Death of loved one movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant death of loved one movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, touching and realistic films and TV shows about / with death of loved one, death, murder, love, flashback, family relations, blood, violence, kiss and death of father plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Horror genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as death of loved one: The Tree (2010), Frantz (2016), Love Unto Death (1984), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), 13 Reasons Why (2017), Traffik (2018), True Grit (1969), Re-Animator (1985), Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), Coco Before Chanel (2009).

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 6.5
 5K
The Tree (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Australia, Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot: tree, mother daughter relationship, grief, family relations, loss of father, little girl, children, parents and children, death in the family, introspection, family problems, death of father ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 7.5
 17K
Frantz (2016)
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, black and white, inspirational, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, death of loved one, french soldier, grave, casualty of war, war veteran, nationalism, sadness, mourning, soldier ...
Time: post world war one, year 1919, 1910s, year 1918, 90s ...
Place: germany, paris france, france
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Love Unto Death (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to grapple with the possibility of his death. They eventually ...
Style: serious, thought provoking, surreal, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot: love and romance, dealing with death, tragic love, introspection, unfulfillment, death of loved one, near death experience, death, life after death, clergy, hopes, society ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: witch, supernatural, good versus evil, witch hunt, bounty hunter, magic, medieval, steampunk, hansel and gretel, blood, chase, danger ...
Time: year 2013, year 2000, 2010s
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 7.5
 314K
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, loss, classmate classmate relationship, suicidal, loss of daughter, mental illness ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.9
 21K
Traffik (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
Style: sad, rough, feel good, dark, action adventure ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex trafficking, fight, kidnapping, human trafficking, female journalist, slave trade, black, young couple, death of loved one, black man, chase, corrupt cop ...
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 7.4
 51K
True Grit (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he ...
Style: stylized, harsh, suspense, exciting, spaghetti western ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, cowboy, hanging, texas ranger, reward, civil war veteran, teenage girl, alcoholic, justice ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: texas, oklahoma, arkansas, austin texas, usa
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 7.2
 71K
Re-Animator (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style: splatter, lovecraft, black comedy, scary, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, mad scientist, guts, hospital, gory, experiment, insanity, mad doctor, overdose, reanimated corpse, female nudity, laboratory ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: zurich switzerland, massachusetts, europe, austria
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Style: exciting, captivating, adult animation, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot: supernatural ability, friends, chosen one, martial arts, friendship, peril, training, heroic mission, save the day, honor, magical, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s
Place: asia
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Coco Before Chanel (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers ...
Style: stylized, inspirational, sexy, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: fashion, high society, fashion designer, women, designer, rise to the top, feminist, feminism, rags to riches, dressmaker, social climbing, fashion model ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, 1920s, edwardian era, ancient times ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Bram Stoker's Van Helsing (2021)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: England, 1897. Abraham Van Helsing receives a letter from his former student Dr John Seward requesting his urgent assistance in the northern town of Whitby, where his fiancée Lucy is showing all the signs of vampirism. Van Helsing follows the ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, psychological, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: vampire, female vampire, dracula, death, friendship, romantic rivalry, death of loved one, supernatural power, vampire bite, evil, supernatural ability, love and romance ...
Place: london
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 6.4
 3K
Hideaway (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot: pregnancy, drug overdose, starting over, child abandonment, hopes, life is a bitch, gay, recluse, self discovery, friendship, strong female character, grief ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, france, basque country, paris france
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 5.8
 2K
Sky (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
Style: depressing, romantic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: frenchwoman, unhappy marriage, presumed dead, hitchhiking, road trip, drunkenness, female protagonist, cancer, motorcycle accident, tourist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, vacation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, france, california, las vegas
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Red Bracelets: The Beginning (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In this prequel to the TV series, the individual fates of the members of the later "Red Bracelets" and how they came together are told.
Style: captivating, sentimental, compassionate, melancholic, touching ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: wedding ceremony, teenage boy, teenage girl, hospital, death of mother, brother brother relationship, soccer match, bulimia, grandfather grandson relationship, death of loved one, best man, cancer patient ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 7.1
 22
Currency (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Part drama, part mystery with a dash of film noir, Currency weaves together a web of simple stories about the complex questions we all ask. We all ask why. We all die.
Style: neo noir, spiritual, rough, bleak, suspense ...
Plot: loss of loved one, science, biology, death of loved one, loss of friend, catholicism, betrayal, money, murder, suicide, death, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 2 (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 2 is the sequel to the movie of the same title in 2004. The story continues after the "pontianak" (banshee/vampire) has avenged her death by eliminating her murderer (Marsani) and his entire bloodline. The ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: female vampire, vampire, revenge, flashback, death of loved one, supernatural, supernatural ability, family relations, child abduction, murderer, vampirism, murder ...
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The Man in the Maze (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: While doing research in the woods, four college friends find a mysterious and troublesome trail. Megan, Alex, Christi, and P.T. soon find that they may not be the only ones on the trail and that the dark figure following them is much more than he ...
Style: suspense, rough, scary, independent film
Plot: survival horror, curse, murder, fight, loss of friend, death of friend, killer, death of loved one, college student, love, blood, death ...
Time: year 1938
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 7.0
 4K
The Trip (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, political, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay relationship, aids, gay interest, lgbtq, road trip, gay slur, self discovery, couples, human nature, love affair, repression ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1984, year 1977, year 1973
Place: los angeles, usa, california, mexico
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 6.8
 57K
Odd Thomas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
Style: twist ending, suspense, stylized, serious, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: afterlife, supernatural ability, psychic, able to see the dead, supernatural, seeing dead people, husband wife relationship, a vision, good versus evil, transformation, plot twist, evil force ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, las vegas
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Wuthering Heights (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, costume drama ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: forbidden love, true love, family relations, orphan, obsession, countryside, siblings relations, society, social differences, rich and poor, young lovers, literary ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, northern england, europe, yorkshire
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Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence ...
Style: anime, computer animated, adult animation, sexy, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: creature, military, alien, space wars, alien invasion, insect, heroes, danger, friendship, infantry, distant planet, space opera ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, 23rd century
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 5.6
 7K
Fragments (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: post traumatic stress, murder, destiny, haunted by the past, group of strangers, mentally unstable, hitman, family relations, survival, death of loved one, doctor, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Last Samurai (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style: epic, breathtaking, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, manly, adult
Plot: samurai, sword fight, military, battles, war, japanese history, courage, warrior, katana, self discovery, pride and honor, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, victorian era, 1800s, middle ages ...
Place: japan, asia, africa, san francisco, tokyo ...
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 7.2
 155K
Cold Mountain (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania, UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story: In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style: romantic, sincere, serious, period piece, touching ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, war, loss of family member, wartime, getting home, slavery, loss of loved one, military ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place: south carolina, north carolina, usa, america, ancient greece ...
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27 Missing Kisses (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Georgia, UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young woman's passion has a remarkable effect on a Russian village in this comedy-drama with fantasy elements. Sybill (Nino Kuchanidze) is a teenager who is sent to a small town in the country to spend the summer with her aunt. Despite her ...
Style: semi serious, clever, humorous, witty, romantic comedy ...
Plot: unrequited love, young lovers, teenage love, love triangle, small town, unlikely couple, fall in love, youth, couples, family relations, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
Place: greece, russia
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The Awakening of Lilith (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A woman finds herself in the midst of a dark mystery after the unexplained loss of a loved one. Her mind begins to unravel as her sense of reality begins to slip away.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, bleak, scary ...
Plot: survival horror, death of loved one, survival, insanity, danger, mind game, isolation, confinement indoors, death, characters in danger, trap, race against time ...
Place: usa
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 7.2
 264
After Forever (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: After Forever is the story of Brian and Jason, a 50-ish New York City gay couple, who have it all until they don't.
Style: dramatic, emotional, suspenseful, captivating, tear jerker
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, death of lover, gay subtext, grief, gay lead character, marriage, death, gay culture, gay marriage, death of loved one ...
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The Gift of Peace (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Artist Traci is a once-devout Christian who has stopped believing in God after her husband tragically died despite her prayers. As her second Christmas without him approaches, she tries going to a support group for inspiration and comfort.
Style: inspirational, light, entertaining, touching, sincere ...
Plot: christmas, relationships, death, death of husband, inspiration, death of loved one, society, support, support group, christian, christmas movie
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A Place in the Sun (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: When an orphan raised by foster parents has a near death experience, he changes his name and disappears from his life including his girlfriend. Attempting to cope, his girlfriend begins work at the conglomerate company Yangji Group where they meet ...
Style: suspenseful, sentimental, touching, suspense
Plot: unrequited love, true love, death, love and romance, unfulfilled love, love affair, love, tragedy, lost love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, tragic love ...
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Black Money Love (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Ömer is a police officer. After the death of his fiancée, he suffers great pain. The body of Sibel, Ömer's fiancée, was found on the top of a cliff, in a car next to a fairly old, rich business man. After the shock of her sudden death and ...
Style: tense, sincere, touching, captivating, detective
Plot: police officer, murder investigation, changing lives, infidelity, uncover truth, death, adultery, investigation, criminal, family relations, vengeance, love ...
Place: turkey
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