Dying And Death Movies

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

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

How well do we really know our parents? And their youth? Do we simply have a vague idea of who they are, and were, before they had us? Cécile...

In fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and Germany, but above all, the paths the dead take to return...

A moving personal documentary about Danny, a friend of Kybartas who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986. This powerful work explores the reason...

A group of young UN soldiers in Lebanon enters service with pro-Israeli views and a naive outlook on war. They go through a radical change of heart...

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...

After discovering that his terminal illness is no longer manageable, Daniel leaves the hospital and wanders through landscapes in search of a final...

A musical audiovisual journey in four parts. A young man finds himself unexpectedly taking an audiovisual odyssey into a world of surreality, slowly...

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...

The narration of a letter which consists of themes such as the passing of time, the unexpectedness of life, the fear of death, and the fear of change.

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

After the untimely death of his 35-year old brother, an artist explores the questions that surfaced from grief by painting 365 paintings and to spur...

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

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...

How do you learn to talk about death when you are a future doctor? Mathilde and Fabian will be entering a residency next year. I'm looking at the...

Life is a breath, a breath that while it is with us, always blows us around, allows us to do everything we do, live what we live.

A man learns to deal with the problems caused by the death of his powerful father.

For most of us a funeral is traditionally a modest, somber affair, but there are some families who are prepared to go above and beyond to ensure...