Self sacrifice movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant self sacrifice movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, cult film, interesting, intense, entertaining and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with self sacrifice, death, danger, storytelling, catastrophe, chase, survival, dialogue, violence and sacrifice plots mostly in Drama, Action and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as self sacrifice: Seven Pounds (2008), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Titanic (1997), World War Z (2013), The Iron Giant (1999), Life Is Beautiful (1997), Run Lola Run (1998), Every Day (2018), Train to Busan (2016), A Quiet Place (2018).
Best films
List of self sacrifice movies
307K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, depressing, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, true love, life changing experience, hopes, sacrifice, existentialism, fall in love, suicide, life & death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, nazi, sniper, army, self sacrifice, d day, friendship, tank ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, middle ages, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, forbidden love, love and romance, fall in love, tragedy, survival, ocean, shipwreck ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
los angeles, new york, atlantic ocean, england
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680K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is ...
Style:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, deadly virus, survival, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, pandemic, natural disaster, chaos ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 2000s, year 1973, 21st century
Place:
israel, new jersey, new york, philadelphia, jerusalem ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Style:
touching, exciting, emotional, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens
Plot:
robot, small town, friendship, prejudice, self sacrifice, benign alien, childhood, androids and robots, boy, military, cold war, space and aliens ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, future, year 1957
Place:
maine, usa, iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, jewish, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, nazism, survival, fascism, love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
italy, europe, poland, tuscany
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201K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different ...
Style:
surreal, exciting, clever, stylized, cerebral ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
destiny, race against time, time loop, time, alternate reality, time travel, repeated event, self sacrifice, suspense, running, multiple perspectives, parallel universe ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
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22K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, captivating, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
body swapping, self sacrifice, love, impossible love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, supernatural, soul transference, ghost, transformation, happy ending, mysterious character ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style:
apocalyptic, emotional, intense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, suspense, apocalypse, pandemic, epidemic, train, zombie attack, undead, quarantine, zombie apocalypse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, india, busan, east asia ...
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542K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, creature, monster, suspense, survival, sign language, survival horror, fear, silence, pregnancy, alien, creature feature ...
Time:
near future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story:
Ferhat is a hitman working for his criminal uncle. Aslı is a young and idealistic doctor. One day, their roads crossed in the most unexpected way: Aslı is forced to operate on a man that Ferhat had shot.
Style:
touching, emotional, fairy tale, disturbing, light ...
Plot:
forced marriage, power of love, opposites attract, rescue, fake marriage, jealousy, love story, love, marriage, strong female character, self sacrifice, doctor ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The movie covers the events which occurred in between the downfall of The Company and the finale of the series. It details the arrest and incarceration of Sara Tancredi, the final escape plan which Michael devises for Sara. It also reveals the ...
Style:
suspenseful, clever, intense, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
prison, prison escape, woman in danger, self sacrifice, twists and turns, fugitives, escape, resilience, runaway, murder mystery, vengeance, suspense ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, canada, israel, florida
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583K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, clever, mind bending, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time loop, hitman, distopia, time paradox, organized crime, cyberpunk, escape, self sacrifice, changing the past or future, chase, destiny ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, kansas, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 382 min.
TV show
Story:
Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, ...
Style:
biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot:
jesus, christianity, self sacrifice, religion, faith, roman empire, prophet, apostle, christian, bible, resurrection, god or devil ...
Time:
1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place:
holy land, italy, ancient greece, jerusalem, middle east
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246K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
Style:
epic, sexy, heroic, sexual, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, roman empire, battles, slavery, swords and armor, ambition, rebel, intrigue ...
Time:
1st century b.c., ancient times
Place:
ancient greece
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115K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, ...
Style:
touching, fairy tale, inspirational, feel good, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot:
animals, friendship, disney, talking animals, unlikely friendships, brother brother relationship, brotherhood, native americans, survival, self sacrifice, turned into an animal, wilderness ...
Time:
stone age, 1890s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
antarctica, alaska
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416K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Style:
futuristic, romantic, scenic, dramatic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
space, isolation, survival, trapped in space, love story, space travel, loneliness, love, space station, space program, malfunction, spacecraft ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles
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116K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, romantic, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, interspecies romance, youth, evil alien, true love, self sacrifice, teenage love, post apocalypse, love and romance, power of love, young heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, paris france
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1.9M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, thought provoking, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick
Plot:
space, time travel, space travel, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, distopia, survival, scientist, space station, end of the world, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
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234K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric ...
Style:
scary, dark, surreal, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, monster, demon, survival, insanity, macabre, torture, mysterious place, supernatural horror, ghost, evil, ghost town ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada, usa, west virginia
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229K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Doctor looks and seems human. He's handsome, witty, and could be mistaken for just another man in the street. But he is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alien, save the day, journey, companion, sent to the future, space travel, space and aliens, good versus evil, self sacrifice, save the world ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to ...
Style:
futuristic, semi serious, exciting, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
spacecraft, star trek, space travel, space, space and aliens, space wars, mission, self sacrifice, heroic mission, team, alien, teamwork ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
san francisco, london
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77K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, jungle, ruins, friendship, self sacrifice, chase, death, ancient mystery, murder, tourist, vacation, mercy killing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, military, courage, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, katana, human spirit, martial arts ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
japan, asia, africa, pacific ocean, san francisco ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise on a two week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a life or death struggle when Khan escapes from years of ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, epic, exciting, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, revenge, space, self sacrifice, midlife crisis, star trek, planet, death, brainwashing, villain, space station, funeral ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
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176K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Style:
captivating, tense, light, funny, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
shark, giant monster, ocean, sea monster, survival, animal attack, giant creature, giant animal, mission, killer shark, creature feature, self sacrifice ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, prehistory
Place:
shanghai, usa, pacific ocean, asia, california ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, scenic, tense, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
star wars, space opera, robot, female protagonist, rebellion, space travel, space, rebel, strong female lead, jedi, tough girl, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
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1.1M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Style:
exciting, witty, entertaining, intense, clever ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, heroes, technology, prodigy, weapon system, self sacrifice, intelligence, billionaire, robot, good versus evil, iron man character, tony stark character ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, malibu california, california, los angeles, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to ...
Style:
sitcom, touching, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
afterlife, karma, ethics, paradise, utopia, self sacrifice, deception, death, female protagonist, heaven, hell, morality ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, distopia, death, game of death, contests and competitions, youth, rivalry, society, future dystopia, killings, young heroes ...
Time:
future
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