Films about solitary figures who live simple lives
 

Any recommendations? This is another sub genre I seem to love. Films about people who have been left on their own or loners who don't really want to adhere to normal ways of living. Or have been forced that way because of an event / circumstance. Not necessarily about loneliness. Examples may include:

Wendy and Lucy
Blue Ruin
Corn Island
Zama
Pig
Leave No Trace
The Survivalist
Rover
Capernaum
Nobody Knows
Inside Llewyn Davis
Vagabond
Nights of Cabiria
House of Hummingbird
Lights in the Dusk
Red Road
Teddy Bear
Border
Oleg
Pitfall
Ghost Dog Way of the Samurai / Broken Flowers/ Night on Earth/ Patterson.

Maybe even Taxi Driver, First Reformed, Diary of a Country Priest, Winter Light, Nomadland

Thanks

Re: Films about solitary figues who live simple lives
 

Morvern Callar

Re: Films about solitary figues who live simple lives
 

Maybe The Lookout (2007), at least in its setup.

Thanks, Have seen all those and liked them alot.

Yeah really like that film

Thanks, I've heard alot about that film and been meaning to check it out so just bumped it up the watchlist.

Re: Films about solitary figues who live simple lives
 

It's odd and pretty overlooked. I like it fairly well, it was an early sign that Levitt was going to take on some interesting/difficult roles. Pretty unusual for someone young and heartthrobby to do something like that I think. Made me like him a lot more.

Dillinger is Dead
Thirst Street
Winter Brothers
Frownland
Alchemist Cookbook

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Maybe Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
All is Lost (?)

Love the first one, not seen the 2nd. Thanks.

Lovely, haven't seen any of those thanks

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La Strada
Buffalo '66
Sult (Hunger)
https://youtu.be/m_zUAKMrBTc

How did I know you'd mention Buffalo '66?

Seen the first two, will check out Sult, thanks although that video is not available in my country

Sent you a link :up:

Still Life (2013). Probably falls more into the films about loneliness category but might be worth a look.


Le Samourai

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The Station Agent

Both amazing films, thanks.

Thanks, I have seen that one. Lovely film. Peter Dinklage's best performance I think

Just watched this! Solid neo noir type film with redemption arc. Nice directing, pretty good cast. Some tropey elements with the bumbling cop providing some comedy relief, weak dream sequence and the chekov's gun principle fairly obvious, but it was just what I needed and just the right type of character I had asked about. So cheers.

There's a lovely crane shot at the end too that feels like it's straight from a Hitchcock or something:

https://i.imgur.com/pyXQmRV.gif

And it has Isla Fisher, so that's a plus.