| Castaway on the Moon (2009) | 7.9 | |
| Moon (2009) | 7.8 | |
| The Shining (1980) | 8.4 | |
| Oxygen (2021) | 6.5 | |
| Ex Machina (2014) | 7.7 |
Isolation movies and TV shows – page 4
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538K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
scary, frightening, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
distant future, year 2003, near future, year 2000, year 2002 ...
Place:
london, england, bolivia, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, game, clue, murder, trapped, video surveillance, experiment, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, kidnapping, psychopath ...
Time:
year 2008
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, dark, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, estate, isolation, afterlife, revenge, old dark house, curses spells and rituals, supernatural horror, supernatural, folk horror, ghost child ...
Time:
victorian era, 1910s, 1900s, year 2012, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An isolated family, having already lost four members to poisoning, uses rituals and talismans to keep itself away from hostile townspeople.
Style:
gothic, tense, dark, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, isolation, teenage girl, incestuous relationship, sister, sister sister relationship, incest, cousin, murder, abuse, psychological abuse, angry mob ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, year 1962, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, epidemic, isolation, infection, survivor, genetic mutation, death, chaos, danger, on the road, post apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Style:
scary, creepy, cult classic, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, living dead, post apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, infected, zombie outbreak, blood, zombie attack, terror ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, year 2000, year 2003 ...
Place:
usa, midwest, wisconsin
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When two bus crash survivors awake to discover that they are the only people left in their small town, they must form an unlikely alliance in a race to unravel the truth behind their isolation. As strange events begin to unfold, they start to ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
hospital, isolation, coma, crash, small town, uncover truth, rivalry, purgatory, tragic romance, post apocalypse, danger, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
775
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, child abuse, social worker, isolation, youth, danger, precocious child, police, redemption, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Eun-soo gets lost in a country road, he meets a mysterious girl and is led to her fairytale ike house in the middle of the forest. There, Eun-soo is trapped with the girl and her siblings who never age. Eun-soo finally discovers a way out which ...
Style:
gothic, christmas horror, psychological, fairy tale, suspense ...
Plot:
haunted house, woods, isolation, curse, supernatural, attic, punishment, captivity, danger, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Is relevant?
636
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an abusive female guard.
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
dead wife, isolation, african american, evil woman, murder, insanity, innocence, racism, racial discrimination, nightmare, psychiatrist, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling ...
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, scary, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, plague, isolation, infection, post apocalyptic, pandemic, virus, dystopia, transformation, loneliness, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1971, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, china, woodstock, california ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In ...
Style:
slasher, anthology, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, isolation, serial killer, video game, obsession, maniac, priest, multiple storylines, virtual reality, store, hidden identity, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated boys' home known as The Island. Juhani (Niilo Syvaoja) has been shuttled between foster homes ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, crying
Plot:
isolation, unfaithful wife, juvenile delinquent, teenager, juvenile prison, friendship, youth, school, bullying, bully, nightmare, family relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
trapped, isolation, captivity, trapped in an elevator, confined, danger, confined space, escape room, survival, terrorism, greed, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1944, in the Belgian - German border, seven German soldiers survive an American attack in the front and lock themselves in a bunker to protect the position. Under siege by the enemy and with little ammunition, they decide to explore underground ...
Style:
disturbing, spooky, serious, psychological, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, isolation, soldier, nazi zombie, bunker, haunted house, military, danger, wartime life, escapades, plague, nazi ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
germany, belgium
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, contamination, life is a bitch, confined, post apocalypse, chaos, deadly creature, supernatural, danger, gory, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed as they fight their way back to shore.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, slasher, mumblecore ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dangerous animal, isolation, survival, boat, eaten alive, drowning, killer fish, youth, danger, lake, buddies, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he’s there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally ‘zones out’ of ...
Style:
serious, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
isolation, imprisonment, survival, danger, surrealism, trapped, confined space, asian prostitute, gory, twists and turns, struggle for survival, asian school ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, losing-it hero, isolation, murder, mental illness, mental institution, patient, danger, obsession, doctors and patients, mind game, mad scientist ...
Time:
70s, 80s
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Style:
grindhouse, classic horror, creepy, dark, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, chaos, epidemic, virus, living dead, siege, shopping mall, gory, isolation ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, bolivia, philadelphia, usa
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, cave, survival horror, trapped, survival, creature, fear, expedition, claustrophobia, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, appalachia
Is relevant?
154K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, gory, alien, deadly creature, alien invasion, blood, evil alien, body horror, survival horror, chase, survival, alien encounter ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2011, future, year 1982 ...
Place:
antarctica
Is relevant?
273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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:
suspenseful, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
Style:
disturbing, futuristic, erotic, melancholic, mysterious ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, forest, isolation, rape, dystopia, father daughter relationship, sisters, death of father, post apocalyptic, family bonds, humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Under the Dome is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill in Maine, where a massive, transparent, indestructible dome suddenly cuts them off from the rest of ...
Style:
exciting, mind bending, surreal, teen, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, stephen king, survival, trapped, isolation, small town, twists and turns, life turned upside down, teenage girl, small town life, human existence, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style:
creepy, slasher, demonic, cult horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
violence, folk horror, killer child, small town, religion, creepy child, stephen king, children, blood, murder, devil, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, iowa
Is relevant?
220K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
psychology, twists and turns, insanity, split personality, stephen king, isolation, losing-it hero, obsession, plot twist, haunted house, macabre, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, tennessee, new york state
Is relevant?
583K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, cloning, danger, space travel, dystopia, resistance, mysterious character, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, year 2000, distant future ...
Place:
peru, seattle, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Having spent his entire life in a dark cell, never seeing the light of day or another human being, the "Captive" is released into society and must learn how to live for the first time as an adult.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, thrilling, dark, intense ...
Plot:
isolation, experiment, social experiment, society, life is a bitch, social isolation, captivity, confined, underground, changing lives, problem, social problems ...
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