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1. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,282,731 | Gross: $659.33M
2. 1917 (2019)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, History
April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth
Votes: 677,354 | Gross: $159.23M
3. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,500 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Threads (1984 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Votes: 20,198
5. Truelove (2024– )
43 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A group of old friends reunited at a funeral make a drunken pact. Rather than let each other suffer a slow and painful decline they would engineer a dignified death. But what starts out as a fanciful idea soon morphs into shocking reality.
Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Clarke Peters, Peter Egan, Fiona Button
Votes: 742
6. Amour (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Votes: 105,802 | Gross: $6.74M
7. The Meaning of Life (1983)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 125,405 | Gross: $14.93M
8. The Big Feast (1973)
NC-17 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of men go to a villa in the French countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi
Votes: 14,733
9. Cría Cuervos (1976)
PG | 105 min | Drama
In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality. Can they summon up the courage to grow up?
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Ana Torrent, Conchita Pérez, Mayte Sanchez, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 11,421
10. Titanic: Deleted Scenes (2012 Video)
Not Rated | 57 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Deleted scenes cut from James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic (1997).
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Lewis Abernathy, Suzy Amis, Scott Anderson, Jason Barry
Votes: 886
11. Defining Moments (2021)
88 min | Comedy, Family
Defining Moments is a highly comedic film about that one single moment in time that changes you from who you were to who you'll be.
Director: Stephen Wallis | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Sienna Guillory, Tammy Blanchard, Eric Peterson
Votes: 294
12. Daniel (II) (2023)
72 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Daniel Northcott began documenting his surroundings at 7 when he got his dad's video camera. He filmed his family and friends growing up then traveled, capturing meaningful moments with new people and places.
Director: Daniel Northcott | Stars: Daniel Northcott, Erin Northcott, Felix Becerra, Matthew Rocksborough-Smith
Votes: 434
13. If I Had a Million (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.
Directors: James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Lothar Mendes | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, George Raft
Votes: 2,308
14. The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
Upon returning from a hunting expedition, King Louis XIV feels a sharp pain in his leg. He begins to die, surrounded by loyal followers in the royal chambers.
Director: Albert Serra | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick d'Assumçao, Marc Susini, Bernard Belin
Votes: 2,595 | Gross: $0.04M
15. The Last Days of Patton (1986 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 146 min | Biography, Drama
July 1945. The war in Europe is over and General George S Patton is now military governor of Bavaria. True to form he doesn't always see eye-to-eye with his superiors and is prone to making comments that they don't approve of.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: George C. Scott, Richard Dysart, Murray Hamilton, Ed Lauter
Votes: 1,118
16. I Work at the Cemetery (2021)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sasha manages a firm that installs tombstones at the local cemetery. His many customers have all experienced personal tragedies, but he is full of cynicism. One day, Sasha's 14-year-old daughter appears to bring him back into her life.
Director: Alexey Taranenko | Stars: Vitaliy Saliy, Wiktoria Gorodecka, Anna Ivanova, Viktor Zhdanov
Votes: 1,573
17. Dormant Beauty (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino
Votes: 1,767
18. It's Quieter in the Twilight (2022)
83 min | Documentary
In an unremarkable office space, a select group of aging engineers find themselves at the leading edge of discovery. Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager's flight-team pursues humankind's greatest exploration.
Director: Billy Miossi | Stars: Andrea Angrum, Suzanne Dodd, John Casani, Edward Stone
Votes: 145
19. The Genesis Code (2010)
PG | 138 min | Drama
A college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with their spiritual faith and scientific studies.
Directors: C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Read Johnson | Stars: Logan Bartholomew, Kelsey Sanders, C.R. Lewis, Ernest Borgnine
Votes: 710
20. Aufschneider (2010– )
90 min | Comedy
About a pathologist with a complicated life. His problems with himself, his colleagues and patients who come down to him, dead or alive.
Stars: Josef Hader, Oliver Baier, Ursula Strauss, Pia Hierzegger
Votes: 1,572
21. A Season in Hell (1971)
130 min | Biography, Drama
About the last months Arthur Rimbaud spent in Africa before his untimely death (at only 37), trafficking in arms and maybe in slaves. Earlier moments of Rimbaud's life are explored with a frequent use of flashbacks.
Director: Nelo Risi | Stars: Terence Stamp, Jean-Claude Brialy, Florinda Bolkan, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 79
22. Thank You, Amelia Earhart (2023)
13+ | 86 min | Drama
Health issues are finally forcing the elderly Myrtle out of her house. She's foul-mouthed and bigoted to everyone, including Season, her latest fresh-out-of-school caregiver. The truths the... See full summary »
Director: Al Mertens | Stars: Mary Buss, Josiah Overstreet, Merhawit Tsegay, Michael Gibbons
Votes: 10
23. La possibilité d'une île (2008)
95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A futuristic story about a man and his clone.
Director: Michel Houellebecq | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Patrick Bauchau, Jordi Dauder, Jean-Pierre Malo
Votes: 338
24. The Last Survivors (2019 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
Documentary compiling the testimonies of the last remaining Holocaust survivors living in Britain, all of whom were children at the time, and following them over the course of a year as they embark upon personal and profound journeys.
Director: Arthur Cary
Votes: 114
25. Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar (2008)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
70-year old Brandner Kaspar lives with his granddaughter Nannerl in the mountains at the Schliersee. As he is visited by the Death and wants to take him, Brandner Kaspar tricks him and gets another 20 years of life.
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Franz-Xaver Kroetz, Michael Herbig, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Peter Ketnath
Votes: 901
26. Eat Your Catfish (2021)
74 min | Documentary
Kathryn's ALS has left her paralyzed, but she holds on to see her daughter's wedding. With dark humor and extraordinary intimacy, this film probes the breakdown of a family's bonds and of a woman's will to live.
Directors: Adam Isenberg, Noah Amir Arjomand, Senem Tüzen
Votes: 125
27. Prostye veshchi (2007)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
A dying actor asks a doctor to help him commit suicide in return for a masterpiece.
Director: Alexei Popogrebsky | Stars: Sergey Puskepalis, Leonid Bronevoy, Svetlana Kamynina, Dinara Kutuyeva
Votes: 483
28. All the Other Days (2017)
95 min | Documentary
A film that follows the everyday life of a hospice care unit. It shows us the most human side of medicine full of charisma and even humor.
Director: Carlos Agulló | Star: Pablo Iglesias
Votes: 61
29. Der Brandner Kaspar und das ewig' Leben (1975 TV Movie)
108 min | Comedy
Director: Kurt Wilhelm | Stars: Fritz Straßner, Yvonne Brosch, Henner Quest, Josef Bierbichler
Votes: 121
30. Susan's Story
90 min | Documentary | Post-production
While tirelessly advocating for others, Susan Suchan navigates a cruel life predicament, and secretly devises an unorthodox plan to control mortality.
Director: Russ Kirkpatrick | Star: Susan Suchan
31. Russian death (2019)
60 min | Documentary, Horror
What is the Russian death? Author of the film walking at different cemeteries and search answer at this question.
Director: Sergey A. | Star: Sergey A.
Votes: 160
32. The Perfect Circle (2014)
75 min | Documentary
The Perfect Circle depicts a man and a woman, Ivano and Meris, who spend their final days at a hospice in Northern Italy. The film intertwines two love stories and the possibility to give a new meaning to life.
Director: Claudia Tosi
Votes: 9
33. Cicada Princess (2012)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Cicadas come out of the ground for a party at the end of their lives.
Director: Mauricio Baiocchi | Star: Stephen Fry
Votes: 60
34. 203 Days (2006 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short
203 Days is a half-hour documentary about one family facing the death of the matriarch. It depicts the family dynamics at work when Sarah, the terminally ill mother comes to live with Kaye,... See full summary »
Director: Bailey Barash | Stars: Cynthia Alls, May-Blossom Brown, Elizabeth Green, Joanna Green
35. Sehnsucht nach Sodom (1989 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, Drama
Kurt Raab is emaciated as he talks to his friend, the actor Hans Hirschmüller, open-hearty and often ironically about his feeling of impotence, his homosexuality and the complete disappearance of his sexual appetite after the diagnosis.
Directors: Hanno Baethe, Hans Hirschmüller, Kurt Raab | Stars: Ingrid Caven, Hans Hirschmüller, Conni Moré, Anke Oehme
Votes: 33
36. Das Tor zum Paradies (1949)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Brandner Kaspar does not want to die, there is still so much to do and experience on earth. When death appears and wants to get him, Kaspar plays with him for his life - and wins.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Carl Wery, Paul Hörbiger, Ursula Lingen, Viktor Staal
Votes: 49
37. Life Before Death (2012)
Documentary
One in every ten people alive today will die in severe pain because the cheap medicine they need is derived from opium, one of the most controversial and controlled substances on Earth.
Director: Mike Hill | Stars: David Suchet, Lance Armstrong, Balfour Mount, M.R. Rajagopal
Votes: 28
38. Right of Passage (II)
Comedy, Drama | Announced
Two estranged sisters are forced to resuscitate their family's failing wedding planning business, Dream Weddings, as the first ever assisted-death planning business, Dream Endings, when their father becomes their first client.
39. House Call (IV) (2016)
62 min | Documentary
Terminally ill patients living in Israel can choose to die at home, and have a team made up of a nurse, a doctor and a social worker doing everything possible to support them and their ... See full summary »
Directors: David Ofek, Neta Shoshani
40. Tässä lepää Aino Koski (2007 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Marja Pyykkö | Stars: Miina Turunen, Tiia Louste, Juha Muje, Terhi Panula
Votes: 62
42. The Stolen Goodbye (2017)
Documentary, Short
Stanley Talmud was married to the love of his life for 42 years, and even though Dementia stole their last goodbye, it did not affect his love for his wife.
Director: Allie Raye
43. Isän kuolema (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Jaakko who lives in the service house, is ready to die after living a long and good life. He draws up a written will to care, which prohibits treatment in the event of illness, and the matter should be clear about it.
Director: Kari Paljakka | Stars: Antti Litja, Saija Lentonen, Tommi Raitolehto, Juha-Sakari Hippi
Votes: 34
44. Facing Death... with Open Eyes (2008)
26 min | Short
Stunned by the loss of both her parents and by the lack of cultural dialogue, the filmmaker turns the camera on herself and four wise souls to explore the personal and spiritual ... See full summary »
Director: Michelle Peticolas | Stars: Ram Dass, Rick Fields, Tighe Foley, Robin Inman
45. Calliope's Last Songs (2021 TV Movie)
8 min | Documentary
"Calliope's Last Songs" is a portrait of one of the last women of a matriarchal state on the island of Chios, who sings about her life in her songs.
Director: Giorgis Fotopoulos | Star: Calliope Theotoka
46. Solace: Wisdom of the Dying (2008)
84 min | Documentary
SOLACE: Wisdom of the Dying grew from Camille's intimate experiences with people facing the end of their lives. As a hospice nurse, she has worked closely with patients, families, hospitals... See full summary »
Director: Camille Adair | Stars: Deny Cope, Barbara Dossey, Larry Dossey, Ondrea Levine
47. Grace (2005 Video)
80 min | Documentary
The film follows six cases, six families, six processes of letting go of life. Saying goodbye to a loved one.
Director: Ilan Yagoda
48. Final Footprints: My Culture, My Kinship, My Country (2021 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Distinctive insights into meaningful aspects of First Nations palliative care on Country, within an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context.
Stars: Lenore Bagnara, Darnelle Chantrelle, Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey, Eddie Peters
50. La mort blanche (2010)
18 min | Short, Drama
Léo, a 25-year-old drug addict, is alone and abandoned by everyone. He is unable to go on living.
Director: Claude Chamis | Star: Arthur Molinier