| Revenge of the Sith Review (2010) | 9.2 | |
| The Yellow Tie (2025) | 8.9 | |
| Mynaa (2010) | 7.4 | |
| Leviathan (2014) | 7.6 | |
| Saaraa (2025) | 9.3 |
Tragic movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Syria
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The series revolves around Erwa, a 40-year-old television writer, whose story begins on the night of Baghdad's fall, to show the historical events and political turns that have occurred from 2003 until now.
Style:
romantic drama, family saga, bleak, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
love story, regret, social change, mourning, heart disease, death, terminal illness, nostalgia, illness, resilience, post war, urban ...
Place:
syria
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105
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an individual teen prostitute as seen from the lens of her Buddhist neighbor.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, independent film, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, prostitution, character study, poverty, loss, empathy, social realism, loneliness, urban, slice of life, street life, ethical dilemma ...
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Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ku Ah-ming is a 4th grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township, Taiwan. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is very talented in art and has a great imagination, though most teachers don't know what he's ...
Style:
melancholic, poignant, emotional, sentimental, tragic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
poverty, painting, death of child, small town, artist, imagination, child prodigy, art teacher, loss, underdog, social injustice, conformity ...
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, intense, tragic
Plot:
vietnam war, friendly fire, family drama, grief, loss, cover up, parents, empathy, investigation, bereavement, corruption, justice ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
Place:
iowa, vietnam
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Genre: Musical, Music, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quadimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, melancholic, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
stage musical, notre dame cathedral, singing, obsession, gypsy, unfaithful, tragic love, spectacle, jealousy, dance, forbidden love, adaptation ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Visually mesmeric with countless lateral subplots set in a a nightmarish no man's land: Shakespeare in the Extreme!
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, existential, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
supernatural, alienation, isolation, adaptation, literary, ghost, palace intrigue, femme fatale, mourning, identity crisis, manipulation, ritual ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mateusz, Igor, Marlon i Paulina chodzą do jednego liceum. Po powrocie z Budapesztu Mateusz dowiaduje się, że jeden z kolegów, niejaki Bąbel, powiesił się na szkolnym boisku. Przejmując się tragedią znajomego chłopaka, postanawia na ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, realistic, ambiguous ending, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
suicide, school, trauma, guilt, isolation, investigation, teenage angst, coming of age, friendship, social commentary, moral ambiguity, secrets ...
Time:
90s
Place:
warsaw poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
On March 16 1978, the Red Brigade kidnap the Chief of the Christian Democraty, the party in power in Italy since the end of the war. Fifty-five days later, his corpse was found in the trunk of a red Renault.
Style:
historical drama, tension, political thriller, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, kidnapping, political violence, power struggle, political unrest, hostage situation, social commentary, conspiracy, mourning, moral ambiguity, investigation ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Originally shot in Hungary in 1988, this new version of FORCED MARCH is even more haunting, given the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in today’s Hungary. Chris Sarandon plays BEN KLINE, an American television star and a “bankable name” who is ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, poignant, serious, meditative ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, actor, trauma, jewish history, memories, haunting, empathy, memory, guilt, survival, identity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989
Place:
hungary, los angeles, europe
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Serbia
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Follow the story of the people who were expelled from Krajina in 1995 and the suffering of the Serb people in Croatia.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, historical drama, tragic
Plot:
refugee, grief, trauma, war crime, exodus, political conflict, human rights, survival, evacuation, identity crisis, nationalism, border crossing ...
Place:
balkan, croatia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, ...
Style:
psychological horror, art house, intense, tragic
Plot:
patriarchy, family secret, domestic violence, basement, claustrophobia, suicide, social realism, isolation, murder, macabre, child abuse, taboo ...
Place:
poetic realism, persia, iran
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Kathir is a young underachiever who frequently vents his frustrations through public outbursts. When Anitha, a North Indian girl whose family has fallen on hard times, moves into his housing colony, he soon decides to pursue her with his love, but ...
Style:
tragic ending, serious, romantic drama, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
tragic love, unrequited love, love affair, loneliness, parents and children, father son relationship, coming of age, youth, obsession, passion, working class, anger issues ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 2005, Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was kidnapped in Iraq by a group of terrorists. Nicola Calipari, a SISMI agent, is tasked with rescuing her, but interference from US forces in Iraq compromises the operation. Despite the difficulties, and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, historical drama, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, sacrifice, kidnapping, heroism, rescue mission, espionage, journalism, middle east conflict, betrayal, moral ambiguity, biopic, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iraq, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nightfall. Marco, a politician, is murdered while he is going home. Also Luca, a gay man, is going home, where his partner Paolo is waiting. But he is on the killer's way, and he is shot. Paolo dashes to the hospital but the doctor doesn't ...
Style:
melancholic, noir, atmospheric, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
mourning, isolation, grief, loneliness, loss of partner, alienation, lgbtq, character study, gay, gay slur, street life, misunderstanding ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jean-Pierre (Francis Renaud) and his wife Blanche (Sophie Museur) live a quiet but happy life in their small Belgian town. But their world is shattered when their young son goes missing. In the aftermath of the family tragedy, the couple's own ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, poignant, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
female nudity, female pubic hair, reality vs fantasy, loss of child, coming of age, hallucination, insanity, missing child, grief, parenthood, character study, family tragedy ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgium, europe, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Chris Watts stoically yet smirkingly pleaded to television cameras for the safe return of his missing pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters, dark secrets loomed just beneath the surface.
Style:
suspense, emotional, disturbing, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, dark secret, shock, murder, lie, deception, confession, true crime, mysterious disappearance, family problems, disappearance, family secret ...
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series Király explores the life and tragic death of Jimmy Zámbó, one of the defining figures of the pop music scene after the regime change, mixing real events with fictional elements. Everyone knows the end of the story: the King is dead. ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious, intense ...
Plot:
singer, glory, king, communism, biopic, pop music, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music, legend, musician's life, musician ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 80s
Place:
hungary
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213
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Story:
Based on Circeo massacre that took place in 1970s Italy, when two teenage girls were found in the trunk of a car in Rome, naked, wrapped in blankets and drenched in blood.
Style:
tense, dark, disturbing, brutal, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, secret, victim, sexual abuse, true crime, killing, massacre, teenager, serial killer, murder mystery, murderer, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, contemporary of Picasso. The film rediscovers the life of a talented artist who was ignored after he ...
Style:
avant garde, melancholic, tragic, period drama, grotesque
Plot:
artist, biopic, art, nazi occupation, painter, surrealism, loneliness, bohemian, lesbian sex, identity, alienation, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
paris france, france
Is relevant?
199
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A true story of a teenage love triangle leading to one of the two boys' tragic death - told through the lens of elite youth baseball.
Style:
heartbreaking, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, high school, bullying, loss of innocence, love triangle, coming of age, teenage angst, first love, grief, baseball player, athlete and trainer, teenage life ...
Place:
columbus ohio
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121
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Cambodia, France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Cannes Special Screening 2016
Style:
bleak, political, emotional, poignant, realistic ...
Plot:
exile, trauma, genocide, loss, political oppression, khmer rouge, haunting, mourning, memory, survival, totalitarianism, identity ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
cambodia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
train wreck, social issues, accident, social problems, catastrophe, society, social commentary, social realism, mourning, poverty, claustrophobia, survival ...
Place:
egypt
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273
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the last winter 1945 of WWII a group of captive German soldiers is brought to a remote Russian village, where widows, a child and a crippled are the only ones left. This is a military drama about those, who can love and forgive.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, touching, heartbreaking, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, morality, pow, prisoners of war, culture clash, military, brainwashing, wartime, confined, human relationship, unlikely friendships, crime against humanity ...
Time:
year 1945
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The action of the series takes place from 1938 to 1948 years, and covers key events of the era.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
thief, love triangle, gang of thieves, gang, impersonating, deception, organized crime, money, robbery, frame up, betrayal, escapades ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on Valentin Rasputin's story of the same title. The winter of 1945. In a village on the Angara embankment the women wait the return of their husbands from the front. The young soldier Andrei Guskov, who fled from the hospital, returns as ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, deserter, pregnancy, dishonesty, life risking, village, loneliness, social misfits, love, winter, post war, moral dilemma ...
Place:
soviet union, siberia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, educational, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
photography, japanese army, japanese occupation, refugee, heroism, sacrifice, occupation, resilience, wartime, moral ambiguity, resistance, urban ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1937
Place:
china
Is relevant?
261K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, atmospheric, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mad scientist, frankenstein's monster, storytelling, monster, fire, love, flashback, blind man, butterfly, captain, ship, north pole ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, victorian era, 1810s
Place:
edinburgh scotland, vienna, london
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1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Style:
cult classic, intense, harsh, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, old west, duel, gunslinger, gunfight, female protagonist, vigilante, woman with a gun, strong female lead, vengeance, destiny, brutality ...
Time:
1800s, 90s, victorian era, 18th century, 1880s ...
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona, tucson arizona, sonora, north america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A woman has disappeared. The day after a snowstorm, her car is found on a road leading to a plateau with with nothing but a few scattered farms. The gendarmes have nothing to go on, while five individuals well know they have something to do with the ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, non-linear, sad, social ...
Plot:
disposing of a dead body, unrequited love, suicide, multiple storylines, infidelity, countryside, strangulation, hitchhiking, correspondence, con artists, lie, celebration ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france, africa, south of france, highlands
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