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- Manchester By the Sea (2016) Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler. Drama (2h 17m) 7.8 on IMDb — 96% on RT.
- Big Fish (2003) Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup. Adventure, Drama, Fantasy (2h 5m) 8.0 on IMDb — 75% on RT. Big Fish explores the subject of death in a much lighter and more whimsical way than most of the other films on this list, combining comical fantasy with realist drama.
- Three Colors: Blue (1993) Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Hélène Vincent. Drama, Music, Mystery (1h 34m) 7.9 on IMDb — 98% on RT.
- Midsommar (2019) Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren. Drama, Horror, Mystery (2h 28m) 7.1 on IMDb — 83% on RT. After Ari Aster blew us away with Hereditary, he rode the A24 horror wave with yet another creepy movie about death: Midsommar.
- Up
- Truly Madly Deeply
- The Bucket List
- P.S. I Love You
- Rabbit Hole
- Beaches
- Marley and Me
- Steel Magnolias
- Ghost
- Terms of Endearment
Check Price on Amazon While the majority of the film focuses on how it is never too late to go on an adventure and pursue your dreams, the beginning shares a lot about how grief and loss can result in a lifetime of loneliness and solitude. Up is highly recommended if you want to explain the concept of grief to your children. There is a long list of...
Check Price on Amazon We love this film for two big reasons: Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson. The movie is your typical love story but revolves around the themes of grief and moving on. The husband (Rickman) dies, and the wife (Stevenson) has a hard time moving on. It is the delivery of these two actors that makes the movie so exceptional. There ...
Check Price on Amazon Award-winning actors Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson team up to bring us one of the best and movies of all time. As the title suggests, the film is about a person’s bucket list of things they want to do before they “kick the bucket.” The Bucket List is one of our favorite films. It’s not just about living your dreams before ...
Check Price on Amazon Some people might say that this is just another typical romantic comedy, but we have to disagree. It is not just another love story—it is the love story. Even the most cynical, jaded person who says they don’t believe in love anymore will still fall in love with Gerard Butler in this film. P.S. I Love You tells the story of ho...
Check Price on Amazon Rabbit Hole is a heartbreaking film. Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart give exceptional performances as a young couple who has lost their son in a car accident. Lost and distraught, their relationship starts to crumble down. How do they deal with both the loss and save their relationship?
Check Price on Amazon We recommend Beaches to any best friends who grew up together but became disconnected, and then eventually found each other again. If you want to laugh and cry on a Friday night while bonding with your bestie, this is the movie to watch. In addition to the grief and loss that it explores, the film is all about extraordinary fr...
Check Price on Amazon “I felt a grief that I had really not experienced before” is what John Grogan said when he was interviewed for his memoir, Marley and Me. This is what he felt when he and his family lost Marley, their dog companion for 10 years. He described the grief as unending and too much to bear. The movie version stars Owen Wilson and Je...
Check Price on Amazon If Beaches is for besties, Steel Magnolias is for a group of besties. It follows the story of a dying girl and her group of friends and looks at how their friendship is stronger than the future grief that they are about to face. Death is inevitable, but the love we have for the people we care about is even more powerful. The m...
Check Price on Amazon It is usually the living who find it hard to let go of loved ones, but this movie gives us a different twist. Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore star in a film where a ghost can’t let go of the woman he left behind. Ghost was one of the top-grossing films during the 1990s. We recommend watching it if you want a mix of love, fantasy...
Check Price on Amazon Terms of Endearment is a tearjerker, despite it being considered a comedy-drama. It is definitely worth a watch, especially with your mom. Many mothers and daughters can have bittersweet relationships, and this movie depicts just that! Are you ready to cry together?
“Grief may be a thing we all have in common but it looks different on everyone. It isn't just death we have to grieve. It's life, it's loss, it's change. And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, it has to hurt so bad. The thing we gotta try to remember is that it can turn on a dime.
This curated list of movies about dying depicts the various emotional struggles we all face around the topics of grief, dying, and loss. Watching the films can be a light way to work through the heavy feelings you are processing.
- Steel Magnolias. This comedy-drama came out over thirty years ago, but it still holds up after all this time. The first two-thirds of the movie is full of Southern sass.
- My Girl. Sometimes you form your most intense and devoted friendships at an early age. This coming-of-age tale follows a preteen girl. You watch as she learns about growing up, experiences her first crush, and loses a friend.
- Up. You wouldn’t think a kid’s movie could break your heart. But within the first fifteen minutes of Up, you'll likely be teary-eyed. The good news is, it can only go up (no pun intended) from there.
- The Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense is one of many movies dealing with the afterlife, and it would be easy to dismiss it as a thriller. But it’s also a deeply moving meditation on how difficult it is to let go of the people you love.
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Apr 10, 2023 · We've watched hundreds of films and read countless reviews across the internet to put together this round-up of the 27 best movies about death, dying, and dealing with loss.
