Highest-Rated Movies about 'Dying Wish', Sort by Popularity

The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Rails & Ties (2007), Freeheld (2015), One Last Thing ... (2005), Self/less (2015), Roadside Prophets (1992), The Confession (2016), The Blue Butterfly (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Dying Wish movies.

#1. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

Storyline: Hazel and Augustus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that Hazel's other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they meet and fall in love at a cancer support group.

Plot Keywords: cancer patient, teen boy, author, parent, doctor, nurse, amusing ...

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#2. Rails & Ties (2007)

Storyline: Train fanatic Tom Stark's job enjoyment stops shielding him from grief over his wife Megan's now terminal cancer when Laura Danner commits suicide by planting her car on the railway just before Tom's train arrives. Tom's colleague Otis, who never got over a hobo doing the same on foot, resigns, Tom is suspended. It's even worse for Laura's fatherless son Davey, who loses his home too. He escapes from a monstrous foster-ma's home and tracks down Tom's home. Megan, who was about to leave without allowing him to get closer again during her last weeks, promises to stay if they take on Davey. Boy and childless couple soon grow on each-other, but a social worker is on Davey's trail.—KGF Vissers

Plot Keywords: single mother, son, train conductor, wife, doctor, social worker, emotional ...

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#4. One Last Thing ... (2005)

Storyline: A boy, Dylan (Michael Angarano), in grade ten with terminal cancer gets a last wish from the Wish Givers Foundation. His makes a new wish which seems a little inappropriate. As his last wish he wants to be with a super model (Sunny Mabrey) for a week alone. At first Nikki (Mabrey) has pity for him but soon it turns into love.—Kris Hopson

Plot Keywords: teenager, model, news reporter, musician, mother, friend, heartwarming ...

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#5. Self/less (2015)

Storyline: An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.

Plot Keywords: billionaire, industrialist, dying person, young man, doctor, assistant, brooding ...

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#6. Roadside Prophets (1992)

Storyline: Bizarre and surreal road movie about a biker and his unlikely sidekick. On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson and meets a succession of odd characters, including Sam. Sam begins following Joe, on a quest of his own, which necessitates staying in Motel 9's wherever they go. Themes such as friendship, faith, and isolation are brought into sharp relief by strange situations, the lonely road, and the stark emptiness of the desert. There are also several humorous cameos.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

Plot Keywords: biker, store clerk, farmer, eccentric, factory worker, stranger, charming ...

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#8. The Blue Butterfly (2004)

Storyline: Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them on a trip to the jungle to search for the butterfly, leading to an adventure that will transform their lives.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: young boy, sick child, mother, explorer, scientist, amusing, lighthearted ...

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#10. The Brothers Solomon (2007)

Storyline: John and Dean Solomon may have Ph.D.s, but they're socially inept after their widowed father home-schooled them in Antarctica. When their beloved dad falls into a coma, they hatch a plan to revive him using a positive emotional shock - giving him a grandchild. They find a surrogate mom through Craig's list - she's Janine, a penniless local musician, with a large, intimidating boyfriend, James. The pregnancy gives the Solomons nine months to learn to be parents. In a side story, John pursues Tara, a neighbor who takes care of their dad when John and Dean are out; but she has no interest in John. Can the boys keep Janine and James happy, keep dad alive, and learn to be dads?

Plot Keywords: brother, father, wife, neighbor, surrogate mother, friend, amusing ...

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#11. Youngistaan (2014)

Storyline: Abhimanyu Kaul - a young, independent, Games Developer, living in Japan and the love of his life, Anwita Chauhan - a bubbly, passionate and full of life, summer intern. Their happy and content life faces the test of time, when blood ties and the pressure of being born into the first family of India tears a young Abhimanyu between his love for Anwita and a promise made to his dying father, the Prime Minister of India. Being a public figure, by reluctantly accepting to represent the governing party, much against his own wishes and at the cost of his private life, is a double-edged sword that Abhimanyu must walk on.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: son, father, girlfriend, politician, prime minister, patriotic, powerful ...

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#12. Sorry for Your Loss (2018)

Storyline: Ken Wall is quietly miserable in his life. He hates his job in marketing for a small brewery and especially hates his boss, Richard. Ken and his wife Lori have just had their first child, a still-unnamed son. Lori has postpartum depression in addition to having some new-mom physical issues, but is still doing all the proverbial lifting in parenting as Ken has not taken to the father role. Amid this turmoil, Ken reluctantly heads back to his hometown, Winnipeg, Manitoba upon the news that his father Andy, from whom he's been estranged ever since his parents' divorce, has died from an aneurysm. Ken plans to get in and out of Winnipeg as soon as possible, but while there he meets two others in Andy's regular golf foursome: Vince Kendall and Jeff Steadman; Vince is the lawyer handling Andy's will, and Jeff is the executor of his will. Ken learns that he gets the entire undisclosed amount of Andy's estate and then learns that the amount is sizable. Lori wants the money as a trust fund for their son, while Ken eyes at least part of it to start his dream business of a gastropub or brewpub. In order to inherit anything, Ken must scatter his father's cremated remains onto the field of the major-league football stadium Investor's Field in two days. He isn't able to do so officially, so with Jeff largely by his side, he must find a way to honor his father's last wishes. In the process, Ken might take a different view of his own life in learning more about his father, reconnecting with his college buddy and fellow brand-new father Cam, and discovering the true reason for Andy's wish.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: young man, father, dead person, mother, estranged father, friend, hilarious ...

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#13. Munna Mange Memsaab (2014)

Storyline: What's the movie aboutMunna Mange Memsaab is the story of a small village boy (Munna) who is unfriendly, not handsome as well as not intelligent. Despite this his mother would tell him that he is the most handsome boy on the earth and he will marry somebeautiful Memsaab. Munna grows up thinking and dreaming of his mother's wish, believing that he will to get marry a Memsaab. Finally one day he goes to the city to fulfil this dream. But will it be accomplished? Will Munna find his true love—Ashwani Shukla (Publicist)

Plot Keywords: villager, young man, mother, hilarious, lighthearted, hysterical, house ...

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