Loner movies and TV shows – page 2

List of loner movies

Ordinary People (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style: depressing, realistic, crying, sentimental, compassionate ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, therapy, suicide attempt, suicide, grief, coming of age, depression, psychiatrist, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, loner ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, houston texas, middle east ...
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 6.9
 56K
Labor Day (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Style: touching, sincere, romantic, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, date night, teens
Plot: unlikely relationship, fall in love, stockholm syndrome, love and romance, single parent, love, happy ending, single mother, boy, longing, on the run, holiday ...
Time: year 2013, 80s, 20th century, labor day
Place: usa, canada, california
Is relevant?
 6.8
 139K
One Hour Photo (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style: psychological, creepy, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, photography, loneliness, loner, voyeurism, insanity, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, character study, female pubic hair, voyeur, photograph ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: america, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
 8.6
 647K
The Mandalorian (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Plot under wraps
Style: futuristic, exciting, saga, action adventure, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: star wars, outer space, space travel, space opera, bounty hunter, warrior, loner, space and aliens, one man army, alien civilization, tough guy, space adventure ...
Time: 90s, future
Place: space western
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 6.6
 3K
As You Are (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot: gay teenager, loner, gay, coming of age, child abuse, gay interest, murder, lgbtq, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, confronting the past ...
Time: 90s
Is relevant?
 6.8
 18K
Beast (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Style: captivating, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot: serial killer, suspicion, dark past, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, island, isolated community, mother daughter relationship, beach, hunting, nightmare, loner, mother daughter conflict ...
Time: 20th century
Place: balkan, britain
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Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, surprise ending, anamorphic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, one man army, murder, assassination, super soldier, danger, secret identity, revenge, hired killer, mission, agent ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, singapore
Is relevant?
 6.3
 106K
The American (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Style: suspense, sexy, ambiguous ending, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hitman, loner, one last job, nudity, sex, undercover, anti hero, betrayal, skinny dipping, small town, assassination, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, california, canada
Is relevant?
 7.3
 392K
The Accountant (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: autism, accountant, assassin, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, vigilante, justice, hitman, violence, gunfight ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 1989, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place: washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
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Finding Forrester (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Gus van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: mentor, literature, dedicated educator, coming of age, prejudice, genius, basketball, writers, teacher, african american, prodigy, intergenerational friendship ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, scotland, usa, bronx new york city ...
Is relevant?
 8.1
 857K
Gran Torino (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, friendship, veteran, revenge, racism, old man, elderly, prejudice, car, war veteran, gangster, gunfight ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Philippines
Duration: 135 min.
Story: New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style: satanic, action adventure, saga, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: cia, espionage, spy, secret service, assassin, cia agent, on the run, conspiracy, secret agent, chase, covert operation, agent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 2000s, 21st century
Place: the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, london ...
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 5.8
 149K
Rambo III (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when ...
Style: intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot: one man army, desert, lone hero, cold war, violence, rambo, revenge, heroes, tank, loner, gunfight, shootout ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: afghanistan, pakistan, middle east, soviet union, asia ...
Is relevant?
 5.7
 12K
A Single Shot (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Style: suspenseful, serious, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: violence, poacher, hostage, wilderness, loner, divorce, danger, human nature, moral dilemma, drifter, haunted by the past, small town ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: usa, west virginia
Is relevant?
 7.6
 12K
Harrow (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.
Style: witty, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric, clever ...
Plot: medical examiner, doctor, expert, forensics, complex characters, murder, forensic, bodies, secret life, loner, murderer, corpse ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
 6.0
 2K
Daphne (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, she is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, humorous, light, historical drama ...
Plot: single woman, british, loner, drunkenness, grownups, drug abuse, parent child relationship, one night stand, mother daughter relationship, drunken woman, redhead, girl ...
Place: london, england
Is relevant?
 7.5
 51K
The Tenant (1976)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, surreal, creepy ...
Plot: surrealism, paranoia, nightmare, satire, suicide, conspiracy, obsession, apartment building, loner, dream, landlord tenant relationship, mental illness ...
Time: year 1976, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Day of the Wacko (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school ...
Style: independent film, dark comedy, tragicomedy, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: midlife crisis, nothing goes right, social satire, paranoia, loner, alienation, burnout, obsessive compulsive disorder, neurosis, longing, solitude, teacher ...
Time: year 2002, middle ages
Place: eastern europe, central europe, warsaw poland, poland
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The Station Agent (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style: sincere, sentimental, humorous, touching, tragicomedy ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: loneliness, friendship, bittersweet, depression, small town, grief, melancholy, loner, train, new in town, loss, solitude ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, canada ...
Is relevant?
 7.6
 213K
Adaptation. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style: philosophical, satirical, cerebral, clever, absurd ...
Plot: depression, satire, twins, filmmaking, siblings relations, writer's block, mentally unstable, imagination, loser, existentialism, loner, writers ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, new york, california, usa, new orleans
Is relevant?
 7.0
 67K
Robot & Frank (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown ...
Style: touching, sentimental, humorous, feel good, futuristic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: robot, artificial intelligence, friendship, androids and robots, robbery, technology, burglary, unlikely criminals, memory loss, family relations, nursing, disorder ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
 8.7
 586K
House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Style: medical drama, clever, cynical, emotional, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: doctor, medicine, hospital, talented, mastermind, prodigy, loner, doctors and patients, expert, medical, patient, surgery ...
Time: 2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, syria
Is relevant?
 7.0
 25K
Get Low (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Style: emotional, touching, talky, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: small town, solitude, loner, death, funeral director, character study, life philosophy, uncover truth, gossip and rumors, haunted by the past, dealing with death, mysterious character ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, year 1938, 1930s, 1920s
Place: tennessee, usa, appalachia, california
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 8.5
 96K
Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style: realistic, tense, detective, exciting, serious ...
Plot: police, law enforcement, coworker, determination, police detective, homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, suspicion, police investigation, father daughter relationship, danger ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, south america
Is relevant?
 7.0
 389K
Jack Reacher (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style: detective, exciting, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: loner, sniper, one man army, investigation, murder, vigilante, vigilantism, lone hero, hitman, tough guy, expert, gunfight ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania, usa ...
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As Good as It Gets (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot: dog, mental illness, neighbor, friendship, writers, gender, artist, love story, depression, gay, single mother, waitress ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, maryland, baltimore ...
Is relevant?
 7.8
 93K
One Tree Hill (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his ...
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, teen, touching ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: couples, high school life, high school, friendship, girlfriend, couple relations, teenage life, teenage love, youth, renewed love, friends, family relations ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
Is relevant?
 6.9
 104K
Pig (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, bloody, inspirational ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cooking, recluse, cabin in the woods, forest, mausoleum, wilderness, loner, fight club, human animal relationship, grief, wildlife, animal human communication ...
Time: 2020s
Place: portland oregon, oregon
Is relevant?
 7.4
 5K
What Remains (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.
Style: captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, who done it, police investigation, multiple suspects, life is a bitch, loner, uncover truth, danger, one last case, social relations, investigation ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
Is relevant?
 6.7
 521K
The Wolverine (2013)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
Style: exciting, tense, epic, intense, saga ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, chick flick
Plot: superhuman powers, superhero, immortality, chase, supernatural ability, avenger, mutant, comic book, fight scenes, x men, comic hero, yakuza ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 1945
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, canada, seattle
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