2015 film by Dagur Kári

Christian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former truck driver, who introduces Christian to a colorful group of overnight workers, including Marion, with whom Christian develops a troubled infatuation.

Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

本书从《世界文学》创刊以来近四百期中精选出二十一个以“孤独”为主题的经典名家短篇：皮兰德娄、欧·亨利、福克纳、加缪、舒尔茨……这里有形形色色的孤独灵魂，堪称一条跨越百年的孤独者群像画廊：疾病缠身的老父亲在孤独的生活里渐渐凋谢； 缺失父爱的小女孩在孤独中渐渐幻想出一个奔跑的爸爸； 自视甚高的歌者因在“音乐会”上无法打动观众而气绝身亡； 孤傲的女孩为陪伴死去的爱人甘愿与世隔绝，在孤独中谱写爱的绝唱； 默默无闻的男演员一夜之间终于成名，却发现自己再也无法融入真实的生活； 视衣服为生命的拜物主义者却说，购物不过是出于孤独的选择…… 一切皆因孤独而起，却因孤独而美得不可方物。 本书是灯塔书系之《世界文学》创刊六十五周年珍藏书系（小说卷-孤独主题） —————————————— 六十余年，近四百期，日积月累，《世界文学》译介过的优秀作家和优秀作品究竟有多少，实在难以计数，肯定是一片茂密的林子。在那片林子里，有一代代作家、译者和编辑的心血和足迹。即便困难重重，只要文学情怀不变，我们就唯有坚持，唯有前行，唯有把每一天、每一年都当作新的开端，一步，一步，不断走向高处，更高处。 ——《世界文学》杂志主编 高兴 《世界文学》是我生活的重要部分，是我的思维、血液和视野。我们整整两代作者可能都受惠于这本杂志。 ——作家 阿乙 是音乐和文学完成了我的呼吸：字吸，歌呼。……尤其是当我走进《世界文学》时，一句诗歌里的隐喻，一篇小说里的奇异幻想，甚至某位作者文笔之外的一个暗示……..都会使我找到一个新的和弦和节律调性。 ——音乐人 作家 钟立风

With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.

As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.

根据赫拉巴尔同名小说改编。在废纸回收站工作三十五年的打包工汉嘉，他沉浸于阅读在废品中找到的书籍……

2005 film by Dorota Kędzierzawska

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

2016 film by Tobias Nölle

2017 Japanese film directed by Yuya Ishii

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.