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 psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful and realistic films and TV shows about / with social isolation, isolation, suspense, family relations, violence, lifestyle, loneliness, social problems, outburst and blood plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, South Korea and other countries.
social isolation
TOP 10 movies tagged as social isolation: The Hidden Face (2011), Safer at Home (2021), Dogtooth (2009), Shrew's Nest (2014), Don't Breathe (2016), Taxi Driver (1976), My First Summer (2020), Cuck (2019), Curling (2010), House Arrest (2019).
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List of social isolation movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, enigmatic, tense ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
suspense, infidelity, disappearance, missing person, social isolation, twists and turns, couples, jealousy, missing woman, surveillance, captive, psychology ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, colombia, south america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, 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:
disturbing, psychological, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot:
social isolation, pandemic, found footage, quarantine, drugged, drug abuse, drug overdose, house party, drugs, chaos, party, drug use ...
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99K
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, psychological, thought provoking, art house, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, isolated house, brother sister incest, child abuse, eccentric family, family problems, overprotective father, cat, confined, greek ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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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, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, female psychopath, agoraphobia, religion, father daughter relationship, family relations, isolation, sister sister relationship, obsession, mentally unstable, insanity, hidden ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
madrid, europe, iberian peninsula, spain
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282K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Style:
brutal, scary, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
suspense, home invasion, kidnapping, blind man, murder, trapped, thief, survival, psychopath, breaking and entering, heist gone wrong, violence ...
Place:
michigan, california, detroit
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849K
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, bleak, neo noir, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
character study, loner, violence, vigilante, obsession, alienation, loneliness, vigilantism, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, antisocial behavior ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, vietnam, harlem
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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, scary, surprise ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, jealousy, sibling rivalry, child star, aging, dysfunctional family, filmmaking, actress, violence, suspense ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1910s, year 1935, year 1917 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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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:
sentimental, light, touching, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, lgbt teen, lesbianism, gays and lesbians, teenage sexuality, lesbian relationship, countryside, friendship, teenage girl, first love, social isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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12K
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:
suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
social isolation, racism, male nudity, death, loneliness, hotel, suspense, violence, society, social relations, isolation, love interest ...
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894
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 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, gloomy
Plot:
isolation, absent mother, bittersweet, single parent, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, misfit, youth, social misfits, home schooling, overprotective father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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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, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
social isolation, friends, welfare, problem solving, house arrest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, everyday life, best friends, couple relations, buddies, best friend, friendship ...
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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, dramatic, satirical, humorous, absurd
Plot:
social isolation, boredom, pandemic, woman, satire, isolation, depression, female protagonist, virus, loneliness
Place:
sweden
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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:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
loner, alone, social issues, loneliness, living alone, changing lives, social isolation, social problems, lonely, lifestyle change, socially awkward, relationship problems ...
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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:
social, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
suspense, social experiment, boredom, secret, relationship problems, locked room, locked in a room, family problems, social isolation, relationships, psychoanalysis, couple relations ...
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843
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:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, psychological, anthology
Plot:
isolation, social isolation, quarantine, social problems, society, isolated house, family relations, locked in, relationship problems, lifestyle, pandemic, social issues ...
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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:
funny, light, satirical, social, feel good ...
Plot:
social isolation, society, social problems, social relations, isolation, connection, social satire, satire, social issues, long distance relationship, found footage, human
Time:
2020s
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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, scary, bleak, exciting
Plot:
zombie, zombie outbreak, infestation, undead, island prison, disease, quarantine, prisoner, experiment gone awry, suspense, maximum security prison, morphing ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
After having to quarantine together during COVID-19, a mother and daughter are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
isolation, mother daughter relationship, relationships, family problems, conflict, quarantine, family relations, social isolation, disagreement, family life, parents and children, mother and daughter ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, Germany, Mexico, Greece, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace. One night, he begins a journey where he must confront his dreams, memories, and visions, crossing the darkness into the light.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
showdown, life is a bitch, social isolation, isolation, travel, confronting the past, suspense, macabre, nude, mountain, snow, execution ...
Place:
siberia
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Genre: Action, 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:
apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
epidemic, apartment building, survival, virus, illness, infection, social problems, struggle for survival, fighting illness, social isolation, neighbor, isolated house ...
Time:
near future
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29K
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, psychological, light, captivating ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, first kiss, social satire, first date, technology, facebook, love and romance, lifestyle, addiction, a.i., social problems, social issues ...
Place:
san francisco, oakland california, usa
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23K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses.
Style:
bloody, humorous, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
infection, virus, quarantine, office, isolation, suspense, murder, drugs, fired from the job, ceo, layoff, one day ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is ...
Style:
anime, captivating, entertaining, light
Plot:
virtual world, video game, computer game, magic, lifestyle, dream world, wizards and magicians, life philosophy, fantasy world, virtual reality, social isolation, magical object ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
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, serious, tense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
epidemic, quarantine, deadly virus, virus, infected, plague, disaster, survival, pandemic, chaos, infection, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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Genre: Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Five teenagers compete to win a mansion owned by entrepreneur and scientist Atticus Virtue. To win the teens must face-off against a super computer named HAVEN who controls the mansion.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, tense
Plot:
twists and turns, rivalry, experimental technology, family problems, mind game, social justice, social decay, evidence, contest, social isolation, computer, danger ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, 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, captivating, tense, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fictional reality show, survival, forest, twists and turns, characters killed one by one, suspense, abandoned city, murder, rape victim, camping, virus, search and rescue ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A student moves in with a family that lives in an underground house in the middle of the forest, far from civilization. His hopes of peace and quiet are soon shattered, when it becomes apparent that both the parents and their son have a screw loose.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, funny, realistic ...
Plot:
isolation, teacher student relationship, bunker, father son relationship, dark humor, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, family problems, female sexual predator, prodigy, parents and children, mental disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Style:
homoerotic, lgbt cinema, erotic, sexy, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, sheep, gay relationship, gay couple, gay interest, migrant worker, gay romance, gay lead character, homosexual, male male relationship ...
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, britain, romania, united kingdom
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23K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
social outcast, body horror, dysfunctional family, high school, sister sister relationship, surgical operation, surgeon, mentally unstable, teacher, erotic dream, mentally unstable protagonist, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, nerd, teenager, friendship, opposites attract, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, couples, popularity, teenage girl, cheerleading, cheerleader ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, arizona, tucson arizona
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