Movies: Dying and death
- 2005
George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005)
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Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO®. His spot-on observations on the deterioration of human behavior include Americans’ obsession with their two favorite addi...
- 2019
Et si la mort n’était qu’un passage ? : Comment s’y préparer ? (2019)
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- 2002
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
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The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with ...
- 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 ...
- 2002
Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet (2002)
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Horrifying certainty about the date of his death drives one man crazy....
- 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....
- 2001
The White Sound (2001)
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Lukas, a young schizophrenic man, has to deal with a new town, a new relationship, and the paranoia in his head....
- 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....
- 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....
- 2008
Finnischer Tango (2008)
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Alex is a passionate musician. He travels from one gig to the next with his tango band. He can't make a living from his music, but he doesn't really care. This changes when he and his bandmates steal a rocker band's tour bus and there is an accident....
- 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...
- 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...
- 2021
Melody (2021)
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A pianist struggles to finish a song when visited by a stranger....
- 2008
Die Anruferin (2008)
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A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow....
- 2008
Streets of Rio (2008)
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Rio de Janeiro. Confronted with the violence that exists in the favela where he lives, Tiago sees the only way out to become a soccer player and, in this way, help his family to have a better life. Although he is the best player in his neighborhood a...
- 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. ...
- 2009
Crawler (2009)
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A crew on a remote construction site are plagued by a series of bizarre mishaps. As the incidents turn more and more savage, it becomes clear that the sole link to the deadly events - is a 50-ton bulldozer....
- 2007
According to Plan (2007)
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It's mom's birthday and her three daughters want to throw a big party. But everything turns out differently. It's not just because the divorced dad arrives a few days early and brings his much-too-young new girlfriend with him, or because the birthda...
- 2005
The Gifts of Grief (2005)
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A documentary that explores how seven remarkable people embrace their pain, learn to live with their loss, and now engage in life with more compassion, courage, and awareness. The personal and moving stories include those of author Isabel Allende, Re...
- 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...