| House (2004) | 8.7 | |
| Magnolia (1999) | 8.0 | |
| Silent Hill (2006) | 6.5 | |
| Elfen Lied (2004) | 7.8 | |
| Another Year (2010) | 7.4 |
Suffering movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Love Syndrome III (2023) | 6.1 | |
| Tenung (2025) | 4.9 | |
| Deep in Love (2025) | 7.8 | |
| Padre Pio (2022) | 4.4 | |
| Emancipation (2022) | 6.3 |
List of suffering movies
434
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
workplace, revolt, friendship, parents and children, fighting the system, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, suffering, employee, middle aged man, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A seemingly ideal marriage is thrown into embarrassing turmoil in Patrice Chéreau's period drama, based on the short story The Return by Joseph Conrad.
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, couples, letter, adultery, family problems, power relations, dishonesty, love and romance, high society, suffering, betrayal ...
Time:
1910s, year 2005
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.
Style:
extreme horror, disturbing, sadistic, controversial, black and white ...
Plot:
sadism, perversity, captivity, misogyny, sexual cruelty, torture, sex, violence, sexual torture, mercilessness, prostitute, kidnapped woman ...
Time:
year 2016
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in ...
Style:
touching, romantic, captivating, romantic drama, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
charity, love, love story, love affair, desert, border, war, starvation, un, survival, brutality, life & death ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, year 1993, year 1995, year 1984 ...
Place:
africa, cambodia, london, england, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, rough, epic, disturbing, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
war, combat, courage, gunfight, military, battles, chaos, sniper, american soldier, shooting, survival, army ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 2002 ...
Place:
somalia, africa, south africa, america, middle east ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mindfuck, art house ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surrealism, killer child, folk horror, baby, absurdism, arthouse horror, tree, dark humor, couple relations, monster, obsession, extreme ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bloody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, loneliness, butcher, revenge, incest, alienation, insanity, transgression, violent, existentialism, nihilism, extreme ...
Time:
turn of the century, year 1998, 20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Senegal, France
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
Style:
black and white, realistic, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
racism, black, feminist, suicide, black woman, immigrant, suffering, blaxploitation, migration, exile, worker, anti racism ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
africa, south of france, west africa, europe, senegal ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
death sentence, factory worker, destiny, blindness, life is a bitch, tragedy, dancing, immigrant, secret, murder, hanging, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place:
nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style:
depressing, emotional, inspirational, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
rape, dysfunctional family, coming of age, poverty, teacher, sexual abuse, illiteracy, african american, domestic violence, aids, child abuse, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
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330K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with ...
Style:
depressing, emotional, sexy, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
wrestling, loneliness, redemption, father daughter relationship, fame, aging, self destructing, professional wrestling, fighter, midlife crisis, life is a bitch, stripper ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, bolivia, iran, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thomas has been estranged from his brother Luc for several years, due in part to his difficulties in dealing with Luc's homosexuality. But when Thomas is diagnosed with a rare blood disease, which is difficult to treat and impossible to cure, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, male pubic hair, brother brother relationship, male nudity, naked man, gay love, homosexual, gay brother, human nature, life is a bitch, family problems, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man finds himself in a padded room to prevent him from battering himself to death – an option he would have considered in due course, as the torture inflicted on him by a psychotic doctor becomes progressively extreme.
Style:
disturbing, bloody, extreme horror, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
torture, violence, extreme, surgeon, pain, surgery, trap, suffering, prison, physician, trapped, torment ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Mariya gets lost in the forest and under mysterious circumstances ends up in a purgatory haunted by demon, evil doppelganger and ghosts of her own misdeeds.
Style:
experimental, psychotronic, underground film, art house, surreal ...
Plot:
life after death, curse, ghost, death, purgatory, missing person, paranormal phenomena, murderer, demon, small town, religion, christianity ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
russia, jerusalem
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
You, Frank Zimosa, are dead - brutally killed by the Mistandrian Cultists and trapped in the nightmarish Hotel Inferno: a special layer of Hell where demons co-exist with cultists, providing them dark, forbidden knowledge in exchange for endless ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, splatter, bloody, bleak ...
Plot:
curse, torment, supernatural power, witch, battles, evil, supernatural horror, portal, captive, nightmare, fight, suffering ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
Is relevant?
150
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A nameless man wanders the city, littered with necrotic artifacts and a trail of corpses. Are his grotesque hallucinations clues to a violent past?
Style:
bloody, scary, bleak, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot:
killer, patient, wounded, death, exile, dismemberment, suffering, extreme, brutality, violence, killing spree, violent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Afghanistan, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The owner of a failing charity moves abroad to forget his troubles but still feels the call of his homeland.
Style:
bleak, rough, suspenseful, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
community, love, loneliness, charity, immigrant, patriotism, poverty, racism, alienation, illness, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband Erna and her daughter are ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, bleak, black and white ...
Plot:
stalinism, deportation, world war two, wartime life, hunger, ethnic cleansing, separation from family, getting home, life is a bitch, family in danger, danger, family relations ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
siberia, soviet union, baltics, europe, russia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak, horrifying ...
Plot:
cannibalism, sadistic horror, psychopath, torture, cruelty, human monster, gory, macabre, survival, insanity, butcher, sadism ...
Time:
year 2007, turn of the century, 21st century
Place:
europe, paris france, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.
Style:
sexy, romantic, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
writers, love triangle, fall in love, sister sister relationship, sisters, family relations, in love, love affair, family life, love and romance, renaissance, loneliness ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, 1790s, georgian era
Place:
swiss alps, germany, indiana, switzerland, berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
During the last days of Stalin's reign, a doctor (Marina Hands) tries to go unnoticed in a society of mutual dread where a neighbour or colleague might "denounce" you to the authorities at any moment.But tales of her healing touch ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
josef stalin, dictator, power relations, moral dilemma, head of state, doctors and patients, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, illness, suffering, kgb ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Sadako, cursed by generations before her and neglected by her common-law husband, falls prey to a brutal home intruder. But rather than become a victim, she forges a path to her own awakening.
Style:
suspense, rough, disturbing, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
rape, violence, unhappiness, mistress, maid, female nudity, dysfunctional relationship, anger, obsession, secret, neighbor, death ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A surreal adaptation of Moby Dick. Lake, obsessed with finding the ultimate truth, is led down a path into the horrifying depths of his own subconscious.
Style:
exciting, action packed, stylized, mind bending, clever ...
Plot:
travel, death, suffering, traveler, ocean, prophet, obsession, captain, truth, desert, beach, water ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, atrocity, genocide, gas chamber, debate, atheism, war crime, injustice, confined, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 1940s
Place:
europe, palestine, poland, israel, germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, UK, France, Ireland
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
seduction, love triangle, valet, forbidden love, destructive relationship, power relations, couples, society, love and romance, father daughter relationship, suffering, victorian england ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
ireland, britain, europe
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
Style:
sexy, sexual, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
virginity, virgin, debauchery, teenage girl, voyeur, sexual relations, male female relationship, fetish, voyeurism, unfaithfulness, immorality, infidelity ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
estrangement, parents and children, single parent, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, germany, italy, berlin germany, milan italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, anthology, contemplative ...
Plot:
doctor, paralysis, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family relations, parents and children, suffering, father daughter estrangement, loss of daughter, father daughter relationship, murder, death ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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