Self Sacrifice Movies

Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband.

A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.

Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.

A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.

A powerful metaphor for how a woman perceives marriage: not as an act of love, but as a sentence.

A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.

A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.

Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's...

A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When...

Tokyo work culture's most compelling and complex protagonist; the Salaryman. A nameless, voiceless, over-worked and under-valued cog in the labour...

A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring...

An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural lands of China.

A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

It only happens at midnight; a station jingles out of nowhere and a radio starts playing a music. As days progress it becomes addictive to him. He...

As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before...

A painter has the worst night of his life after leaving his violin artwork in the back of a taxi in Macao.

A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the...

A doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.