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Exploring the Complex Themes of Self-Harm in Movies and TV Shows

Self-harm is a sensitive and often stigmatized topic that can be difficult to discuss, but it's essential to acknowledge its presence in popular media. Movies and TV shows can serve as a platform for exploring complex themes, raising awareness, and sparking conversations about mental health. In this article, we'll delve into some of the best movies and TV shows related to self-harm, examining their portrayal of the issue and its impact on audiences.

Berserk
Cast
Nobutoshi Canna Nobutoshi Canna
Toshiyuki Morikawa Toshiyuki Morikawa
Yuko Miyamura Yuko Miyamura
Tomohiro Nishimura Tomohiro Nishimura
8.5 816 votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 25
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
Plot:  sexual abuse, suffering, mercenary, male friendship, waterfall, supernatural, woods, sword fight, ...
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Obsession
Cast
Michael Johnston Michael Johnston
Inde Navarrette Inde Navarrette
Cooper Tomlinson Cooper Tomlinson
Megan Lawless Megan Lawless
8.3 3.0K votes
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Style:  psychological
Plot:  obsession, supernatural, possession, wish, unrequited love, couple, absurdism, self-harm, ...
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Ginny & Georgia
Cast
Antonia Gentry Antonia Gentry
Brianne Howey Brianne Howey
Diesel La Torraca Diesel La Torraca
Jennifer Robertson Jennifer Robertson
8.0 1.8K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 30
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Free-spirited Georgia and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, move north in search of a fresh start but find that the road to new beginnings can be bumpy.
Plot:  femme fatale, romance, neighbor, female protagonist, motorcycle gang, childhood sexual abuse, town mayor, teenage romance, ...
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Black Swan
Cast
Natalie Portman Natalie Portman
Mila Kunis Mila Kunis
Vincent Cassel Vincent Cassel
Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey
7.7 15.7K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
Plot:  new york city, dance, nightmare, obsession, insanity, paranoia, hallucination, ballet dancer, ...
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Taste of Cherry
Cast
Homayoun Ershadi Homayoun Ershadi
Abdolrahman Bagheri Abdolrahman Bagheri
Safar Ali Moradi Safar Ali Moradi
Mir Hossein Noori Mir Hossein Noori
7.7 712 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:  A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
Plot:  depression, suicide, life and death, muslim, talking, nihilism, koran, teheran (tehran), ...
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Better Man
Cast
Robbie Williams Robbie Williams
Jonno Davies Jonno Davies
Steve Pemberton Steve Pemberton
Alison Steadman Alison Steadman
7.6 871 votes
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Australia, United Kingdom
Duration: 135 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.
Plot:  depression, drug addiction, musical, biography, based on true story, family abandonment, drugs, monkey, ...
Time:  1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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The Banshees of Inisherin
Cast
Colin Farrell Colin Farrell
Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson
Kerry Condon Kerry Condon
Barry Keoghan Barry Keoghan
7.5 3.4K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 114 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Plot:  friendship, island, donkey, dark comedy, irish civil war (1922-23), church, drinking, former best friend, ...
Time:  1920s
Place:  ireland
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The Social Dilemma
Cast
Tristan Harris Tristan Harris
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Jeff Seibert
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Bailey Richardson
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Joe Toscano
7.5 1.8K votes
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 94 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Plot:  artificial intelligence (a.i.), technology, silicon valley, high tech surveillance, internet, surveillance, big corporation, media manipulation, ...
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The Piano Teacher
Cast
Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert
Annie Girardot Annie Girardot
Benou00eet Magimel Benou00eet Magimel
Susanne Lothar Susanne Lothar
7.3 1.3K votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 131 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Plot:  concert, based on novel or book, music teacher, fetish, conservatory, masochism, victim, piano lessons, ...
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Thirst
Cast
Song Kang-ho Song Kang-ho
Kim Ok-vin Kim Ok-vin
Kim Hae-sook Kim Hae-sook
Shin Ha-kyun Shin Ha-kyun
7.1 1.1K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Plot:  vampire, priest, self mutilation, childhood friends, blood transfusion, confessional, catholic guilt, lesion, ...
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Talk to Me
Cast
Sophie Wilde Sophie Wilde
Alexandra Jensen Alexandra Jensen
Joe Bird Joe Bird
Otis Dhanji Otis Dhanji
7.1 3.8K votes
Genre: Horror
Country: Australia, United Kingdom
Duration: 95 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
Plot:  suicide, trauma, possession, female friendship, addiction, grief, female protagonist, death of mother, ...
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Saltburn
Cast
Barry Keoghan Barry Keoghan
Jacob Elordi Jacob Elordi
Rosamund Pike Rosamund Pike
Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant
7.0 3.0K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 131 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Plot:  suicide, karaoke, obsession, country house, maze, college, dark comedy, birthday party, ...
Time:  2000s
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The Big Shave
Cast
Peter Bernuth Peter Bernuth
6.9 356 votes
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: United States of America
Duration: 6 min.
Story:  A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.
Style:  intimate, tense
Plot:  bathroom, man, self mutilation, anti war, razor blade, shave, horror parody, short film, ...
Time:  vietnam war
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Wonder Egg Priority
6.8 119 votes
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Ai, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Aka." Spinning the gacha at their urging, she acquires a "Wonder Egg," and from that moment, her fate begins to change...
Style:  psychological
Plot:  suicide, depression, trauma, illusion, friendship, bullying, romance, slice of life, ...
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Lords of Chaos
Cast
Rory Culkin Rory Culkin
Emory Cohen Emory Cohen
Jack Kilmer Jack Kilmer
Sky Ferreira Sky Ferreira
6.8 557 votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Music
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 118 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Plot:  suicide, based on novel or book, nihilism, heavy metal, biography, based on true story, self mutilation, oslo, ...
Place:  norway
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The Son
Cast
Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman
Zen McGrath Zen McGrath
Vanessa Kirby Vanessa Kirby
Laura Dern Laura Dern
6.7 579 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 123 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
Plot:  depression, suicide, mental illness, mental health, child of divorce, divorced parents, hard, father son conflict, ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
6.7 2.1K votes
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  dreams, nightmare, sadism, psychopath, group therapy, supernatural, hypnosis, ohio, ...
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Smile
Cast
Sosie Bacon Sosie Bacon
Kyle Gallner Kyle Gallner
Jessie T. Usher Jessie T. Usher
Robin Weigert Robin Weigert
6.7 4.1K votes
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Duration: 115 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
Plot:  suicide, new jersey, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), therapist, detective, paranoia, trauma, curse, ...
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Antichrist
Cast
Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe
Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Gainsbourg
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Storm Acheche Sahlstru00f8m
6.6 2.9K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 104 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Plot:  depression, suffering, therapist, symbolism, marriage, masochism, controversy, woods, ...
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Smile 2
Cast
Naomi Scott Naomi Scott
Rosemarie DeWitt Rosemarie DeWitt
Lukas Gage Lukas Gage
Miles Gutierrez-Riley Miles Gutierrez-Riley
6.6 2.2K votes
Genre: Horror, Music, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Duration: 127 min.
Audience: R
Story:  About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
Style:  creepy, disturbing
Plot:  drug dealer, depression, new york city, dancing, suicide, concert, nightmare, escape, ...
Time:  2020s
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