THEME EXPLORATION

human connection and isolation

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
2017 · Guillermo del Toro
Passengers
Passengers
2016 · Morten Tyldum
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Cast Away
Cast Away
2000 · Robert Zemeckis
The Martian
The Martian
2015 · Ridley Scott
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Streetheart
Streetheart
1998 · Charles Binamé
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His contemplative films explore spiritual isolation and the yearning for human connection across vast, meditative landscapes.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

He masterfully dissects intimate human relationships and existential loneliness through psychologically intense character studies.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture urban isolation and missed connections between people moving through crowded, neon-lit worlds.