Movies: Tragedy

A young Prince is visited by the Ghost of his father and compelled to vengeance - but can he stop thinking for long enough to do it?...

A tragedy that tells the story of a romance between an "Afrikaaner" (An Afrikaans speaking South African) on the run for murder and a a recently widowed farm owner who has to build up her farm in the Koi San area. Interjected with the tale is the lo...

A teen that’s happy but later develops depression when he meets a gothic girl, due to realization that his life isn’t good at all. He realizes he has mental issues but the girl does too so she’s able to cheer him up, but even he knows he can’t be ful...

On a romantic weekend away, Rory and Saff become victims of an unthinkable tragedy and their lives will never be the same. Rory's manic obsession fuels his desperate search for those responsible as he spirals deeper and deeper into madness....

Based in Jacksonville, Oregon in the year 1992, life changes for the worst. People start going crazy, violent, cannibalistic, tearing the world apart. We follow Erin, a quiet young teenager through a post-apocalyptic world. Facing struggles not even ...

At the time of Nero, the Empire is at the height of its power, but Rome, where a million inhabitants live, is afraid of its enemies, of foreigners, of barbarians. Rome is afraid of the Tyrant and of its own power. And all these fears seem to crystall...

This National Theatre Production was filmed for the National Theatre Archive in November 2022. ‘To be or not to be…’ Hamlet’s dad is dead. His uncle has taken over the kingdom and married Hamlet’s mum. The whole world feels like it’s turned upside ...

Separation Anxiety traces the friendship of three twenty-something childhood pals, Quinn, Jess, and Bailey on the morning of Bailey's funeral. As the people who loved Bailey the most grapple with the possibility that his fatal accident might have bee...

A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a young upward mobile rustic seeking fortune in Calcutta, fascinated by the lonely lady of the house....

A new version for younger audiences by Bijan Sheibani and Ben Power. Originally staged as part of the National Theatre’s Shakespeare for younger audiences programme. This archival recording was captured in 2017. This contemporary production sees a ...

While going back to Kinmen island during summer, Ah Kwan (Bryant Chang) learns from the internet about a pretty girl called Chen Wen Qing (Shara Lin), who emerged champion in the National Piano Competition. One day he coincidentally meets up with her...

The late Len Bias still leaves more questions than answers. When Bias dropped dead two days after the 1986 NBA Draft, he forever altered our perception of casual drug use and became the tipping point of America's drug crisis in the mid-80's. Future g...

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A family tragedy during the recession of 2008, catalyzed by unemployment, personal crisis, and illness....

After a traumatizing accident, a young man believes a doll is his little brother....

During apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, two lovers -- a 16-year-old Caucasian girl and a 20-year-old African man -- meet a tragic end....

When a dedicated college professor is denied tenure, he turns to black magic in a moment of desperation but finds himself trapped in a private hell of his own making....

Asya, Boyana, Iren and Vera are assassins working for S.T.A.R. Will they succeed in finding the killer of their boss?...

The Karate Man honors his recently deceased Sensei through a tribute video he created dedicated to his Sensei's legacy....

Vienna in the late 90s. VHS footage reveals the video-diary of Markus and Ana, a young unemployed couple. Boredom and the need for an adrenaline fix pushes them into a spiral of theft, alcohol and drugs....