| Children of Men (2006) | 7.9 | |
| Hunger (2008) | 7.5 | |
| The Sea Inside (2004) | 7.9 | |
| Angels in America (2003) | 8.1 | |
| Clouds (2020) | 7.5 |
Dying movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant dying movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, realistic, sentimental, emotional, melancholic and depressing films and TV shows about / with dying, terminal illness, death, illness, friendship, cancer, loneliness, hospital, relationships and love plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dying: Life as a House (2001), Clouds (2020), The Theory of Flight (1998), The Bucket List (2007), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), Chasing Life (2014), You're Not You (2014), The English Patient (1996), Miss You Already (2015), Wit (2001).
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
terminal illness, dying, father son relationship, relationships, cancer, dysfunctional family, reconciliation, illness, divorce, hopes, fighting illness, destiny ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
california, usa
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13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.
Style:
heartbreaking, touching, compassionate, teen, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, star crossed lovers, dying, dealing with death, love and romance, hopes, dream, follow your dream, life is a bitch, first love ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
minnesota
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, melancholic, erotic, cult classic ...
Plot:
virginity, disability, friendship, women, life & death, dying, disease, loneliness, eccentricity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, painter, physical disability ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
london
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sentimental, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
friendship, elderly, terminal illness, road trip, journey, unlikely friendships, human spirit, bucket list, life changing, dying, philosophy, motivation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
cote d'azur, usa, africa, johannesburg south africa, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
April is a smart aspiring journalist in her 20s who tries to balance her ambitious career with her family, which includes her widowed mom, rebellious little sister, and her grandmother. We meet April at a pivotal moment in her life: she's ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
journalist, cancer, dying, lesbian, coping, workplace romance, female protagonist, fighting illness, life turned upside down, love and romance, workplace, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, dramatic, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, quadriplegic, musician, dying, life is a bitch, marital infidelity, young woman, character study, disability, family relations, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, emotional, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, love story, desert, beautiful scenery, tragic love, power of love, love and romance, passion, adultery, sex scene, doomed love, life philosophy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, 90s ...
Place:
sahara, italy, ottoman empire, cairo egypt, africa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Style:
touching, semi serious, sad, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, sex scene, friendship, dying, terminal illness, illness, best friend, relationships, pregnancy, life turned upside down, love, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
yorkshire, england
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Style:
sincere, depressing, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
hospital, cancer, medical, doctor, poetry, chemotherapy, hopes, dying, nurse, terminal illness, philosophy, regret ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Style:
sad, emotional, romantic, teen, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, teenage love, dying, youth, love and romance, relationships, last wish, fighting illness, dealing with death, virginity ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
brighton, usa, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, couples, life is a bitch, cancer, love affair, best friends in love, couple relations, dying, love, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style:
cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, touching, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
old man, king of france, dying, french history, agony, pain, death of king, medicine, disability, death, royalty, king ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couple relations, terminal illness, loneliness, life philosophy, romantic friendship, teenager, cancer, promise, adolescence, life, romantic relationship, dream ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman ...
Style:
sad, thought provoking, philosophical, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
disability, euthanasia, biopic, death, human spirit, dying, handicapped, existentialism, suicide, depression, lawyer, dignity ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, barcelona, south america, europe, galicia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
Style:
saga, captivating, tense, social, sad ...
Plot:
lgbt, aids, lgbtq, gay, hiv, gay interest, gay couple, friendship, gay sex, gay relationship, homosexuality, male nudity ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, year 1981
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Style:
touching, emotional, period piece, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, redemption, tragic love, injustice, love story, unfulfilled love, sex scene, forbidden love, love and romance, false accusation, innocence ...
Time:
1930s, victorian era, 1940s, year 2007, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, dunkirk, britain, europe ...
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A police officer leaves the force in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into a depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Style:
bloody, emotional, bleak, art house, lyrical ...
Plot:
police, yakuza, gangster, character study, dying, death, samurai, loss, loss of partner, loss of loved one, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, mount fuji, india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...
Style:
twist ending, disturbing, surreal, scary, surprise ending ...
Plot:
nightmare, paranoia, delusion, memory, hallucination, twists and turns, haunted by the past, conspiracy, plot twist, dealing with death, soldier, macabre ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, vietnam, usa, asia, brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Reserved history teacher Fran has long had a strained relationship with her eccentric, free-spirit mother Mim. When Mim announces that she is dying Fran feels obliged to accompany her on a road trip ticking off items on her bucket list.
Style:
sitcom, road movie, captivating, satirical, psychological ...
Plot:
bucket list, road trip, mother daughter relationship, relationships, dying, mother, history teacher, reconciliation, family drama, parent child relationship, family relations, satire ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Irish immigrant family adjusts to life in the United States, a chance to get over the lost son. They have no money and the apartment is in bad condition.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
childhood, redemption, immigrant, immigration, artist, loss of son, starting over, dying, children, society, overcoming, acceptance ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, emotional, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, courtroom drama, hiv, lawyer, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, discrimination, gay interest, homosexual, lawsuit, medical ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After Molly Kochan receives a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, she leaves her husband and explores the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life.
Style:
medical drama
Plot:
male nudity, female sexuality, sexless marriage, dying, exploring sexuality, female friendship, husband wife relationship, death, death of best friend, dying woman, dying young, grieving ...
Is relevant?
193K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just ...
Style:
sexy, action packed, spy action, suspense, predictable ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
undercover, secret agent, chase, gunfight, heroic mission, extreme sport, spy hero, avenger, espionage, agent, terrorist plot, tough heroes ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
prague, washington d.c., europe, california, czech republic ...
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
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:
lgbt cinema, sexual, touching, sad, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, cancer, lesbian love, older woman younger woman relationship, sapphic, politics, death, gay marriage, gay bar ...
Place:
new jersey, indiana
Is relevant?
92K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, surprise ending, mind twisting, confusing ...
Plot:
suicide, obsession, twists and turns, death, surrealism, guilt, unfulfillment, suicide attempt, mental illness, depression, parallel universe, psychiatrist ...
Time:
year 2005, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
cancer, marijuana, old man, actor, drug dealer, beach house, dying, father daughter relationship, audition, sex scene, aging, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
los angeles
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