Dying And Death Movies

An intimate portrait of New York artist Michael Anderson during the last year of his life. The film is structured by way of Roberto Bolaño's...

A son, recently discovering he has passed away, must bargain with an angel to ensure his father’s admittance to Heaven - not Hell.

The lonely Charlie Bickle works in a morgue owned by the corrupt Dr. Dale Brodsky cremating bodies and lives with his crippled wife Mary. Dr. Dale...

Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here....

A man seeks help in planning his funeral from a surprisingly experienced consultant.

A documentary that explores how seven remarkable people embrace their pain, learn to live with their loss, and now engage in life with more...

In 1974, a soldier, having now returned home, is haunted by shadows from the past, but are they just in his mind?

Upon suddenly learning of her imminent death, Jacqueline von Kaenel begins to search for the key to her life. Unsparingly, she looks back and...

This is Jon Alpert's portrait of his father's struggles with growing old and nearing the end of life.

Twenty years after a beloved local fisherman, Richie Madeiras, goes missing off the shores of Martha's Vineyard, a distant cousin locates Richie's...

A man looks back on his life at what was and what could have been.

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. Aware of the illness, it is a way for the family...

Irish director Donagh Coleman explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Tukdam, whereby some Tibetan Buddhist practitioners are able to forestall...

In a surreal afterlife, a young man confronts his memories, regrets, and relationships as he revisits the moments leading up to his untimely death,...

An aspiring painter struggles to find passion for his art after the death of his mother.

Maria recounted the chronology of her father's death many times to the visiting guests.

Details fade from the mind, just like memories. Clarity in memory becomes blurred, and our bodies are the marked spaces once inhabited by others....

Switzerland is the only country in the world that allows foreigners to come and die on its territory. Since its founding in 1998, more than a...

A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic...