Grieving movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant grieving movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, captivating, serious, disturbing, touching and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with grieving, grief, husband wife relationship, death, family relations, mother daughter relationship, flashback, depression, trauma and love plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as grieving: Antichrist (2009), The Lovely Bones (2009), Pieces of a Woman (2020), Starfish (2018), Cake (2014), This Is Us (2016), Secret Sunshine (2007), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), A Single Man (2009), The Babadook (2014).

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 6.5
 136K
Antichrist (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style: disturbing, psychological, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: insanity, depression, cruelty, violence, fear, controversy, woods, masturbation, real sex, witchcraft, nudity, surrealism ...
Time: 21st century
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The Lovely Bones (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand
Duration: 135 min.
Story: After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Style: emotional, dark, suspense, psychological, surreal ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: afterlife, serial killer, family drama, murderer, rape, loss of daughter, murder mystery, pedophile, teenage girl, missing child, death in the family, investigation ...
Time: 70s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1973, 2000s
Place: usa, pennsylvania, delaware
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Pieces of a Woman (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Hungary, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A grieving woman embarks on an emotional journey after the Ioss of her baby.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: loss of child, couples, birth, midwife, pregnancy, grief, grieving, dog, mother in law son in law relationship, marriage, husband wife relationship, death ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts
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 5.2
 4K
Starfish (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A unique, intimate and honest portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend. That just happens to take place on the day the world ends as we know it.
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: end of the world, grieving, death, girl, cosmic horror, apocalypse, danger, society, mental disorder, snow, post apocalypse, loner ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 39K
Cake (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Style: heartbreaking, depressing, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: drug addiction, loneliness, depression, obsession, suicide, friendship, suicide attempt, support group, character study, tragedy, mental illness, honest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, tijuana mexico, mexico
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 8.7
 158K
This Is Us (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, thought provoking, saga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: adoption, childhood memory, childhood, husband wife relationship, parenthood, father son relationship, depression, teenage angst, family relations, siblings, brother brother relationship, self esteem ...
Time: 90s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria, pittsburgh
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Secret Sunshine (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event overturns her life.
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: suicide attempt, redemption, faith, family problems, hopes, couple relations, love and romance, losing-it hero, human nature, death in the family, parents and children, christianity ...
Time: 2000s
Place: south korea, seoul, korea, asia
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This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and ...
Style: touching, humorous, independent film, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, family drama, infidelity, family gatherings, homecoming, childhood home, death of father, children, family relations, loneliness, life & death, last wish ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, new england
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style: sentimental, touching, poignant, sad, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: childhood, 9/11, autism, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, grief, orphan, disability, acceptance, single mother, children ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2011, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.5
 117K
A Single Man (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, depression, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, loneliness, homosexual, lgbt, broken heart, grief, haunted by the past, gender, tragic love ...
Time: 60s, year 1962, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, cuba, usa, madrid ...
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 6.8
 245K
The Babadook (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Style: psychological, scary, dark, suspense, spooky ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, macabre, monster, nightmare, ghost, danger, single mother, fear, book, trauma, insanity, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
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 5.9
 43K
The Boogeyman (2023)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, serious, captivating ...
Plot: stephen king, boogeyman, little sister, child, teenager, house, grieving, children, secret, psychiatrist, brother, sister ...
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The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, cult classic, serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, grieving, confession, women, relationships, relationship problems, couple relations, woman, art, mother daughter relationship, grief, family relations ...
Time: 2020s, 80s
Place: london
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 5.3
 5K
Andover (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A geneticist clones his dead wife, over and over, in an attempt to get her back exactly as she was.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, romantic comedy
Plot: cloning, genetics, grieving, dead wife, genetic experiment, husband wife relationship, experiment, male female relationship, loss of spouse, human experiment, scientific experiment, experimental technology ...
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 7.8
 20K
Death Parade (2015)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too. From Studio Madhouse (Death Note, Black Lagoon) comes a thrilling ...
Style: anime, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, adult anime ...
Plot: death, regret, gambling, morality, memory loss, afterlife, fear, game, game of death, desperation, heaven and hell, unhappiness ...
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 4.2
 1K
Delusion (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Three years after the death of Frank's wife a mysterious woman appears. As their attraction grows Frank struggles with reality and his loss. He tries to start over not knowing his choices could lead him to his own downfall.
Style: spiritual, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot: mystery woman, death, starting over, tragedy, downfall, attraction, supernatural, psychic, husband wife relationship, delusion, supernatural power, murder ...
Place: mexico
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
Style: serious, sincere, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, death of child, separation, infidelity, suicide attempt, grieving, breakup, life turned upside down, grief, husband wife relationship, loss of son ...
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 5.8
 453
The Sea (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, non-linear, contemplative, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted by the past, family relations, eccentric family, family problems, resort, childhood memory, grief, death of wife, grieving, boarding house, introspection, nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
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 6.3
 2K
Tiger Eyes (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.
Style: serious, emotional, sincere, realistic, touching
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, teenage life, death in the family, bittersweet, grieving, native, depression, life is a bitch, native american, fishing village, comic book, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico
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 6.1
 60K
Men (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering ...
Style: suspense, surreal, slasher, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night
Plot: folk horror, body horror, countryside, intruder, loss of husband, domestic violence, pregnancy, rural setting, symbolism, forest, supernatural, pub ...
Time: 2020s
Place: london
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 7.1
 62K
Don't Look Now (1973)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it ...
Style: suspense, twist ending, disturbing, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: supernatural, drowning, serial killer, blindness, psychic, haunted by the past, grief, sex scene, hallucination, twists and turns, death of daughter, marriage ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, near future, 20th century
Place: italy, venice, europe
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Chemical Hearts (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about love, loss, and most importantly themselves.
Style: touching, sad, compassionate, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: love and romance, first sexual experience, teenage love, tragic love, teenager, first love, relationships, high school, coming of age, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, car accident, school ...
Time: 2020s
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 4.2
 4K
Silhouette (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Silhouette is the story of Jack and Amanda Harms who, after the passing of their young daughter, set out into seclusion to begin their lives anew. Quickly upon their arrival, things go awry when the sins of their past come back to haunt them.
Style: disturbing, controversial, psychological thriller, bleak
Plot: death of child, motherhood, guilt, nature, loss of child, grieving, redemption, suffering, death, death of daughter, danger, tragic event ...
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Christmas in Montana (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Before the holidays, Sara goes to Montana to help resistant Travis save his ranch. Can time on the ranch help restore her faith in Christmas in time for a miracle?
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere, romantic
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, mother daughter relationship, moral dilemma, grieving, second chance, male female relationship, self discovery, new love, happy ending, doubt, widow ...
Place: los angeles, montana
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 4.2
 550
Weathering (2023)
Genre: Short, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
Story: After losing her baby and nearly her life during labor, a journalist unravels amid disturbing visions and chilling attacks as she grieves alone at home.
Style: bleak, scary, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing
Plot: journalist, loneliness, dead child, child, death of child, lonely, loss of child, grieving, female journalist, loss, single woman, a vision ...
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The Forbidden Marriage (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 68 min.
TV show
Story: A hilarious royal scheme begins when a fraud pretends to bring back the crown princess with spirit possession.
Style: entertaining, humorous, exciting, dramatic, sincere ...
Plot: joseon dynasty, royalty, love triangle, mourning, marriage, grieving widower, grieving, love, male female relationship, king, spirit, couples
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Postman to Heaven (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jae-jun (K-pop band TVXQ member Hero) delivers letters to heaven from those who can't get over the loss of their loved ones. One day Ha-na (Han Hyo-joo), who writes to her late boyfriend, discovers Jae-jun's secret identity. He offers her ...
Style: sincere, captivating, sentimental, romantic comedy, romantic
Plot: postman, grief, ghost, parallel world, forbidden love, male female relationship, love interest, loss of husband, bereavement, grieving, asian, happy ending ...
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Memories of Christmas (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Noelle was raised by the queen of Christmas. When she inherits her late mother’s house, she finds out that her mother had been hiring someone to decorate it — Dave. The deal is off, but Dave convinces Noelle to let him carry on the tradition. As ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, moral dilemma, character change, happy ending, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, opposites attract, homecoming, family drama, tradition ...
Place: michigan
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Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A recent widow travels with her son to Virginia hometown for Christmas. On the way they meet a man who is also heading to the same destination. As they continue to spend time together, the pair grows closer.
Style: touching, humorous, light, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, widow, second chance, family business, new love, cause and meaning, fall in love, christmas eve, love and romance, male female relationship, grieving, homecoming ...
Place: virginia, boston
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Christmas Homecoming (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A military widow, whose faith in Christmas has lapsed, rents an apartment to a handsome Army Captain, recovering from an injury in battle, and whose faith in Christmas is inspirational. As they team up to save the town’s military museum with a ...
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, military, christmas romance, christmas eve, second chance, new love, transformation, grieving, christmas spirit, male female relationship, love and romance, change of heart ...
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