Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "death-of-female-protagonist"

1. Smile (V) (2022)

R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

6.5

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68 Metascore

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.

Director: Parker Finn | Stars: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert

Votes: 161,756

2. Moulin Rouge! (2001)

PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

7.6

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66 Metascore

A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 299,484 | Gross: $57.39M

3. Vivarium (2019)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

5.9

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64 Metascore

A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.

Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg

Votes: 74,051

4. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)

R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

7.7

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86 Metascore

Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik

Votes: 52,999 | Gross: $2.00M

5. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

7.3

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70 Metascore

After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura

Votes: 7,774 | Gross: $0.11M

6. Inconceivable (2017)

R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

5.2

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A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.

Director: Jonathan Baker | Stars: Gina Gershon, Nicky Whelan, Nicolas Cage, Sienna Soho Baker

Votes: 10,826

7. BUtterfield 8 (1960)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance

6.3

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48 Metascore

A beautiful New York model and socialite enjoys a very active night-life, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill

Votes: 7,286 | Gross: $16.46M

8. I Knew Her Well (1965)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

7.6

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Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.

Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy, Joachim Fuchsberger

Votes: 3,147 | Gross: $0.01M

9. Charlotte (III) (2021)

Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

6.4

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58 Metascore

An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon's life in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World War II. Inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?".

Directors: Tahir Rana, Éric Warin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Marion Cotillard, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 479

10. The Seventh Victim (1943)

Approved | 71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

6.7

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A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village and finds that they could have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 7,580

11. Marquise (1997)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, History

5.9

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The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.

Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Timsit

Votes: 1,471 | Gross: $0.07M

12. Piccadilly (1929)

Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama

7.1

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89 Metascore

A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.

Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton

Votes: 1,841

13. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)

64 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.4

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A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier

Votes: 5,972

14. Waterloo Bridge (1931)

81 min | Drama, Romance

7.4

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A prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr

Votes: 3,167

15. Mary White (1977 TV Movie)

TV-G | 102 min | Drama

6.5

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The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on the life of her father.

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Ed Flanders, Fionnula Flanagan, Tim Matheson, Donald Moffat

Votes: 141

16. Paris by Night (1988)

103 min | Drama, Thriller

6.0

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Clara Paige (Charlotte Rampling) is a busy Euro Member of Parliament with a husband and child at home and a high powered career, but on a trip to Paris, her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.

Director: David Hare | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Iain Glen, Robert Hardy

Votes: 217

17. The C Word (2015 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

7.5

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A woman writes a blog about her experience with terminal cancer.

Director: Tim Kirkby | Stars: Sheridan Smith, Paul Nicholls, Stephanie Vogt, Tom Hutch

Votes: 536

18. Bunny (1998)

Unrated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

6.7

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An elderly widowed rabbit grieving her husband's death is encountered by a moth who invites her into the afterlife.

Director: Chris Wedge | Star: Bosmuend Pike

Votes: 2,086

19. Frisco Jenny (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Music

6.8

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The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy, Donald Cook

Votes: 1,188

20. The Hard Road (1973)

R | 85 min | Drama

5.7

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The cautionary tale of 17-year-old Sherman Oaks high-schooler Pam Banner, who has a baby out of wedlock. The baby is adopted, but Pam's too embarrassed to return to school, so her dad gets ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Connie Nelson, John Alderman, Catherine Howard, Gary Kent

Votes: 157