Here we've displayed a list of the best Self-destruction films : Fight Club(1999), Scarface(1983), Raging Bull(1980), The Sacrifice(1986), The Lost Weekend(1945), All That Jazz(1979), Rockstar(2011), Tyrannosaur(2011), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning(1960), Leaving Las Vegas(1995), Revanche(2008), Submarine(2010) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Germany|USA
1999
139 Minutes
Brad Pitt Edward Norton Helena Bonham Carter Meat Loaf Aday Jared Leto Eion Bailey Joon B. Kim Evan Mirand
salesman rebel boss love interest friend traveling salesman dark gritty witty frightening office abandoned building motel support group house city rebellion self-destruction violence vandalism
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.
Crime, Drama
USA
1983
170 Minutes
Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer Steven Bauer Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Robert Loggia Miriam Colon F. Murray Abraham Paul Shenar Harris Yulin Ángel Salazar Arnaldo Santana
drug lord friend kingpin detective girlfriend dark brutal gory intense miami household restaurant drug trade organized crime drug addiction violence corruption self-destruction rise fall
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Biography, Drama
USA
1980
128 Minutes
Robert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci Frank Vincent Nicholas Colasanto Theresa Saldana Frank Adonis Mario Gallo Frank Topham Lori Anne Flax Joseph Bono
boxer love interest wife young girl competitor friend dark gritty boxing ring prison new york city miami household jealousy boxing self-destruction redemption emotional abuse paranoia fall
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Drama
Sweden|France|UK
1986
145 Minutes
Erland Josephson Allan Edwall Susan Fleetwood Valérie Mairesse Gudrún Gisladóttir Sven Wollter Filippa Franzen Tommy Kjellqvist
son wife father mail carrier middle-aged man boy somber dark fascinating solemn island family home countryside party seaside woods post-apocalypse nuclear war world war iii faith
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Ray Milland Jane Wyman Howard da Silva Phillip Terry Doris Dowling Frank Faylen Mary Young Anita Sharp-Bolster Lillian Fontaine Lewis Russell Frank Orth
writer alcoholic brother girlfriend bartender dark bleak intense new york city bar hotel opera house hospital addiction alcoholism lying self-destruction love wretched excess temptation
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Musical, Drama
USA
1979
123 Minutes
Roy Scheider Jessica Lange Ann Reinking Leland Palmer Cliff Gorman Ben Vereen Erzsebet Foldi Michael Tolan Max Wright William La Messena Irene Kane
director dancer dark wild creative stage hospital new york city addiction hedonism self-destruction filmmaking show business fall wretched excess 1970s
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
Romance, Drama
India
2011
160 Minutes
Ranbir Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Aditi Rao Hydari Piyush Mishra Nargis Fakhri Shikha Jain Jaideep Ahlawat
young woman young man father mother singer love interest gripping intense emotional moving sad india house bungalow valley wedding reception love interest love at first sight friendship relationships
Janardhan Jakhar chases his dreams of becoming a big Rock star, during which he falls in love with Heer.
Drama
UK
2011
91 Minutes
Peter Mullan Olivia Colman Eddie Marsan Ned Dennehy Sally Carman Samuel Bottomley Paul Popplewell Sian Breckin Paul Conway Julia Mallam
man charity worker bleak brutal chilling dark disturbing frenetic gutsy gripping intense intricate united kingdom self-destruction redemption anger turmoil relationships secrets challenge
Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
Drama
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Albert Finney Rachel Roberts Shirley Anne Field Hylda Baker Norman Rossington Bryan Pringle Robert Cawdron Edna Morris Elsie Wagstaff Frank Pettitt
factory worker pregnant woman dark raw brooding england nottingham, england factory abortion alcoholism infidelity self-destruction love forbidden love wretched excess growing up 1960s
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Drama
France|UK|USA
1995
111 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Elisabeth Shue Julian Sands Richard Lewis Valeria Golino Graham Beckel R. Lee Ermey Laurie Metcalf David Brisbin Xander Berkeley Lou Rawls
alcoholic screenwriter prostitute pimp bleak emotional las vegas motel apartment alcoholism self-destruction prostitution writers romance love wretched excess fall love 1990s
Ben 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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Austria
2008
121 Minutes
Johannes Krisch Andreas Lust Irina Potapenko Ursula Strauss Hannes Thanheiser Hanno Pöschl Michael-Joachim Heiss
ex-convict pimp prostitute grandfather wealthy woman police officer melodramatic bleak shocking prison austria small town brothel farmhouse police station crime small-town life friendship boredom dreams
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2010
105 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Peter Plaugborg Gustav Fischer Kjærulff Helene Reingaard Neumann Patricia Schumann Morten Rose Kate Kjølby Lisbeth H. Pedersen Dar Salim Henrik Strube Elias Ehlers
teenager neighbor single father amusing submarine funeral time self-destruction heart transformation
Two brothers meet at their mother's funeral, each in his way on a path of self-destruction, both haunted by a tragedy in their youth.
Drama
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Bette Davis Olivia de Havilland George Brent Dennis Morgan Charles Coburn Frank Craven Billie Burke Hattie McDaniel Lee Patrick
socialite decorator lawyer doctor melodramatic brash maryland the south racism sibling rivalry infidelity adultery divorce self-destruction rivalry forbidden love fall 1940s
The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband; in retaliation, her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2002
117 Minutes
Steve Coogan Lennie James Shirley Henderson Paddy Considine Andy Serkis Sean Harris John Simm Ralf Little Danny Cunningham Chris Coghill Paul Popplewell
reporter musician rock star love interest gritty quirky manchester, england office concert stage bar performance music drugs television social event self-destruction rise fall 1970s
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Romance
France
1990
83 Minutes
Jean Rochefort Anna Galiena Henry Hocking Maurice Chevit Roland Bertin Philippe Clévenot Ticky Holgado Michèle Laroque
husband wife hairdresser young boy suicidal person offbeat sultry playful amusing france village hair salon sexual obsession marriage memory suicide self-destruction relationships love temptation
Antoine has always been fascinated with a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume and the figure of a woman with an opulent bosom, moreover, he knew that he would marry one, fulfilling his dream of a perfect and idealised love.
Drama
France
1975
97 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Bruce Robinson Sylvia Marriott Reuben Dorey Joseph Blatchley Carl Hathwell Ivry Gitlis Louise Bourdet
beautiful woman soldier father servant daughter intense melodramatic west indies guernsey nova scotia obsessive love mental illness self-destruction delusion forbidden love pursuit fall 1910s
Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
117 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Jonny Lee Miller Robert Carlyle Ewen Bremner Anjela Nedyalkova Kelly Macdonald Shirley Henderson James Cosmo
drug addict friend brooding disturbing dreamy hedonistic somber scotland apartment club street loss vengeance regret self-destruction returning home adventure discovery escape fall
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie.
Drama, Music
USA|Germany
2002
110 Minutes
Eminem Kim Basinger Brittany Murphy Mekhi Phifer Evan Jones Omar Benson Miller Eugene Byrd De'Angelo Wilson Anthony Mackie Taryn Manning Chloe Greenfield
model friend gang member police officer single mother rapper dark gritty detroit trailer factory car abandoned building eviction self-destruction violence interracial romance pregnancy arson discovery
A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Drama
USA|Ireland
1997
106 Minutes
Eamonn Owens Alan Boyle Stephen Rea Fiona Shaw Andrew Fullerton Aisling O'Sullivan Ian Hart Sinéad O'Connor
boy mother father woman priest amusing cheeky shocking ireland reform school trauma sexual abuse dysfunction behavioral disorder self-destruction pop culture growing up metamorphosis revenge underdog
The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
Documentary
USA
1986
96 Minutes
William S. Burroughs Lewis MacAdams Jack Kerouac
author widow beatnik allen ginsberg william s. burroughs poet passionate san francisco new york city family home television studio jack kerouac alcoholism writing beat generation celebrity self-destruction transformation wretched excess 1960s
Documentary explore the unfulfilled promise of Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac, covering the period from the publication of his notorious novel On the Road in 1957 to his alcohol-related death 12 years later.
Drama
Mexico|USA
1984
109 Minutes
Albert Finney Jacqueline Bisset Anthony Andrews Ignacio López Tarso Katy Jurado James Villiers Dawson Bray Carlos Riquelme Jim McCarthy Tun-Tun Eleazar Garcia Jr.
consul wife brother dark intense brutal mexico alcoholism self-destruction marital problems suicide wretched excess fall 1930s
A day in the life of a self-destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II.
Drama
West Germany
1976
93 Minutes
Josef Bierbichler Stefan Güttler Clemens Scheitz Sonja Skiba Wolf Albrecht Thomas Binkley Janos Fischer Wilhelm Friedrich
business owner artist tow truck driver prophet townsperson dreamy disturbing profound cheeky bavaria factory village countryside tavern art obsession secret madness prophecy self-destruction
The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2017
84 Minutes
Georgia Chara Christopher Kirby Holly Brisley Talin Argon Michela Carattini Hayley Hughes Michael Budd Johnny Lahoud
man partygoer friend gangster drug dealer amusing tense brooding hilarious unrestrained house party cemetery bar office relationships self-destruction self-discovery party lifestyle changes
A touching comedy drama about 3 friends edging towards their mid thirties who, in an attempt to hang on to their carefree youth,embark on an attempt to write themselves into the history books by trying to host the world's longest house party.
Drama
USA|Argentina|Spain|Italy
2009
127 Minutes
Vincent Gallo Maribel Verdú Alden Ehrenreich Klaus Maria Brandauer Carmen Maura Rodrigo de la Serna Leticia Brédice Mike Amigorena Sofía Gala Francesca De Sapio
teen boy estranged brother writer girlfriend brooding melodramatic offbeat argentina cruise ship apartment café concert hall hospital reunion writing self-destruction brother relationship sibling rivalry secrets quest
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
Drama
USA
1955
95 Minutes
Joan Crawford Barry Sullivan Betsy Palmer John Ireland Lucy Marlow
business owner wife sister-in-law ex-lover cousin husband uneasy chilling dark georgia mansion unhappy marriage alcoholism engagement manipulation family self-destruction forbidden love rivalry fall
A young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, and soon finds herself sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.
Drama
USA
1966
88 Minutes
Leonard Nimoy Michael Forest Paul Mazursky Gavin MacLeod Robert Ellenstein
thief murderer gay man prison guard prisoner brooding gripping spirited creative prison cell prison life homosexuality love triangle power struggle self-destruction rivalry fall 1940s
A small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
91 Minutes
David Schwimmer Janeane Garofalo Judah Friedlander Susan Lynch Dick Cavett Steve Schirripa Jerry Grayson Bill Buell John Krasinski Ramya Pratt Rachel Covey
card dealer alcoholic ex-wife casino owner best friend daughter somber offbeat melodramatic bleak moving charming atlantic city, n.j. casino bar house boardwalk courtroom alcoholism drunken driving
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Drama
USA
1933
76 Minutes
Helen Twelvetrees Victor Jory Wallace Ford Claire Dodd Warren Hymer Raymond Brown Hobart Cavanaugh Charles Levison Ralph Freud William Jeffrey Lester Crawford
vaudevillian dancer radio star songwriter wife radio station manager melodramatic spirited tender new york city vaudeville show radio station nightclub panama show business radio performers self-destruction marital problems love triangle fame
Spirited singer and dancer Connie (Helen Twelvetrees) charms a radio station executive, John Bradley (Victor Jory), when he spots her performing in a Panama nightclub. Connie hits it off ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2002
96 Minutes
David Strathairn Agnes Bruckner Margaret Colin Frances Fisher A.J. Buckley Regan Arnold Sarah Beuhler
young girl teacher rival friend parent dark emotional church school beach hospital divorce disillusionment poetry competition self-destruction shoplifting discovery growing up 2000s
A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.