Movies: Dying and death
- 2004
The Ninth Day (2004)
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A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary....
- 2019
Et si la mort n’était qu’un passage ? : Comment s’y préparer ? (2019)
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- 1987
Heaven (1987)
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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....
- 1990
Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
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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....
- 2022
Tukdam – Between Worlds (2022)
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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...
- 2008
Ballast (2008)
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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...
- 2016
The Virgin Soldier (2016)
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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...
- 1930
Outward Bound (1930)
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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 ...
- 2021
Melody (2021)
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A pianist struggles to finish a song when visited by a stranger....
- 1944
Port of Freedom (1944)
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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 ...
- 2011
François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996 (2011)
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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. ...
- 2007
Bis zum Ellenbogen (2007)
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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...
- 2004
Sunday in August (2004)
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- 2002
Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet (2002)
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Horrifying certainty about the date of his death drives one man crazy....
- 1955
Our Town (1955)
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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 ...
- 2008
Descendants (2008)
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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....
- 1959
The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)
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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....
- 2018
The Gazelle's Dance (2018)
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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...
- 2008
Die Anruferin (2008)
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A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow....
- 2007
Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche (2007)
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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...