Dead wife movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant dead wife movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller and captivating films and TV shows about / with dead wife, death, husband wife relationship, widower, murder, death of wife, flashback, storytelling, blood and revenge plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dead wife: Caged (2021), Late Night with the Devil (2023), Death of a Unicorn (2025), Archive (2020), Andover (2017), Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015), American Gods (2017), The Mimic (2020), A Man Called Ove (2015), Dawn Rider (2012).
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an abusive female guard.
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
dead wife, isolation, african american, evil woman, murder, insanity, innocence, racism, racial discrimination, nightmare, psychiatrist, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: Australia, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
Style:
mystical, captivating, psychological horror, psychological, mockumentary ...
Plot:
satanic cult, found footage, evil, dead wife, possession, demon, halloween, hallucination, death, worm, mass suicide, levitation ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, year 1971, year 1974, year 1972 ...
Place:
usa, new york, california, melbourne, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, ambiguous ending, dark fantasy, crying ...
Plot:
unicorn, family business, rapid healing, father daughter relationship, butler, killing an animal, father, creature, dead wife, daughter, cancer, mythical creature ...
Time:
2020s
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29K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.
Style:
philosophical, suspenseful, serious, minimal cast, cyber ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, space and aliens, deadly creature, husband wife relationship, dead wife, androids, dead, death of wife, monster, cyberpunk, isolation ...
Time:
2030s, future, 2020s, near future
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A geneticist clones his dead wife, over and over, in an attempt to get her back exactly as she was.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, romantic comedy
Plot:
cloning, grieving, genetics, dead wife, true love, human experiment, scientific experiment, loss of spouse, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, genetic experiment, experiment ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Style:
serious, sexy, exciting, neo noir, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
private detective, female protagonist, superhero, strong female character, investigation, imaginary, strong female lead, lawyer, superhuman powers, supernatural power, good versus evil, death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel about an ex-con who becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities.
Style:
tense, serious, allegory, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
legends and myths, death, supernatural, supernatural ability, road trip, deception, mythology, deity, danger, mysterious character, ex convict, dark secret ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma city
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267
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘the Kid’ may be a sociopath, ‘the Narrator’ goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
imitation, sociopath, screenwriter, dead wife, writer's block, husband and wife, husband wife relationship, following someone, friends, friend, paranoia, obsession ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she ...
Style:
touching, ironic, feel good, compassionate, scenic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love, loneliness, suicide attempt, swedish, destiny, unlikely friendships, elderly man, friendship, mentor, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place:
spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, f word
Plot:
horse, vengeance, righting the wronged, gang, tough heroes, love and romance, heroes, father son relationship, chase, gang of outlaws, cold blooded killer, dead wife ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012
Place:
usa, wyoming, cincinnati ohio
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
John Dubury, a fifty-year-old man disappointed by his life, sees his wife die from a fatal fall while they are on vacation together. And while an accident is initially thought to be the cause of death, suspicions soon turn to John... especially ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
husband and wife, murder investigation, husband, dead wife, death of wife, police detective, police officer, wife, investigation, police, police investigation, death ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve has married the man of her dreams but when they return to live in the house willed to him by his first wife who died under horrific circumstances, it becomes a waking nightmare as Eve falls into a spiral of suspicion and madness.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
ghost, husband wife relationship, supernatural, supernatural power, haunted house, killing, society, friends, murder, death, demon, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york state
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film is based on A. P. Chekhov’s play “Tatiana Repina” and short story “Difficult People”. At his wedding, the groom is horrified to see among the church crowd his former mistress who had recently committed suicide.
Style:
psychological, humorous, satirical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
wedding, morality, village, family relations, adaptation, farm, church, dead wife, absurd humor, satire, character study, literary ...
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, mystical, mystic, surprise ending
Plot:
grave, burial, body horror, tomb, spirit, ghost, technology, advanced technology, mysticism, nightmare, dead wife, dead sister ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars, leading to a series of increasingly bad decisions which upend the once-peaceful community.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, dark comedy
Plot:
accidental killing, ferry, murder, cop, murder investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, sleuth, small town, crime solving, satire, investigation ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his ...
Style:
grindhouse, gothic, cult classic, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
vampire, reincarnation, blaxploitation, dracula, african american, nightclub, macabre, gay, black, bloodsucker, monster, coroner ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972, 18th century, 19th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, europe, usa, transylvania ...
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40K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Style:
depressing, heartbreaking, sentimental, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
loneliness, sex, drug addiction, obsession, depression, mental health, suicide, friendship, mental disorder, dead child, loss of wife, suicide attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, mexico, tijuana mexico
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorism, twists and turns, professor, evil wins, paranoia, terrorist, obsession, suspicion, uncover truth, fbi, danger ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, west virginia, virginia, kansas ...
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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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191K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, missing person, father daughter relationship, social media, missing child, mysterious disappearance, internet, search and rescue, disappearance, instagram, presumed dead, missing daughter ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future, year 2015, year 1971 ...
Place:
persia, california, pittsburgh
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Emminent plastic surgeon and mad scientist Don Brandon loses his wife Anitra - pinup model and social butterfly - in a tragic accident. He and his faithful humpbacked and drooling assistant Igor - oops, I mean Greg - busy themselves experimenting ...
Style:
medical horror, independent film
Plot:
hunchback, dead wife, exploitation, medical, freak, experiment, surgeon, mad scientist, obsession, reanimated corpse, body horror, trucker ...
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30K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Mexico, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Style:
unusual plot structure, twist ending, suspense, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
nazi, revenge, ss, auschwitz, holocaust, nazi war criminal, nazi officer, old man, swastika, disappearance, genocide, world war two ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
germany, cleveland ohio, canada, reno nevada
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89K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Style:
philosophical, futuristic, cerebral, confusing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
space, space and aliens, space station, space travel, mysterious planet, planet, afterlife, trapped in space, outer space, existentialism, alien contact, space exploration ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, future
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123K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style:
scary, tense, frightening, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, macabre, stephen king, indian burial ground, supernatural horror, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, back from the dead, death, creepy child, ghost ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, chicago, new england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Present days. A man and his companion go on a journey to cremate the dead body of the former beloved wife, on a riverbank in the area where they spent their honeymoon.
Style:
sincere, realistic, melancholic, road movie, existential ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, photographer, death of wife, introspection, memories, love triangle, dead body, nature, river, tradition, travel, trip ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, cold war, murder, surveillance, voyeur, adulterer, undercover, paranoid, voyeurism, threat, rescue ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core – which is why, when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, comedy of errors, cons and scams, impossible love, couples, firefighter, friendship, womanizer, insurance, pretending to be gay, hidden identity, buddies ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, canada
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Killer Must Kill Again (Italian: L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora) is a 1975 giallo film directed by Luigi Cozzi. Allmovie called the film "too erratic for the general horror audience" but "offers just enough ...
Style:
sexual, psychological thriller, grindhouse, gothic horror, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, rape, killer, psychopath, strong sexual content, murderer, maniac, sex scene, desire, dead wife, attraction, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
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32K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
natural disaster, father, hurricane katrina, hurricane, newborn baby, hospital, evacuation, race against time, exhaustion, childbirth, danger, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
Style:
period piece, dark comedy, humorous, feel good, romantic ...
Plot:
comedy of manners, power of love, writers, ghost, true love, afterlife, supernatural, writer's block, love triangle, seance, resurrection, loss of loved one ...
Time:
20th century, future, 2020s, year 1937
Place:
england, dover england
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