| The Edge of Heaven (2007) | 7.7 | |
| Healer (2014) | 8.4 | |
| Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 8.3 | |
| It (2017) | 7.3 | |
| Shutter Island (2010) | 8.2 |
Tragic event movies and TV shows – page 4
Best films
New films
| Monkey Man (2024) | 6.8 | |
| The Monkey (2025) | 5.9 | |
| Road House (2024) | 6.2 | |
| I paralia (2023) | 7.9 | |
| Godzilla Minus One (2023) | 7.7 |
List of tragic event movies
4K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film is about a man, who has been imprisoned for 14 years, who has been released and has four days to figure out why he was imprisoned in the first place.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mysterious villain, vengeance, kidnapping, tragic event, secret, retribution, voice over narration, violence, flashback, anti hero, torture ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
bangkok thailand
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things ...
Style:
disturbing, neo noir, depressing, bloody, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, violence, vengeance, torture, loss of loved one, suicide, brutality, tragedy, murder, gory, organ donation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it ...
Style:
sexy, twist ending, erotic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drowning, sex scene, blindness, serial killer, haunted by the past, hallucination, death of daughter, supernatural, psychic, grief, loss of child, marriage ...
Time:
70s, near future, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
italy, venice, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
drug addiction, redemption, addiction, introspection, alcoholics anonymous, drug abuse, recovery, yuppie, rehabilitation, drug, drinking, recovering drug addict ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, new jersey, california
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10K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young woman goes on a notorious ax-murdering rampage in Massachusetts at the turn of the century.
Style:
costume drama, suspense, queer horror, historical drama, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, sex scene, maid, last will and testament, father daughter relationship, lesbian sex, lizzie borden, friendship, caught having sex, tragic event, extramarital affair, attorney ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
massachusetts, new england
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, harsh, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, violence, revenge, gang, vigilante, justice, vigilantism, gangster, brutality, violent, character change, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
bolivia
Is relevant?
325K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, philosophical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, life changing experience, motivation, true love, sacrifice, existentialism, life & death, melancholy, love ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot:
coming of age, fishing, father son relationship, childhood, river, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, self discovery, brothers, wilderness, death of brother, gambling ...
Time:
1900s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1992, 1930s ...
Place:
montana, usa
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Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, depressing, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese occupation of china, atrocity, against humanity, japanese history, rescue, rape, testimony, daring rescue, life is a bitch, danger, survival ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1938, year 1937
Place:
china, asia, japan, shanghai
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
flight attendant, airplane hijack, stewardess, terrorist, terrorism, terrorist attack, tragic event, airplane, heroine, mother daughter relationship, aviation, self sacrifice ...
Time:
year 1986, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
delhi, india
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The film's story is around a rich business entrepreneur falling in love with an ad film actress. The entrepreneur and the actress fall in love, though she does not know that he is an entrepreneur. When she successfully saves a bunch of children ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
murder, tragic event, revenge, injustice, memory loss, haunted by the past, danger, fall in love, uncover truth, disorder, life is a bitch, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Is relevant?
259
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The young caretaker at the estate of a reclusive woman develops a dangerous obsession with her daughter, a sexy television star. Unexpected twists and turns.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
fatal attraction, obsession, dangerous attraction, tragic event, murder, widow, obsessive love, life is a bitch, betrayal, mentally unstable, addiction, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, independent film, sad, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
depression, disabled person, disability, sex, illegal fistfight, orca, ex boxer, amputee, relationships, family drama, opposites attract, redemption ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, south of france, french riviera, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, dark, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, estate, isolation, afterlife, revenge, old dark house, curses spells and rituals, supernatural horror, supernatural, folk horror, ghost child ...
Time:
victorian era, 1910s, 1900s, year 2012, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, seattle
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the most fabled political family in American history, told in a manner similar to The Godfather: a manipulative, egocentric father determined to live out his own ambitions through his sons, who in turn spent their lives dancing to his ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, realistic, talky, serious ...
Plot:
politics, president, cold war, kennedy family, historical character, presidential election, american history, tragic event, patriotism, liberal, family relations, ambition ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 20th century, year 1963, 50s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., north america, cuba
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sweet, sad ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time, love story, love and romance, time traveler, time loop, love affair, true love, time paradox, couple relations, fall in love, impossible love ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 20th century, year 1995, 90s ...
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, surreal, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, friendship, obsession, lgbtq, teenager, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, coming of age, lesbian romance, sapphic, murder, sexuality ...
Time:
1950s, year 1994, 90s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia, canada
Is relevant?
110K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style:
political, factual, inspirational, thought provoking, intense ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, islam, biopic, childhood, black, anti racism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, africa, new york, saudi arabia, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns ...
Style:
harsh, cult classic, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aborigine, rape, brutality, gang, australian outback, vengeance, violence, cowboy, violent, modern western, gory, wilderness ...
Time:
19th century, year 2005, 1800s, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Naina is a very serious girl with a very serious life. But one day, her soul is awakened by the happy-go-lucky Aman, who teaches her that life is meant to be lived. Naturally, she falls in love with him. But Aman is harboring a secret that keeps him ...
Style:
sincere, touching, romantic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terminal illness, love triangle, neighbor, young woman, tragic event, secret, family relations, diary, unfulfilled love, family life, best friend, young man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, usa, india
Is relevant?
115K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style:
controversial, political, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, terrorist, war on terror, survival, al qaeda, aviation, medieval, death, airplane accident ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, boston, usa, pennsylvania ...
Is relevant?
461K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sincere, sexy, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, police, redemption, prejudice, plot twist, racial tension, racist, multiple storylines, sexual harassment, social injustice, class differences, interracial relations ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, persia, puerto rico ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, horror for children, teen drama
Plot:
twists and turns, afterlife, supernatural, psychology, ghost, plot twist, death, psychiatrist, psychic, life & death, supernatural horror, psychologist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, future
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, persia, philadelphia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbors who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
paranoia, grief, female protagonist, neighbor neighbor relationship, death of child, tragic event, motherhood, guilt, problem, relationships, family problems, death of son ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young woman held in captivity discovers the realities of truth and lies in the outside world.
Style:
suspense, spooky, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, teenage girl, forest, puberty, mysterious past, teenage protagonist, mysterious man, wilderness, legend, freedom, captive, single parent ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a dramatization of her life, Linda Eastman, takes a job snapping pictures for Rolling Stone Magazine, despite the objections of her straight-laced father, Lee Eastman. As Linda rubs elbows with music royalty, she bumps into rock star Paul ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
the beatles, tragic event, lifestyle, music band, supportive spouse, couple relations, unfulfillment, rising to stardom, terminal illness, couples, husband wife relationship, singer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1998, year 1997 ...
Place:
japan, new york, london, manhattan new york city, scotland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While vacationing in Greece, Beckett, becomes the target of a manhunt after a devastating car accident forces him to run for his life across the country to clear his name but tensions escalate as the authorities close in and political unrest mounts ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, tourist, car accident, conspiracy, tragic event, government conspiracy, anxiety, runaway, interracial love relationship, american tourist, evil plot, struggle for survival ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
greece, athens greece, europe
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the harsh terrain of the Mexican desert, a mortally wounded man is left for dead in the heat of the desert sun. This is Jay. Once a street smart, carefree young guy. Now, a wanted man. As death looms, the only thing that keeps him alive is the ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, sentimental, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
fall in love, tragic event, love triangle, society, betrayal, heist, twists and turns, culture clash, dancing, dance, tragic romance, sexual content ...
Place:
india
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, ...
Style:
breathtaking, suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, volcano, volcanic eruption, apocalypse, survival, mayor, small town, mountain, coffee, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
washington state
Is relevant?
374K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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