Movies and TvShows featuring "decline-and-fall" theme.

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a movie about a stand-up comedian who looks back on his life and career after a life-threatening accident. The film explores his rise to fame, struggles with addiction, relationships, and the price of fame. Through reflection, he seeks redemption and a new direction in life.

The Last of England is a surreal and poetic film that takes a deep dive into the post-industrial landscape of England. The story follows a couple as they navigate through a crumbling society, encountering various characters and situations along the way. The film explores themes of repression, rebellion, and the human spirit in the face of adversity. With stunning visuals and a haunting soundtrack, The Last of England creates a unique and thought-provoking cinematic experience.

A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.

Patriarch and entrepreneur August Manzl is terminally ill. As his four grown-up children are all spoiled and sluggish, he comes up with a rather cynical idea to determine the future leader of the families empire: whoever of his children shows the courage and willpower to end his suffering within the next week will become the sole heir - and simultaneously proof the skills necessary to succeed in a modern business world. Between the children a murderous competition evolves.

This documentary tells the story of Alex Higgins, a Northern Irish snooker player who became a world champion but struggled with personal demons and a self-destructive lifestyle. It explores his rise to fame, his professional rivalry, his gambling addiction, and his decline and fall, including his battle with throat cancer.

"Heritage" - This three-part historical epic of the lives and misfortunes of the Vrhunc family in the former Yugoslavia is divided into the years of 1914, 1924, and 1944. In 1914, the wealthy Vrhunc patriarch owns valuable land and operates a lucrative mine. He is conservative and wants to hold on to the status quo, and so when the region breaks away from Hapsburg rule, he loses out. His wife, in the meantime, is a tragic figure who has an unhappy solution to her stifling existence with her husband and children. In part II, set in 1924, the fascists and communists are fighting for footholds among the population and in the government, and the Vrhunc family is torn apart because their own allegiances are divided between the two opposing extremes. In part III, the family suffers the most, as Nazi collaborators are rounded up and shot by Partisans, and chaos reigns.