Definitions,
Values,
DJ's Rights, 7 Stages,
Alternative Providers,
CINDEA Recognition,
Why use Services?
Expectations,
Web of Facets,
Advantages of a DM,
CINDEA Recognition,
Philosophy in Practice
Final
Affairs,
Advance Directives & Representation/Proxy,
Dementia
History,
Why Consider It,
Basics, Videos,
Physical
Care,
6 Shroud Patterns,
DJ's Remains
By My Own Heart & Hand
Home Funerals, Greening Death, Children & Deathing Rites
Various forms
of
ecological disposition
National
& Provincial
National
& Provincial
U.S.A., U.K.,
etc.
for Adults & Children
and Donations
Articles & Updates
Definitions,
Values,
DJ's Rights, 7 Stages,
Alternative Providers,
CINDEA Recognition,
Why use Services?
Expectations,
Web of Facets,
Advantages of a DM,
CINDEA Recognition,
Philosophy in Practice
Final
Affairs,
Advance Directives & Representation/Proxy,
Dementia
History,
Why Consider It,
Basics, Videos,
Physical
Care,
6 Shroud Patterns,
DJ's Remains
Various forms
of
ecological disposition
By My Own Heart & Hand
home funerals, Greening Death, Children, and Deathing Rites
National
& Provincial
National
& Provincial
U.S.A., U.K.,
etc.
for
Adults & Children
and Donations
Articles & Updates
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This
page contains non-Canadian resources.
Canadian books, movies and documentaries
for adults and children, on death and bereavement,
and source acknowledgements, are listed on the
main 'Media Resources'
page
Please
feel free to contact
us with any further titles for feature films
and documentaries on death or bereavement.
Section
IV —
FEATURE FILMS ON DEATH FOR ADULTS
Feature
Films for Adults by non-Canadians
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Act
of Love, 1980, directed by Jud Taylor
(TV movie based on book "Act
of Love: The Killing of George Zygmanik"
by Judith Paige Mitchell) — acquittal
of a man who shoots his crippled brother;
Wikipedia
article |
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Amour:
the movie, 2012, directed by Michael Haneke
(co-production between the
French, German, and Austrian companies Les
Films du Losange, X-Filme Creative Pool, and
Wega Film; and nominated for 5 Academy Awards)
— a devoted older couple who face the
decline of the wife from a series of strokes
and the dedicated care provided by the husband
, until he can no longer take it; Wikipedia
article |
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An
Act of Murder, 1948, directed by Michael
Gordon (also known as "Live
Today for Tomorrow" and "I Stand
Accused") — the trial of
a judge who kills his terminally ill wife;
Wikipedia
article |
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After
Life, 1998 (known in Japan
as "Wonderful Life") by Japanese
director Hirokazu Koreeda — set at the
'waystation' where those who have recently
died are processed for heaven; Wikipedia
article |
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Angels
in America, 2003, critically acclaimed
HBO miniseries (based on play
by Tony Kushner) directed by Mike Nichols
— focused on the spreading AIDS epidemic
and its effect on the social and political
climate; Wikipedia
article |
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Babe,
1975, directed by Buzz Kulik (TV
movie) — story of Babe Didrikson
Zaharias, who became a 1932 Olympic gold medalist
and feminist icon for women athletes, and
her death from colon cancer; Wikipedia
article on Babe's life |
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Beginners,
2010, written and directed by Mike Mills —
dealing with several interrelated deaths and
coming to terms with them; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Bramble Bush, 1960, directed by Daniel
Petrie — complications when a doctor
falls in love with his dying friend's wife,
and the trial that ensues; Wikipedia
article |
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Brian's
Song, 1971, (Television
movie - considered one of the best ever —
eventually shown in theatres)
directed by Buzz Kulik — semi-biographical
story of Brian Piccolo, Chicago Bears footballer
dying of cancer, as told primarily by his
friend, Gale Sayers, Pro Football Hall of
Famer; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Bucket List, 2007, directed by Rob Reiner
— two very different terminally-ill men
support each other to fulfill their 'bucket
list' — list of things to do before they
"kick the bucket; Wikipedia
article |
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Christmas
In August, 1998, by South Korean director
Hur Jin-ho (this film had a
critical influence on the Korean film industry
—
Japanese remake directed by Shunichi Nagasaki)
— a portrait photographer, who is in
love, deals with an unnamed illness and his
impending death; Wikipedia
article |
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City
of Angels, 1998, directed by Brad Silberling
— two angels who watch over the living,
one of whom has special responsibilities for
the dying and chooses to become human; Wikipedia
article |
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Cries
and Whispers, 1972, Swedish film written
and directed by Ingmar Bergman — two
sisters care for a third who is dying, and
struggle between wishing for her death and
recovery; Wikipedia
article
|
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The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008,
directed by David Fincher (based
on book with same name, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
— about a man who ages in reverse, and
dies as an infant; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Cuckoo, 2002, directed by Russian filmmaker
Aleksandr Rogozhkin — three people, each
from different cultures and speaking different
languages, winter together in Lapland through
part of World War II, as people die around
them; Wikipedia
article |
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Dark
Victory, 1939, (remade
for TV as "Stolen Hours" in 1976),
directed by Edmund Goulding — a socialite/heiress
marries her doctor, not knowing that her cancer
surgery was not successful; Wikipedia
article |
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Death
Be Not Proud, 1975, directed by James
Goldstone — based on John Gunther's book
about the dying of his 17 year old son from
a brain tumor; Wikipedia
article |
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Departures,
(Okuribito), 2008, by
Yojiro Takita (Japanese
film that won the 2009 foreign language academy
award) —
husband eventually finds fulfillment and respect
in his work preparing the dead, after several
family deaths; Wikipedia
article |
| The
Descendants, 2011, directed by Alexander
Payne —
father juggles his emotions and those of his
two daughters as they grapple with the impending
death of his wife, who will soon be taken
off life support:
Wikipedia article |
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Do
You Remember Love, 1985, directed by Jeff
Bleckner (much-praised TV movie)
— college professor declines from Alzheimer's
Disease, and the effect on her husband and
children; considered a drama, but educational
as well |
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Dream
with the Fishes, 1997, directed by Finn
Taylor — about a suicidal man who keeps
attempting suicide and builds a relationship
with a terminal man; Wikipedia
article |
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Dying
Young, 1991, directed by Joel Schumacher
— a young man dying of leukemia who hires
a woman who has become disenchanted with relationship,
yet falls in love with him, and undertakes
to teach him "the meaning of life"
before he dies; Wikipedia
article |
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An
Early Frost, 1985, directed by John Erman
— Emmy-award winning script and first
movie about AIDS, about son who tells his
parents that he is gay and dying of AIDS;
Wikipedia
article |
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The
Eddy Duchin Story, 1956, directed by George
Sidney — semi-biography of a society
piano player as he dies of leukemia; Wikipedia
article |
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The
End, 1978, directed by Burt Reynolds —
a man who discovers that he has an incurable
disease and his attempts to find a painless
and foolproof way to kill himself; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Event, 2003, directed by Thom Fitzgerald
— a series of unexplained deaths that
occur among the gay community in New York's
fashionable Chelsea district that may include
an assisted death; Wikipedia
article |
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The
English Patient, 1996, directed by Anthony
Mingella — Oscar-winning Best Picture
on the issues of euthanasia in World War II;
Wikipedia
article |
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First
You Cry, 1978, directed by George Schaefer
(TV movie) — based on Betty Rollin's
autobiographical book "First You Cry"
focused on her fight with breast cancer; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Fountain, 2006, directed by Darren Aronofsky
— three parallel lives across centuries,
searching for the eternal Fountain of Life;
Wikipedia
article |
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The
Gathering, 1977, directed by Randal Kleiser
(TV movie with 1979 sequel
'The Gathering, Part II') — estranged
father assembles family for last Christmas
gathering, on the provision that the children
not be told that he is dying; Wikipedia
article |
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A
Good Death, directed by Wannie de Wijn
— Dutch film on euthanasia, now with
English subtiltles |
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Ghost,
1990, directed by Jerry Zucker (nominated
for 5 Academy awards) — a man's
love for his partner enables him to remain
on earth as a ghost, and help her avoid his
murderer, through a medium; Wikipedia
article |
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Harold
& Maude, 1971, directed by Hal Ashby
— young Harold, who is intrigued with
death, develops a relationship with older
Maude; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Hours, 2002, directed by Stephen Daldry
(based on the Pulitzer Prize
novel) — Oscar-winning story about
three women who each find a reason to take
their own lives; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Hunger, 1986, by Egyptian director Aly
Badrakhan — deals with the themes of
poverty and death in early 20th century Cairenes;
Wikipedia
article |
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Igby
Goes Down, 2002, directed by Burr Steers
— a brilliant rebellious teenager who
returns home when his older brother is helping
their terminally ill mother to die with the
aid of drugs and a plastic bag; Wikipedia
article |
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IKIRU
("To Live"),
1952, Japanese film co-written and directed
by Akira Kurosawa (loosely
based on Leo Tolstoy's short story "The
Death of Ivan Ilyich" ) —
a man, dying of cancer, finds meaning in one
final worthy art; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Invention of Lying, 2009, written and
directed by Ricky Gervis and Matthew Robinson
— in an alternate reality, the first
person to ever lie creates myths about heaven
to comfort his dying mother; Wikipedia
article |
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Iris,
2001, directed by Richard Eyre — biographical
film about the relationship between British
novelist Iris Murdoch and John Bayley, until
her death — based on Bayley's memoir
"Elegy for Iris"; Wikipedia
article |
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It's
My Party, 1996, directed by Randal Kleiser
(based on the true events of
the death of Harry Stein) — a
man, dying of AIDS, invites his friends to
have a party on his last night alive; Wikipedia
article |
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Jacob's
Ladder, 1990, directed by Adrian Lyne
— imagery and hallucinations during the
death of a Vietnam veteran; Wikipedia
article |
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Japón,
2002, by the Mexican director Carlos Reygadas
(although it didn't get much
exposure, it is considered the 100th Greatest
Film of All Time) — man leaves
Mexico City to go to prepare for his death,
staying with an old Indian widow; Wikipedia
article |
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La
gueule ouverte (English
version - "The Mouth Agape"),
1974 (French —
also called The Gaping Mouth and The Gaping
Maw) written and directed by Maurice
Pialat — realistic, and possibly semi-biographical,
story about navigating through the ordeals
of last-stage terminal illness; Wikipedia
article |
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L'Amour
A Mort (English: "Love
Unto Death"), 1984, directed by
Alain Resnais — Wikipedia
article |
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The
Last Supper, 1994, directed by Cynthia
Roberts — a dancer, dying of AIDS, chooses
euthanasia with the assistance of his lover
and his doctor, creating his ultimate work
of art by choreographing his own death;
Wikipedia article |
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Last
Wish, 1992, directed by Jeff Blecker (TV
movie) — Betty Rollin's story
of assisting her mother's chosen time of death |
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Little
Mo, 1978, directed by Daniel Haller (TV
movie) — story of tennis star
Maureen Connelly, better known as 'little
Mo' and her early death from cancer at age
34; Wikipedia
article |
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Longtime
Companion, 1989, directed by Norman René
(and nominated for an Oscar
and other awards) — deals with
the life and deaths of gay men with AIDS in
the 1980s; Wikipedia
article |
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A
Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story,
1977, directed by Fielder Cook
(TV movie) — story of the baseball
star who gave his name to the disease ALS,
based on the 1976 autobiography My Luke and
I, written by Eleanor Gehrig and Joseph Durso;
Wikipedia
article |
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Love
Story, 1944, directed by Leslive Arliss
— the relationship between a young concert
pianist dying of heart failure, and a military
pilot going blind; Wikipedia
article |
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Love
Story, 1970, directed by Arthur Hiller
(written by Erich Segal, based on his novel
with same name) — well-known story
about a young couple dealing with the woman
dying of leukemia; Wikipedia
article |
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Maborosi
(known in Japan as Maboroshi
no Hikari —
meaning "phantasmic
light" or 'a trick of the light'),
1995 by director Hirokazu Koreeda
(based on novel by Teru Miyamoto)
— focusing on the reasons for an apparent,
but not proven, suicide of a young husband;
Wikipedia article
|
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Marley
& Me, 2008, directed by David Frankel
(based on book-memoirs, with
same name, by John Grogan) — Marley
the dog provides material for a new columnist
who writes about the misadventures of his
dog and his family until Marley dies; Wikipedia
article |
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A
Matter of Life and Death, 1981, directed
by Russ Mayberry (TV movie)
— true story of Joy Ufema, crusading
nurse who modernized ways of treating the
terminally ill |
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Meet
Joe Black, 1998, directed by Martin Brest
(loosely based on the 1934
film "Death Takes A Holiday")
— Death takes on a body
(Joe Black) and learns about life and
love; Wikipedia
article |
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Million
Dollar Baby, 2004, directed Clint Eastwood
(highly-acclaimed and award-winning
film) — soul-searching before
deciding on assisted dying; Wikipedia
article |
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Murder
or Mercy?, 1974, directed by Harrey Hart
(TV movie, also called 'Murder
by Prescription') — noted doctor
stands trial for the mercy killing of his
terminally-ill wife |
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My
Life, 1993, directed by Bruce Joel Rubin
— dying man videotapes his last days
for his unborn son; Wikipedia
article |
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New
Age, 1994, directed by Michael Tolkin
— two successful "yuppies"
deal with assisting each other's death, as
a result of losing life's illusions; Wikipedia
article |
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Nirvana
13, directed by Jitin Rawat — internationally
awarded Indian film addressing different perspectives
of the pragmatic and spiritual aspects of
life and death and euthanasia |
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On
Borrowed Time, 1939, directed by Harold
S. Bucque — the fall-out when an old
man claims that Death is caught in his apple
tree; Wikipedia
article |
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On
Golden Pond, 1981, directed by Mark Rydell
(Oscar-winning movie)
— the psychological problems of terminal
old age; Wikipedia
article |
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On
the Beach, 1959, directed by Stanley Kramer
(based on the 1957 novel with
the same name by Nevil Shute, and remade in
2000 for televeison) — Australians
deal with impending death from nuclear fallout;
Wikipedia
article |
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One
True Thing, 1998, directed by Carl Franklin
— a journalist puts her life on hold
to care for her dying mother, and faces her
mother's choice re 'right to die'; Wikipedia
article |
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Pride
of the Yankees, 1942, directed by Sam
Wood — the story about, and tribute to,
the New York Yankees first baseman, Lou Gehrig,
dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
the disease was eventually named after him;
Wikipedia
article |
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Promises
in the Dark, 1979, directed by Jerome
Hellman — a doctor is challenged by dealing
with the parents of a young girl who wants
full disclosure about her illness (terminal
cancer) |
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PS
I Love You (from book by
Cecelia Ahern), 2007, directed by Richard
LaGravenese — how a husband comforts
his wife after his death; Wikipedia
article |
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Right
of Way, 1983, directed by George Schaefer
— elderly couple plan their joint death
via car exhaust, against the wishes of their
daughter, a social worker and others; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Right To Die, 1987, directed by Paul Wendkos
(TV movie) — psychologist
with ALS wants control over her own time of
death; Wikipedia
article |
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Taste
of Cherry, 1997, by Iranian filmmaker
Abbas Kiarostami — man searching through
a city suburb for someone willing to bury
him when he has died; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Sea Inside, 2004, directed by Alejandro
Amenabar (based on the real-life
story of Ramon Sampedro) — award-winning
film about a quadriplegic sailor and his 29
years of struggling to be assisted to die;
Wikipedia
article |
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The
Shadow Box, 1980, directed by Paul Newman
(award-winning TV movie)
— three terminally ill patients spend
a day in discussion at a rustic retreat; Wikipedia
article |
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Six
Weeks, 1982, directed by Tony Bill —
twelve year old who is dying from leukemia,
and her mother and doctor, fulfill her final
wish; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Sleepy Time Gal, 2001, written and directed
by Christopher Munch — mother with
cancer looks for the daughter she gave up
for adoption; Wikipedia
article
|
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Soylent
Green, 1973, directed by Richard Fleischer
— in a futuristic 'greenhouse affected'
world, a man considers euthanasia, but then
learns what Soylent Green, the primary food
source of the people, really is; Wikipedia
article |
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Sunshine,
1973, directed by Joseph Sargent (TV
movie that sparked a short-lived series; the
theme song was 'Sunshine on my Shoulder')
— young mother, husband and doctor debate
her dying process; Wikipedia
article on the song |
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Synecdoche,
New York, 2008, written and directed by
Charlie Kaufman — a slowly dying theatre
director spends years developing his final
play which blurs the lines between 'play'
and 'reality'; Wikipedia
article |
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The
Switch, 1993, directed by Bobby Roth (TV
movie) — a particularly excellent
film about a paralyzed man who sues for, and
wins, the right to have a switch installed
on his ventilator that will allow him to turn
the machine off |
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Talk
to Her, 2002, directed by Pedro Almodovar
(Spanish with sub-titles)
— highly-regarded movie about friendship
between a writer and a male nurse who are
both involved with two comatose women, and
the different outcomes of their illnesses;
Wikipedia
article |
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Tuesdays
with Morrie (from book
by Mitch Albom), 1999, award-winning
television film, directed by Mick Jackson
— newspaper columnist visits his old
professor, who is dying from Lou Gehrig's
disease, on Tuesdays, and their conversations
about dying: Wikipedia
article |
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The
Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley, 1985,
directed by Anthony Harvey (two
other versions of the same film were made)
— elderly woman hires hit man to kill
her to avoid a lengthy death; Wikipedia
article |
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When
The Time Comes, 1987, directed by John
Erman (TV movie) —
dealing with the assisted-dying issues of
a young woman with four months to live |
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Where
Dreams May Come, 1998, directed by Vincent
Ward — journey through earth, heaven
and hell and final reunion; Wikipedia
article |
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Whose
Life Is It Anyway?, 1981, directed by
John Badham (originally a 1972
TV movie and then play by Brian Clark)
— a quadriplegic sculptor formally sues
for the right to end his life through disconnection
from life-support; Wikipedia
article |
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Wit,
2001, written and directed by Mike Nichols
— with 4th stage ovarian cancer, Vivian
chronicles her life as a guinea pig for experimental
treatments, and who she finds compassion from
as she dies; Wikipedia
article |
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A
Woman's Tale, 1991, directed by Paul Cox
(Australian drama) —
focused on 78-year-old woman afflicted with
cancer who is determined to have "a good
death" (the actress playing
her was in fact dying from cancer, and died
two days after winning Australian Academy
Award); Wikipedia
article |
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You
Don't Know Jack, 2010, directed by Barry
Levinson (award-winning TV
Movie) — about the life of Dr.
Jack Kevorkian in the 1990s who defied the
law by assisting the chosen deaths of more
than a hundred people; Wikipedia
article |
[The
"Final Exit" website also keeps a list
of relevant films on their Media
Coverage page.]
(return
to top)
Section
V — DOCUMENTARIES ON DEATH FOR ADULTS
Documentaries
for Adults by non-Canadians
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After
A Suicide, 1996, produced by Diane Conn
— a filmmaker dealing with the suicide
of her mother, and her own attempts;
Filmakers Library
|
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A
Good Death, directed and produced by Scott
Greenberg — following six hospice patients
through the last weeks of their lives; more
info |
|
A
Good Death, a film about end of life care
and advance care planning Produced by PRN
Films, Prof D. Robin Taylor and Dr. Paul Trotman
— describes the struggles of patient,
Mr. Martin Cavanagh, and his family during
the last months of his life with COPD (made
in New Zealand); more
info |
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Dax's
Case: Who Should Decide? — severely
handicapped man and his right to refuse treatment;
Filmakers
Library |
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Deathing
(from book by Anya Foos-Graber)
by the Hartley
Film Foundation |
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Dying,
1998, by Michael Roemer — memoirs of
three people dying with terminal cancer; Filmakers
Library |
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Death
and Dying — the Movie — exploring
how to find peace in this world before dying;
Filmakers
Library |
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Dying
with Dignity — Experiences in
the Netherlands, 2002, directed by Rob
Hof for NOS — four dying patients and
their journey to choosing euthanasia in
the Netherlands, the first country to allow
legal euthanasia; Filmakers
Library
|
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Facing
Death, 1994, Produced by Lars Westman/SVT
— 20 years of Lars' mother's life through
to her death; Filmakers
Library , and Wikipedia
article
|
| Homegoings,
2013, by Christine Turner — honoring
the rich palette of tradition, history and
celebration of African American funerals:
more
info. |
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How
to Die in Oregon, directed by Peter Richardson
(award-winning 'right to die with dignity'
documentary) — on terminallly-ill
people who might make the choice:
info and trailer |
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The
Gifts of Grief from filmmaker, grief counselor
and educator Nancee Sobonya — transforming
grief into a greater appreciation of life;
see GiftsofGrief
|
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I
Want to Die At Home, 1990, produced by
Vincent Burke — loyal friends and family
support a woman dying at home; Filmakers
Library |
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Is
This Life Worth Living?, 1989, produced
by Slawomir Grunberg — three families
consider the ethical issues involved in sustaining
the life of a severely brain-damaged or comatose
patient; Filmakers
Library |
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In
the Parlor: The Final Goodbye, (not
yet complete), produced by Heidi Boucher
(also a Home Death Guide) — evocative
trailor
for a documentary film examining the
ever growing trend of families taking a
more active role in caring for their own
dead; and the intimate insights and experiences
of three families who chose this for their
loved ones after death..
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A
Journey Back — Coping with A Parent's
Suicide, 1991, produced by Louise M. Gallup
— a woman's process in coming to terms,
fifteen years later, with her father's suicide;
Filmakers
Library |
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Last
Rights — Facing End-of-Life Choices,
2009, by Karen Cantor, Singing Wolf Documentaries
— personal exploration of four families
and their terminally-ill loved ones as they
face death; Filmakers
Library |
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LIFE
Before Death, 2012, narrated by David
Suchet and produced by Moonshine Movies
(Australian) — life-affirming
film about living well and dying better, advocating
for making the most of every moment in our
life before death; see Lifebeforedeath
to purchase copy |
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Lightning
Over Water, 1980, by Wim Wenders and Nicholas
Ray — about the last days of Ray's own
life; Wikipedia
article |
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Living
Your Dying, A Video Documentary by Mitsuo
Aoki and directed by Robert Pennybacker
— death not merely as an end, but as
a vital, inseparable part of life; see also
LivingYourDying
for copy of video
|
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A
Matter of Life or Death: Withdrawing Life
Support, produced, written and directed
by Roger Weisberg for Public Policy Productions
— ethical issues about 'right to die';
Filmakers
Library |
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Men
Like My Father, Families Like My Own —
Men and Grief, 2001, directed by D.J.
Johnson (produced at USC School
of Cinema-Television) — a tender
portrait of the grief men suffered after losing
a wife; Filmakers
Library |
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The
Most Excellent Dying of Theodore Jack Heckelman,
directed by Nancy Jewel Poer, 2010 —
full-length documentary-biography of Jack's
last two weeks of life, which he called
'his last great adventure', and being cared
for at home after his death
|
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On
Our Terms — (Bill) Moyers on Death
(4-part documentary series
— see
PBS for more information) |
|
Passing
Through Our Hands
—
A documentary style
video showing how families can care for their
own loved ones when they die at home, by Donna
Belk (Texas) |
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Peter
Wegner is Alive and Well and Living in Providence,
2003, by Edward Beiser — making difficult
decisions about treatment for a family and
patient with serious brain injuries and coma;
Filmakers
Library |
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Pioneers
of Hospice: Changing the Face of Dying,
2003, produced by the Madison-Deane Initiative
— on the legacies of modern hospice
and palliative-care founders Dame Cicely
Saunders, Florence Wald, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
and Balfour Mount; Filmakers
Library
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Quality
of Mercy - A Case for Better Pain Management,
1989, Produced by Richard J. Adler
— concern about the low priority of pain
control; Filmakers
Library |
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Solace:
Wisdom of the Dying produced by Camille
Adair —
offers a rich blend
of perspectives ranging from experts such
as authors Stephen and Ondrea Levine, Roshi
Joan Halifax, Larry and Barbara Dossey, to
the practical and authentic wisdom born from
everyday people facing their mortality.
Solace
Website (trailer, buying
film and Solace teachings) |
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A
Yearning for Sodom, 1989, directed by
Hanno Baethe, Hans Hirschmüller, Kurt
Raab (TV documentary) —
demystifing death from AIDS |
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Why
Has Bodhi Dharma Left for the East? 1989,
written, produced and directed by Bae Yong-kyun
(Korean film) —
three Buddhist monks (a child,
an adult, and an old man) question
the beginnings and endings of life; Wikipedia
article |
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Section
VI —
MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARIES FOR CHILDREN
Movies
and Documentaries for Children by non-Canadians
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Angels
Don't Have Headlights - Children's Reaction
to Death in the Family, 1989, produced
by Edward Mason, M.D. — four children
(aged three to eleven)
reveal their fantasies, their fears and their
grief after a death in the family; Filmakers
Library — documentary |
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Bridge
To Terabithia, 2007, directed by Gabor
Csupo (feature film from book
by Katherine Paterson) — a young
boy creates a magical world, and then deals
with a friend's drowning death; Wikipedia
article |
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Bunny,
1998, written and directed by Chris Wedge,
one of the founders of Blue Sky Studios (Oscar-winning
short documentary) — 7 minute
animated film exploring dying and life after
death, which is an ideal ice-breaker for introducing
end-of-life concepts for children |
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Charlotte's
Web, 2006, directed by Gary Winick and
produced by Paramount Pictures (feature
film from book with same name by E.B. White)
— a pig named Wilbur deals with the death
of his spider friend, Charlotte, and her resulting
children; Wikipedia
article |
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Tuck
Everlasting, 2002, directed by Jay Russell
(Disney pictures, feature
film from book by Natalie Babbitt, also
previously produced by One Pass Media in
1981) — issues re choices to
live immortally; Wikipedia
article
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