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Movies related to the schizoid personality

Strongly SzPD-related

Whatever / Extension du domaine de la lutte (1999)
Oslo, August 31st / Oslo, 31. august (2011)
Red Desert / Il deserto rosso (1964)
The Fire Within / Le feu follet (1963)
He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
Detachment (2011)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers / La solitudine dei numeri primi (2010)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023)
Who Works Is Lost / Chi lavora è perduto / In capo al mondo (1963)
We All Fall Down / Tutti giù per terra (1997)
Attenberg (2010)

Not specifically SzPD, but kinda

Melancholia (2011)
For the best representation of the “abandonment depression” and “cosmic aloneness”, as per James F. Masterson & co.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
A classic about being different and reclusive.
Angels of the Universe / Englar alheimsins (2000)
Woody Allen's movies.
Nomadland (2020)

Idiosyncratic ideas of love

The Hole (2001)
The Piano Teacher / La Pianiste (2001)
Edmond (2005)
A desperate search for love and meaning.
Sleep Tight / Bed Time / Mientras duermes (2011)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Ruby Sparks (2012)

SzPD-related probably? I don’t remember these well enough

Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Now, I... / Ima Boku wa / 今、僕は (2008)
Still Life (2013)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Suicide Room / Sala Samobójców (2011)
The Best Offer / Deception / La Migliore Offerta (2013)
The Weakness of the Bolshevik / La flaquenza del bolchevique (2003)