
Style: neo noir, touching, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, murder, loneliness, organized crime, redemption, sniper, loner, life philosophy, dark hero ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa, france, paris france, manhattan new york city ...
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You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Style: psychological, suspense, cerebral, neo noir, breathtaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: violence, childhood trauma, hotel, suicide, trauma, murder, child prostitution, suicidal thoughts, traumatized man, teenage girl, perversion, corruption ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york, iraq, afghanistan
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 7.4
 332K
Predestination (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has ...
Style: surprise ending, philosophical, confusing, clever, mind bending ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot: time travel, time loop, plot twist, time machine, time paradox, twists and turns, parallel universe, gender, destiny, existentialism, changing the past or future, loner ...
Time: year 1975, future, 2010s, 1940s, year 2014 ...
Place: usa, new york, peru, cleveland ohio
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The Golden Glove (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Style: disturbing, erotic, controversial, bleak, perverse ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murder of a prostitute, loner, mentally unstable, macabre, brutality, sadism, loser, sex crime, serial murder, misfit ...
Time: 70s, year 2019, year 1974, 20th century, year 1970
Place: hamburg germany, northern germany, germany, west germany, europe ...
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Loner Life in Another World (2024)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Isekai'd into another world, Haruka makes use of seemingly underpowered skills to live as a lone wolf.
Style: anime, shounen, sarcastic, lighthearted, ecchi
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: isekai, magic, loner, parallel world, monster, high school student, demon, deity, classmate classmate relationship, male protagonist, dungeon, loneliness ...
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Love and Monsters (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, who is now 80 ...
Style: entertaining, horror comedy, suspense, fairy tale, apocalyptic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen fantasy, adult
Plot: monster, post apocalypse, apocalypse, friendship, loner, overcoming fear, lifestyle change, giant monster, mutant, jungle, giant crab, dog ...
Time: 2020s
Place: california
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 6.9
 14K
Red (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style: suspense, touching, tense, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot: revenge, twists and turns, violence, vigilante, justice, dog, redemption, murder, small town, greed, pets, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Conversation (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. ...
Style: neo noir, psychological thriller, psychological, cerebral, political thriller ...
Plot: surveillance, paranoia, character study, spy, conspiracy, loner, losing-it hero, loneliness, obsession, wiretap, murder, hotel ...
Time: 20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place: bay area, usa, san francisco
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