FromThe Last Black Man in San FranciscotoLost in Translation, these are the best movies about loneliness and isolation.

She ultimately discovers a sinister presence all around her.

In the meantime, Mark Watney struggles to survive in a remote world alone.

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An artificial intelligence named GERTY, which assists with the base’s automation and provides comfort.

Behind his unconventional appearance lies a great amount of kindness, intelligence, and sophistication.

As time goes by, the two slowly begin to descend into madness.

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Cast Awaywas the third highest-grossing movie of 2000, as it grossedover $429 million worldwide.

This is not to wonder, given how the film’s message about survival really sticks with viewers.

Art’s loneliness is quite evident throughout the film.

Matt Damon as Mark Watney wearing a space suit on Mars in The Martian.

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It’s also a great examination of people’s potentially different reactions to a collapsing world.

Out of eight Academy Award nominations, Villeneuve’s movie rightfully took home Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects.

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Sam Rockwell’s character Sam Bell holding a little house in Moon.

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John Hurt looking straight at the camera in The Elephant Man

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Jimmie Fails and Jonathan Majors hugging Danny Glover in The Last Black Man of San Francisco.

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Close-up of Ephraim Winslow and Thomas Wake from ‘The Lighthouse’

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Chuck Noland writing on a rock in Cast Away

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Oscar Isaac smoking a cigarette in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

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Kirsten Dunst wearing a dress lying on a bed of water surrounded by leaves in Melancholia.

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K (Ryan Gosling) standing beneath a hologram of Joi (Ana de Armas) in ‘Blade Runner 2049’ (2017).

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