THEME EXPLORATION

isolation in modern society

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
1964 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
1983 · Alfonso Cuarón
Arrest
Arrest
2019 · Samit Basu & Shashanka Ghosh
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
Someone, Somewhere
Someone, Somewhere
2019 · Cédric Klapisch
Private Fears in Public Places
Private Fears in Public Places
2006 · Alain Resnais
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013 · Ryusuke Hamaguchi
When Women Had Tails
When Women Had Tails
1970 · Pasquale Festa Campanile
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Tarkovsky's meditative films explore spiritual and emotional isolation through slow pacing and existential introspection.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

Lanthimos depicts social dysfunction and emotional detachment through surreal, darkly comic narratives about disconnected individuals.