Didn’t Ben Kingsley’s character off himself in House of Sand and Fog? Maybe he wasn’t the main character but he was a pretty major character in the film.
Tunes of Glory
I know that Alec Guinness got top billing, but John Mills’ character was equally important to the story.
For Whom the Bell Tolls. I think they made it into a movie, right?
Sonatine
Thelma and Louise (surprised nobody’s mentioned it)
You could make an argument for End of Evangelion, sort of.
[spoiler]Depending on whether or not you consider the forcible merging of all humanity into one mass conciousness as suicide.
But why does Shinji get to live, dammit? :P[/spoiler]
Devil in Miss Jones, right in the first scene.
Surprised you didn’t read post #3.
Even more surprised she didn’t read post #4
::snort:: Gaudere strikes again
Very good point, but I think so. Ripley 2 is a completely different person (clone?) from the original. Ripley 1 did the swan dive and was completely destroyed. That they were able to scrape up enough cells to make a copy doesn’t change that the original is toast.
Good call. Even if he wasn’t the main character, my recollection is that every single speaking part committed suicide.
That movie was an orgy of depression.
The DVD I’ve got ends with Morgan Freemans character coming home from his job packing bags at a grocery store. He finds a postcard from Tiahuana (sp) which is where Andy said he always wanted to go.
Last shot is Morgan walking along a beach, in the distance Andy is sitting on a beached boat.
Standalone, it’s a bit better of an ending, I guess*. But did the in-theatre cut mention the miscarriages the mother always had?That part wouldn’t make sense without the suicide.
*And it makes the fact that there was a “Sequel” make a bit more sense. Although I haven’t seen the sequel. But yet, there is a possibility for a sequel even if he dies his dad is still living, right?
Wikipedia says the sequel is just a rehashing of the original story with different characters, and an “Evan” who is more interested in improving his own life than that everyone else’s.
The Big Chill. Oh sure, only Kevin Costner’s slashed wrist made the final cut, but he central to the film’s plot.
I think “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” counts as a main character suicide. It’s also pretty depressing.
Maybe in the novel, but in the film, Diane Keaton’s character picks up a closeted gay psychopath who wigs out on her and slashes her, fatally.
**Elvira Madigan ** – our young lovers on the lam enjoy the last of autumn’s wild strawberries, and, with the Swedish winter fast approaching, the soldier shoots his girlfriend and then himself. Very depressing.
MAS*H, the original movie, one of the main characters *attempts *suicide. Hence the theme song. His friends keep him alive, though.
Isn’t there a pretty significant difference between “suicide” and “noble sacrifice” or “no way out”?
How about The Quiet Earth? That one’s sorta tricky, though.
Yes, but she was obviously working to get someone to abuse, if not kill her. She was going to keep picking up guys and then poking the bear until it finally got her.
So, maybe a passive/agressibe suicide, maybe not.