Isolation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant isolation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense, tense and interesting films and TV shows about / with isolation, confined, survival, danger, storytelling, death, catastrophe, blood, loneliness and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
isolation
TOP 10 movies tagged as isolation: The Shining (1980), 127 Hours (2010), Cast Away (2000), Gravity (2013), Cube (1997), The Martian (2015), Moon (2009), Passengers (2016), Buried (2010), 1408 (2007).
Best films
List of isolation movies
853K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, scary, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, insanity, supernatural, evil, danger, psychic, hotel, nervous breakdown, psychopath, ghost, trapped, a vision ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1920s, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado, oregon, miami ...
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339K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style:
suspense, uplifting, psychological, cerebral, inspirational ...
Plot:
survival, trapped, isolation, human spirit, courage, desert, loneliness, adventure, desperation, extreme sport, cave, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, year 2003, 2000s
Place:
utah, usa
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502K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
captivating, serious, suspense, gloomy, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, desert island, island, human spirit, courage, sole survivor, air disaster, adventure, solitude, suicide attempt ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s, 2000s
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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747K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense, scenic ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, outer space, space station, space travel, spacecraft, astronaut, sole survivor, loss, space and aliens, spacewalk, survivor ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, future
Place:
houston texas
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203K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Style:
psychological, surreal, suspenseful, clever, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, survival, trap, maze, captivity, trapped, escape, danger, death, mathematics, mysterious place, parallel world ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
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729K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style:
futuristic, biting, suspenseful, disturbing, clever ...
Plot:
survival, space travel, isolation, mars, nasa, astronaut, stranded, alone, loneliness, human spirit, adventure, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
houston texas, china, beijing china, london, pasadena california
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326K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, bleak, surreal, suspense ...
Plot:
outer space, isolation, loneliness, dystopic future, spacecraft, cloning, moon, astronaut, space travel, space and aliens, doubts and hesitations, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, mexico
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334K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Style:
futuristic, romantic, surprise ending, scenic, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
outer space, love story, isolation, space travel, space station, survival, loneliness, spacecraft, trapped in space, adventure, malfunction, stranded ...
Time:
future
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145K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
survival, confined, captivity, isolation, danger, desperation, buried alive, fear, terrorism, characters in danger, race against time, trapped ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s, year 2006
Place:
iraq, middle east
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250K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Style:
scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, twists and turns ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, isolation, fear, evil, trapped, survival, insanity, paranormal activity, supernatural, paranoia, danger ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
twists and turns, exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, adventure, imaginary, maze, isolation, memory loss, trapped, youth, society, young heroes, danger ...
Time:
future
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552K
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, melancholic, inspirational, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
self discovery, survival, journey, wilderness, freedom, isolation, life philosophy, adventure, on the road, solitude, introspection, human spirit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s, year 1990, year 1991 ...
Place:
alaska, usa, california, washington state, georgia ...
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66K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, sole survivor, isolation, danger, ski resort, mountain, stranded, youth, skiing, snow, death, animal attack ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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141K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spacecraft, isolation, survival, space and aliens, danger, mutant, mission, memory loss, fear, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and ...
Style:
harsh, suspenseful, touching, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, storm, boat, forces of nature, adventure, ocean or sea, desperation, lost at sea, human spirit, overcoming, human nature ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Is relevant ?
667K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, scary, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, plague, loneliness, future dystopia, experiment, quarantine, danger, isolation, chaos ...
Time:
future, 21st century, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, vermont
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, ...
Style:
bleak, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
suicide, isolation, fictional reality, self destructing, escape from reality, teenage boy, addiction, youth, teenage life, life is a bitch, humiliation, gay teenager ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. A security patrolman, battles through the high winds to investigate why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the ...
Style:
twists and turns, suspenseful, scary, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
isolation, investigation, desert, hell, geologist, mysterious character, hallucination, delusion, mystery, scientific research, confined, gas ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
africa
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454K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
mind bending, futuristic, twist ending, tense, twists and turns ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, existentialism, manipulation, a.i., isolation, technology, robot, human android relationship, cyborgs, androids, man versus machine, psychology ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century, contemporary, 2010s
Place:
england
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97K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
time loop, ship, supernatural, isolation, gory, ocean or sea, storm, masked killer, bermuda triangle, nightmare, danger, ocean ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
florida, miami, caribbean
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A soldier's unexpected arrival affects two women's simple existence.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
isolation, arctic, survival, hunting, love triangle, nomad, ex soldier, mother daughter relationship, life turned upside down, betrayal, haunted by the past, love and romance ...
Time:
contemporary
Is relevant ?
176K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, psycho film, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
obsession, insanity, loneliness, mentally unstable, isolation, captivity, psychopath, kidnapping, manic, female psychopath, rage, snow ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa
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348K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional, touching, intense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, mother son relationship, isolation, locked in a room, child born of rape, captive, imprisonment, escape, freedom, hospital, rescue, skylight ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation of the particle accelerator will lead to the crew and students of the school-ship Polar Star to live the greatest adventure of their lives. Isolated and ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, mind bending, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, adventure, escapades, isolation, danger, parents and children, confined, family relations, lost at sea, end of the world, mystery, ship captain ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
isolation, confined, losing-it hero, survival, danger, chaos, violence, bunker, group of strangers, human nature, life is a bitch, social decay ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2010s
Place:
new york, usa, north korea
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A census-taker (Sisto) is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, offbeat
Plot:
small town life, isolation, danger, conspiracy, small town, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, riddles and clues, mayor, mystery, murder, prophecy ...
Time:
contemporary
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five strangers face the unthinkable when they wake up and find themselves trapped. With no idea how they got there they frantically try to figure out how to escape. The disoriented group quickly realise the truth about their situation when they ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
starvation, isolation, captive, captivity, survival, human nature, hunger, confined, danger, gory, flesh eating, cannibalism ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 ...
Style:
suspenseful, talky, psychological, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
isolation, murder mystery, murder, serial killer, mountain, investigation, private detective, psychopath, false accusation, crime, crimes, characters killed one by one ...
Time:
60s, 1960s, 1930s, 70s
Place:
austria, alps
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236K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
Style:
bad ending, suspenseful, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wolf, wilderness, dangerous animal, isolation, air disaster, male camaraderie, stranded, danger, death, snow, forces of nature ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
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236K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Style:
surprise ending, atmospheric, captivating, twists and turns, romantic ...
Plot:
forest, plot twist, isolation, village life, utopia, mysterious place, blind character, village, secret, mystery, fear, creature ...
Time:
2000s, 1890s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new england
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