Melancholic films without violence

Melancholia

Justine • Family Crisis • Sweden • Leo • Apocalyptic • Slow-Paced

2011 • Movie • DE, FR, SE, DK

Lachrymose Primrose

Ambiguous • Bittersweet • Domestic • Contemporary • Heartbreaking • Bereaved Father

2024 • Movie

Athena

Emotional Scars • Emotional Healing • Emily • Robert W. Filion (Director) • Loss And Grief

2014 • Movie

Die wahre Schönheit

Theo • Urban Setting • Alina • Depressive • Desperate

2019 • Movie • DE

Aren't You Happy?

Bittersweet • Open-Ended • Disillusionment • Max Ophüls Award 2019 • Alienation Effect

2019 • Movie • DE

Ivul

Ambiguous • Young Alex • Family Watching • Fantasy • Psychological Trauma • Fantastical

2007 • Movie • CH, FR

Echo

Family Discovery • Kosovo • Ambiguous • Loss And Grief • Missing Son • Accident Investigation

2018 • Movie • XK, DE

Here

Video Therapy • Ambiguous • 2000S • Beatrice • Truth Revelation • Wife'S Death

2009 • Movie • SG

Wet Season

Reflective • Student • Singapore • Non-Linear • Connection Beyond Teacher-Student • Social Pressure

2019 • Movie

Nelligan

Poetry Creation • Confined To Asylum • Ambiguous • 19Th Century • Literary Adaptation

1991 • Movie • CA

Albträumer

Family Rejection • Baths-Baths • Bereaved Sister • Simon Thummet (Writer) • Intimate Framing • Diegetic Music

2020 • Movie • DE

Christine

Tragic Ending • Social Class • Baroness • Lieutenant • 2.8 Million Admissions In France • Orchestral Score

1958 • Movie • FR, IT

Somehow

Morocco • Gas Station • Young Man • International Recognition • Dreamlike • Low-Budget

2022 • Movie • DE, MA, ES, BE, AD, FR

Madalena

Soybean Plantation • Murder Mystery • Connected Lives • Rural Brazil • Drama

2021 • Movie • BR

Meier Marilyn

Hairdresser • Lover • Hair Salon • Small-Town • Small-Town Switzerland • Personal Struggle

2003 • Movie

Stillstehen

Recluse • Heir • Nurse • Threat To Immobility • Adults • Personal Independence

2019 • Movie • DE

Ariel

New Life • Job Loss • 1980S Finland • Finland • Meditative • Matti Pellonpää

1988 • Movie • FI

Depressive Cop

Unsettling • Ambiguous • Reappearance • Scottish Island • Disappearance • 2010S

2015 • Short • FR

Generasi 90an: Melankolia

Bittersweet • Abby • Sepia • Emotional Struggle • Hopeful • Emotional Connection

2020 • Movie • ID

Aline

Escapism • Alps • Falling In Love • Urban Settings • Hallucinations • Psychological Trauma

2002 • Movie • CH

Bwoy

Widower • Loneliness • Urban Setting • 2010S • Handheld • Anthony Rapp

2016 • Movie • US

Aloys

Tape Theft • Loss Of Tapes • Imaginary Universe • Mental Health • Aloys • Contemporary

2016 • Movie • CH, FR

Nioma

Nioma • Isolation • Natural Landscapes • Grief • Wilderness • Silja Vögeli (Director)

2019 • Short • DE

Music Teacher

Bittersweet • Hillside Town • Club Singer • Exciting Kohli • Estranged Relationships • Music Lovers

2018 • Movie • IN

SOL

Reconciliation • Paris • 2020S • Bittersweet • Family Reconciliation • Family Reunion

2020 • Movie • FR

Du bruit dans la tête

Simon • Urban Environment • Personal Upheaval • Lonely • Search For Belonging

2008 • Movie • CH, DE

Silent Bruges

Widower • Loss • Desire For Death • Bruges, The Quiet • Hugues Viane • Based On Novel

1981 • Movie • BE, NL

According to Her

Mother • Ambiguous • Personal Identity • New York • Musical Career • Introspective

2016 • Movie • US, FR

Him

Contemporary • Parents • Doctor • Friend • Composer • Alexandre Desplat

2021 • Movie • FR

Chroma

Bittersweet • Romantic Tension • Lonely Souls • Loneliness • Art House • Young Woman

2022 • Movie • CH, BE