Corona crisis: With these ten films, loneliness can be overcome

Thanks to the corona insulation, many people are experiencing countless lonely hours, and additional stress is looming in the home office. That is why it is all the more important to make your free time pleasant: for example with films. We present ten films that can help you fight loneliness and boredom: From comedy to adventure films, with tears guaranteed or laughing – there is something for every taste in our selection.

1. "Pretty best friends"

In "Pretty Best Friends" two lonely people find each other: the rich Philippe (Francois Cluzet, 64), who is paralyzed in a wheelchair in his much too big house, and Driss (Omar Sy, 42), who just came out of the Prison was released and doesn't really know where to go. An unusual friendship develops between the two.

2. "Into the Wild"

Emile Hirsch (35) alias college graduate Christopher waives his Harvard degree and hitchhikes across the United States without a cent in his pocket. But instead of feeling lonely, through friendships with other dropouts he experiences human closeness that his wealthy parents could never give him.

3. "Lost in Translation"

Scarlett Johansson (35) plays a newly married but lonely woman who is alone in Tokyo. She meets a married film star (Bill Murray, 69) who is in his midlife crisis.

4. "Cast Away"

The loneliness classic: Tom Hanks (63) plays a kind of modern Robinson Crusoe, who is building a new life after a plane crash on a desert island in the Pacific. His only buddy: a volleyball called Wilson, with which he talks to himself.

5. "I am Legend"

In "I am Legend", a virus turns people into bloodthirsty vampires – except for a small part of the population that is immune to the virus. Among them Will Smith (51), alias military scientist Robert Neville, who is the only person left in New York trying to find an antidote. But actually he is not alone …

6. "The fabulous world of Amélie"

Audrey Tautou (43) plays the lonely young French Amélie, who secretly determines the lives of those around her and then falls in love with a stranger who is as mysterious as she is.

7. "Maybe better tomorrow"

An outsider (Logan Lerman, 28) finally wants to be popular in his first high school year – but that turns out to be more difficult than expected. He first made friends with his teacher, then with the siblings Sam (Emma Watson, 29) and Patrick (Ezra Miller, 27). Life finally goes uphill – until he falls in love.

8. "Lars and the women"

Ryan Gosling (39) as a socially incapable loner? One can hardly imagine. But as Lars in the film "Lars and the women" he plays exactly this role. He begins a relationship with a sex doll called Bianca.

9. "Her"

An ode to and somehow also to loneliness: Joaquin Phoenix (45) falls in love with "Her" as the newly separated Theodore in his new computer operating system, Samantha. A complicated love story with pitfalls.

10. "WALL-E"

A lonely little robot called WALL-E, who picks up garbage on an empty planet until he finds a new life and even falls in love: with robot EVE. A children's film, but it can also have meaning for adults.