Highest-Rated Movies about 'Human Alienation'

The Exterminating Angel (1962), Heartbeat Detector (2007), L'Eclisse (1962), The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978), Visioneers (2008), Sorry to Bother You (2018), The Bed Sitting Room (1969), Dead Letter Office (1998) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Human Alienation movies.

#1. The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Storyline: Edmundo Nobile (Enrique Rambal) invites friends over for an opulent dinner party. While the guests enjoy their food, the servants disappear one by one. Afterward, the visitors retire to the salon for an evening of music and conversation -- but in the morning, they are mysteriously incapable of leaving the room. As days go by and they run out of food and water, panic and madness set in. The army and the police arrive, but fail in their attempts to enter the house as conditions inside deteriorate.

Plot Keywords: surrealism, black comedy, social satire, upper class, absurdity, psychological horror, fate ...

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#3. L'Eclisse (1962)

Storyline: In the suburbs of Rome, the translator Vittoria breaks her engagement with her boyfriend, the writer Ricardo, after a troubled night. Vittoria goes downtown to meet her mother, who is addicted to the stock market, and she meets the broker Piero on a day of crash. The materialist Piero and the absent Vittoria begin a monosyllabic relationship.

Plot Keywords: italian cinema, french cinema, romance, alienation, existentialism, cold war era, black and white ...

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#4. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)

Storyline: This movie follows the life of a young German woman, married to a soldier in the waning days of WWII. Fassbinder has tried to show the gritty life after the end of WWII and the turmoil of the people trapped in its wake.—Neel V Kumar <neelvk@iname.com>

Plot Keywords: feminism, social critique, moral dilemmas, personal sacrifice, capitalism, social change, emotional alienation ...

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#6. Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Storyline: In an alternate version of Oakland, Cassius Green gets a telemarketing job and finds the commission paid job a dispiriting struggle as a black man selling to predominately white people over the phone. That changes when a veteran advises him to use his "white voice," and the attitude behind it to make himself more appealing to customers. With a bizarrely high-pitched accent, Cassius becomes a success even as his colleagues form a union to improve their miserable jobs. Regardless, Cassius finds himself promoted a "Power Caller" selling the most morally abhorrent but lucrative products and services as his connection to his girlfriend and colleagues fades away. However, Cassius' conscience arises anew as he finds himself in the midst of his boss' bizarre world of condescending bigoted decadence and his sinister plans to create the perfect subservient work force with Cassius' help.

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, comedy, satire, social commentary, surreal, critique of capitalism, labor rights ...

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#8. Dead Letter Office (1998)

Storyline: Alice's father left when she was a child. She continued to share her life with him in letters that she sent not realising that he never received them. Eventually, they all come back with "Dead Letter Office" stamped on the front. As an adult, she becomes consumed with a desire to find him and takes a job with the Dead Letter Office, convinced that she can use them to fulfill her romantic notions of a reunion with her father. What awaits her at the DLO is far more than that ...—Peter Webb <tjebi@mpx.com.au>

Plot Keywords: black comedy, independent film, social critique, bureaucracy, office politics, existentialism, workplace stress ...

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#9. The Childhood of a Leader (2015)

Storyline: This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mould his beliefs - and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego. Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th Century and infused with the same sense of dread as The Others and The Omen, The Childhood of a Leader is an ominous portrait of emerging evil.—Protagonist Pictures

Plot Keywords: history, psychological thriller, coming of age, political intrigue, european history, family conflict, childhood trauma ...

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