Films About Suicide

[MexicanTravels]

Hello Sanctioned Suicide! I have a question! Do any of you have favorite films about or containing suicide?

Some of my favorites are:

"Tokyo Sonata" directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
"Battle Royale" directed by Kinji Fukasaku
"The End of the Tour" directed by James Ponsoldt
"Snowpiercer" directed by Bong Joon-ho
"Birdman" directed by Alejandro G. Iñnáritu

I'm particularly interested in films directed by women, but any good film is heartily welcome!

 

[TheGoodGuy]

A long way down
Just before I go

 

[EndofMyRope]

Virgin Suicides?

 

[MexicanTravels]

Virgin Suicides?

Oh good one! I'll check it out!

 

[EndofMyRope]

Then there's always Girl, Interrupted. Although not about suicide specifically, there is a suicide in it.

 

[Susannah]

I actually liked the serie "13 Reasons Why".

Films:
"Foreboding" Kiyoshi Kurosawa
"Dead Poet Society" Tom Shulman
"Leaving Las Vegas" Mike Figgis

And of course
"The Virgin Suicides" Sofia Coppola

 

[Dor]

Virgin Suicides?

Very weird movie

 

[EndofMyRope]

I actually liked the serie "13 Reasons Why".

Films:
"Foreboding" Kiyoshi Kurosawa
"Dead Poet Society" Tom Shulman
"Leaving Las Vegas" Mike Figgis

And of course
"The Virgin Suicides" Sofia Coppola

The first season of Thirteen Reasons Why f*cked me up!!!!! I coulsn't stop crying for HOURS. There were SO many things I could relate to in the show and it made me all my eyes out. Ugly, choking, red in the face kind of crying. It was to the point that I actually had to leave the house and go for a ride just to get away from it for a minute.

I'm watching Humbling with Al Pacino at this very moment... just be forewarned--starts out a little slow.

 

[Dog Food]

Harold and Maude has a suicide which is treated as a good thing. The main character is also obsessed with death.

 

[sadak_the_wanderer]

I might suggest Veronika Decides to Die from 2009. Harder, though, is to find movies that are pro-choice with regards to suicide.

 

[Xerxes]

Pretty well known is "The Bridge"

 

[Nanami]

Suicide club comes to mind.

 

[Dead Horse]

"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
"The Sea Inside"

 

[Smilla]

The Homesman

 

[Mrs.O'Leary'sCow]

The Homesman

That's a good one, but damn you for beating me to it by 27 minutes.

Yeah, I enjoyed that one and totally didn't see it coming.

 

[MsM3talGamer]

Thelma and Louise.

They choose to drive off a cliff rather than get caught by the authorities.

 

[Thoughtforms]

Heathers... kind of. No one actually commits suicide but it is a theme.

Also weirdly the original of The Little Mermaid. She kills herself in the end.

 

[Severen]

Heathers... kind of. No one actually commits suicide but it is a theme.

Also weirdly the original of The Little Mermaid. She kills herself in the end.

Love that movie.

 

[Smilla]

That's a good one, but damn you for beating me to it by 27 minutes.

Yeah, I enjoyed that one and totally didn't see it coming.

I didn't see it coming either...

I've watched it three times now.

 

[Smilla]

Million Dollar Baby

 

[Severen]

Pretty much any movie or TV show episode about Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

 

[peachesNpoison]

The Fall (great movie by Tarsem)
Death Becomes Her
First Reformed

 

[Sinbad]

Shawshank Redemption.

Contains suicide.. Aren't we all busy dying?!

 

[TAW122]

Me Before You is another film to watch. It is a story of a person who becomes a quadriplegic and then later the quadriplegic chooses to die instead of living on in his condition and predicament. With no surprise, pro-lifers are all up in arms over the film promoting voluntary euthanasia over continuing to live (in a shitty state of life).

 

[Sad Panda]

Heathers... kind of. No one actually commits suicide but it is a theme.

I love this movie. I can't even put it into words. It just resonated with me the same way the 1st viewing as it did the 20th viewing.

 

[Whatshername]

The Deep Blue Sea

 

[gnrluver0105]

Mary and Max, there is a part about suicide, it's a very sad movie, one of my favorite ones.

 

[Stillnotsure]

The first season of Thirteen Reasons Why f*cked me up!!!!! I coulsn't stop crying for HOURS. There were SO many things I could relate to in the show and it made me all my eyes out. Ugly, choking, red in the face kind of crying. It was to the point that I actually had to leave the house and go for a ride just to get away from it for a minute.

I'm watching Humbling with Al Pacino at this very moment... just be forewarned--starts out a little slow.

Me too

 

[Lra888]

Der Todesking

 

[Luzor]

Last Days based on K Cobain