| No One Will Miss Us (2024) | 8.3 | |
| Oswaldo (2017) | 8.0 | |
| Grey Home (1984) | 8.8 | |
| Home (2013) | 6.7 | |
| Ichigensan (2000) | 6.7 |
Outsider movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant outsider movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, melancholic, suspense, realistic, independent film and bleak films and TV shows about / with outsider, friendship, small town, loneliness, coming of age, misfit, teenager, youth, isolation and bittersweet plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Sweden and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as outsider: Jasper Jones (2017), This Is England (2006), Lawn Dogs (1997), Straw Dogs (1971), Into the Wild (2007), Pokémon: Path to the Peak (2023), William (2019), Home (2013), Ichigensan (2000), Bridge to Terabithia (2007).
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List of outsider movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous ...
Style:
exciting, tense, disturbing, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, racism, small town, boy, friendship, suspicion, child abuse, first love, suicide, disappearance, curfew, teenage boy ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes ...
Style:
independent film, touching, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, hypocrisy, infidelity, male nudity, girl man relationship, magic realism, dog attack, coming of age, female protagonist, baking, security guard, trailer home ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexual abuse, murder, home invasion, revenge, rape, violent, rape and revenge, sex, sexual assault, vigilante, rape turns to consensual sex, protective male ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
england, cornwall, britain, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Making friends after moving to a new town can be a challenge. That's the case for Ava, a 13-year-old who's just moved to a new town and finds herself missing her old life as she begins attending an unfamiliar school.
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
young girl, outsider, friendship, girl, schoolboy, black girl, schoolgirl, school, mischievous children, children, childhood, young adult ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two cutting-edge scientists give 'birth' to a Neanderthal—the first to walk the earth for some 35,000 years—in order to attempt to answer these questions. Part 'normal' child, part science experiment, William’s ...
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, feel good, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
neanderthal, scientist, outsider, university, cloning, dna, experiment, teenager, friends, family relations, society, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four outsiders of three generations band together in a sweet and funny paean to non-conformism. After her husband's death, elderly Frida comes to know her introverted, friendless adult granddaughter, Lou, from whom she had long been kept apart ...
Style:
comedy drama
Plot:
outsider, acceptance, family drama, friendship, grandmother, self discovery, heartwarming, getting home, identity, generation, loneliness, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
scandinavia, iceland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A foreign university student tries to fit in in Kyoto by reading books to the blind and finds himself falling in love.
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant ...
Plot:
prejudice, outsider, literature, relationship problems, culture clash, love interest, declaration of love, in love, couples, tragic love, love story, love affair ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, tear jerker, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, fantasy world, classmate, loneliness, magical, imaginary, teenage girl, loss of friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Laurie, a cynical schoolgirl, builds a secret friendship with Pete, an older handyman who is obsessed with her.
Style:
sincere, captivating, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, love triangle, outsider, loner, secret, platonic, friendship, high school, homecoming, working class, loneliness ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Young urban couple Ed and Sarah are set to begin a new life when they move from London into an isolated borders Scottish farmhouse. After falling in love with the 19th century Castle Farm and seeing its potential as a fixer-upper they are anxious to ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
home invasion, forest, couples, masked killer, danger, couple relations, twists and turns, masked man, rivalry, isolation, pig killer, outsider ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, indie film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, loser, high school, teenage life, teenage love, social misfits, lifestyle, society, misfit, adolescence vs adulthood, high school life, teachers and students ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Every high school has its misfits, its square pegs, its rebels. St. Michael's Academy, nestled on an impossibly pretty and strangely remote Japanese island, is no exception. In fact, given the atmosphere of strictness, propriety and even subtle ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, super sentai
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, good versus evil, superhuman powers, teenage life, boarding school, rivalry, young heroes, youth, best friend, escapades, island, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
xian, japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a scam goes horribly wrong and leaves the neighborhood kids furious, the Eds embark on a journey to find Eddy's brother in the "Ed, Edd, n Eddy" series finale.
Style:
contemplative, feel good, humorous, suspense, unusual plot structure
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surrealism, criminal, chase, outsider, terrorism, abuse, fight, murder, weapons, death, car chase, bravery ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sixpack is a positive story on the outskirts of society. The story takes place in Helsinki on rock and following the advent of exclusion of the story regarding one of summer days. The film's protagonist, Marshal, is stuck in a shabby home. Lihi ...
Style:
thought provoking, humorous
Plot:
friendship, beer, money problems, generation gap, working class, outsider, runaway, adulthood, drunkard, unemployment, friendship between men, drug ...
Place:
eastern europe, helsinki finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter (Anita Bjork), eventually tending a plot that once belonged to her family. But Eli has been gone a ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
witch hunt, false accusation, outsider, persecution, accusation, superstition, injustice, female protagonist, paranoia, trial, misogyny, witch ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Evading a scandal, a couple from Istanbul starts over in a town on the Aegean coast — but quickly discover the locals are determined to get rid of them.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
outsider, scandal, conflict, countryside, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, problem, relationships, family relations, threat, moral ambiguity, reputation ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, Georgia
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Tbilisi, Georgia, nowadays. April aged 34, just spent a night in jail for prostitution. She is now resuming her work in the run down night life hub in the underground of a luxury hotel. There she meets Dije, a young Nigerian immigrant. He entrusts ...
Style:
realistic, independent film, art house, intercultural, melancholic ...
Plot:
prostitution, immigration, social realism, outsider, alienation, urban, isolation, identity, character study, survival, loneliness, longing ...
Place:
tbilisi
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Featuring today's modern outlaws - These are the outsiders of society. And their all stars. Director Fabrizio Federico has created a fact feature film about money, sex, dignity, and dreams. A group of misfit outsiders all face the difficult ...
Style:
independent film, experimental, avant garde, neorealism, poetic ...
Plot:
underground, misfit, outsider, dream, realism, filmmaking, male escort, moral dilemma, social commentary, subculture, homeless, urban ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two social outcasts in 19th century Eastern Europe, Alexandre and Ulysse, become friends and settle down to live alone on the edge of a marsh that is reputedly haunted by demons, monsters and goblins. These two men have been outcasts all their ...
Style:
sinister, bleak, suspense, tension, gothic ...
Plot:
demon, village, monster, swamp, friendship, prejudice, superstition, outsider, misfit, witch hunt, haunted, folklore ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A follow-up to the novel and film of the same name, focusing on a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma.
Style:
realistic, dramatic, emotional, period piece, melancholic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, coming of age, outsider, family drama, brothers, loyalty, working class, friendship, high school, adaptation, identity, loss of innocence ...
Time:
60s
Place:
oklahoma, usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Manu fell in love with the pianist Stella Panini when he was a child and it's been his dream to meet her ever since. To achieve his dream he follows the advice of Stefano Salegi, a shady character who becomes his manager and forms a band. But, ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
musician, music, outsider, musician's life, violinist, violin, orchestra, live performance, music band, performer's life, artist, public speaking ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. Soon he realizes that the world around him is far from perfect.
Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, art house, period piece
Plot:
lumberjack, outsider, alienation, loneliness, isolation, introspection, backwoods, small town, poet, frustration, self discovery, intimate ...
Place:
poetic realism, poland
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, France, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stitch Head was the first creature brought to 'almost life' by mad professor Erasmus. In the years since, he’s become nursemaid to the master’s ever-growing menagerie of neglected creatures, tasked with teaching them to suppress their ...
Style:
dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
mad scientist, freakshow, outsider, acceptance, laboratory, loneliness, castle, identity, creature feature, circus, haunting, redemption ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jim is a 12-year-old outsider. One day Terje (an overweight boy who claims to own a pit bull) starts in his class. He considers Jim as his best friend, but the only friend Jim can get is the only friend he really doesn't want.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, melancholic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
christmas, loneliness, outsider, childhood, coming of age, youth, friendship, adolescence, bullying, misfit, identity, self discovery ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the inner land ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, mysterious, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
curse, magic, friendship, outsider, fantasy world, magical creature, unlikely friendships, relationships, supernatural being, supernatural, creature, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When small town drifter Sammy Barlach drives into town on the search for his next cold beer and the bunch that'll have him, he gets a lot more than he bargained for.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, visually appealing, independent film ...
Plot:
older woman younger man sex, money problems, poverty, human nature, life is a bitch, outsider, nothing goes right, existentialism, provincial life, symbolism, breaking the law, sexual attraction ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman and her group of selfless thieves rob a pharmacy and hit the road to distribute medication, but find themselves trapped in the fringe lands of a law-less psychedelic city.
Style:
psychedelic, captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mute character, drug addiction, life is a bitch, outsider, acid trip, burglar, society, heist, mute, social misfits, female protagonist, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A VHS collector with a drinking problem finds a valuable movie that could save his terrible economical situation. The film disappears. He suspects it is stolen and starts a hunt after a perpetrator.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, cult classic, art house
Plot:
alcoholism, nostalgia, loneliness, outsider, addiction, obsession, mother daughter relationship, redemption, eviction, second chance, intimate, personal growth ...
Time:
80s
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