Suicidal thoughts movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant suicidal thoughts movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing and touching films and TV shows about / with suicidal thoughts, suicide, death, friendship, cigarette smoking, depression, suicide attempt, telephone call, hospital and kiss plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in France, USA, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as suicidal thoughts: The Suicide Shop (2012), A Silent Voice (2016), A Man Called Ove (2015), Oslo, August 31st (2011), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Chicken with Plums (2011), 1:54 (2016), The Merry Gentleman (2008), Innocent Killers (2015), You Were Never Really Here (2017).

List of suicidal thoughts movies

The Suicide Shop (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A city where suicide is the only growing business. A shop where you can get everything to cater this urge. In the hand of one family for centuries.. till they get a happy baby. And he has to power to make all around him happy as well.
Style: adult animation, humorous, realistic, semi serious, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: suicide attempt, family business, dark humor, family problems, suicidal thoughts, hopes, depression, family relations, dysfunctional family, workplace, economic crisis, society ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
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 8.2
 136K
A Silent Voice (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
Style: anime, sincere, touching, romantic, sweet ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: bullying, disability, deaf, sign language, friendship, teenager, high school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, japanese school, suicide attempt, redemption ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan
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Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two suicidal teenagers, Conrad and Michelle, turn to each other for support, communicating via text messages. But when Conrad expresses his desire to end his life, instead of trying to stop him as she had previously, Michelle encourages Conrad to ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: teen suicide, unrequited love, courtroom drama, forced into action, teenage life, tragic love, forced suicide, teen romance, suicide, teenager, true crime, couple relations ...
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A Man Called Ove (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she ...
Style: touching, ironic, feel good, compassionate, scenic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: love, loneliness, suicide attempt, swedish, destiny, unlikely friendships, elderly man, friendship, mentor, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place: spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
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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, sad, melancholic ...
Plot: suicide, drug addict, suicide attempt, depression, addiction, emptiness, hopes, drug addiction, character study, complex characters, old friend, job interview ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: oslo norway, scandinavia, europe, 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, crying, gothic, serious, heartbreaking ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, suicide, coming of age, psychiatric ward, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, psychiatrist, borderline personality disorder, insanity, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1967, 60s
Place: usa
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Chicken with Plums (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument. He searches for a replacement, and finding none that sounds quite the same, he vows to die. Eight days later, he does. This is the ...
Style: surreal, sentimental, touching, semi serious, tragicomedy ...
Plot: violinist, introspection, musician's life, unfulfilled love, love affair, love and romance, life is a bitch, family life, haunted by the past, daydreamer, parents and children, suicidal thoughts ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1958
Place: iran, middle east, tehran iran
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 6.5
 2K
1:54 (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Tim is a bit of a loner. At school he gravitates towards another shy boy and they become friends. But the verbal and physical bullying by a gang of kids, as well as an aggressive use of social media, unsettle Tim’s new mate and he backs away from ...
Style: serious, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay athlete, bullying, high school sports, gay teenager, runner, gay, lgbt, secretly observing, friendship between boys, gay bashing, homosexuality, high school ...
Time: year 2016
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Style: cerebral, surreal, psychedelic, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: female protagonist, multiverse, fight, alternate universe, surrealism, chinese immigrant, lgbt, immigrant, parallel world, midlife crisis, kung fu, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: brighton
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The Merry Gentleman (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A woman who leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city, where she forms an unlikely and ironic relationship with a suicidal hit man (unbeknownst to her). Enter a worn, alcoholic detective to form the third party in a very ...
Style: serious, detective, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: christmas, hitman, hopes, suicidal thoughts, haunted by the past, starting over, police investigation, redemption, assassin, killer, murder, professional killer ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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Innocent Killers (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Garralda is a troubled college student who only has to pass one last subject to obtain his academic degree. When his teacher catches him copying on a test, he requires him to perform a very unethical task in exchange for passing and thus achieving ...
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot: debt, suicidal thoughts, college student, psychology, university, saving a life, attempted murder, suicidal tendency, assassination attempt, death, courtroom, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Style: psychological, suspense, cerebral, neo noir, breathtaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: violence, childhood trauma, hotel, suicide, trauma, murder, child prostitution, suicidal thoughts, traumatized man, teenage girl, perversion, corruption ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york, iraq, afghanistan
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 4.8
 123
Vera (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A young lawyer arrives on a island in Spain with a weight on his conscience that is about to drive him to suicide. The encounter with a young teenager discovering sexuality will first reveal her vulnerabilities and finally her cynicism.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: island, suicidal thoughts, sexual awakening, coming of age, guilt, conscience, problem, suicidal tendency, advocate, loneliness, character study, regret ...
Place: spain
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Lawrence & Holloman (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lawrence is an optimistic suit salesman for whom everything always goes right-until he takes the suicidal credit collector Holloman under his wing, and everything starts to go wrong. Very wrong.
Style: psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot: satire, suicidal thoughts, odd couple, dark humor, misfit, male female relationship, mishap, relationships, problem, accountant, opposites attract, bittersweet ...
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 5.9
 643
The Idol (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: No Overview
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, touching, sexual ...
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, love affair, friendship, couples, love and romance, intrigue, couple relations, dishonesty, elderly, terminal illness, suicidal thoughts, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
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Close to the Horizon (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: young couple, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, youth, illness, childhood trauma, tragic romance, young adult, lovers, attraction, obstacle ...
Time: 2000s, year 1999, 90s
Place: germany
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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Greece, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Style: atmospheric, melancholic, artsy, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: vampire, goth, love, immortality, blood, supernatural, vampirism, eternal life, death, musician, fate of humanity, vampire bite ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 90s, year 1975, year 1968 ...
Place: tangier morocco, detroit
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 6.4
 3K
Rendez-vous (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A woman and three men. Nina, who's come to Paris to act and sleeps with any man at hand, meets Paulot, a young estate agent; he's smitten. She also meets Paulot's flatmate Quentin, a compulsive who stalks her. To Paulot's jealous ...
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, anthology, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex scene, forbidden love, love triangle, public nudity, promiscuous woman, sexual promiscuity, male nudity, oral sex, female masturbation, porn actor, female pubic hair, erotica ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Near Death Experience (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Follows a man wandering in the wilderness.
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, atmospheric, offbeat
Plot: death, monologue, cyclist, shadow, ruins, ant, dead animal, drawing, moon, swimming pool, cafe, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
Is relevant?
 5.0
 181
Lost Dream (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Roberts is about to graduate from a prestigious private college. The son of a corrupt Congressman, Perry has lost faith in all the things he held true - his family, girlfriend, and the American Dream. He finds himself emotionally bereft and ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, serious, psychological, touching
Plot: drug abuse, russian roulette, friendship, rebellion, class differences, self discovery, self destructing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, frustration, suicidal thoughts, depression, freedom ...
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 4.3
 209
The Duel (2023)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ernesto lives in depression and decides to hire a hit-man to end his own life. However, his plan takes an unexpected turn when he meets Rita, whose love gives him a new reason to live.
Style: captivating, thrilling, life affirming, philosophical, romantic drama ...
Plot: depression, suicidal thoughts, depressed man, mental health, suicide, loneliness, life & death, introspection, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, love story ...
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A Helpless Love Song (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After experiencing failure in business and his marriage, Mitsutoshi Yashiro (Shinsuke Kato) walks around looking for a place to die. He decides to stop at a red light district shop to have sex for one last time. He meets Hina (Rina Fujisaki) who ...
Style: captivating, dramatic, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot: prostitution, nudity, japanese woman, sex scene, prostitute, suicidal thoughts, couples, bare breasts, sex, male female relationship, relationships, regret ...
Place: tokyo
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Vengeance Is Mine (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Harry is a broken man, struggling to come to terms with the murder of his wife and daughter 5 years previously. When he discovers the whereabouts of the killers he awakens from his grief and, like an avenging angel, resolves to never stop until they ...
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot: revenge, murder, loss of family, death of wife, death of child, suicidal thoughts, rage, vigilante, grief, criminal, loss of child, loss of wife ...
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 7.0
 10
Isolated (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Jack Miller was once a normal man, but that all changed when he commits the biggest mistake of his life. He has the decision to go on the run, but he decides to stay and hope to make things right.
Style: suspense, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, neo noir ...
Plot: troubled, panic, suicidal thoughts, isolation, city, desperation, trapped, british, psycho, anger, angry, telephone call ...
Place: england, britain, united kingdom
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Looking for Hortense (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A wife pressures her husband to solicit work papers from his civil servant father.
Style: realistic, semi serious, talky, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, immigrant, crumbling marriage, family problems, estrangement, family life, unfulfillment, society, dishonesty, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
Is relevant?
 5.7
 2K
The Trial (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life and those around him ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, legal action, lawyer, legal investigation, legal, courtroom drama, introspection, dedicated lawyer, dealing with death, haunted by the past, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia, north carolina
Is relevant?
 6.8
 104K
Mank (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Style: black and white, period piece, historical drama, intense, emotional ...
Plot: screenwriter, beach, filmmaking, wealth, writers, biopic, movie business, politics, friendship, loneliness, movie studio, film history ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1936 ...
Place: los angeles, mojave desert, california, usa, berlin germany
Is relevant?
 7.5
 19K
Frantz (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style: sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time: post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place: germany, paris france, france
Is relevant?
 2.9
 153
Onus (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A teenager wakes up near a cliff, injured and unable to remember how he got there. He is chained to a man in a suit and there is a gun gaffer-taped to each of their hands. An unknown person soon sends them shocking instructions of what they must do ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, thought provoking, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: moral dilemma, desperation, kidnapping, coercion, social problems, suicidal thoughts, unhappy, trapped, grieving mother, captivity, terminal illness, loss of child ...
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 6.0
 245
Dead by Monday (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dead by Monday is a darkly comic tale of love and death... but not necessarily in that order. Julie is a sweet, vulnerable young woman who lacks confidence and is obsessed with the memory of her dead husband whom she idealizes. Alex is an angry ...
Style: dark comedy, road movie, black comedy, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot: mental illness, suicide attempt, niagara falls, writer's block, suicidal thoughts, suicidal, suicidal tendency, grief, depression, double suicide, satire, bonding ...
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