THEME EXPLORATION

solitude and isolation

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
1983 · Alfonso Cuarón
Windows
Windows
1974 · Peter Greenaway
Days
Days
2021 · Tsai Ming-liang
Another Time
Another Time
2002 · Stephen Dwoskin
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
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films create metaphysical spaces where characters grapple with spiritual isolation and the search for meaning within vast, indifferent landscapes.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His films explore the quiet isolation within families and aging, using stillness and empty compositions to reveal the unbridgeable distances between loved ones.