Grief Movies

When a young boy forms an unusual connection with his late grandmother, his mother's refusal to believe spirals their lives into chaos.

An orphaned teenager is visiting his parents’ grave - once a place of solace, now a reminder of his growing emptiness.

Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of the climate crisis and the relationship between grief and hope in...

Grappling with the burden of loss, a drifter becomes engulfed in the reckless lifestyle of a group of bohemians. Through a series of events, he is...

After the loss of their mother, a dysfunctional family is pressed to re-examine their lives. As father and children come to terms with their own...

This is the face of someone the world assumes was stripped of her potential at the age of 18. But tragedy is not Mallory Weggemann's reality....

A young finger puppet retrieves a lost letter written by her deceased brother while her parents struggle to cope with their grief.

Paradise Man searches for meaning in an unknowable universe.

Isabelle Brodeur embarks on a journey to Vietnam, her adopted daughter’s birthplace. Throughout this stunningly beautiful journey, Isabelle...

Ceremony is a personal story about fathers and sons, and the overbearing silence which is passed down for generations. After the death of his...

A young woman thinks back on a series of life advice her deceased brother once shared with her as she goes through the steps of her daily routine....

After news of an accident reaches him a year after the fact, Elias, a young contemplative student, is stuck with strange emotions that he can't...

In the United States, there is an active shooter incident every 12 days. In Memoriam shows the wrenching perspective of wounded survivors, grieving...

On the anniversary of his sister's death during a protest against a corrupt police unit in Nigeria, an immigrant now living in London, battles...

A Buddhist scientist from Bangkok decides to cryo-preserve his daughter's brain. As scandal swirls around the family, they struggle to grieve a child...

Crab fishers Fred and Malte have never talked about their feelings. After a stroke of fate Fred experiences a mental breakdown.

SYNCHRONOUS is an intimate portrait of love and the reverse side of love: mourning. The granddaughter/maker looks idealistically at the endless love...

Vera, a mom in the 1930s, mourns the loss of her baseball player husband and her 7-year-old daughter. After finding relics from her daughter’s...

A year after his brother's death, Rob discovers that the only way to help his father cope with the loss is to "force" his affection onto him.

Joelho Ralado is a narrative about love and overcoming, where the protagonist Amanda travels to the city of Indaial, finding on the hiker's route an...