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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
Based on a true story, Backpackers follows the lives of a couple with terminal cancer as they spend the last few months of their lives fulfilling their adventurous dreams.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, thrilling, romantic, psychological ...
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, couples, love, mortality, love interest, in love, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, life is a bitch, fall in love ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Olivier calls himself a 'statistical miracle'. He is almost 27 years old but the doctors had predicted that, because of the heart disease he was born with, he would not get much older than 25 years. He doesn't seem to be suffering ...
Style:
poignant, intense, reflective
Plot:
second chance, mortality, heart disease, illness, hopes, existential crisis, hedonism, character study, personal growth, identity, introspection, youth culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Emilia is a teenager with the ability to see people who are about to die shine. Always lonely and focused on the future, she is faced with reality when she sees a schoolmate shine, at the same time that she begins a love relationship with Renata, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, self discovery, female protagonist, supernatural ability, lesbian relationship, mortality, coming of age, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, love affair ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Spain, Switzerland, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After receiving the diagnosis of an incurable brain tumor, Claudia decides to undertake her last trip to Switzerland. There she can decide how and when to end her life thanks to the help of an assisted suicide association.
Style:
existential, philosophical, emotional, reflective, sensitive ...
Plot:
terminal illness, mortality, ethical dilemma, euthanasia, female protagonist, intimate, road trip, grief, cathartic, middle aged, support group, mountain ...
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to terms with their own impending deaths, and the fragile absurdity of life.
Style:
apocalyptic, existential, philosophical, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
death, mortality, pandemic, epidemic, absurdism, body horror, experimental narrative, nihilism, panic, claustrophobia, military hospital, isolation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Friendship between two old men becomes love. Slightly-unkempt, tired, and frail, Philippe Lanctot moves into a rest home. The administrator says she wants him to be happy, but that seems far from his mind: he's waiting to die. Then, into his ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, sentimental
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, gay, retirement home, aging, mortality, gay romance, companionship, tenderness, intimacy, acceptance, loneliness ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
Style:
bleak, poignant, pastoral, period piece, depressing
Plot:
marriage, death, loss, unrequited love, regret, tragic romance, mortality, grief, character study, suffering, bittersweet, mourning ...
Place:
croatia, balkan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Diagnosed as having a brain tumor, seventeen-year-old Ryan is angrily resigned to the fact that he may not live to see another year. With time running out, he clings to two goals: publishing his journal and losing his virginity. But as Ryan finds ...
Style:
emotional, life affirming, independent film, tragic
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, friendship, young adult, personal growth, hopes, mortality, coming of age, optimism, terminal illness, resilience, support group, loss of innocence ...
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258
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An actress (Natalia Sayko) is faced with the job of dubbing her voice after the final version of her movie is wrapped. (All actors dub their lines for the master copy of a film.) But she is overcome by her own life-crisis that alters her plans -- ...
Style:
dramatic, existential, melancholic, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
character study, illness, mortality, terminal illness, identity crisis, transformation, actor's life, humanism, bittersweet, intimate, showbiz, resilience ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An unexpected diagnosis forces a group of friends to rethink their life priorities.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
brain tumor, illness, friendship, relationships, mortality, terminal illness, life & death, lifestyle, friends, life philosophy, fighting illness, lifestyle change ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Forced to watch flashbacks of his life, a pious man comes to the realization he's dead and on his way to hell. Inspired by a true event.
Style:
dark, religious drama, intense, grim, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
mortality, hell, existential crisis, afterlife, sin, judgment, character study, curse, flashback, faith, regret, guilt ...
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206
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Victor wonders if he’s too late to join dating games in his 40s. His sister Annika, an opera singer, wonders how different life could have been after receiving a surprising medical diagnosis. Their grandmother wonders if she should end her life ...
Style:
life affirming, emotional, melancholic, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
terminal illness, opera singer, family drama, mortality, midlife crisis, bittersweet, hopes, intimate, sibling relationship, aging, grandmother, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paolo is dying of cancer. His grandson Max is adamant about saving his beloved “Papa” with cryonics - in hopes that science will allow resurrecting the dead in the near future. Max’s mother, a single, alcoholic, wandering Catholic gets in the ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, melancholic, existential, poignant ...
Plot:
family drama, family conflict, mortality, cancer, dying, death, bittersweet, intimate, mother son relationship, loss, alcoholism, grief ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a self-help group of 4 people with a terminal illness, led by a therapist without experience.
Style:
emotional, sincere, poignant, touching, existential ...
Plot:
mortality, support group, terminal illness, acceptance, personal growth, humanism, bittersweet, intimate, therapy, friendship, therapist, loss ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Kasper Berntsen is a successful stand-up comedian, who has everything he could wish for. One day everything changes. He learns that he has a serious illness, and his girlfriend puts an end to it.
Style:
emotional, life affirming, reflective, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
cancer, illness, mortality, stand up comedy, terminal illness, introspection, bittersweet, resilience, hopes, self discovery, dark humor, comedy club ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Comedian Mike Birbiglia dives headlong into mortality, medical tests, nature's pillows and an overchlorinated YMCA pool in this candid one-man show.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, humorous, ironic, feel good ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, live performance, monologue, mortality, comedian, irony, social satire, stand up comedian, joke, humour, satire, public speaking ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Maria (Lisa Carlehed) meets Niels for the first time, he comes across as an angry and unsympathetic young man. His chronic illness has been concentrated into a single wish - to go to a Swiss nursing home for euthanasia. But in order to get ...
Style:
sensitive, romantic drama, heartfelt, road movie, reflective ...
Plot:
life & death, mortality, terminal illness, ethical dilemma, moving, compassion, humanism, bittersweet, intimate, desperation, journey, friendship ...
Place:
scandinavia, denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is Dr. Borlai's job to tell the patients that they just have a few days left. But one day his colleauge tells him this story. So the sample husband the best father and doctor comes up with a devilish plan. To ruin every relationship that he ...
Style:
dark comedy, existential, emotional, psychological, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
relationships, mortality, death, terminal illness, ethical dilemma, character study, bittersweet, loss, deception, grief, marriage, acceptance ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of a man questioning the ethic and morals in society. When a serious condition threatens his life, he begins questioning life and expresses his opinions in actions without holding back He realizes that he kept scheduling his happiness and ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, satirical, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
mortality, terminal illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, relationships, society, satire, lifestyle, family life, bucket list, husband wife relationship, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Cha Mi-rae is a doctor and single mother to her young daughter Sa-rang. When she gets diagnosed with terminal cancer and told she has one year left to live, she seeks out her ex-boyfriend Han Yeol, a former baseball player. Mi-rae and Yeol were a ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, romantic, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
single mother, mother daughter relationship, cancer, father daughter relationship, baseball, terminal illness, family drama, mortality, parents and children, love and romance, relationships, fighting illness ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Your whole outlook on life can change in an instant. Takuto Sawada (Haruma Miura) is your average college student. But one day, he finds out that he has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and only has a short time to live. How will he choose to spend ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, realistic, melancholic, inspirational ...
Plot:
terminal illness, als, love and romance, fighting illness, mortality, relationship problems, male female relationship, family problems, life, coping, uncertainty, romantic relationship ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
Style:
road movie, sincere, psychological, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
road trip, aging, cross country, mortality, family drama, father son relationship, meaning of life, father in law son in law relationship, father in law, self discovery, family relations, saving a life ...
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reunion of old friends for Jahangir's birthday when everyone is informed of his fatal illness - An inevitable confrontation with the current situation and the past - Series of the tensions and the reconciliations leading to a road to the life ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, tension, reflective ...
Plot:
mortality, terminal illness, death, family reunited, bittersweet, family drama, reconciliation, friendship, grief, acceptance, intimate, nostalgia ...
Place:
persia, iran, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling back to the place where they fell in love -- only to arrive at the point of their sudden ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tragic ending, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mortality, death, marital crisis, troubled marriage, marital problem, marriage, married couple, unhappy marriage, literary, fatal accident, sudden death, loss ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, emotional, poignant, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
terminal illness, mortality, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love and romance, fighting illness, love affair, fall in love, in love, relationships, couple relations, love story ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
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651
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After learning she only has three months to live, Morgan flips her conservative protected life upside down. That is where she meets Jordan, a purse snatching cross dresser artist, who takes her on adventure of a lifetime.
Style:
romantic drama, indie film, life affirming, sexy, transgressive ...
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, mortality, lgbt, lgbtq, female protagonist, self discovery, bittersweet, bucket list, rebellion, coming of age, female friendship ...
Place:
indiana
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
What was once a superlative varsity baseball coach is now a jaded middle-aged man. He and a former student meet and the older man discovers that his now married pupil is afflicted with terminal cancer. Full of regrets of how he once treated the ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
baseball, terminal illness, cancer, japanese man, redemption, mortality, bittersweet, fighting illness, guilty conscience, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, problem ...
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215
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A heartwarming urban adventure following straight-laced Leah as she meets an unpredictable stranger and falls back in love … with life.
Style:
independent film, life affirming, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, female friendship, lesbian, lesbian love, friendship, lgbt, self discovery, mortality, heartwarming, personal growth, city, girlfriend ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, existential, bleak ...
Plot:
death, mourning, terminal illness, father son relationship, mortality, grief, family relations, illness, teacher, father and son, loss of father, school teacher ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
desire for fame, last wish, rising to stardom, love and romance, ambition, artists and showbiz, fall in love, showbiz, mentor, terminal illness, mortality, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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