Dying And Death Movies

Stories about life and death during the Day of the Dead season.

A sad snowman from the mountains befriends a girl down in the countryside. The title describes the third act.

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...

In 1974, a soldier, having now returned home, is haunted by shadows from the past, but are they just in his mind?

"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...

Dying is a process and in a person's final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring...

n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old...

Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here....

An aspiring painter struggles to find passion for his art after the death of his mother.

Irish director Donagh Coleman explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Tukdam, whereby some Tibetan Buddhist practitioners are able to forestall...

Two children find each other under strange circumstances.

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...

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

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...

Twenty years after a beloved local fisherman, Richie Madeiras, goes missing off the shores of Martha's Vineyard, a distant cousin locates Richie's...

When Kim Acquaviva’s wife Kathy was diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer, the couple decided to share the day-to-day realities of her slide...

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

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,...

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...

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