Like an Island vs Lone Samurai
Like an Island has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6/10 for Lone Samurai). Lone Samurai is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 46m. Like an Island is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Like an Island
Lone Samurai| Like an Island | Lone Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Documentary, Fantasy | Fantasy |
| Country | Switzerland | – |
| Director | Tizian Büchi | Josh C. Waller |
| Main cast | Daniel Nkubu, Ammar Abdul Kareem Khalaf, Elie Autin, Juliette Uzor | Yayan Ruhian, Yayu Unru, Fatih Unru, Sumire Ashina, Shogen |
Synopsis
Like an Island
For mysterious reasons, two watchmen are made to guard access to the river in an area of Lausanne where retirees and immigrant families live. Through the different people they encounter, a territory takes shape and a friendship is born. Tizian Büchi creates a fable—part documentary, part fiction and tinged with magical realism—to subtly question our surveillance society.
Lone Samurai
A violent and reckless samurai is shipwrecked on a remote island left without an avenue for his rage. After undertaking a spiritual journey to appease his aggressive thoughts, he finds himself abducted by external demons taking the form of cannibals, putting his sense of reality and deadly talents to the test.
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