| Cast Away (2000) | 7.8 | |
| Ex Machina (2014) | 7.7 | |
| Buried (2010) | 7.0 | |
| 1408 (2007) | 6.8 | |
| The Red Turtle (2016) | 7.5 |
Isolation movies and TV shows – page 3
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New films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper ...
Style:
dark, scenic, atmospheric, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
small town, murder, forest, missing child, nature, isolation, police, supernatural, danger, investigation, police officer, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
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, reflective, touching, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, storm, loneliness, isolation, ocean, ship, desperation, human spirit, sea, forces of nature ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Japan, USA
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:
meditative, atmospheric, stylized, anime, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
nature, loneliness, island, raft, sea turtle, isolation, desert island, sea, swimming, magic realism, turtle, solitude ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five young people apply to live in an isolated house together for six months whilst their every move is filmed by numerous cameras.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
mind game, isolation, found footage, video surveillance, observation, danger, suspicion, winter, trapped, food, survival, trap ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
canada
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991
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Six troubled teens at secluded camp for juvenile delinquents must fight for their lives after a mysterious virus transforms the guards into cannibalistic mutants.
Style:
suspense, slasher, humorous, absurd, horror comedy ...
Plot:
isolation, cannibalism, peeping tom, food poisoning, cannibal, juvenile delinquency, rapist, sadism, danger, youth, society, wilderness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.
Style:
romantic, sincere, romantic drama, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love, teenager, neighbor, illness, teen romance, teenage love, interracial love, interracial romance, teenage protagonist, love interest, teenage girl, in love ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
hawaii, america, new york, los angeles
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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, sexy, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
agoraphobia, murder, female psychopath, isolation, religion, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, danger, hostage, female villain, broken leg, social isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
madrid, europe, iberian peninsula, spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts – the improbably named Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen – the weather sours and they find themselves ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, detective, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder mystery, island, whodunit, isolation, plot twist, survival, bully comeuppance, justice, death, accusation, mysterious death, supernatural ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939, 20th century
Place:
united kingdom, europe, britain, england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ian Archer wakes up one morning to find himself at a mysterious academy for teens with special abilities. Unable to find answers to his questions from the school’s faculty and cut off from any kind of outside contact or means of escape, Ian forms ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, heroic, stylized
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, investigation, supernatural ability, teenage life, boarding school, suspicion, high school hunk, escape attempt, mysterious place, isolation, supernatural power, teenager ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
mental illness, losing-it hero, isolation, schizophrenia, life is a bitch, parents and children, doctors and patients, psychotic, domestic violence, family relations, mental disorder, surrealism ...
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
29K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
virus, post apocalypse, twists and turns, survival, father daughter relationship, murder, quarantine, epidemic, nightmare, infected, plot twist, isolation ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, melancholic, meditative, spiritual ...
Plot:
buddhism, life & death, coming of age, isolation, meditation, buddhist monk, monk, guilt, existentialism, buddhist, nature, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, tibet, korea, east asia, asia ...
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122K
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, black comedy, sexy, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, brother sister incest, paranoia, sadism, brother sister sex, child abuse, overprotective father, eccentric family, abuse, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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61K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, cerebral, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
mental illness, surrealism, rape, insanity, schizophrenia, murder, isolation, delusion, hallucination, fear, nightmare, claustrophobia ...
Time:
20th century, year 1965, 60s
Place:
england, london, europe, britain, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of college students travels to the cottage of their psychology professor Barren in an isolated island as a reward of their teamwork in the research of Barren. They expect to spend the weekend with lots of sex, but a serial-killer turns their ...
Style:
slasher, serious, psychological, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, isolation, island, winter, manipulation, danger, wilderness, gory, college, snow, exploitation, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon discover that there is a ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, scary, creepy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brainwashing, cult leader, isolation, isolated community, sect, commune, religion, religious cult, mass suicide, found footage, religions or cults, lost in the woods ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Director Michael Winnick's chilling tale stars James Marsters as Jack, one of eight captives who awaken in an abandoned asylum not knowing who they are or why they are together. They discover that they've been used in an experiment to ...
Style:
dark, scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
isolation, memory loss, voyeurism, voyeur, trap, bare breasts, nude girl, supernatural ability, captivity, danger, supernatural, deadly creature ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, futuristic, twisted ...
Plot:
isolation, nuclear war, terrorism, epidemic, post apocalyptic, infection, nuclear explosion, post apocalypse, couples, toxic, danger, race against time ...
Time:
future, year 2006, distant future
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
27K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by ...
Style:
scary, rough, exciting, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
ship, experiment gone awry, sea, monster, creature feature, race against time, sea monster, creature, shipwreck, survival horror, suicide, ocean ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlantic ocean, italy, rome italy
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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, horror comedy, funny ...
Plot:
isolation, teacher student relationship, abused child, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, family problems, dark humor, prodigy, parents and children, mental disorder, sexual abuse, bunker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, central europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
George is a high-strung professional photographer who is starting to unravel from the stress of his work with a Manhattan advertising agency. Needing some time away from the city, Jake, his wife Kim, and their son Miles head to upstate New York to ...
Style:
atmospheric, creepy, suspenseful, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
wendigo, isolation, beast, spirit, snow, gory, family relations, danger, parents and children, winter, monster, folk horror ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s
Place:
new york, new york state, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A neurological pandemic has consumed the population. Drug-resistance has mutated the virus into a ravaging psychological plague, rendering the 'the dying' desperate, paranoid and violent
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, zombie, virus, bereavement, plague, danger, gory, chaos and mayhem, life is a bitch, survival, mutant, apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
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4K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result…
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, violence, isolation, loneliness, psychopath, murderer, mental disorder, social realism, crime investigation, mental illness, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe
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47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and ...
Style:
dark, lovecraft, creepy, spooky, satanic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
body horror, hospital, cosmic horror, another dimension, monster, macabre, violence, blood, small town, isolation, insanity, mutation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, sad, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
disability, hospital, dignity, freak, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, cruelty, isolation, hopes, biopic, humanism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
Is relevant?
170K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, cerebral, confusing ...
Plot:
twists and turns, alternate reality, parallel world, parallel universe, time loop, quantum physics, disorder, friends, paranoia, paradox, isolation, dinner party ...
Time:
near future, year 2013, future, distant future, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
168K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, psychological thriller, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, home invasion, deaf, survival, brutality, deafness, violence, macabre, deaf mute, masked killer, writers ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, california
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada, Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Style:
psychological, scary, cult classic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religions or cults, isolation, island, investigation, evil wins, commune, bee, matriarchy, missing child, secret place, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, california
Is relevant?
77K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, bleak, intense, depressing ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, blindness, epidemic, plague, survival, dystopia, distopia, catastrophe, pandemic, isolation, chaos ...
Time:
year 2008, distant future, 21st century
Place:
portugal, sao paulo brazil, canada
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