Death in the family movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant death in the family movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, emotional, psychological, melancholic and touching films and TV shows about / with death in the family, family relations, family problems, death, storytelling, mentor, dialogue, catastrophe, brutality and father son relationship plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
death in the family
TOP 10 movies tagged as death in the family: The Lovely Bones (2009), If I Stay (2014), Rabbit Hole (2010), Mystic River (2003), The Good Son (1993), Amish Grace (2010), 21 Grams (2003), Remember Me (2010), Pure (2002), Gracie (2007).
Best films
List of death in the family movies
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, surreal, psychological, serious, dark ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
afterlife, serial killer, rape, pedophile, loss of daughter, death in the family, investigation, missing child, suspense, murder mystery, death of child, loss of family member ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, delaware
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125K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock ...
Style:
touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
love, teenager, teenage girl, hospital, love and romance, youth, teenage love, teenage life, parents and children, death in the family, out of body experience, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, portland oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sexy, compassionate ...
Plot:
loss of child, death in the family, marriage, grief, estrangement, tragedy, memory, redemption, support group, family problems, unlikely relationship, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa
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464K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, depressing, emotional, twist ending, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, loss of child, murder, suspense, sexual abuse, childhood, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, child abuse, death in the family, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, scary, serious, sad ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
children, suspense, manipulation, problem child, killer child, evil child, parents and children, murder, psychopath, brutality, death, disbelieving adult ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, japan, asia, usa, new england
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated ...
Style:
psychological, serious, disturbing, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amish, murder, faith, forgiveness, family problems, family relations, hopes, death in the family, religions or cults, introspection, dealing with death, child murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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240K
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, emotional, psychological, depressing, gloomy ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, guilt, drugs, drug addiction, multiple storylines, loneliness, suspense, grief, death, mathematician, tragedy, drug addict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
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150K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style:
touching, emotional, romantic, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
relationships, love, suicide, death in the family, 9/11, love story, teenager, young love, love and romance, twists and turns, dealing with death, parenthood ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 1991, year 2001, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, youth, drug abuse, life is a bitch, prostitute, dysfunctional family, drug addiction, parents and children, teenage life, going straight, friendship ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
soccer, sport, female athlete, human spirit, family problems, rivalry, follow your dream, death in the family, athlete's life, family in crisis, cheerleader, ambition ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, touching, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, afterlife, love affair, seeing dead people, couples, ghost, unfulfillment, death of brother, teenager, siblings relations, family problems, love story ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, new jersey, ireland, san francisco
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, fairy tale, dark, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, children, death in the family, steampunk, child in peril, happy ending, young heroes, child, siblings relations, dishonesty, destiny, loss of mother ...
Time:
1940s, victorian era
Place:
peru
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111K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspenseful, gothic, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
antisocial behavior, mysterious character, under the surface, psychopath, parents and children, family problems, estate, family relations, lolita, masturbation, youth, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, realistic, depressing, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, depression, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, suicide, father son relationship, grief, therapy, coming of age, loss of son, alienation, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, houston texas, texas, illinois
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53K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, touching, dark ...
Plot:
youth, antisocial behavior, loner, depression, arson, life is a bitch, grief, family problems, rebelliousness, coming of age, friendship, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Style:
absurd, stylized, cynical, funny, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family secret, funeral, eccentric family, death in the family, lesbian, family reunited, family life, parents and children, fall in love, family feud, generation gap ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
Style:
scary, slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, halloween, supernatural, burial, bully, small town, chase, vengeance, killer dog, death, death in the family, cemetery ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, new england
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669
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 416 min.
TV show
Story:
By the will of her dead uncle who was murdered Sandra Paoli is propelled to the head of a powerful mafia clan. She becomes a respected, but also hated, woman in a world of men, murder and criminality.
Style:
captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Plot:
mafia, murder, gangsters, criminal's revenge, family business, rivalry, family problems, gang, drug dealing, betrayal, dishonesty, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The film shows the apparently intact world of a middle class family, whose harmonious facade crumbles due to the unexpected visit of their relative Paul, a young man of 16 years. Paul arrives looking for love and support after the suicide of his ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
aunt nephew relationship, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man sex, sex with teenager, family in crisis, death in the family, incest, family relations, teenage life, solace, regret, teen angst ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
demon, supernatural, witch, monster, vengeance, murder, suspense, pumpkin, revenge, father son relationship, creature, death in the family ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, saga ...
Plot:
monster, supernatural, demon, ritual, family feud, wedding, ghost, supernatural ability, tragic love, vigilantism, death in the family, brother brother relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film's protagonists get an opportunity to make a wish. Consequently, their lives take the path they themselves ordained. Several "coincidences" bring them everything they wanted and they have the chance to experience their wishes. ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, thought provoking, psychological, romantic ...
Plot:
horse riding, christmas, death in the family, womanizer, saleswoman, desire, love, parent child relationship, horse, car accident, father son relationship, angel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, stylized, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, suicide, family secret, mother daughter relationship, cancer, drugs, incestuous relationship, family in crisis, drug addiction, pills, addiction, funeral ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, california, midwest, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street.But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, not serious, realistic
Plot:
female protagonist, single parent, family gatherings, death in the family, family relations, family life, eccentric family, siblings relations, parents and children, small town life, male female relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New ...
Style:
funny, absurd, talky, melancholic, not serious ...
Plot:
death, dysfunctional family, family relations, eccentric family, family gatherings, death in the family, male nudity, dishonesty, silly humor, gay father, murder, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
interracial relations, family relations, estrangement, death in the family, haunted by the past, family problems, unfulfillment, hopes, society, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, interracial romance ...
Time:
50s, 21st century
Place:
usa, alabama
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jason and his wife, Sarah, leave their adopted home of Shanghai and travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, for his uncle's funeral, staying with his Aunt Mei. Already disoriented, Jason and Sarah are unnerved when their son, Sam, begins seeing ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, captivating, serious, disturbing
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, murder, death in the family, couples, couple relations, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, grudge, haunted by the past, parents and children, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
canada, vancouver
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The star of Ken Loach's MY NAME IS JOE, Mullan proves that his talent isn't relegated to acting. As a writer/director, he has crafted a supremely entertaining motion picture. ORPHANS tells the grittily realistic, hysterical, and deeply ...
Style:
emotional, intense, surreal, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
disability, dysfunctional family, vengeance, moral ambiguity, children, segregation, british, justice, existentialism, siblings relations, brutality, depression ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, england, glasgow scotland, europe, australia ...
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553
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, death in the family, religions or cults, haunted by the past, society, small town, life turned upside down, grief, investigation, killer child, family problems, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alaska
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
death in the family, hopes, introspection, last wish, family relations, family problems, dealing with death, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, journey, river, nature ...
Time:
21st century
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