An ode to Suicide
*In the hopes of one day eradicating the stigma behind choosing one's own end.*
The sadness, the pain, realizing the truth, despite being programmed to think a certain way...your life is yours alone. Noone asked if you want to be born, but you can damn well choose when to leave! Suicide can be a beautiful thing, if done right.
This list of movies celebrates that thought.
The sadness, the pain, realizing the truth, despite being programmed to think a certain way...your life is yours alone. Noone asked if you want to be born, but you can damn well choose when to leave! Suicide can be a beautiful thing, if done right.
This list of movies celebrates that thought.
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- DirectorMike FiggisStarsNicolas CageElisabeth ShueJulian SandsBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.This one is the genuine article, the epitome of this list.
You know exactly what is going to happen from the beginning,
and that's exactly what happens. Kind of like life. - DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
- DirectorJordan MelamedStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittMichael BacallZooey DeschanelAfter attacking another player with a bat during baseball at school, Lyle's sent to the psych ward. He meets other teenagers with problems. Will group therapy help?
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJulianne MooreMia WasikowskaRobert PattinsonA tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.There's a calm madness to this story, and the ending takes you out calmly as well.
- DirectorDavid Lee MillerStarsGabriel SundayDavid CarradineMariel HemingwayA teen coming-of-age romantic dramedy about a media-obsessed geek and the most beautiful and twisted girl in school.Features the single best use of found footage to document what happened before the suicide.
Seriously good indie-flick. - DirectorTom MooreStarsSissy SpacekAnne BancroftEd BerkeA mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.A Woman explains to her mother why she wants to kill herself, and why nothing can stop her.
Great Movie. Never read the book, but i think it feels exactly like watching this. - DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..The one that 'You only see once'
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsGene HackmanGwyneth PaltrowAnjelica HustonThe eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.Limited to a single scene, but it fits the tone of the rest of the movie.
- DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsWill SmithRosario DawsonWoody HarrelsonA man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.The most elaborate suicide on this list.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderCarey MulliganJames Badge DaleA sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
- DirectorJonas PateStarsKevin SpaceyMark WebberKeke PalmerUnable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
- DirectorJan KomasaStarsJakub GierszalRoma GasiorowskaAgata KuleszaAfter suffering extreme humiliation at school, Dominik holes himself up in his room and begins spending all his time in a virtual reality chat room.
- DirectorTommy Lee JonesStarsSamuel L. JacksonTommy Lee JonesThrough a chance encounter, two men of opposing ideologies deliberate spiritual, philosophical, and profound matters in a New York City apartment.One room, two nameless protagonists, just conversation. GO.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsElliot PageZie SouwandMaxwell McCabe-Lokos15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsJamie SivesAdrian RawlinsShirley HendersonThe chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.Great Movie, great acting, love the accents.
SPOILER ALERT: there's a happy end.
Still a great indie-film. - DirectorEmily YoungStarsSarah Michelle GellarJonathan TuckerErika ChristensenAfter a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.My pick of the mainstream litter...I felt a little mislead, because the title is so close to 'Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself', but I kinda saw it coming.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJosh HartnettJames WoodsA group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.The way i remember it this movie is one big tease basically...then 'the suicides' occur...and we're done...meh.
- DirectorGoran DukicStarsPatrick FugitShea WhighamTom WaitsA film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide.The movie that got me started.
He wakes up, puts on his favorite song, tidies up and then slits his wrists. The end.
I get it. It feels like poetry. And this is how I'll do it. - DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.The end of the movie features what i like to call a 'royal suicide' - self-termination on principle.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsWinona RyderAngelina JolieClea DuVallA directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.The guilty pleasure vote on this list...it`s just nice, you know.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsSong Kang-hoKim Ok-binChoi Hee-jinThrough a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.Is it still suicide if you're forced to do it?
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.Doesn't actually qualify does it...why'd i put this here?
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days."All done here" *bang*