Self harm movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant self harm movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, realistic, independent film, disturbing, weird and serious films and TV shows about / with self harm, teenage girl, teenager, depression, mental illness, suicide, illness, coming of age, youth and teenage life plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as self harm: Painful Secrets (2000), Little Miss Perfect (2016), Speak (2004), Short Term 12 (2013), Thirteen (2003), Girl, Interrupted (1999), To Write Love on Her Arms (2012), Sharp Objects (2018), Eat (2014), Mid90s (2018).

List of self harm movies

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Painful Secrets (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, sad, teen ...
Plot: mental illness, self mutilation, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, self harm, psychiatrist, bullying, physical abuse, female friendship, depression, trouble, problem ...
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Little Miss Perfect (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, thought provoking
Plot: anorexia, eating disorder, weight loss, self harm, student, high school, teenager, family problems, peer pressure, society, child illness, school ...
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 7.2
 29K
Speak (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to ...
Style: touching, sentimental, psychological, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: rape, high school, teenage girl, school, bullying, youth, innocence lost, family problems, life is a bitch, unsupportive friend, teenage life, sexual abuse ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.9
 92K
Short Term 12 (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style: sad, compassionate, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: child abuse, depression, social worker, adolescence, teenager, suicide attempt, self mutilation, troubled teen, foster child, coming of age, mental illness, self harm ...
Time: year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.8
 97K
Thirteen (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style: tense, teen, realistic, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, drug addiction, teenager, peer pressure, friendship, addiction, dysfunctional family, teenage protagonist, underage drinking, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, self harm ...
Time: year 2003, y2k, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
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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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To Write Love on Her Arms (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a ...
Style: touching, sincere, uplifting, serious, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: depression, life is a bitch, redemption, youth, addiction, rehabilitation, self harm, coming of age, biopic, hopes, music, disability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa, orlando florida
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 8.0
 117K
Sharp Objects (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 421 min.
TV show
Story: Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Style: psychological, suspense, bleak, southern gothic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder, small town, self mutilation, mother daughter relationship, haunted by the past, hometown, journalist, reporter, serial killer, alcoholic, self harm ...
Time: 2010s
Place: syria, missouri
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 5.1
 2K
Eat (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Novella McClure is like most struggling actresses in Los Angeles: she's in her early 30s, her fake name sounded cooler ten years ago, and she hasn't landed a role in three years. To top it all off, she's developed a disturbing habit ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, serious, rough, psychological ...
Plot: cannibal, self harm, mutilation, body horror, obsession, psychiatrist, mental illness, male female relationship, depression, food, cannibalism, extreme ...
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 7.3
 77K
Mid90s (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style: thought provoking, social, teen, humorous, retro ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, teenager, friendship, friends, underage drinking, underage sex, dysfunctional family, adolescence, brother brother relationship, self harm ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, paris france, florida, france ...
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Wonder Egg Priority (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Ai, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Acca." Spinning the gacha at their ...
Style: anime, psychological, surreal, surprise ending, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: friendship, magical creature, self harm, teen suicide, alternate reality, bullying, suicide, slice of life, tragic past, moral dilemma, dream, self mutilation ...
Time: future
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Girl on the Edge (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A powerful true story about the journey of a troubled teenage girl who finds healing in the most unlikely of places, and who must choose to either invest in her own recovery or succumb to the trauma of her past.
Style: suspense, sincere, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Plot: girl horse relationship, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, teenager, teenage girl, interracial friendship, support group, family home, self mutilation, self harm, trauma, trouble ...
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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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 5.4
 161
Fighting Fish (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When David's sister returns home after a long absence, their complicated past comes back to haunt them.
Style: psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: incest, self harm, sex with sister, brother sister reunion, seductress, forbidden love, making love, moral dilemma, sick mother, suicide attempt, family problems, dysfunctional family ...
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 44K
Trust (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style: realistic, emotional, teen, serious, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: sexual abuse, investigation, bullying, father daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl, rape and revenge, child abuse, sex, internet, innocence lost, teenage life ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa, cleveland ohio, milwaukee wisconsin, chicago ...
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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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 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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 6.1
 727
More Than Only (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young gay man finds how to love himself and accept love from another, despite the disapproval of his father.
Style: romantic, humorous, melancholic, touching, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay couple, gay interest, gay lead character, lgbt, lgbtq, family relations, trust, father son relationship, college student, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.2
 6K
In My Skin (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Esther, a self-conscious young woman who works for a public relations firm. One night at a party with her friend Sandrine, Esther wanders into the backyard and stumbles, scratching her leg on a piece of scrap metal. She goes back to the party, and ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, scary, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: mental illness, self mutilation, mutilation, body horror, insanity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, obsession, extreme, self discovery, skin, women, paranoia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, paris france, middle east, milan italy, rome italy ...
Is relevant ?
 4.6
 2K
Julia (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After suffering a brutal trauma, Julia uses an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.
Style: rough, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, creepy ...
Plot: rape, gang rape, castration, revenge, rape and revenge, murder, nurse, self harm, group of friends, therapy, female protagonist, female warrior ...
Time: 2010s
Place: new york
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 1K
Perfect Body (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Obsessed with perfection, young gymnast Andie Bradley nearly starves herself to realize her dream of making the Olympic gymnastics team.
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, sincere, psychotronic
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: eating disorder, bulimia, gymnastics, gymnast, anorexia, self harm, mental illness, weight loss, illness, mental health, dancing, love ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 3K
Blue My Mind (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 15-year-old Mia faces an overwhelming transformation which puts her entire existence into question. Her body is changing radically, and despite desperate attempts to halt the process, Mia is soon forced to accept that nature is far more powerful ...
Style: captivating, touching, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: mermaid, teenager, coming of age, puberty, parent child relationship, body horror, transformation, life is a bitch, underage sex, swimming, creature, darkness ...
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The Art of Getting By (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Style: feel good, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenager, high school, youth, coming of age, teenage love, friendship, friends, teenage life, artist, art, pessimism, homework ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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For the Love of Nancy (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The parents of an anorexic woman fight to save her life.
Style: educational, neurotic, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: eating disorder, mental illness, anorexia, depression, psychology, trouble, problem, psychological disorder, illness, college, weight loss, refusing to eat ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most ...
Style: teen, independent film, entertaining, cynical, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, teenage life, youth, adolescence, high school, bully, psychiatrist, therapy, misfit, girlfriend, bullying ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 92K
Skins (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Style: captivating, cynical, realistic, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: youth, teenage life, high school, sexual relations, friendship, high school life, friends, underage drinking, homosexual, looking for sex, party, gay ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
Is relevant ?
 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
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 98K
Secretary (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: bdsm, sex scene, obsession, secretary, fetish, workplace romance, sexual perversion, sex in office, submissive woman, desire, sexual relations, coitus ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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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
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 994
Animals (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, serious, psychological, offbeat ...
Plot: gay teenager, high school, gay best friend, self mutilation, gay brother, teddy bear, imaginary character, blood, teenage girl, surrealism, toy comes to life, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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