Loss movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant loss movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, emotional, touching, depressing, dramatic and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with loss, grief, death, psychological drama, trauma, relationships, bittersweet, family relations, husband wife relationship and life & death plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
loss movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as loss: Manchester by the Sea (2016), Collateral Beauty (2016), Call Me by Your Name (2017), 21 Grams (2003), A Ghost Story (2017), Arrival (2016), The Lost Room (2006), 13 Reasons Why (2017), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), Dead Like Me (2003).

List of loss movies

Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Style: depressing, sad, heartbreaking, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: sadness, family drama, loneliness, suicide attempt, depression, loss, death, uncle nephew relationship, dysfunctional family, guardian, nephew, grief ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: massachusetts, boston, nebraska, new england
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Collateral Beauty (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Style: twist ending, sad, sentimental, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: loss, anguish, group therapy, death, grief, life philosophy, christmas, solitude, co worker co worker relationship, going crazy, father daughter relationship, anger ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, china, new york
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Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style: touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place: italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
Is relevant?
 7.6
 253K
21 Grams (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style: mind bending, clever, gloomy, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: guilt, tragedy, drug addiction, drug addict, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, grief, redemption, drug, loneliness, drug abuse, loss ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico, persia
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 6.8
 86K
A Ghost Story (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip ...
Style: art house, philosophical, psychological, cerebral, artsy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, loss, grief, death of husband, legacy, loneliness, surrealism, loss of husband, paranormal, piano, paranormal activity, sadness ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 19th century, future
Is relevant?
 7.9
 852K
Arrival (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style: psychological, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time: year 2016, future, 2010s
Place: montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
Is relevant?
 8.1
 35K
The Lost Room (2006)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Plot: time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, supernatural, peril, heroic mission, riddles and clues, mistrust, obsessive quest, investigator, imaginary, scheme ...
Time: future, 21st century
Is relevant?
 7.4
 337K
13 Reasons Why (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
Style: emotional, psychological, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: suicide, high school, depression, bullying, guilt, loss of friend, human relationship, troubled teen, loss, classmate classmate relationship, suicidal, lgbtq ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Style: touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: dog, friendship, loyalty, animal, pets, human animal relationship, life & death, loss of friend, loneliness, loss, death, friends ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 1930s
Place: japan, rhode island, usa
Is relevant?
 8.1
 46K
Dead Like Me (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dead Like Me follows a group of undead grim reapers tasked with shepherding the recently departed into the afterlife.
Style: witty, sentimental, black comedy, cynical, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, dealing with death, dark humor, supernatural ability, employer employee relationship, young man, unfulfillment, loser, death, tragic event, workplace ...
Place: seattle
Is relevant?
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen ...
Style: anime, mecha, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: loneliness, existentialism, self doubt, father son relationship, psychological trauma, loss, depression, giant robot, young heroes, post apocalypse, suffering, piloted giant robot ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: japan
Is relevant?
 7.1
 9K
Summer 1993 (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
Style: semi autobiographical, sincere, serious, touching, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, toddlers
Plot: childhood trauma, death of mother, orphan, loss, loss of mother, little girl, summer, childhood, mother daughter relationship, farmhouse, uncle, countryside ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 2010s, year 2017
Place: spain, mediterranean sea, barcelona, catalonia, europe
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Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Style: medical drama, sincere, sentimental, erotic, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: hospital, doctor, workplace, doctors and patients, medical, surgery, surgeon, patient, coworker relationship, workplace romance, relationships, nurse ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: seattle, idaho, usa
Is relevant?
 8.5
 1.2M
The Lion King (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style: touching, sentimental, visually stunning, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: friendship, lion, jungle, betrayal, tragedy, pride and honor, good versus evil, uncle, murder, hyena, exile, meerkat ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
Is relevant?
The Queen's Corgi (2019)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: "The Queen's Corgi" is about the adventure of Rex, the British monarch's most beloved dog, who loses track of his mistress and stumbles across a clan with dogs of all kinds confronting and fighting each other. During his epic ...
Style: sweet, feel good, captivating, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, lost dog, anthropomorphism, cartoon dog, animal shelter, journey, puppy, queen of england, loss, palace, chase, queen elizabeth ii ...
Time: 21st century
Place: buckingham palace, united kingdom, england
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Made in Italy (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Riko is an honest and hardworking man who can count on a group of real friends and a loving wife. Things change after he loses his job and experiences a midlife crisis.
Style: humorous, feel good, colorful, emotional, bleak ...
Plot: loss, husband wife relationship, love and romance, unemployment, midlife crisis, father son relationship, nature, factory, working class, blue collar, family drama, working life ...
Place: italy, rome italy
Is relevant?
 5.5
 53K
White Noise (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave using EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.
Style: twist ending, scary, suspenseful, clever, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spirit, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, dealing with death, ghost, death of wife, supernatural horror, loss, disappearance, contact, grief, remote control ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant?
 8.1
 144K
I'm Still Here (2024)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years. And when the answers begin to appear, ...
Style: historical drama, realistic, independent film, hood, factual ...
Plot: brazilian military dictatorship, dictatorship, military dictatorship, based on real people, loss, missing father, female nudity, loss of husband, widow, husband, wrongful arrest, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, year 2014, year 1996, 70s ...
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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The Station Agent (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style: sincere, sentimental, humorous, touching, tragicomedy ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: loneliness, friendship, bittersweet, depression, small town, grief, melancholy, loner, train, new in town, loss, solitude ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, canada ...
Is relevant?
 8.1
 86K
The Tudors (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Style: historical drama, captivating, stylized, sexy, soap opera ...
Audience: teens
Plot: intrigue, tudors, queen, power struggle, historical character, royal family, british history, king, royalty, heir, monarchy, british royal family ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place: england, britain, ireland, europe
Is relevant?
 7.8
 22K
Awake (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to ...
Style: psychological, mind bending, detective, serious, emotional ...
Plot: alternate reality, police investigation, car accident, grief, family problems, loss, therapy, police protagonist, sanity, loss of son, loss of family member, loss of loved one ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Edward and Alphonse Elric are two brothers gifted with the ability of alchemy, the science of taking one thing and changing it into another. However, alchemy works on the theory of Equivalent Exchange -- for something to be created, something else ...
Style: anime, exciting, emotional, serious, manga ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: artifact, alchemy, young heroes, accident, siblings relations, journey, magical, steampunk, heroes, childhood, imaginary, youth ...
Is relevant?
 4.3
 749
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: disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, scary, bleak ...
Plot: loss, a vision, journalist, grief, bereavement, trauma, single woman, female journalist, lonely, childbirth, child, grieving mother ...
Is relevant?
 4.3
 512
The Flood (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal journey of of retribution and revenge that transforms into redemption and reconciliation.
Style: emotional, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: revenge, colonialism, loss, vengeance, australian aboriginal, grief, female protagonist, retribution, death of daughter, loss of husband, loss of daughter, death of husband ...
Is relevant?
If You Wish Upon Me (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: The story of patients and the caregivers of a hospice department. It is the story of people who dream of 'well-dying'.
Style: sincere, realistic, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot: loss, grief, relationships, caregiver, terminal illness, compassion, humanity, mortality, runaway, workplace, life, life is a bitch ...
Is relevant?
 7.7
 177K
Teen Wolf (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day ...
Style: touching, suspenseful, serious, humorous, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, supernatural ability, high school, lycanthropy, youth, high school life, high school student, peril, friends, life turned upside down, team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico, idaho, california, japan ...
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Nightclub Secrets (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Zoe's sister, Rachel, ends up dead from an apparent suicide, Zoe takes it upon herself to find out the truth. Through Rachel's diary Zoe is able to follow a trail to a world of nightclubs and the secrets they hold.
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: nightclub, investigation, loss, secrets, uncover truth, society, life turned upside down, death of sister, female protagonist, darkness, city, deception ...
Is relevant?
 7.5
 71K
Train Dreams (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative, period piece, bleak ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, loss, memory, loneliness, love, working class, nostalgia, grief, character study, village life, tragedy, isolation ...
Time: 1920s, year 1917, 60s
Place: poetic realism, idaho
Is relevant?
 6.9
 97K
My Girl (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, crying, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, kids, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, children, single father, single parent, small town, kids and family, grief, teenager ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1972, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place: pennsylvania, usa
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Potential Inertia (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Declan Holmes is graduating college, a hard enough time as it is, and heading out into the real world. The loss he experiences is like nothing he has ever known before. 'Potential Inertia' is the story of his journey through a very ...
Style: serious, contemplative, independent film, black and white
Plot: loss, coming of age, friendship, grief, mourning, personal growth, college graduate, relationships, identity crisis, intimate, bittersweet, mental health ...
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