Dying woman movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dying woman movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, psychological, touching and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with dying woman, husband wife relationship, death, terminal illness, doctor, couples, family relations, murder, hospital and flashback plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dying woman: Irreplaceable You (2018), Stepmom (1998), Mum's List (2016), Beyond (2010), All of Me (1984), The Nan Movie (2022), The Elementary Particles (2006), The Wings of the Dove (1997), Last Holiday (2006), Freeheld (2015).

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Irreplaceable You (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A couple who have known each other since 8 are destined to be together until death do them apart.
Style: sincere, melancholic, sentimental, captivating, tragic ending ...
Plot: interracial couple, cancer, romantic relationship, support group, marijuana, monogamy, marriage proposal, dying woman, couple relations, love, illness, women ...
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 6.8
 74K
Stepmom (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style: sentimental, sad, inspirational, touching, tear jerker ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: divorce, terminal illness, women, autumn, cancer, step parent, friendship, custody, parents and children, remarry, adoption, stepmother stepdaughter relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.5
 920
Mum's List (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A dying mother's life lessons to the husband and sons she left behind. Based on the best-selling novel by St John (Singe) Greene, the film is the story of Singe and Kate, a couple from North Somerset, whose lives were turned upside down when ...
Style: touching, sincere, psychological, thought provoking, sentimental ...
Plot: cancer, last wish, mother, death, children, family relations, death of wife, parents and children, breast cancer, list, illness, wife ...
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 7.0
 4K
Beyond (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A poignant story, told with sincerity and humor, about a young woman´s dramatic childhood and about her grief and the struggle to move on. Noomi Rapace plays the main character in her first feature after the success with the Millennium trilogy and ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, depressing ...
Plot: family relations, introspection, dysfunctional family, family problems, haunted by the past, parents and children, nordic, child abuse, husband wife relationship, bad father, mental health, parents ...
Time: year 2010, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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 6.7
 20K
All of Me (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's ...
Style: funny, light, feel good, talky, clever ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick, date night
Plot: reincarnation, afterlife, battle of the sexes, switching bodies, body swapping, lawyer, soul transference, body swap, death, gender, fish out of water, switching roles ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
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Attack of the Morningside Monster (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When desecrated corpses and ritualistic symbols start appearing, the residents of Morningside, New Jeresey, are thrust into an unreal world of darkness.
Style: slasher, tense, scary, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, dying woman, police officer, masked killer, criminal, violence, danger, vengeance, dishonesty, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Nan Movie (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell. Militant vegan arsonists, raucous rugby teams, all night ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: elderly woman, road trip, grandmother grandson relationship, grandmother, estranged sister, flashback, grandson, drunkenness, driving, trip, dying woman, jealousy ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s
Place: britain, dublin ireland, liverpool, ireland
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style: gothic, psychological, psychological thriller, psychological horror, scary ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, jealousy, sibling rivalry, child star, filmmaking, aging, dysfunctional family, actress, violence, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1935, year 1917, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place: los angeles, america, california, usa
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The Elementary Particles (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring ...
Style: psychological, sentimental, serious, clever, erotic ...
Plot: sexuality, nudist camp, hippie, oral sex, swingers club, teacher, loss of loved one, promiscuous mother, absent mother, sex addict, scientist, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style: sexy, atmospheric, period piece, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: love, love triangle, relationships, nudity, death, betrayal, greed, fall in love, literary, power relations, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time: 1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: england, london, britain, venice, europe ...
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 6.6
 36K
Last Holiday (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: holiday, terminal illness, vacation, hotel, female protagonist, cooking, human nature, food, love and romance, black woman, restaurant, snow ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, europe, indiana, czech republic, central europe ...
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 6.6
 13K
Freeheld (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Style: uplifting, touching, sad, romantic, detective ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, cancer, older woman younger woman relationship, lgbtq, love, lgbtqi, equality, gay, gay bar ...
Place: new jersey, indiana
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The Good Catholic (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An idealistic young priest is dedicated to his calling until he meets a woman at confession. After the meeting, he seeks guidance from his fellow priests.
Plot: priest, religious, christian, confession, marriage counselor, dying man, beer, singing, pizza delivery boy, dying woman, choir, bible ...
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The Last Best Year (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a ...
Plot: dying woman, humanity, cancer, female friendship, terminal illness, therapist, childhood trauma, death, dying
Place: chicago
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 4.4
 90
Chaos (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In one of the darkest and diverse cultural part in the city, there is a minority group who lives in the place where it is full of despair and frustration. Their desperate living comprises illegal gambling, prostitution as well as drug-dealing. This ...
Style: suspense, captivating, heroic
Plot: epidemic, deadly virus, police officer killed, hostage, police officer, mistaken identity, apocalypse, heroic bloodshed, shooting, chicken, prison, bomb ...
Time: near future
Place: hong kong
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 6.0
 375
Zen Noir (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: spiritual, inspirational, dark comedy, detective, neo noir
Plot: buddhism, zen, spirit, surrealism, amnesia, buddhist, spirituality, buddha, enlightenment, private investigator, consciousness, transcendence ...
Place: tibet
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 5.8
 138
The President (2012)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 162 min.
Story: The film begins with his capture by Philippine and US forces under Frederick Funston's command in 1901, then flashes back to 1886, when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later, ...
Style: suspense, political thriller, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: conspiracy, treason, election, friendship, husband wife relationship, president, rebellion, assassination, murder, spy, revolution, secret organization ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century
Place: the philippines
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1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Set in their ways, even NORA and EVAN's arguments are routine and passionless. The arrival of a mysterious Valentine card opens the first crack in their long, frozen marriage. Repressed feelings of regret over lost and wasted opportunities ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, psychological, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, dancing, husband wife relationship, memory, government agent, marriage proposal, flashback, interview, regret, memory loss, sexual dysfunction, twists and turns ...
Time: near future
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Tell Me Something (1999)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police, investigation, murder, psychopath, mind game, dangerous attraction, detective inspector, danger, law enforcement, reluctant partners, gory ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: seoul, korea
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Visiting Hours (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A slasher finds the hospital where a TV newswoman is recovering from his attack.
Style: slasher, serious, disturbing, medical horror, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, stalking, medical, psychopath, canuxploitation, danger, murder, woman in danger, journalism, investigation, life is a bitch, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: canada
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The Fifth Cord (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Luigi Bazzoni (Le Orme) directed this outstanding giallo thriller starring Franco Nero as a hard-drinking newspaperman who gets involved in a string of brutal murders.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, suspense, erotic, scary ...
Plot: reporter, nymphomania, investigation, new year, murder, drug addiction, lgbt, macabre, organized crime, killer, virus, sexual obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, europe, new york, australia, rome italy
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Style: detective, sexual, clever, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: whodunit, murder, village, church, amateur detective, poacher, who done it, twists and turns, riddles and clues, village life, dishonesty, uncover truth ...
Place: england, europe
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 7.9
 644
Sunshine (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young woman living in the woods with her husband, a struggling musician, and her daughter discover she has terminal cancer. She begins to tape-record a journal of the time she has left.
Style: sad, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, biopic, woods, couples, family relations, family problems, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, love and romance, introspection, family in crisis ...
Time: 70s
Place: canada
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One on Top of the Other (1969)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An insurance scam lands a man on death row for murdering his wife. What everyone doesn't know is she really isn't dead.
Style: realistic, sexy, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: doppelganger, infidelity, love triangle, murder, investigation, who done it, sexual fantasy, false accusation, death row, killer, plot twist, lookalikes ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: italy, paris france, san francisco
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 8.2
 979
Real Love (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: True love threatens to tear a family apart in this epic Mexican serial set in the 1800s. Rich and beautiful Matilde falls in love with Adolfo, but her mother, Augusta, disapproves of the relationship when she learns Adolfo is poor. Augusta forces ...
Style: serious, stylized, emotional, soap opera, novela ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family disapproval, true love, bankruptcy, forbidden love, power of love, against the odds, social differences, love triangle, intrigue, society, couples, family relations ...
Time: 19th century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.9
 129K
Triangle (2009)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
Style: twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, scary ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: time loop, twists and turns, ship, time travel, supernatural, ghost ship, isolation, ocean, insanity, gory, time paradox, macabre ...
Time: year 2009, 1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1932 ...
Place: oceania, miami, florida, caribbean
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Tales of Terror (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but ...
Style: gothic, scary, anthology, suspenseful, gothic horror ...
Plot: ghost, murder, zombie, reincarnation, vengeance, supernatural, afterlife, monster, infidelity, edgar allan poe, experiment gone awry, family problems ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s, 19th century
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 7.9
 2K
Love (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Luca regularly visits her bedridden mother-in-law. Luca's husband, János, has been arrested on a trumped up political charge, and Luca does not know if he is still alive. Luca hides this from his mother by making up letters purporting to be ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, touching
Plot: family relations, old age, communism, mother and son, old woman, immigrant, bittersweet, politics, life is a bitch, human nature, society, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1971, 50s
Place: eastern europe, europe, hungary
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 5.8
 12K
Silk (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France, Italy, UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.
Style: romantic, stylized, realistic, sentimental, sensual ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: love story, betrayal, travel, life philosophy, smuggling, interracial love relationship, love and romance, couple relations, passion, obsession, love, adultery ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2007, edwardian era ...
Place: japan, france, asia, europe, africa ...
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Roseanna's Grave (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Roseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter, in a cemetery that is getting full fast. The cemetery can't expand because Capestro, the man who owns the land next to the cemetery, won't ...
Style: feel good, touching, romantic, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot: family relations, death, family problems, death in the family, couple relations, couples, eccentric family, life is a bitch, love and romance, dealing with death, terminal illness, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: italy, europe
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