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Amelie Poulain (Amelie)
James Bond
The Cool Loner: Despite relationships with a string of gorgeous women, Bond never really makes a human connection with any of them. Apart from Vesper Lynd of course, and look how that turned out.
Does He Find A Friend: His best friend is probably his boss, which should tell you something.
Leon (Leon)
The Cool Loner: A softly spoken French hitman who kills people rather than meeting up with them for coffee.
Does He Find A Friend: Yes, albeit in the form of a teenage girl. Told you he was an odd fish.
Max Fischer (Rushmore)
The Cool Loner: The king of the extracurricular activity, Max doesn’t have many friends his own age, preferring instead to haunt the lovely Miss Cross… a teacher at his school.
Does He Find A Friend: He and Miss Cross share an odd understanding, and there’s plenty of affection behind his rivalry with industrialist Herman Blume.
The Driver (Drive)
The Cool Loner: Ryan Gosling’s unnamed driver is the model of outsider cool. Not so much a social outcast as somebody with zero need for friendship.
Does He Find A Friend: He does enjoy a kind of gruff accord with Bryan Cranston’s garage owner, while he finds himself falling for pretty neighbour Carey Mulligan.
Jason Bourne (The Bourne trilogy)
The Cool Loner: Only a true loner after the assassination of Franka Potente, Bourne’s fragmented memory always casts him in a pall of solitude. Fortunately, he’s a total badass, so he can live with it…
Does He Find A Friend: He’s aided and abetted by a series of allies, but in terms of his day to day, he’s largely a lone wolf.
Harry Caul (The Conversation)
The Cool Loner: San Francisco’s go-to guy for police surveillance, Caul is far more comfortable observing people than he is interacting with them.
Does He Find A Friend: He has a girlfriend of sorts, but despite that, he still finds it nigh-on impossible to connect.
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
The Cool Loner: Unhinged he might be, but nobody could ever accuse Travis of complacency. When he sees a problem with his city, he damn well goes and does something about it…
Does He Find A Friend: He makes a companion of sorts in Jodie Foster’s teen hooker. It’s a bit unconventional, but it’s something!
Jim Stark (Rebel Without A Cause)
The Cool Loner: Moving to a new town with a dysfunctional family in tow and a tendency to get in trouble with the law, Jim Stark was always going to struggle to fit in…
Does He Find A Friend: He’s idolised by a young by named Plato, which doesn’t work out brilliantly for either of them.
The Man With No Name (A Fistful Of Dollars)
The Cool Loner: The fast-shooting, poncho-clad drifter, who is such a loner that he doesn’t have any use for a name.
Does He Find A Friend: Nope, but he finds plenty of people to shoot.
