Grief Movies

On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry's 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film...

During a man’s funeral, his mother, his wife, and his daughter gather to pay tribute to his memory. When they realize that none of them...

A heartfelt, emotional story about loss, grief, and the bond between a mother and son.

Through the medium of an intimate video diary, Mariana Macháňová captures her family’s grief as her mother passes away. For...

A teenage boy battling cancer discovers a way to change the lives of the ones he meets.

The death of a young girl's cat provokes a self-discovery journey of what it means to accept the inevitability of change.

In the desert outskirts of Tehran, a solitary man works for criminal networks, carrying and burying unidentified bodies. When he learns he has...

Ines reenacts her sister's wartime abduction through a game of dolls, only to discover that some games are really just memories wearing a disguise.

Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able...

After the death of their mother, Héctor returns from Spain. Upon his arrival, he faces a distant brother and an uncertain future.

A space castaway man loses his wife in an accident and dedicates a large part of his life to looking for her, until he receives a signal that seems...

Emma and Hasan don’t know each other, but they have much in common. Most importantly, they are both sand thieves. Emma steals it for kitty...

Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will...

When Day Breaks is a silent, visually driven meditation on loss, memory, and the fragile thread between the living and the dead. Set against the...

The loss of Jack's wife Katie sends him into a deep depression. Having been through a similar loss, Jack's good friend Allen must now talk him back...

Leo (Alex Ross), loses the love of his life Charlie (Elena Salzberg), in a tragic accident. On her birthday the following year, he goes on a journey...

Confronted with trauma, women contain, compartmentalize, distract, and ultimately carry on— lessons learned from a society of partially blind...

The life of a respected sheriff's deputy spirals out of control as he questions God's will after witnessing his partner gunned down by an unknown...

This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect.