Anyone struggling with loneliness because of the renewed corona lockdown can probably identify with the protagonists from these films.
Due to the renewed Corona lockdown and the large amount of home work, one thing in particular suffers: social life. For those who no longer come around because of the tightened measures, the well-tried motto "A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved" may apply. In these ten films, the protagonists are largely on their own – and thus lonely with the audience.
1. "Into the Wild"
Emile Hirsch (35), alias college graduate Christopher, is giving up his Harvard studies and hitchhiking across the USA without a cent in his pocket. But instead of feeling lonely, through acquaintance with other dropouts, he experiences human closeness that his wealthy parents could never give him.
2. "I am Legend"
In "I am Legend" a virus turns people into bloodthirsty vampires – except for a small part of the population who are immune to the virus. Among them Will Smith (52) alias military scientist Robert Neville, who is the only person left in New York trying to find an antidote. But actually he's not alone …
3. "Pretty much best friends"
In "Pretty Best Friends", two lonely people find each other: the rich Philippe (Francois Cluzet, 65), who is paralyzed up to his neck in a wheelchair in his house that is far too big, and Driss (Omar Sy, 42), who has just got out of the Has been released from prison and doesn't really know what to do with himself. An unusual friendship develops between the two.
4. "Her"
An ode to and somehow also to loneliness: In "Her", Joaquin Phoenix (46) falls in love with his new computer operating system, Samantha, in his role as Theodore, who has just separated. A complicated love story with pitfalls.
5. "Cast Away"
The loneliness classic: Tom Hanks (64) plays a kind of modern Robinson Crusoe who builds a new life for himself after a plane crash on a desert island in the Pacific. His only friend: a volleyball named Wilson, with whom he talks to himself.
6. "The fabulous world of Amélie"
Audrey Tautou (44) plays the lonely French girl Amélie, who secretly makes the lives of those around her more beautiful and then falls in love with a stranger who is just as mysterious as herself.
7. "Maybe better tomorrow"
An outsider (Logan Lerman, 28) wants to finally be popular in his first year of high school – but that turns out to be more difficult than expected. He befriends his teacher first, then his siblings Sam (Emma Watson, 30) and Patrick (Ezra Miller, 28). After all, life goes uphill – until he falls in love.
8. "WALL-E"
A lonely little robot named WALL-E who picks up garbage on an empty planet until it finds a new life and even falls in love: with the robot EVE. A children's film that is definitely worth seeing for adults too.
9. "Lost in Translation"
Scarlett Johansson (35) plays a newly married but lonely woman who is alone in Tokyo. She meets a married movie star (Bill Murray, 70) who is in his midlife crisis.
10. "Lars and the women"
Ryan Gosling (39) as a socially incompetent loner? It's hard to imagine. But as Lars in the movie "Lars and the Women" he plays exactly this role. Then he starts a relationship with a sex doll named Bianca …