While big budget Hollywood movies tend to focus on supernaturally good looking friend groups finding connection through battles with supervillains, every once in a while a lonely little film shows up to the party. Though that film might be standing against the wall, solo cup in hand, saying that it doesn’t really “do parties” – we’re still glad it came. Not every moment of our lives can be spent in the company of others, and though life may be a highway (according to Rascal Flatts, at least) sometimes you gotta ride it solo. In celebration of isolation, here are some of the best movies about loneliness ever made. Lean up against the exposed brick, and let the wallflower in your spread its roots.
