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* In "WesternAnimation/TerkelInTrouble", an overweight student called Doris jumps out of a school window after the bullies begin to make fun of her after Terkel rejects her and calls her a fat cow. Nobody but Terkel takes this seriously.
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* ''Film/LostInAlaska'': Joe [=McDermott=] ''tries'', repeatedly, after his girlfriend dumps him. He ultimately gets persuaded not to.
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* ''Film/{{Arcade}}'' starts with Alex finding her mother's body after the latter has taken her own life.
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* In the Happy Science film ''Anime/TheRebirthOfBuddha'', Tokuzo Kanemoto, a reporter and a friend of the Amanokawa family, jumps into an oncoming train to take his own life after his latest report has been proven false and ruined his reputation. When Sayako witnesses his spirit's trial, the three judges lambast him for doing that and lament his denial of the Spirit World and God throughout his entire life before sending him to Hell.
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* One night in ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils'', John breaks down in tears to Nurse Catty telling her to give him a pill so he'll never wake up again, believing himself to be more of use to his family dead now that he isn't earning any money for them. Luckily, Nurse Catty talks him out of thinking like this.
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* ''Film/AYearAndChange'': After being confronted about being complicit in a rape case involving underage girls, [[spoiler: Kenny eventually kills himself when it is looking likely he will end up in prison.]]
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*''Film/Oldboy2003'': [[spoiler:Woo-jin wanted to die ever since the loss of Soo-ah, but the only thing keeping him alive was a desire to exact revenge. Once he finished this and was able to revel in the suffering he inflicted to Dae-su, he saw no reason to keep living, and shot himself in the head. Dae-su also begs Woo-jin to kill him when he realizes he's [[ParentalIncest fucked]] his own daughter.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'', the King in the story kills himself after Beowulf has succeeded in killing his bastard son he conceived with a monster. Beowulf however [[spoiler:is by some standards TooDumbToLive, seeing what the King's fooling around did, but nonetheless strikes a bargain with the monster and gives her ''another'' baby. Being also too [[{{Pride}} proud]] to kill himself, he dies in a [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeeming]] HeroicSacrifice.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007'', the King in the story kills himself after Beowulf has succeeded in killing his bastard son he conceived with a monster. Beowulf however Beowulf, however, [[spoiler:is by some standards TooDumbToLive, seeing what the King's fooling around did, but nonetheless strikes a bargain with the monster and gives her ''another'' baby. Being also too [[{{Pride}} proud]] to kill himself, he dies in a [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeeming]] HeroicSacrifice.]]HeroicSacrifice]].



* John ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' was driven to suicide at an early age because [[ISeeDeadPeople he saw demonically-possessed people]], managed to get himself [[OnlyMostlyDead just dead enough]] to count as a successful suicide by [[KnightTemplar Heaven's standards]], and spent the rest of his life trying to earn a [[GetOutOfJailFreeCard Get Out of Hell Free Card]]. [[spoiler:He eventually gets it by [[RedemptionEqualsDeath killing himself again]] (and then Satan screws him by making him better).]] This is different from the comic book character's story and motivation.

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* ''Film/Constantine2005'': John ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' was driven to suicide at an early age because [[ISeeDeadPeople he saw demonically-possessed people]], managed to get himself [[OnlyMostlyDead just dead enough]] to count as a successful suicide by [[KnightTemplar Heaven's standards]], and spent the rest of his life trying to earn a [[GetOutOfJailFreeCard Get Out of Hell Free Card]]. [[spoiler:He eventually gets it by [[RedemptionEqualsDeath killing himself again]] (and then Satan screws him by making him better).]] This is different from the comic book character's story and motivation.
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* After [[GoMadFromTheRevelation going mad from the revelation]], Walenski in ''Film/DarkCity'' announces that he's [[DeadlyEuphemism figured out a way out of the city]], at which point he hurls himself in front of a train.

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* After [[GoMadFromTheRevelation going mad from the revelation]], Walenski in ''Film/DarkCity'' ''Film/DarkCity1998'' announces that he's [[DeadlyEuphemism figured out a way out of the city]], at which point he hurls himself in front of a train.
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* Suicide is a recurring subject in the avant-garde horror {{anthology film}} ''Film/TheDeathKing'', with five of the seven segments exploring the topic in some way.

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* Suicide is a recurring subject in the avant-garde horror {{anthology film}} ''Film/TheDeathKing'', with five six of the seven segments exploring the topic in some way.
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* ''Christine'': A docu-drama about the real-life story of Christine Chubbuck, a TV journalist who, after years of suffering with depression, shot herself on live TV in 1974. There's also ''Kate Plays Christine'', a film about an actress preparing for the role of Chubbuck in a fictional biopic.

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* ''Christine'': ''Film/Christine2016'': A docu-drama about the real-life story of Christine Chubbuck, a TV journalist who, after years of suffering with depression, shot herself on live TV in 1974. There's also ''Kate Plays Christine'', a film about an actress preparing for the role of Chubbuck in a fictional biopic.
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* Suicide is a recurring subject in the avant-garde horror {{anthology film}} ''Film/TheDeathKing'', with five of the seven segments exploring the topic in some way.
** "Monday" depicts a man coming home, calling his workplace to announce his resignation, writing cryptic messages, and then cleaning his apartment one last time before committing suicide by CyanidePill in his bathtub.
** "Tuesday" ends with a man's murder of his girlfriend revealed as being presented on a television screen in a room where another man has hanged himself.
** In "Wednesday", a man, distraught over his unhappy marriage which culminated in the murder of his wife, asks a young woman to shoot him, only to grab the gun and turn it on himself.
** "Thursday" contains a list of people who have committed suicide by jumping from a certain bridge.
** In "Friday", a woman receives a chain letter urging her to kill herself, but thankfully ignores it, ripping it up and throwing it away.
** In "Sunday", a clearly depressed man violently bashes his head against a nearby wall until he finally succumbs to brain damage.

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