movies about SA/loneliness...

Chihiro said:

Amelie, another French (i think) movie called Thomas in Love (English translation), yeah Ghost World too.

I love Amelie!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lars and the Real Girl

In Mike Leigh's first film, Bleak Moments more or less all the characters seem to suffer from severe social anxiety!! Needless to say it's one of his least popular films and I'm not sure if it's even available. One of his later films, Career Girls, is worth a look as one of the main female characters is really shy and though she recovers a bit as she gets older there isn't a total transformation so it's one of the most realistic portrayals of 'one of us' that I've seen.

I watched "Dead Poet's Society" tonight. Damn is that a good movie! And yeah, one of the main characters does seem to have a bit of SA. Very good movie!

And that video clip posted from "Punch-Drunk Love," is my favorite scene. I can't even count how many times I've done that whole walking in and out of the door thing, before just going in. hah.

I agree with ljwwriter though, in that I have never seen a movie where the main character has truly had SA. Sure, there have been movies where the characters are shy, geeky, awkward, don't like reading aloud in class, etc, but I have never seen one where it was clear that the character was truly suffering from SA.

I recomend the movie Mozart and the Whale.

Taxi Driver
The Conversation
Lives of Others

All the main characters in the films above are effected by lonliness. Other films that I recommend watching:

The Thin Red Line
Into The Wild
There will be blood

Tx for all the responses
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movies I'm gonna watch:
trainspotting
dead poet society
taxi driver

movies i'd like to add (because I think it's a wonderful emotional superb film)
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
The fountain
Pi
(sunshine)
all movies directed by Darren aronofsky
Pi is especially a movie most of you will like...'bout a lonely guy who is overly obsessed with math and stuff...

Oh goodness. Darren Aronofsky films are THE best.
Although, Requiem doesn't fall under SA. But soo good.
In fact, it is my favourite movie.
Haven't seen the Fountain yet though.

typewriterx said:

Oh goodness. Darren Aronofsky films are THE best.
Although, Requiem doesn't fall under SA. But soo good.
In fact, it is my favourite movie.
Haven't seen the Fountain yet though.

requiem for a dream= my favourite too
really should see the fountain if you like DA

I enjoyed Toni takitani it was about loneliness it wasn't that bad either I would say.

has any1 seen 'perfume, the story of a serial killer'? its not aout sa but the main character does seem to lack social skills & has been always lonely

ljwwriter said:

I've never seen a movie that really directly related to people with social anxiety. Or at least one that centers on a person with it. I've begun to wonder if that's because lives like ours wouldn't make an interesting enough story to tell.
For social anxiety to be the 3rd largest mental health disorder it sure is rather ignored by literature and film. Perhaps I should try to change that someday.

I think it would make an excellent story. After all, everyone loves outcasts, so is this so much different? We seem to have some difficulty distinguishing them on this topic. I have mentioned a few times that I really do plan to try to change the lack of stories about us. Really. This is one of my main long-term goals right now. I hope I'll sometime be a good enough author to do it.

I went into more detail about this in another topic. The Glass Menagerie is an excellent but extremely depressing story involving SP or extreme shyness. Has anyone else seen or read it? It's a very famous play that has been made into three movies. Watch the movie with Katherine Hepburn as Amanda.

I'm sure there are more than we're mentioning, but we haven't seen them or don't define the characters as being "us".

sleepysparrow said:

Lars and the Real Girl

I am watching right now,great movie so far,I can relate to him....

Rodox said:

sleepysparrow said:

Lars and the Real Girl

I am watching right now,great movie so far,I can relate to him....

Yeah it's a great movie isn't it? He plays the part so well.

Definetly "The Hours". One of my fav movies of all time.

the one i really like is "Dedication"..one of my favorites.

Some great ideas here. I can definitely agree with 'Dead Poets Society', 'Amelie' and 'Adaptation'.

Although they're teen orientated and rather of their time, the Christian Slater movies 'Pump Up The Volume' and 'Heathers' are also worth a watch if you fancy more of an entertaining movie.

However, the best film I have ever seen about low self esteem, hiding from the world and longing for acceptance is 'The Enchanted Cottage'. The 1945 version. It is spellbinding, romantic and dark in equal turns. It remains my favourite film of all time for many reasons. You can read a little more about it here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enchanted_Cottage_(1945_film)

Definitely Lars and the Real Girl. It's a new movie.

If you're into anime, there's a good series called Welcome to the NHK about a modern-day japanese hermit

Oh, and any Mad TV skit with "Susan Whitfield"

Try 'Hearts in Atlantis' - one of my favorite movies. A very special movie. I wouldn't call it lonely, although it creates a certain atmosphere of loneliness. It is thoughtful and warming.

there's a really good movie called...AURORA LOVES CAPS LOCK...u've got to see it. one word. INCREDIBLE.

Noooooooooo that's a terrible movie.