Isolation movies and TV shows – page 2

List of isolation movies

Type:
Year:
 6.6
 295K
The Village (2004)
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, suspense, psychological thriller, creepy ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: plot twist, isolation, forest, twists and turns, psychology, village life, village, utopia, mysterious place, woods, autumn, small town ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 1890s, 19th century, 18th century ...
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, new england
Is relevant?
 4.8
 7K
247°F (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Georgia, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, the fun turns into a nightmare when 3 of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in the heat up to 247°F.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, teen horror, surprise ending, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: isolation, survival, danger, friends, trap, sauna, trapped, woods, friendship, mind game, swimming, escape room ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant?
 6.5
 32K
Nell (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
Style: sentimental, touching, psychological, compassionate, serious ...
Audience: kids, girls' night
Plot: isolation, feral child, mental illness, twins, childhood, disability, child born of rape, mother daughter relationship, loneliness, secrets, self discovery, doctors and patients ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: north carolina, usa
Is relevant?
 7.2
 870K
I Am Legend (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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: intense, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, post apocalyptic, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world ...
Time: future, year 2007, near future, year 2013, jurassic ...
Place: new york, america, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city ...
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Cleveland Abduction (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot: kidnapping, true crime, captivity, isolation, violence, missing person, woman in danger, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, abuse, cruelty, rape ...
Time: year 2013, year 2002, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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 5.5
 42K
Whiteout (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is ...
Style: suspense, serious, scenic, tense, exciting ...
Plot: investigation, isolation, twists and turns, snowstorm, corpse, uncover truth, murder, doctor, serial killer, plane crash, danger, disaster ...
Time: year 2009, year 1957, 1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place: antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Is relevant?
 6.8
 340K
The Island (2005)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, psychological, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: teens, manly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: distopia, conspiracy, cloning, escape, clone, dystopian future, dystopia, isolation, fugitives, technology gone awry, genetics, lookalikes ...
Time: future, year 2019, year 2005, 2010s, near future ...
Place: fictional island, los angeles
Is relevant?
 7.0
 5K
Michael (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.
Style: disturbing, sexy, suspenseful, serious, transgressive ...
Plot: pedophile, pedophilia, child abuse, isolation, boy, child molestation, little boy, life is a bitch, kidnapped child, child rape, emotional abuse, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, austria, central europe
Is relevant?
 8.2
 520K
The Thing (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place: antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Is relevant?
 7.5
 422K
127 Hours (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, 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, unusual plot structure, inspirational, intense, breathtaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, isolation, trapped, mountain, wilderness, canyon, courage, alone, desert, trap, loneliness, life & death ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
Is relevant?
 6.3
 36K
Tideland (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Style: surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: isolation, imagination, heroin, mental illness, drug addiction, surrealism, addiction, abandoned house, imaginary friend, mentally challenged, death by overdose, talking doll ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: denmark, austin texas, texas, usa
Is relevant?
 8.0
 997K
The Martian (2015)
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, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: survival, mars, astronaut, stranded, space travel, nasa, isolation, science, outer space, struggle for survival, space, loneliness ...
Time: year 2015, 2030s, year 2016, near future, future ...
Place: china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, beijing china ...
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 7.7
 895K
Gravity (2013)
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: suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, astronaut, outer space, sole survivor, space station, space, disaster, life & death, survivor, spacecraft ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: persia, seattle, los angeles, houston texas
Is relevant?
 6.1
 21K
Cargo (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, isolation, spacecraft, space and aliens, dystopia, twists and turns, post apocalypse, uncover truth, danger, dystopian future, parallel world ...
Time: future, 23rd century, near future
Is relevant?
 5.7
 14K
Population 436 (2006)
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, suspense, twisted, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot: brainwashing, small town life, religions or cults, isolation, danger, small town, curses spells and rituals, hanged woman, religious fundamentalism, conspiracy, sect, social experiment ...
Time: year 2000
Is relevant?
 6.0
 27K
Backcountry (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, natural horror, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, woods, nature, camping, bear, lost in the woods, dangerous animal, danger, bear attack, forest, lost ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: alaska, ontario canada, canada
Is relevant?
 6.1
 3K
Far North (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A soldier's unexpected arrival affects two women's simple existence.
Style: captivating, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: arctic, isolation, eskimo indian, curse, hunting, wilderness, mother daughter relationship, dog sled, love triangle, nomad, survival, betrayal ...
Is relevant?
 7.0
 320K
The Platform (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. A platform with food for all of them. Are you one of those who think too much when they are up? Or of those who have no guts when they are down? If you discover it too late, you will not live out of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending ...
Plot: survival, struggle for survival, confined, food shortage, cannibalism, social injustice, prison, social differences, isolation, rivalry, danger, survival horror ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: iberian peninsula
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The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
Style: touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids
Plot: lighthouse, lighthouse keeper, love, island, husband wife relationship, isolation, trying to get pregnant, missing child, adoption, miscarriage, motherhood, marriage ...
Time: 1920s, year 2015, victorian era, 20th century, year 1918
Place: australia, new zealand
Is relevant?
 5.2
 9K
Funhouse (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
Style: scary, bad ending, twist ending, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: isolation, game of death, trap, torture, survival, game, sadism, trapped, video surveillance, rivalry, held captive, characters killed one by one ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant?
 7.2
 284K
Sunshine (2007)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, psychological, cerebral, tense ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, sun, end of the world, isolation, spaceship, self sacrifice, earth, heroic mission, expedition, space, danger ...
Time: future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
 6.1
 19K
Level 16 (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, mysterious, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: dark secret, boarding school, punishment, female protagonist, distopia, discipline, isolation, girls' boarding school, obedience, imprisonment, pervert, vaccine ...
Is relevant?
 5.8
 59K
Open Water (2003)
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: scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot: survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: caribbean, australia
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 6.2
 36K
Rogue (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, scenic, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: crocodile, animal attack, monster, creature, dangerous animal, survival horror, gory, killer animal, river, isolation, creature feature, disaster ...
Time: jurassic, 70s, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
Is relevant?
 5.4
 9K
Love (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, psychological, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot: isolation, trapped in space, astronaut, space travel, stranded, space, space and aliens, space station, losing-it hero, loneliness, journal, survival ...
Time: future, 2030s, 2040s, 2010s, 1860s
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Ten Little Indians (1965)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, Ireland
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, black comedy, psychological, tense ...
Plot: murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, private detective, murder, characters killed one by one, whodunit, investigation, guilt, paranoia, weekend, false accusation ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 1930s
Place: alps, austria
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Antarctic Journal (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: During their journey the expedition led by Captain Choi Do-hyung discovers a journal that was left behind by a British expedition 80 years earlier. The journal was remarkably preserved in a box in the snow and Kim Min-jae, another member of the ...
Style: atmospheric, gothic, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: isolation, paranoia, danger, delusion, christmas, mental disorder, mountain, snow, escapades, winter, disaster, nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: antarctica, oceania
Is relevant?
 6.6
 24K
Fermat's Room (2007)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma. The room in which they find themselves turns out to be a shrinking room that will crush them if they do not discover in time ...
Style: surprise ending, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: mathematics, isolation, locked in a room, riddles and clues, puzzle, logic, science, game of death, mind game, trapped, survival, genius ...
Is relevant?
 6.8
 313K
Panic Room (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, tense, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: home invasion, trapped, isolation, cat and mouse, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, security system, twists and turns, child in peril, locked in a room, confinement indoors ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
 4.5
 924
Thirst (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After wrecking their car in the middle of the desert, two couples find themselves stranded with few supplies. When the heat intensifies and their precious water supply dwindles, the frantic friends begin betraying each other in the hopes of ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night
Plot: desert, wilderness, stranded in the desert, survival, isolation, dehydration, danger, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, thirst, wilderness survival, pregnancy, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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