Isolation
13 films on FilmAbouts return to this idea.
The Shining
1980 · Horror / Drama · Stanley Kubrick
“A haunted-house film in which the haunting is a family already broken before it arrives.”
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Crime / Drama · Francis Ford Coppola
“Michael consolidates his empire while his father's rise is told in parallel — two stories about what it costs to protect a family.”
Taxi Driver
1976 · Drama / Crime · Martin Scorsese
“An insomniac veteran drives through New York's night until his loneliness becomes a mission.”
Apocalypse Now
1979 · War / Drama · Francis Ford Coppola
“A captain travels upriver to assassinate a colonel who has gone beyond the war's rules.”
Alien
1979 · Sci-Fi / Horror · Ridley Scott
“A tired commercial crew answers a distress call and brings back something perfect.”
Raging Bull
1980 · Drama / Sport · Martin Scorsese
“Boxer Jake LaMotta wins in the ring and loses everything outside it.”
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Sci-Fi / Family · Steven Spielberg
“A lonely boy hides a lost alien and learns to say goodbye.”
The Thing
1982 · Horror / Sci-Fi · John Carpenter
“An Antarctic crew discovers a creature that can imitate any of them.”
Scarface
1983 · Crime / Drama · Brian De Palma
“A Cuban refugee builds a cocaine empire in Miami and wants the world.”
Brazil
1985 · Sci-Fi / Satire · Terry Gilliam
“A clerk in a bureaucratic dystopia chases a woman from his dreams.”
Léon: The Professional
1994 · Crime / Thriller / Drama · Luc Besson
“A lonely hitman takes in a girl whose family was murdered by a corrupt cop.”
Heat
1995 · Crime / Thriller · Michael Mann
“A master thief and an obsessive detective realise they are the same man.”
Amélie
2001 · Comedy / Romance · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“A shy Parisian waitress secretly improves strangers' lives while avoiding her own.”
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