| Taxi Driver (1976) | 8.2 | |
| The Hidden Face (2011) | 7.3 | |
| My First Summer (2020) | 6.7 | |
| 212 (2005) | 7.6 | |
| Don't Breathe (2016) | 7.1 |
Social isolation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant social isolation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, tense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with social isolation, isolation, social problems, loneliness, pandemic, society, quarantine, claustrophobia, family relations and character study plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, Canada, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as social isolation: Dogtooth (2009), Cuck (2019), The Hidden Face (2011), Safer at Home (2021), Jexi (2019), Corona Depression (2020), Taxi Driver (1976), The Big Game (2020), Curling (2010), Shrew's Nest (2014).
Best films
New films
| Monstrous (2022) | 4.7 | |
| Evening Drink Style (2022) | 7.3 | |
| Sheltering Season (2022) | 4.8 | |
| Escape (2024) | 5.7 | |
| Vacancy (2022) | 4.4 |
List of social isolation movies
122K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, black comedy, sexy, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, brother sister incest, paranoia, sadism, brother sister sex, child abuse, overprotective father, eccentric family, abuse, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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14K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ronnie is a young white male, struggling with the pressures of life. He’s unemployed, rejected from the military for being mentally unstable, and lives at home with his ailing and nagging mother. Ronnie finds an outlet for his frustration online. ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
social isolation, danger, loneliness, death, love interest, society, violence, isolation, hotel, social relations, cuckold, male pubic hair ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, disappearance, infidelity, missing person, couples, social isolation, jealousy, police detective, musician, missing woman, plot twist, surveillance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, south america, spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two years into the pandemic, a group of friends throw an online party with a night of games, drinking and drugs. After taking an ecstasy pill, things go terribly wrong and the safety of their home becomes more terrifying than the raging chaos ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
social isolation, quarantine, chaos, social problems, isolation, party, drug use, house party, drugged, drug abuse, drug, terror ...
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33K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Phil's new phone comes with an unexpected feature, Jexi...an A.I. determined to keep him all to herself in a comedy about what can happen when you love your phone more than all else.
Style:
funny, entertaining, light, psychological, colorful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
first kiss, artificial intelligence, social satire, technology, first date, facebook, social isolation, computer program, addiction, love and romance, lifestyle, socially awkward ...
Place:
san francisco, oakland california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A pandemic strikes the world. What does quarantine do to a lonely woman's mind? Follow her from sense to insanity. No filters. Just you, her, and her more and more twisted mind.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, satirical, absurd, dramatic ...
Plot:
depression, isolation, loneliness, female protagonist, mental breakdown, quarantine, driven mad, character study, anxiety, boredom, social isolation, woman ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
1.0M
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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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Sixteen contestants of a new survival show are taken to the Siberian taiga to compete for the price of one million euros. The rules are simple: no food, personal belongings, electricity, communications and civilization for hundreds of kilometers ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fictional reality show, survival, characters killed one by one, abandoned city, murder, camping, escape, forest, twists and turns, rape victim, abandoned house, graphic violence ...
Place:
russia
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951
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in a rural Quebec village in the dead of winter, Jean-François, a single father works at a deserted bowling alley at night and in a rundown motel during the day. His daughter, Julyvonne never leaves their home. Jean-François isolates her in ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, atmospheric, serious, aesthetic ...
Plot:
absent mother, isolation, bittersweet, single parent, family relations, parents and children, misfit, social misfits, coming of age, youth, home schooling, overprotective father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
agoraphobia, murder, female psychopath, isolation, religion, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, danger, hostage, female villain, broken leg, social isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
madrid, europe, iberian peninsula, spain
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, psychological horror, black comedy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, beach, sibling rivalry, child star, jealousy, actress, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, murder, rat ...
Time:
year 1935, 20th century, 1930s, year 1917, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Giovana and Yago are strangers who share a spark after meeting at a party. When a deadly cloud mysteriously takes over their city, they are forced to seek shelter with only each other for company. As months pass and the planet settles into an ...
Style:
captivating, dramatic, informative, harsh, lyrical ...
Plot:
social isolation, isolation, trapped in a building, relationships, male female relationship, living together, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ecological disaster, couples, couple relations, social experiment, confined space ...
Place:
latin america
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15K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in ...
Style:
dorama, apocalyptic, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
epidemic, apartment building, locked in, zombie, illness, survival, virus, social problems, struggle for survival, isolated place, society, fighting illness ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 9 min.
TV show
Story:
It is early summer in 2020 at a time when social interaction is restricted and many people are spending time at home. Six people living in an apartment building meet and find themselves relating to each other. Two of them are a couple who have been ...
Style:
suspense, sentimental, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, neighbor, slice of life, photographer, magazine editor, isolation, married couple, social isolation, connection, apartment building, sexual relations, family relations ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
16-year-old Claudia has grown up in isolation from the outside world. Stranded on a remote property after her mother's death, she is shocked when Grace, a spirited local teen, appears in the garden like a mirage, a breath of fresh, sugary air. ...
Style:
touching, psychological, romantic, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbianism, gays and lesbians, lesbian couple, teenage sexuality, lgbt teen, social isolation, lgbtq, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A world-weary man’s self-imposed home confinement becomes a comedy of errors with the simultaneous arrivals of a peculiar package and a curious journalist.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
social isolation, welfare, problem solving, friends, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, group of friends, girl next door, male protagonist, everyday life, friendship between men, couple relations, buddies ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, mystical ...
Plot:
creature, survival horror, supernatural horror, social isolation, supernatural, supernatural being, rescue, human versus monster, single mother, woman in danger, threat, remote location ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
california
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In an oppressive future, where everyone's only contact is their computer, one lonely young man is forced to venture forth in search of human contact.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, suspense, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
virtual reality, loneliness, social isolation, dystopia, dystopian future, real world, computers and web, social problems, life, society, social issues, confined ...
Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Style:
psychological, captivating, melancholic, art house, anthology ...
Plot:
quarantine, virus, deadly virus, loneliness, isolation, character study, social isolation, lifestyle, social relations, society, social problems, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Having spent his entire life in a dark cell, never seeing the light of day or another human being, the "Captive" is released into society and must learn how to live for the first time as an adult.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, thrilling, dark, intense ...
Plot:
isolation, experiment, social experiment, society, life is a bitch, social isolation, captivity, confined, underground, changing lives, problem, social problems ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Journey through the human experience as the pandemic tests what we are made of both as individuals and as a culture.
Style:
psychedelic, captivating, thrilling, emotional, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, introspection, self discovery, social isolation, social problems, culture, relationship problems, mental disorder, society, lifestyle, problem, loneliness ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone. One day, her irritating next-door neighbor who would attempt to talk with her is discovered dead, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
lonely, loner, alone, call center, loneliness, changing lives, social problems, lifestyle change, living alone, social isolation, social issues, life is a bitch ...
Place:
south korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mike and Kate, a young couple, get the once-in-a lifetime chance to win a cool five million dollars. The challenge: Live for 50 days in a blank space. Sticking it out for thirty days, and the five million are theirs. How difficult can it be?
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, social, disturbing ...
Plot:
seductive woman, isolated place, locked in, psychoanalysis, boredom, couples, secret, relationships, social isolation, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story:
Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
isolation, quarantine, relationships, locked in, intimate, social problems, society, social isolation, epidemic, family relations, pandemic, family problems ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Shot in isolation, this tragicomic anthology series features both dark and funny takes on how people strive to stay connected while staying apart.
Style:
anthology, satirical, social, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
gay relationship, society, social relations, social isolation, connection, social problems, isolation, social issues, social satire, satire, found footage, human ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The film follows a group of doctors, guards and violent prisoners on St Leonards Island in the north Atlantic, who must unite when a rampant disease threatens the high security units.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
zombie, island prison, zombie outbreak, infestation, disease, quarantine, experiment gone awry, social isolation, colony, medical malpractice, death, undead ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A woman finds herself isolated in her remote home with her brother who is seeking forgiveness for the darkest moment in their family history.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, dark past, isolation, psychopath, forgiveness, trauma, family secret, family history, guilt, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Five women head out on a weekend of a lifetime to celebrate Zara's engagement only to be interrupted by the end of the world. They subsequently have to wait it out in an isolated holiday cottage in Wales and, emerging from quarantine into the ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating, black comedy ...
Plot:
quarantine, isolation, survival, women, bachelorette party, satire, post apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, post apocalyptic, problem, female protagonist ...
Place:
wales
Is relevant?
235
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Five independent stories centering on a theme of isolation.
Style:
anthology, feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
isolation, satire, quarantine, social problems, social issues, isolated community, social isolation, multiple storylines, loneliness, alienation, introspection, character study ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
sao paulo brazil, brazil
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Infected through the respiratory system, there is a new kind of disease that kills in 36 hours once infected. The people of the city struggle to survive this. The worst epidemic ever seen is sweeping through Bundang, the suburb of Seoul. After ...
Style:
suspenseful, terrifying, serious, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
epidemic, quarantine, plague, deadly virus, virus, infected, disaster, survival, pandemic, infection, chaos, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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