Movies: Dying and death

  • 2004
    The Ninth Day

    The Ninth Day (2004)

    The Ninth Day

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    A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary....

    The Ninth Day
  • 2019
    Et si la mort n’était qu’un passage ? : Comment s’y préparer ?

    Et si la mort n’était qu’un passage ? : Comment s’y préparer ? (2019)

    Et si la mort n’était qu’un passage ? : Comment s’y préparer ?

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    Et si la mort n’était qu’un passage ? : Comment s’y préparer ?
  • 1987
    Heaven

    Heaven (1987)

    Heaven

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    A series of interviews are conducted concerning people's beliefs towards the possibility of an afterlife. The interviews are filmed against a set of strange backdrops, and are intercut with clips from classic films and a variety of stock footage....

    Heaven
  • 1990
    Daddy Nostalgia

    Daddy Nostalgia (1990)

    Daddy Nostalgia

    7.11990HD

    A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with him in a way she never did before, as each member of the family tries to cope with his imminent death....

    Daddy Nostalgia
  • 2022
    Tukdam – Between Worlds

    Tukdam – Between Worlds (2022)

    Tukdam – Between Worlds

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    Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such assumptions through its exploration of a phenomenon that blurs life and death to an unprecedented degree. In...

    Tukdam – Between Worlds
  • 2008
    Ballast

    Ballast (2008)

    Ballast

    7.22008HD

    A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding conflict...

    Ballast
  • 2016
    The Virgin Soldier

    The Virgin Soldier (2016)

    The Virgin Soldier

    6.42016HD

    Two soldiers, Daniel and Jerome, flee a war we don’t see and we know nothing about. Jerome is badly injured, he will die, he says it, he knows it, he is afraid. Then Jerome confesses to Daniel his last will: he does not want to die a virgin, he wants...

    The Virgin Soldier
  • 1930
    Outward Bound

    Outward Bound (1930)

    Outward Bound

    5.91930HD

    A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the ...

    Outward Bound
  • 2021
    Melody

    Melody (2021)

    Melody

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    A pianist struggles to finish a song when visited by a stranger....

    Melody
  • 1944
    Port of Freedom

    Port of Freedom (1944)

    Port of Freedom

    7.21944HD

    Singing sailor Hannes, who now entertains the crowd at St. Pauli's Hippodrome after years at sea, promises his dying brother that he will take care of his ex-girlfriend Gisa. Taking Gisa to Hamburg to live with him, Hannes quickly falls in love with ...

    Port of Freedom
  • 2011
    François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996

    François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996 (2011)

    François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996

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    "What could be more unsettling than a man close to death whose profound arrogance drives him relentlessly to hang onto both his power and his writing, to the bitter end?" In the twilight of his second seven-year term, François Mitterrand was alone. ...

    François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
  • 2007
    Bis zum Ellenbogen

    Bis zum Ellenbogen (2007)

    Bis zum Ellenbogen

    6.52007HD

    Achim, a risk-taking young shipowner, and Willi, an inventive bon vivant, collide in the Swiss Alps. The accident alone reveals the rifts that lie between their worlds. Only Sven, the peace-loving bank employee from Sylt, who takes them both in at hi...

    Bis zum Ellenbogen
  • 2004
    Sunday in August

    Sunday in August (2004)

    Sunday in August

    6.82004HD

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    Sunday in August
  • 2002
    Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet

    Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet (2002)

    Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet

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    Horrifying certainty about the date of his death drives one man crazy....

    Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet
  • 1955
    Our Town

    Our Town (1955)

    Our Town

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    Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors. This musicalization of Thornton Wilder's ...

    Our Town
  • 2008
    Descendants

    Descendants (2008)

    Descendants

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    A 3-D animated film about the dream of reaching the unreachable and about the fact that something good can evolve from something evil....

    Descendants
  • 1959
    The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)

    The Doctor's Dilemma

    6.11959HD

    Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband....

    The Doctor's Dilemma
  • 2018
    The Gazelle's Dance

    The Gazelle's Dance (2018)

    The Gazelle's Dance

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    As a soccer star back in the day, Eugenio used to be known as “The Gazelle” for his speed and dexterity in the field. He retired young, unable to score a trophy. Now 72 and living in a retirement home, Eugenio is determined to win a dance contest wit...

    The Gazelle's Dance
  • 2008
    Die Anruferin

    Die Anruferin (2008)

    Die Anruferin

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    A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow....

    Die Anruferin
  • 2007
    Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche

    Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche (2007)

    Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche

    8.22007HD

    Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother Erik discover her apartment, which is filthy and full to bursting with junk. It takes the brothers an e...

    Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche