THEME EXPLORATION

alienation and isolation

42 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Il Deserto rosso (Red Desert
Il Deserto rosso (Red Desert
1964 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
Törst
Törst
1949 · Ingmar Bergman
Fremont
Fremont
2023 · Babak Jalali
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
1983 · Alfonso Cuarón
Elephant
Elephant
2003 · Gus Van Sant
Tokyo!
Tokyo!
2008 · Bong Joon-ho & Michel Gondry
Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keeper
2009 · Anonymous Fixture
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Hable con ella
Hable con ella
2002 · Pedro Almodóvar
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
2020
2020
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films like 'L'Avventura' and 'La Notte' pioneer visual language for depicting modern alienation through long takes and vast empty spaces that dwarf human connection.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, slow cinema explores spiritual isolation and the human struggle to connect with meaning and others in works like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror'.

 David Lynch United States

His surrealist approach to American life in 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Eraserhead' reveals the psychological isolation lurking beneath everyday surfaces and social structures.