Suicide movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant suicide movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, realistic, serious, depressing, weird and sad films and TV shows about / with suicide, teenager, youth, death, mental illness, high school, kiss, coming of age, psychology and mental disorder plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Japan, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as suicide: My Suicide (2009), Detachment (2011), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Stay (2005), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Suicide Room (2011), Dear Evan Hansen (2021), Girl, Interrupted (1999), To the Bone (2017), 2:37 (2006).

List of suicide movies

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 7.0
 2K
My Suicide (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A teen coming-of-age romantic dramedy about a media-obsessed geek and the most beautiful and twisted girl in school.
Style: humorous, realistic, touching, witty, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: suicide, hopes, teenage love, media, coming of age, obsession, filmmaking, teenage life, high school life, introspection, misfit, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.7
 98K
Detachment (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: depressing, psychological, bleak, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, human relationship, teen angst, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ...
Style: road movie, dark comedy, humorous, independent film, surreal ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: suicide, afterlife, road trip, depression, suicide attempt, hitchhiker, friendship, on the road, mental illness, dealing with death, love story, surrealism ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: turkey, new jersey
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 6.7
 86K
Stay (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his ...
Style: surreal, psychological, surprise ending, confusing, gloomy ...
Plot: suicide, surrealism, twists and turns, obsession, mental illness, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, death, unfulfillment, parallel universe, mental institution, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 2005, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, depressing, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: suicide, suburbs, depression, overbearing parent, suicide attempt, teenager, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, teenage life, coming of age, friendship, suicidal ...
Time: 70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, yale university
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 6.6
 11K
Suicide Room (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, ...
Style: bleak, tense, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: suicide, gay, mental illness, escape from reality, youth, emo, addiction, internet, alienation, self destructing, teenage boy, fictional reality ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: poland, europe
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Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, interactive
Audience: teen drama
Plot: suicide, mental illness, teenager, social anxiety disorder, high school, based on broadway musical, letter, mental health, social media, love, forest, laptop ...
Time: 2020s, future, 2010s, 21st century
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Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style: psychological, depressing, serious, crying, heartbreaking ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, coming of age, suicide, insanity, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder, female protagonist, psychiatric ward, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s
Place: usa
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, mental illness, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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 6.8
 54K
To the Bone (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
Style: bleak, captivating, motivational, emotional, teen ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: eating disorder, illness, anorexia, therapy, suicide, sister sister relationship, self harm, psychology, mental health, mental illness, mental disorder, relationship problems ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles, arizona
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 6.8
 7K
2:37 (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A contemporary, ensemble drama telling the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a ...
Style: psychological, bleak, serious, sincere, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, brother sister incest, rape, youth, high school life, teenage life, teenage love, social relations, suicide, incest rape, society, social misfits ...
Place: south australia, adelaide south australia, australia
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Dead Man on Campus (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Josh Miller is a studious and responsible pre-med student entering college as a freshman. His wild, hard-partying roommate Cooper Frederickson, on the other hand, is a spoiled rich kid who never studies and spends his time getting drunk and ogling ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, light, intense, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, suicide, youth, high school, fraternity, nerd, stereotypes, friends, stupidity, nothing goes right, love and romance, urban legend ...
Time: 90s
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 6.9
 17K
Christine (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Christine is an ambitious 29-year-old news reporter, in Sarasota, FL, circa 1974. Relentlessly motivated to succeed, she knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 1970s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition ...
Style: sad, bleak, melancholic, depressing, disturbing ...
Plot: suicide, depression, loneliness, mental illness, television reporter, television, female journalist, female reporter, workplace, existentialism, employer employee relationship, self discovery ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, year 1974, 20th century
Place: florida
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 6.5
 22K
Suicide Club (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the ...
Style: psychological, surreal, disturbing, creepy, bloody ...
Plot: suicide, conspiracy, police investigation, gory, violent, surrealism, high school, brutality, hacker, student, website, extreme ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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 5.4
 3K
Bridgend (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide without leaving any clue as to why. This is the starting point for this mysterious social drama.
Style: psychological, serious, bleak, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: suicide, small town, police investigation, teenage life, teenage love, adolescence, under the surface, fall in love, youth, society, danger, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wales, england
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Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 316 min.
TV show
Story: Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired".
Style: psychological, anime, surreal, mind bending, serious ...
Plot: suicide, computer, cyberspace, society, fictional reality, parallel world, cyberpunk, computers and web, mature, hacker, distopia, internet ...
Time: future
Place: asia, tokyo, japan
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 7.1
 155K
Remember Me (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style: touching, sad, romantic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: love story, 9/11, relationships, death in the family, suicide, family drama, teenager, young love, loss of sibling, love and romance, love, dealing with death ...
Time: year 2010, september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place: new york, iran, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Style: psychological, touching, melancholic, emotional, intense ...
Plot: suicide, mental institution, suicidal, coma, mental illness, psychiatrist, terminal illness, suicide attempt, female protagonist, depression, starting over, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Prayers for Bobby (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.
Style: touching, sentimental, sad, emotional, depressing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teenager, homosexuality, suicide, life is a bitch, homosexual, gay relationship, gay love, male homosexuality, gay slur, gay rights ...
Time: 2000s, year 1984, year 1979, 21st century
Place: usa, ethiopia, san francisco, california, portland oregon
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Dead Poets Society (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style: philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: teacher, suicide, coming of age, friendship, poetry, poet, mentor, philosophy, teachers and students, literature, youth, teenager ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1989, year 1959
Place: vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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 7.6
 114K
The Wave (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily ...
Style: philosophical, political, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: fascism, experiment, suicide, nazism, teacher, bullying, teachers and students, high school, dictatorship, dictator, fanaticism, education ...
Time: year 2008, year 2011, 20th century
Place: germany, middle east, israel, europe
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 6.6
 118K
The Invitation (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is ...
Style: psychological thriller, scary, dark, suspense, twist ending ...
Plot: dinner party, suspicion, conspiracy, suicide, obsession, deception, old friend, insanity, brutality, vengeance, survival, paranoid ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016
Place: america, los angeles
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 7.5
 314K
13 Reasons Why (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
Style: emotional, psychological, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: suicide, high school, depression, bullying, guilt, loss of friend, human relationship, loss, classmate classmate relationship, suicidal, loss of daughter, mental illness ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.8
 45K
The Forest (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Style: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, dark, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, suicide, twists and turns, missing person, sisters, haunted house, hallucination, woods, mental illness, forest, storytelling ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: japan, mount fuji, tokyo
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 7.1
 10K
Miss Violence (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On the day of her birthday, eleven-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, serious, cerebral ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, child prostitution, perversion, incest rape, suicide, child abuse, incest, family problems, parents and children, domineering husband, teen suicide, childhood sexual abuse ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: greece, europe, athens greece
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Oslo, August 31st (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On the 30th August, he is given a day’s leave to attend a job interview in the city centre.
Style: depressing, touching, gloomy, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Plot: suicide attempt, drug addict, suicide, addiction, loneliness, depression, drug addiction, complex characters, old friend, job interview, unlikely friendships, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: oslo norway, scandinavia
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The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected ...
Style: psychological, mind bending, philosophical, suspense, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: time travel, memory, time loop, butterfly effect, memory loss, twists and turns, alternate reality, psychology, time traveler, changing the past or future, mind control, destiny ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Chumscrubber (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, bleak, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, suicide, kidnapping, youth, suburbs, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, mistaken identity, high school, teenager, parent child relationship ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 6.2
 37K
The Discovery (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among ...
Style: enigmatic, psychological, philosophical, intellectual, dark ...
Plot: suicide, afterlife, alternate reality, life after death, macabre, science, self discovery, religion, plot twist, dream, life philosophy, philosophy ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2017
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 7.2
 115K
Heathers (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, teen, cult classic, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, dark humor, murder, suicide, murderous pair, teenage girl, teenage life, teenager, coming of age, insanity, sociopath, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: ohio, usa
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