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Movies With Only One Major Character

by Gabrielfox • Created 1 year ago • Modified 8 months ago
These are some movies with only one leading character.

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  • Kaitlyn Dever in No One Will Save You (2023)

    1. No One Will Save You

    20231h 33mPG-1360Metascore
    6.3 (75K)
    An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.
    DirectorBrian DuffieldStarsKaitlyn DeverElizabeth KaluevZack Duhame
  • Willem Dafoe in Inside (2023)

    2. Inside

    20231h 45mR53Metascore
    5.5 (22K)
    Nemo, a high-end art thief, is trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and ingenuity to survive.
    DirectorVasilis KatsoupisStarsWillem DafoeGene BervoetsEliza Stuyck
  • The Shallows (2016)

    3. The Shallows

    20161h 26mPG-1359Metascore
    6.3 (150K)
    A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.
    DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsBlake LivelyÓscar JaenadaAngelo Josue Lozano Corzo
  • Flipped (2015)

    4. Flipped

    20151h 30mNot Rated
    5.2 (567)
    A famous model trapped inside an upside-down car reaches a mysterious man on her damaged cell phone, but roadside assistance is the last thing on the stranger's mind.
    DirectorHarris DemelStarsStella MaeveMichael MadsenEvan Taubenfeld
  • Reese Witherspoon in Wild (2014)

    5. Wild

    20141h 55mR74Metascore
    7.1 (144K)
    A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
    DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsReese WitherspoonLaura DernGaby Hoffmann
  • David Oyelowo in Nightingale (2014)

    6. Nightingale

    20141h 23mNot Rated
    6.4 (2.1K)
    A lonely war veteran psychologically unravels ahead of an old friend's impending visit.
    DirectorElliott LesterStarsDavid OyelowoBarlow JacobsHeather Storm
  • Tom Hardy in Locke (2013)

    7. Locke

    20131h 25mR83Metascore
    7.1 (165K)
    Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence.
    DirectorSteven KnightStarsTom HardyOlivia ColmanRuth Wilson
  • Gravity (2013)

    8. Gravity

    20131h 31mPG-1396Metascore
    7.7 (885K)
    Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd Harris
  • Robert Redford in All Is Lost (2013)

    9. All Is Lost

    20131h 46mPG-1387Metascore
    6.9 (86K)
    After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
    DirectorJ.C. ChandorStarRobert Redford
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)

    10. Life of Pi

    20122h 7mPG79Metascore
    7.9 (688K)
    A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsSuraj SharmaIrrfan KhanAdil Hussain
  • Stephen Dorff in Brake (2012)

    11. Brake

    20121h 32mR38Metascore
    6.1 (12K)
    A Secret Service agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract information for their plot against the President of the United States.
    DirectorGabe TorresStarsStephen DorffChyler LeighJR Bourne
  • Adrien Brody in Wrecked (2010)

    12. Wrecked

    20101h 31mR61Metascore
    5.3 (17K)
    A man wakes in a car wreck at the bottom of a ravine and must overcome incredible odds to survive.
    DirectorMichael GreenspanStarsAdrien BrodyCaroline DhavernasRyan Robbins
  • James Franco in 127 Hours (2010)

    13. 127 Hours

    20101h 34mR82Metascore
    7.5 (416K)
    A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate Mara
  • Ryan Reynolds in Buried (2010)

    14. Buried

    20101h 35mR65Metascore
    7.0 (174K)
    Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
    DirectorRodrigo CortésStarsRyan ReynoldsJosé Luis García-PérezRobert Paterson
  • Sam Rockwell in Moon (2009)

    15. Moon

    20091h 37mR67Metascore
    7.8 (388K)
    Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
    DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligott
  • Tom Hardy in Bronson (2008)

    16. Bronson

    20081h 32mR71Metascore
    7.0 (146K)
    A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsTom HardyKelly AdamsLuing Andrews
  • Will Smith, Kona, and Abbey in I Am Legend (2007)

    17. I Am Legend

    20071h 41mPG-1365Metascore
    7.2 (855K)
    Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
    DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsWill SmithAlice BragaCharlie Tahan
  • Tom Hanks in Cast Away (2000)

    18. Cast Away

    20002h 23mPG-1374Metascore
    7.8 (670K)
    A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksHelen HuntPaul Sanchez
  • Spalding Gray in Gray's Anatomy (1996)

    19. Gray's Anatomy

    19961h 20mNot Rated60Metascore
    6.8 (2.6K)
    After doctors inform him that an eye affliction will require risky surgery, monologist Spalding Gray recounts his various pursuits for alternative medicine to avoid the doctor's scalpel.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsSpalding GrayMike McLaughlinMelissa Robertson
  • Monster in a Box (1992)

    20. Monster in a Box

    19921h 27mPG-13
    7.5 (894)
    This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
    DirectorNick BroomfieldStarSpalding Gray
  • Lily Tomlin in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1991)

    21. The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

    19912hPG-13
    7.4 (318)
    This filmed version of Lily Tomlin's successful one-woman performance piece is sometimes classified as a "documentary."
    DirectorJohn BaileyStarLily Tomlin
  • Swimming to Cambodia (1987)

    22. Swimming to Cambodia

    19871h 25mR68Metascore
    7.6 (2.5K)
    Spalding Gray discusses his participation in the film The Killing Fields (1984) and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsSpalding GraySam WaterstonIra Wheeler
  • Secret Honor (1984)

    23. Secret Honor

    19841h 30mNot Rated
    7.2 (3.6K)
    A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarPhilip Baker Hall
  • Robert Strauss in The Noah (1975)

    24. The Noah

    19751h 47mR
    6.2 (420)
    After a nuclear attack kills everyone, the last man on earth, going mad from loneliness and isolation, creates a companion in his mind. He soon finds himself living a lie when his imaginary world builds up into something complex.
    DirectorDaniel BourlaStarsRobert StraussGeoffrey HolderSally Kirkland
  • Bruce Dern in Silent Running (1972)

    25. Silent Running

    19721h 29mG67Metascore
    6.6 (33K)
    In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
    DirectorDouglas TrumbullStarsBruce DernCliff PottsRon Rifkin

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