Recluse movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant recluse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense and disturbing films and TV shows about / with recluse, isolation, murder, death, survival, revenge, obsession, forest, fear and blood plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as recluse: The Skin of the Wolf (2017), The Still Life (2006), Ted K (2021), South Solitary (2010), Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), Rhinoceros Eyes (2003), Pig (2021), Rebel in the Rye (2017), Black Butterfly (2017), Gaia (2021).
Best films
New films
| Bright: Samurai Soul (2021) | 5.5 | |
| Encanto (2021) | 7.2 | |
| The Whale (2022) | 7.6 | |
| Pig (2021) | 6.9 | |
| Don't Breathe 2 (2021) | 6.0 |
List of recluse movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision ...
Style:
bleak, touching, realistic, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
recluse, one night stand, survival, minimal dialogue, lone hero, husband wife relationship, loneliness, danger, destiny, escapades, winter, death ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fueled by original music by members of Guns N' Roses, Bad Religion, No Doubt, Skid Row, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Hootie & The Blowfish and more... The Still Life tells the story of artist Julian Lamont who struggles to pick up the pieces of ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
painter, recluse, rise and fall, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, ambition, addiction, making love, art, destruction, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
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5K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber, wants to destroy modern technology to create a world for himself in the Montana wilderness.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
recluse, anarchist, bomb, true crime, terror, social change, criminal, radical, terrorist, social problems, terrorizing, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
montana, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new head keeper.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
lighthouse, female protagonist, lighthouse keeper, remote island, island, solitude, loneliness, isolation, recluse, family relations, workplace, job ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Style:
suspense, romantic drama, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
coming of age, murder mystery, swamp, secret relationship, lonely, woman, twists and turns, nature, outcast, abusive father, teenage girl, domestic abuse ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, year 1968, year 1969, year 1962 ...
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rhinoceros Eyes is a fantastical coming-of-age story revolving around Chep, a young, reclusive prop-house employee who falls in love with a detail-obsessed movie production designer named Fran. Fran's need for authentic props sends Chep to ...
Style:
psychological, stylized, atmospheric, psychedelic, semi serious ...
Plot:
impossible love, coming of age, obsession, recluse, misfit, fall in love, teaching the ways of the world, mental illness, social misfits, artists and showbiz, dull life, illness ...
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104K
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
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
writers, world war two, recluse, name calling, writer's life, novelist, obsession, father son relationship, friendship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, friend ...
Time:
year 1946, 50s, year 2010, year 1939, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, new hampshire
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Style:
suspense, exciting, costume drama, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
writers, dating show, drifter, isolation, twists and turns, murder, recluse, kidnapping, dangerous friend, fear, serial killer, alcoholic ...
Time:
2010s
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8K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On a surveillance mission in a primordial forest, a park ranger encounters two survivalists following a post-apocalyptic lifestyle. The boy and his philosophical father seem to have their own religion, and a mysterious relationship to nature. There ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, bleak ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forest, supernatural being, occult, recluse, mushroom, religions or cults, paranormal activity, female warrior, woods, creature, supernatural power, struggle for survival ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A brilliant female recluse sends a distress signal into outer space from a remote location. When the Aliens arrive, they realize it's not a distress signal, it's an ingenious trap designed to exact revenge on the extraterrestrials who ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, captivating, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien, revenge, recluse, abduction, alien abduction, extraterrestrial, space, space and aliens, avenge, alien contact, vengeance, female protagonist ...
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4K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result…
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, violence, isolation, loneliness, psychopath, murderer, mental disorder, social realism, crime investigation, mental illness, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a reclusive backwoodsman finds a mute little girl wandering alone in the forest, he must protect her from the evil forces determined to end her life.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
forest, nature, struggle for survival, teenager fighting adult, recluse, violence, life risking, child fighting adult, child in peril, survival, backwoods, danger ...
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13K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, melancholic, unusual plot structure, existential ...
Plot:
bullying, isolated house, existentialism, meaning of life, beach, regret, bicycle, destiny, humanity, solitude, life & death, life philosophy ...
Place:
tibet
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Ukraine, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A legendary but retired hit man lives in peace and isolation in the barren North American wilderness. When he rescues a woman from a snowmobiling accident, he soon discovers that she's harboring a secret that forces him to return to his lethal ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller
Plot:
mystery woman, hidden, moral dilemma, hidden identity, rescue, danger, murder, escapades, recluse, cover up, wildlife, criminal ...
Place:
washington state
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land ...
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cosmic horror, mutation, farm, husband wife relationship, meteorite, farmhouse, alien invasion, mind control, brother brother relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, contamination ...
Time:
future
Place:
new england, arizona, massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making ...
Style:
emotional, uplifting, sweet, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
isolation, arrested development, recluse, dead brother, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, best friend, changing lives, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, relationships, life ...
Place:
yorkshire
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, art, painting, art collector, loneliness, forgery, art theft, collector, obsession, age difference, solitude, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, europe, berlin germany, prague, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, slow cinema, contemplative ...
Plot:
hopes, schizophrenia, suicide, love, love and romance, loneliness, isolation, fall in love, couples, recluse, village, tragedy ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, poetic realism
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Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A stylish, urban woman ends up castaway on a deserted island, where she meets a rugged hermit. Solitude and detachment soon draw them together.
Style:
captivating, psychological, romantic, art house, indie film ...
Plot:
recluse, loneliness, island, estrangement, alienation, desert island, couple relations, isolation, relationships, change of heart, solitude, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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37K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
Style:
erotic, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, serial killer, voyeurism, murder, hidden camera, video surveillance, surveillance, sex, dangerous attraction, sex scene, apartment building, secret ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, gothic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, racism, small town, legal, single father, coming of age, rape, justice, childhood ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa, america, africa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, France, Spain, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, exciting, independent film
Plot:
amazon tribe, courage, hunter, killing an animal, wilderness, survival, recluse, tribe, village, old man, hunting, forest ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
15 Storeys High is a critically acclaimed British sitcom, set in a tower block. The main characters are Vince Clark, a misanthropic, cynical recluse played by Sean Lock, and Errol Spears, Vince's exact opposite and whipping boy, played by ...
Style:
sitcom, cult classic, surreal, dark comedy, fun
Plot:
cynic, satire, humour, odd couple, neighbor, social commentary, recluse, swimming pool, roommate, profanity, apartment building, naivete ...
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain, london
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Style:
suspense, brutal, sexy, rough, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pandemic, infection, fear, post apocalypse, murder, interracial couple, dog, desperation, disease, paranoia, apocalypse, infected ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
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737
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Greece, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In a monastery set on the top of sandstone pillars young monk Theodoros and nun Urania find themselves physically drawn to one and other after devoting their lives to the strict rituals and practises of the monasteries. Below them the eternal cycle ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
forbidden love, monastery, religions or cults, temptation, nun, sex scene, love affair, society, religion, love, very little dialogue, sin ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
greece, balkan, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Chile
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Memo lives on a remote Chilean sheep farm, hiding a beautiful singing voice from the outside world. A recluse with a glittery flair, he can't stop dwelling on the past, but what will happen once someone finally listens?
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, singer, recluse, musician's life, rising to stardom, desire for fame, musician, talent, farmer, talented, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
Place:
chile
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A seemingly cold-blooded hitman is assigned to befriend a call girl, but all hell breaks loose when he is assigned to kill her.
Style:
psychological, exciting, serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
double life, hitman, martial arts, fight, recluse, love, femme fatale, killing spree, vigilante, revenge, deception, attraction ...
Place:
vancouver
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Self-made chemist Sean, a recluse living in an old trailer in the woods, suffers from pill-popping delusions of fortune. When his manic attempts at cracking the ancient secret of alchemy go awry he unleashes something far more sinister and dangerous.
Style:
mumblecore, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
chemist, occult, alchemy, manic, recluse, mental disorder, alchemist, forest, obsession, puzzle, macabre, lonely ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young couple awakens a terrible force when they attempt to socialize their reclusive neighbor.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
paranormal, recluse, supernatural horror, supernatural power, house, couple relations, supernatural, characters in danger, ghost, violence, paranormal phenomena, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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