THEME EXPLORATION

island isolation

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
King Kong
King Kong
2005 · Peter Jackson
King Kong
King Kong
1952 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
I
I
1987 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
2011 · Takashi Yamazaki
Believers
Believers
2022 · Hideo Jojo
Island of the Living Dead
Island of the Living Dead
2007 · Frank Miller
Three
Three
2005 · Stewart Raffill
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keeper
2009 · Anonymous Fixture
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore human isolation and survival in extreme, remote environments, from Antarctica to isolated islands.

 Powell and Pressburger United Kingdom

His films like *The Red Shoes* and *Peeping Tom* explore psychological isolation, while *Edge of the World* directly engages with the desolation and mystery of remote island life.