Movies about Failure
Explore films and series about failure — The reckoning after the attempt does not work. Watchin ranks titles by how strongly they explore this theme, so you can find something that fits how you feel tonight.
Watchin ranks 23 films and series about failure by how strongly each one explores the theme, using a taste model built on viewer ratings rather than genre labels.
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- Succession (2018)
- Downfall (2004)
- Another Round (2020)
- EXIT (2019)
- I'm Starting from Three (1981)
- The Book of Life (2014)
- About Fate (2022)
- Mass (2021)
- Send Help (2026)
- The Platform (2019)
- Too Big to Fail (2011)
- Broken (2012)
- Mine (2016)
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
- Endings, Beginnings (2020)
- The Final (2010)
- Survive (2024)
- 10 (1979)
- Spread (2009)
- Problemos (2017)
- Loser (2000)
- Management (2009)
- Get a Job (2016)
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Common questions
What are the best movies about failure?
Watchin's highest-ranked films and series about failure include Succession, Downfall and Another Round. Ranking reflects how strongly each title explores the theme, not how recent or popular it is.
How does Watchin decide which titles are about failure?
Each title is scored against failure as a life topic from its story, themes and emotional tone, then ranked by audience rating among titles with enough ratings to be reliable. Titles below 250 ratings are excluded so the list is not dominated by obscure entries with a handful of perfect scores.
How many films and series about failure are there?
Watchin's catalogue contains 23 titles about failure that meet the ratings threshold. The full ranked list is free to browse.