THEME EXPLORATION

social isolation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fraulein
Fraulein
1986 · Michael Haneke
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Zoology
Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2004 · Mark Waters
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films explore spiritual loneliness and the human struggle for connection within vast, empty landscapes and modern alienation.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her work intimately documents marginalized individuals and nomadic lifestyles, revealing how economic systems create profound social disconnection.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His austere, confrontational films dissect modern isolation, emotional numbness, and the breakdown of human relationships in contemporary society.