This study analyzes Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides (1999) through the lens of Judith Butler’s gender performativity theory to investigate the suicidality of the Lisbon sisters as a reflection of gender oppression. The film portrays how patriarchal norms, religious morality, and familial control contribute to the psychological deterioration and eventual suicides of five adolescent sisters. Using qualitative descriptive and semiotic analysis methods, this research explores how gender expectations are imposed through visual representation, narrative framing, and performative roles within the film. The Lisbon sisters’ suicidality is interpreted as a performative resistance against the impossible standards of femininity and the silencing effect of the male gaze. Their deaths become a critique of the rigid cultural norms that define womanhood through purity, passivity, and aesthetic suffering. By applying gender theory and film analysis, this study contributes to the discourse on female mental health, gendered violence, and the representation of girlhood in media