Colorful, based on a novel of the same name, is an animated movie that tackles this subject. But it does not only focus on the act itself and the person's motivations for doing such an act. Instead, it also addresses the impact one's life has on other people.
Colorful tells the story of an unnamed soul who has committed a transgression in a past life. To be reintroduced into the cycle of rebirth, he is put into the body of Makoto Kobayashi, a third year middle school student who committed suicide by drug overdose. Given a second chance of life, the soul must find out what he did in the past before time runs out and he leaves Makoto's body for good. In the meantime, he learns a lot more about Makoto's life and why he committed suicide in the first place.
The rest of the film then delves into 'Makoto's' daily life, coming to terms with his new body, and unraveling the mystery of who the soul really is. At the same time, the secret threads of the people that inadvertently caused his suicide begin to unravel.
Overall the film takes an interesting approach to how we perceive life, and how we see death as a way out. It deals with a subject that can be prone to excessive melodrama, but the film does the drama just right, with a realism that you see more in live action films. Go and check it out.
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