| The Big Chill (1983) | 7.1 | |
| Yi Yi (2000) | 8.1 | |
| Looper (2012) | 7.4 | |
| The Hours (2002) | 7.5 | |
| Hamlet (2009) | 8.1 |
Regret movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Silent Truth (2026) | 7.5 | |
| Whitetail (2025) | 7.2 | |
| A Poet (2025) | 8.0 | |
| The Low Land (2025) | 6.2 | |
| The Gentleman (2025) | 4.8 |
List of regret movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, independent film
Plot:
father daughter relationship, regret, camping, backpacking, teenage girl, problem, family problems, family relations, friendship between men, lgbt, hiking, divorced father ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession for the superficial.
Style:
disturbing, touching, psychological, serious
Plot:
unfaithful husband, blind man, friendship, obsession, greed, morality, betrayal, loss, regret, blindness, husband and wife, disability ...
Is relevant?
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Style:
satirical, political, humorous, witty, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
politics, political satire, hip hop, political corruption, satire, election, interracial romance, senator, fighting the system, insurance, interracial, campaign ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, america, los angeles, usa, washington d.c. ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Atabai lives with his father and his niece in the village of Pirkandi (Khoi). He was an architecture student at Tehran University of Fine Arts many years ago and left school a year after graduating because of the emotional problems caused by his ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, art house, poignant ...
Plot:
regret, second chance, longing, village life, relationships, nostalgia, unrequited love, bittersweet, personal growth, memory, romantic triangle, loss ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
The Confession is a 10-part web series created by Kiefer Sutherland, written and directed by Brad Mirman, and starring Kiefer Sutherland and John Hurt. It premiered on Hulu on March 28, 2011. Each episode is between five and seven minutes long. It ...
Style:
contemplative, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
confession, priest, haunted by the past, church, hitman, redemption, doubts and hesitations, sin, religions or cults, twists and turns, victim, good versus evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, soap opera, captivating ...
Plot:
tragic love, warden, mafia, manipulation, ex convict, vengeance, tragic hero, hidden identity, trial, false arrest, life is a bitch, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
Style:
touching, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicidal, taxi driver, friendship, depression, immigrant, loneliness, mentor, character study, elderly, suicide, society, regret ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, africa, southern usa, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, sincere, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
down on your luck, existentialism, loneliness, femme fatale, night watchman, cons and scams, misfit, gem, regret, homeless, mental disorder, loser ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
finland, europe, scotland, argentina
Is relevant?
27K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
Style:
sincere, cerebral, atmospheric, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot:
justice, redemption, revenge, on the run, police, terrorism, murder, terrorist, translator, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany, turin italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, ...
Style:
serious, stylized, emotional, atmospheric, crying ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
royal court, revenge, betrayal, murder, throne, shakespeare, shakespeare's hamlet, tragic hero, rivalry, heroes, intrigue, state affairs ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe, denmark
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style:
political thriller, psychological, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, manipulation, nightmare, senator, cold war era, communism, korean war, election ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, year 1952
Place:
new york, north korea, china, washington d.c., korea ...
Is relevant?
179K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, best friends in love, love story, male female friendship, couples, friends in love, friendship, relationships, life philosophy, opposites attract, best friend ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iran, scotland, london, paris france, england
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies ...
Style:
semi serious, talky, emotional, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot:
friendship, closeted homosexual, vacation, beach, repressed homosexual, beach house, gay interest, unrequited love, accident, gay, restaurant, secret ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Meet the Donnelly brothers: Tommy, Jimmy, Kevin and Sean. There is nothing these four Irish brothers wouldn't do to protect each other, and for them that means lying, cheating, stealing and, occasionally, calling the cops. Narrated by wannabe ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, making love, murder, mob boss, vengeance, blind ambition, family business, criminal heroes, rivalry, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sad, realistic, cerebral ...
Plot:
convent, catholic church, adoption, lgbtq, journalist, catholic, religious intolerance, journalism, self discovery, faith, nun, writers ...
Time:
year 2013, 1950s, 2010s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., england, britain, usa ...
Is relevant?
312K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Nine years ago two strangers met by chance and spent a night in Vienna that ended before sunrise. They are about to meet for the first time since. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.
Style:
philosophical, emotional, sentimental, romantic, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
relationships, couples, dialogue, love story, lovers reunited, love and romance, true love, chance meeting, one day, lovers, passion, destiny ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, new york, warsaw poland ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
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, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, courage, japanese history, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, human spirit, honor, loyalty ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 2003, 1800s ...
Place:
japan, asia, africa, san francisco, pacific ocean ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The film shows the apparently intact world of a middle class family, whose harmonious facade crumbles due to the unexpected visit of their relative Paul, a young man of 16 years. Paul arrives looking for love and support after the suicide of his ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, aunt nephew relationship, older woman younger man sex, family in crisis, incest, cheating wife, mother son conflict, older woman younger man, death in the family, sex with teenager, family relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Andrey is a handsome veterinarian with a successful Moscow pet clinic. Popular with ladies among his upscale clientele, he is forced to leave town when the jealous husband of one of them hires a hitman.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating
Plot:
rich woman, forbidden love, illicit affair, betrayal, regret, jealous husband, comedy of errors, veterinarian, hitman, resort hotel, male female relationship, fall in love ...
Place:
turkey, moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jochem is the target of bullying. David does not participate, but he dares intervene. The class teacher also does not engage., Jochem seems to attract the harassment, which gets worse every day. One morning David feels guilty. Why did he never ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, sad, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, bully, teenage boy, friendship, coming of age, youth, high school, social relations, regret, suicide, teacher, boy ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
holland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Wen Yi Fan, a reporter, went to a bar called Jia Ban to meet with her best friend, Zhong Si Qiao. While she was at the bar, she met Sang Yan, a department manager and one of the owners of Jia Ban. He was Yi Fan's high school deskmate and the ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, affectionate
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sleepwalking, second chance, housemates, regret, urban, friends to lovers, reconciliation, slow burn, longing, intimate, nostalgia, personal growth ...
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif -- specifically, the kind practiced in Bunraku doll theater performances -- opening each section of his film with a story provided by the puppets and their masters, which relates thematically to the ...
Style:
emotional, surreal, lyrical, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
love, obsession, renewed love, regret, culture clash, philosophy, suicide attempt, disfigurement, love and romance, mental illness, blind character, melancholy ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, india, tokyo
Is relevant?
139K
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style:
road movie, touching, surreal, atmospheric, lyrical ...
Plot:
amnesia, father son relationship, desert, redemption, on the road, road trip, relationships, memory, melancholy, motel, reconciliation, drifter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
texas, los angeles, houston texas, california, america ...
Is relevant?
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418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Forensic pathologist Kang (Seol Kyeong-gu) is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min (Han Hye-jin) points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho (Ryoo Seung-beom), as the primary suspect. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police investigation, autopsy, forensics, threat, arrest, daughter, regret, tragic hero, vengeance, professor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Is relevant?
65K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style:
sexy, emotional, atmospheric, visually stunning, philosophical ...
Plot:
writers, love, writer's life, destiny, road not taken, androids, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, introspection ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2040s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in ...
Style:
emotional, exciting, suspenseful, anime, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, yakuza, martial arts, police investigation, killer, bodyguard, assassin, violence, mind control, contract killer, danger, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, china, san francisco, vancouver, shanghai ...
Is relevant?
362
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
alcoholic, mother son conflict, group therapy, addiction, female alcoholic, ex husband ex wife relationship, dysfunctional family, estranged mother, rehabilitation, manipulative person, family relations, estranged son ...
Place:
vienna
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An inside glimpse of how it feels to be a teen in today's disconnected world. PURGATORY HOUSE chronicles the after-life journey of Silver Strand: a lonely teen who abandons her life of turmoil and drug addiction, only to find herself caught ...
Style:
gothic, serious, independent film, non-linear, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, surrealism, teen angst, supernatural power, misfit, hopes, addiction, teenage life, family problems, social misfits, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho"s depression becomes ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, serious, existential, realistic ...
Plot:
suicide, destiny, haunted by the past, politics, martial law, regret, society, boat, businessman, alienation, murder mystery, yacht ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, year 1994, year 1980, year 1987 ...
Place:
south korea
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