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- Wings of Desire (1987) Directed by Wim Winders. Starring Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander. Drama, Fantasy, Romance (2h 8m) 8.0 on IMDb — 97% on RT.
- Three Colors: Blue (1993) Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Hélène Vincent. Drama, Music, Mystery (1h 34m) 7.9 on IMDb — 98% on RT.
- Into the Wild (2007) Directed by Sean Penn. Starring Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener. Adventure, Biography, Drama (2h 28m) 8.1 on IMDb — 83% on RT.
- Solaris (1972) Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Starring Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet. Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi (2h 47m) 8.0 on IMDb — 92% on RT.
A particular motion picture you’ve been highly anticipating is showing at the cinemas, but you may have to go to the movies alone because you have no friends, family, or a special someone to accompany you to go see it.
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- 'Lost in Translation' (2003) Director: Sofia Coppola. Widely regarded as Sofia Coppola's best feature to date (for which she understandably earned a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award), Lost in Translation showcases beautiful landscapes in the city of lights and stars Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray as two outsiders in Tokyo.
- 'Taxi Driver' (1976) Director: Martin Scorsese. Taxi Driver is one of Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese's most memorable collaborations. Written by Paul Schrader, the 1976 neo-noir psychological thriller centers on a mentally unstable veteran who takes a new job as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City.
- 'Her' (2013) Director: Spike Jonze. Set in a near-future Los Angeles scenario and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the heartbroken, highly introverted Theodore, Spike Jonze's Her portrays the unlikely romantic relationship between a divorcee who is still mourning the ending of the relationship with his childhood sweetheart (Rooney Mara, Phoenix's real-life wife) and his highly advanced virtual assistant (voiced by Scarlett Johansson).
- 'Persona' (1966) Director: Ingmar Bergman. Obscure and mysterious, Persona is a must-see psychological drama centering around a nurse named Alma (Bibi Andersson) who is put in charge of a well-known mute stage actress named Elisabet Vogler (Liv Ullmann), only to realize that their personae are slowly merging.
- Requiem for a Dream (2000) Released in 2000, Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream can be disturbing due to its content, but it certainly is a work of art with its filmmaking.
- Chungking Express (1994) Wong Kar-wai became famous for his Hong Kong-based movies in the '90s, making him one of the most celebrated directors because of it.
- Her (2013) Released in 2013, Her is directed by Spike Jonze, making this his fourth feature film. Set in a world that’s distant, yet similar to the current one, Joaquin Phoenix is Theodore, a lonely man who writes letters to people as a living.
- Taxi Driver (1976) Taxi Driver. R. Release Date. February 9, 1976. Director. Martin Scorsese. Cast. Robert De Niro , Jodie Foster , Cybill Shepherd , Harvey Keitel , Leonard Harris , Peter Boyle.
- Lost in Translation
- Her
- Where The Wild Things Are
- Three Colours: Blue
- Solaris
- Wild Strawberries
- Cast Away
- Into The Wild
- Moon
- The Shining
Check Price on Amazon Have you ever traveled abroad and felt lost in translation? This film is about those feelings. Lost in Translation is a 2003 movie starring Bill Murray and Scarlet Johansson. It tells the story of a middle-aged American movie star, Bob Harris (Murray), who goes to Tokyo for a whiskey commercial shoot. Although he is already pa...
Check Price on Amazon Her is a movie about a person who has lived most of his life alone. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore Twombly and Scarlett Johansson as the AI system Samantha and was written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. The storyline came from Jonze's idea after reading a website article about instant messaging using artificial ...
Check Price on Amazon Here is another Spike Jonze film that helps you understand loneliness and isolation. Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 fantasy-adventure movie starring Max Records, Paul Dano, and Catherine O’Hara. The story is based on a 1963 children’s book of the same title written by Maurice Sendak. The story revolves around a young boy ...
Check Price on Amazon Blue is a part of the film trilogy Three Colours (Blue, White, and Red). It was co-written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, a renowned Polish film director and screenwriter whose other famous works include Dekalog and The Double Life of Veronique. The film stars Juliette Binoche as Julie, a woman who isolates herself from...
Check Price on Amazon Solaris is a 2002 science-themed drama about a fictional planet called “Solaris.” It is a remake of a 1972 film of the same title, and the story is based on a novel that also bears the same name, written by Stanislaw Lem. Like most science-fiction dramas, the movie is set in a futuristic world where psychology, physiology, and...
Check Price on Amazon This movie is a great choice for those who like old-school, black-and-white films. Wild Strawberries is a 1957 film starring Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, and Gunnar Björnstrand. It is a Swedish film set in Sweden, where the wild strawberries are. Sjöström plays the widowed, 78-year-old Dr. Isak Borg, who liv...
Check Price on Amazon If you have ever wondered how it feels to be the survivor of a plane crash and survive on an uninhabited island, then you are in for a treat with this movie. Cast Away is a survival drama film starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. It won Hanks the Best Actor in a Motion Picture—Drama category award at the 2001 Golde...
Check Price on Amazon Into the Wild is another survival-style movie that doesn’t involve an accident. It is the story of Christopher McCandless, also known as Alexander Supertramp, who crossed the North American mountains and entered the Alaskan wilderness in the 1990s. McCandless had always longed for freedom and solitude. After graduating college...
Check Price on Amazon Sam Bell is an astronaut on a mission to study a particular helium gas on the moon's far side. He is under a three-year contract that requires him to spend his time researching in solitude. But as he nears the end of the agreement, he experiences a personal crisis that could potentially drive him mad. Moon is a 2009 film set i...
Check Price on Amazon This movie is a bit different from the others on this list. It is a psychological horror film that tells the story of an aspiring author turned monstrous murderer. In the story, aspiring writer Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) takes his wife and son to a hotel in Colorado where he has accepted a job as a caretaker. Whi...
Mar 8, 2017 · 21 Reasons People Who Go To The Cinema Alone Are The Right Ones. It's super chill and no one talks to you. by Hattie Soykan. BuzzFeed Staff. 1. If you go to the cinema alone you know that it's...
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Jan 6, 2023 · So many movies are preoccupied with loneliness. It’s something we’ve all experienced, whether we’re constantly surrounded by others or spend our time alone. The universality of this feeling means...
