The Shining (1980) | 8.4 | |
The Lighthouse (2019) | 7.4 | |
Cube (1997) | 7.1 | |
Open Water (2003) | 5.8 | |
Gravity (2013) | 7.7 |
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 psychological, serious, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with isolation, trapped, one location, confined, survival, claustrophobia, death, blood, trap and danger plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
isolation
TOP 10 movies tagged as isolation: Room (2015), Nine Miles Down (2009), Ex Machina (2014), Frozen (2010), The Lighthouse (2019), Pandorum (2009), House of 9 (2005), Hunger (2009), Moon (2009), Shutter Island (2010).
Best films
New films
The Moon (2023) | 5.9 | |
Cube (2021) | 4.4 | |
Dark Cloud (2022) | 3.7 | |
The Whale (2022) | 7.7 | |
Umma (2022) | 4.7 |
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447K
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, suspense, psychological, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, isolation, captive, kidnapped, mother son relationship, escape, rape, room, child born of rape, abduction, survival, imprisonment ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, persia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
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:
scary, mystic, psychological horror, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
isolation, geologist, investigation, hallucination, mysterious character, delusion, desert, hell, twists and turns, scientific research, mystery killer, gas ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
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582K
Genre: Drama, 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:
psychological, futuristic, philosophical, twist ending, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, existentialism, technology, cyberpunk, isolation, cyborgs, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, psychology ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014, year 2016 ...
Place:
england
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80K
Genre: Adventure, 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:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, stranded, snow, survival horror, frostbite, ski resort, animal attack, winter, mountain, youth, danger ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
utah, antarctic
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Style:
suspense, minimal cast, psychological, mysterious, lovecraft ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
isolation, hallucination, lighthouse, lighthouse keeper, drunkenness, symbolism, island, nightmare, fight, storm, madness, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era, 2010s, year 2019 ...
Place:
nova scotia, new england
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159K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
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, scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, survival, outer space, isolation, monster, post apocalypse, space, survival horror, spacecraft, memory loss, danger, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2009
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they must play. The prize is $5 million and their life.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, survival, deathtrap, captivity, mind game, murder, sole survivor, group of strangers, psychological torture, characters killed one by one, hidden camera, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
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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, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
starvation, captive, isolation, survival, eating human flesh, captivity, hunger, confined, gory, claustrophobia, cannibalism, flesh eating ...
Time:
21st century
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375K
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, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, outer space, loneliness, space travel, astronaut, solitude, cloning, space and aliens, robot, dystopic future, space ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental disorder, psychiatrist, schizophrenia, mental institution ...
Time:
1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
boston, persia, iran, america
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293K
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, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, hotel, fear, stephen king, isolation, survival, trapped, evil, insanity, writers ...
Time:
year 2007, y2k, 15th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state ...
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655K
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:
road trip, wilderness, survival, self discovery, freedom, journey, solitude, life philosophy, isolation, travel, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1991 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, america, astoria oregon, seattle ...
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266K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder mystery, mental disorder, investigation, psychology, murderer, mental illness, motel, split personality, psychopath, rainstorm ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, usa, florida
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443K
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, scenic, dramatic, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
space travel, outer space, isolation, survival, love story, space program, loneliness, trapped in space, love, space station, malfunction, space ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
space western, los angeles, america
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634K
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:
suspense, captivating, psychological, inspirational, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, kids, teens
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, lost at sea, courage, air disaster, determination, solitude, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1995, year 1999 ...
Place:
fictional island, persia, america, moscow russia, russia
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1.1M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 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, suspense, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, psychopath, supernatural, stephen king, ghost, snow, winter, macabre, imaginary friend, evil ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 1920s, 80s, 70s
Place:
colorado, persia, denver colorado, usa, miami ...
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234K
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, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
insanity, obsession, psychopath, hostage, stephen king, loneliness, snow, kidnapping, isolation, torture, writers, obsessed fan ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
colorado, persia, usa
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246K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, trap, trapped, claustrophobia, isolation, mathematics, maze, escape, group of strangers, survival horror, death, game of death ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, atmospheric, serious, scenic ...
Plot:
nature, isolation, introspection, solitude, survival, dog, human animal relationship, diary, forest, human nature, wilderness survival, animal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alps, germany, austria
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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:
suspense, tense, apocalyptic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, survival horror, torment, nuclear holocaust, losing-it hero, disaster, social decay, group of strangers, apocalypse, confined, danger ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, north korea
Is relevant ?
129K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 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:
twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
time loop, twists and turns, ship, time travel, supernatural, ghost ship, isolation, ocean, insanity, gory, time paradox, macabre ...
Time:
year 2009, 1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1932 ...
Place:
oceania, miami, florida, caribbean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, isolation, stranded, shark attack, diving, ocean, panic, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, water ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
caribbean
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168K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
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:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, trapped, buried alive, confined, isolation, claustrophobia, terrorist, captivity, twists and turns, panic, desperation, race against time ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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463K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, alien, survival, creature, fear, body horror, paranoia, snow, supernatural, suspicion, ufo ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
Style:
atmospheric, anime, bleak, stylized, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
isolation, nature, island, raft, sea turtle, loneliness, beach, desert island, swimming, sea, transformation, solitude ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Is relevant ?
808K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, 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:
scary, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, year 2007, near future, jurassic, distant future ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, vermont ...
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47K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, disturbing, splatter ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, isolation, virus, infection, walking dead, epidemic, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, zombie attack, deadly virus, infestation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea
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13K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, infection, virus, island, deadly virus, soldier, strained relationship, couple relations, danger, confined, pandemic, post apocalypse ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
scotland
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916K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, 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, clever, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
survival, mars, astronaut, space travel, stranded, nasa, isolation, outer space, science, scientist, space, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 2030s, near future ...
Place:
china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, north america ...
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276K
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, psychological, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
plot twist, forest, isolation, psychology, twists and turns, utopia, village, mysterious place, autumn, small town, village life, blind character ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 1890s, 19th century, 18th century ...
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, new england
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