Highest-Rated Movies about 'Recluse', Sort by Popularity

You're Gonna Miss Me (2005), A Pure Formality (1994), Murder at the Gallop (1963), Gambit (1966), Man of Flowers (1983), In the Realms of the Unreal (2004), All the Little Animals (1998), Salinger (2013) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Recluse movies.

#1. You're Gonna Miss Me (2005)

Storyline: Filmmaker Keven McAlester explores the life of legendary vocalist and songwriter Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson, who, during the '60s, fronted the influential rock 'n' roll band 13th Floor Elevators. Following extensive psychedelic drug use and a stint in a mental hospital, Roky spent the greater part of the last four decades suffering from schizophrenia. McAlester finds Roky living with his brother, who has aided in his recovery and encouraged his return to music.

Plot Keywords: musician, recluse, brother, fascinating, austin, texas, apartment, hospital ...

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#2. A Pure Formality (1994)

Storyline: Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious. Through interrogatory dialectic, the head of this lonely, isolated, broken-down police station tries to establish what has happened, by delving into the mind of his writer-hero, and clearing up a mysterious killing.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

Plot Keywords: author, recluse, police officer, inspector, victim, intense, dark ...

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#3. Murder at the Gallop (1963)

Storyline: The old and wealthy Mr. Enderby (Finlay Currie) dies of a heart attack but the ever suspicious Miss Jane Marple (Dame Margaret Rutherford) has her doubts. Who or what gave him a heart attack? Enderby's poor relatives gather at the The Gallop, a combined boarding-house and riding school. Miss Jane Marple also gets there to find out if any of them had any particular reasons to see him dead.—Mattias Thuresson

Plot Keywords: recluse, art expert, heir, doctor, tense, spirited, charming ...

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#4. Gambit (1966)

Storyline: Cockney cat burglar Harry Dean needs Hong Kong dancer Nicole Chang's help to pull off the perfect heist. With a simple makeover and a new wardrobe; Nicole's resemblance to wealthy recluse Mr. Shahbandar's late wife is uncanny. While Shahbandar is distracted by the mesmerizing Nicole, Harry takes steps to swipe a priceless artifact from under the tycoon's nose. But even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.—L. Hamre

Plot Keywords: thief, dancer, billionaire, artist, recluse, showgirl, cool ...

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#7. All the Little Animals (1998)

Storyline: Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby's world explodes into a grotesque nightmare.—Harrison <cbale@interlog.com>

Plot Keywords: mentally challenged, stepfather, recluse, pet, dark, emotional, london ...

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#9. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)

Storyline: Michael McCann is a man who feels totally betrayed by the world, after his wife revealed to him that their child was not his. A few years after his break-up we find him living alone in a small town. But, everything in his miserable life changes when he adopts a little girl whose mother died outside his house. After several years, the real father returns to claim the girl from Michael, thinking that she will be an advantage for his political career.—Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: recluse, young girl, adopted daughter, politician, wife, friend, emotional ...

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#10. Lydia (1941)

Storyline: Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy old woman who has never married, is invited by an old beau, Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, for a reunion with the men who have been in her life to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: elderly woman, lover, suitor, recluse, old flame, melodramatic, moving ...

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#11. Freeze Frame (2004)

Storyline: Ten years ago, after being accused of a hideous murder of a mother and her twin daughters, Sean Veil became paranoid, filming himself along twenty-four hours a day to have an alibi if necessary. The small time psychologist Saul Seger became a famous forensic profiler and writer with the case and every now and then he accuses Sean Veil of the crime. The reporter Katie Carter believes in Sean's innocence. When the body of the missing Mary Shaw is found, Sean has to prove where he was five years ago. However, the tapes that can prove that he is not guilty have mysteriously disappeared from the storage shelf and Sean suspects that Saul has stolen them to incriminate him.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: recluse, detective, forensic expert, reporter, suspenseful, gripping, dark ...

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#12. We Love You, Sally Carmichael! (2017)

Storyline: Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way.—Daryn Tufts

Plot Keywords: recluse, author, love interest, lighthearted, witty, moving, uplifting ...

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#13. Rememory (2017)

Storyline: Gordon Dunn, a famed scientific pioneer, is mysteriously found dead just after the unveiling of his newest work, a groundbreaking device able to extract, record and play a person's unfiltered memories. After his death, Gordon's reclusive wife, Carolyn, delves deeper into her own private world when a mysterious man shows up claiming to be from Gordon's past. With questionable motives he takes the machine and uses it to try and solve the mystery, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him down a path of guilt, grief, and betrayal to an unexpected answer.

Plot Keywords: scientist, recluse, wife, widow, brooding, creative, dark ...

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#14. Nim's Island (2008)

Storyline: Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive.

Plot Keywords: young girl, recluse, father, tourist, amusing, lighthearted, madcap ...

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