Mourning movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mourning movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out melancholic, realistic, touching, emotional, sincere and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with mourning, grief, death, loss, loneliness, bittersweet, family relations, memory, flashback and funeral plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mourning: Lilting (2014), Frantz (2016), Three Colors: Blue (1993), Corpus Christi (2019), The Long Way Home (2014), Aogeba Tôtoshi (2006), The Fishbowl (2023), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), M3GAN (2022), The Big Chill (1983).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, retirement home, male homosexuality, language barrier, homosexual, mourning, mother love, loss of lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
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19K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of a 20-year-old Daniel who experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. He wants to become a priest but this is impossible because of his criminal record. When he is sent to work at a carpenter’s ...
Style:
sincere, art house, ambiguous ending, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
catholic church, prison, priest, sex scene, grief, funeral, juvenile prison, fake identity, mayor, confession, cemetery, mourning ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
poland, eastern europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One morning Joel finds his wife's dog Elvis half dead. This forces him out of home, something he has avoided for a long time. After forgetting his keys inside, he'll spend the day desperately trying to get back into his flat, his shelter.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, realistic, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mourning, realism, dog, nothing goes right, human nature, society, social misfits, disorder, misfit, pets, dealing with death, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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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: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As her cancer spreads, Noelia's ultimate decision is to return to her native Vieques, Puerto Rico, and claim her freedom to decide her own fate. She reunites with her friends and family, who are still dealing with the contamination of the U.S. ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
cancer, female protagonist, getting home, mourning, homecoming, illness, colonization, friend, terminal illness, family relations, friends, back in hometown ...
Place:
puerto rico, caribbean
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things ...
Style:
disturbing, neo noir, depressing, bloody, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, violence, vengeance, torture, loss of loved one, suicide, brutality, tragedy, murder, gory, organ donation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Is relevant?
180K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her ...
Style:
slasher, tense, captivating, terrifying, cyber ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, doll, robot, female robot, sentient robot, robot human relationship, talking robot, killer robot, robotics, humanoid robot, orphan, killer doll ...
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, washington state, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the ...
Style:
weeping, realistic, cult classic, rom com, happy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, funeral, midlife crisis, group of friends, regret, suicide, relationships, reunited friends, yuppie, coming of age, outdoor sex, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s, 70s
Place:
south carolina, middle east, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dog, dysfunctional marriage, depression, eccentricity, grief, travel, writers, loss of son, death of son, loneliness, dysfunctional family, breakup ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
usa, paris france, maryland, london, baltimore ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven. She meets her sickly cousin Colin and the two children find a wondrous ...
Style:
fairy tale, mysterious, sentimental, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers
Plot:
orphan, imagination, estate, mansion, true love, old mansion, garden, dead mother, curse, flowers, mourning, gardening ...
Time:
2020s, 1940s, 19th century, post world war two, year 1947 ...
Place:
england, yorkshire, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with his dead girlfriend Nina, who comes back, bloody and broken, every time they make love
Style:
horror comedy, dark comedy, absurd, cynical, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, death of girlfriend, jealous woman, co worker co worker relationship, mourning, selfish woman, car accident, suicide attempt, love, sex, love triangle, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2016
Is relevant?
38K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, scenic, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
road trip, travel, journey, pilgrimage, death of son, spiritual journey, dead son, self discovery, redemption, on the road, grief, wanderlust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, france, iberian peninsula, basque country, europe ...
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97K
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
Is relevant?
1.2M
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?
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, inspirational, touching, poignant, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
childhood, autism, 9/11, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, orphan, acceptance, disability, coming of age, bereavement, single mother ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Eleven year old Maria has lost her little brother to cancer. Having disappeared into herself, her mother is no longer there for Maria and her father struggles to keep the family together. Maria meets Jacob, who is the same age as she, but with a ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, sensitive, heartfelt ...
Plot:
boy girl relationship, mourning, grief, friendship, cancer, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, children, loss, childhood, innocence, empathy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man struggling with grief sets off across California on a solo motorcycle trip.
Style:
serious, sentimental, exciting, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
motorcycle, road trip, journey, loss, mourning, grief, travel and leisure, cross country trip, highway travel, spiritual journey, traveler, travel ...
Place:
california
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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:
humorous, sincere, dramatic, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
king, love triangle, royalty, mourning, marriage, joseon dynasty, love, couples, spirit, grieving widower, grieving, male female relationship ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and ...
Style:
melancholic, unusual plot structure, enigmatic, philosophical, underground film ...
Plot:
robot, father, androids, foster child, artificial intelligence, loss, mourning, family relations, parents and children, death, family problems, society ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
227
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young widower sidesteps grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and sets off on an impulsive odyssey through America's heartland to find something he'd lost long before her death.
Style:
road movie, psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
road trip, widower, ashes, travel, grieving widower, grieving, mourning, grief, loss, loss of father, life, satire ...
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbor and sets out to discover that there are still things in his life worth living for.
Plot:
mourning, cancer, neighbor, cannabis, funeral, hospital, death, taxi, kitten, beach, neighbor neighbor relationship, dentist ...
Place:
palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Algeria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Stranger is a literal (but still very cinematic) adaptation of the novel by Albert Camus. Marcello Mastrioanni stars as Meursault, a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, ...
Style:
philosophical, neo noir, existential, neorealism, psychological ...
Plot:
nihilism, murder, philosophy, prison, death of mother, funeral, mourning, society, courtroom drama, italian neorealism, sun, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 1967, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
algeria, middle east
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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, emotional, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, infidelity, family drama, family gatherings, childhood home, homecoming, children, family relations, loneliness, family home, brother sister relationship, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Giulio, a young man from Sicily, arrives in Rome to trace back Aurora, his ex-girlfriend whom he cannot forget. He stays with a couple of family friends, Rosalia and Eugenio, who have lost their only son, Nello, of the same age as Giulio. The ...
Style:
art house, ambiguous ending, tragic
Plot:
depression, mourning, unrequited love, grief, loneliness, loss, drug use, existential crisis, isolation, alienation, obsession, alcoholism ...
Place:
sicily, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When old Mr. Park dies, his first son Chan-Wu, a film director, and his troublesome daughter Mi-Seon hurriedly come back to their rural hometown, and third son Chan-Se comes back to Korea from America. As the quiet country village gets busy ...
Style:
melancholic, black comedy
Plot:
mourning, funeral, getting home, family drama, grief, siblings, small town life, domestic drama, everyday life, bittersweet, family secret, reconciliation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nightfall. Marco, a politician, is murdered while he is going home. Also Luca, a gay man, is going home, where his partner Paolo is waiting. But he is on the killer's way, and he is shot. Paolo dashes to the hospital but the doctor doesn't ...
Style:
melancholic, noir, atmospheric, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
mourning, isolation, grief, loneliness, loss of partner, alienation, lgbtq, character study, gay, gay slur, street life, misunderstanding ...
Is relevant?
555
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea. Eiji (Ken Takakura) works as a prison officer in Hokuriku. At the age of 53 Eiji loses his wife who he loved the ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
road trip, mourning, widower, chance meeting, prison warden, last wish, asian, humanity, last will and testament, tourist, prison, typhoon ...
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587
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Zurich is a musical roadmovie about Nina, who discovers after the death of her great love, truckdriver Boris, he led a double life. Struggling with her feelings she comes to an almost unforgivable deed, and flees. She submerges into the truckers ...
Style:
road movie, melancholic, sincere
Plot:
grief, double life, mourning, female protagonist, road trip, loss, journey, loneliness, escape, secret life, self discovery, betrayal ...
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