You Don't Know Jack (2010), Departures (2008), Logan (2017), Chronic (2015), The Song Remains the Same (1976), 50/50 (2011), Mon Oncle Antoine (1971), The Way We Get By (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Mortality movies.
Storyline: Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Al Pacino) as he advocates assisted suicide.
Plot Keywords: terminally ill person, pathologist, technician, patient, death, sister, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.
Plot Keywords: cellist, japanese man, japanese woman, morgue employee, fascinating, gripping, quirky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 2029 the mutant population has shrunken significantly due to genetically modified plants designed to reduce mutant powers and the X-Men have disbanded. Logan, whose power to self-heal is dwindling, has surrendered himself to alcohol and now earns a living as a chauffeur. He takes care of the ailing old Professor X whom he keeps hidden away. One day, a female stranger asks Logan to drive a girl named Laura to the Canadian border. At first he refuses, but the Professor has been waiting for a long time for her to appear. Laura possesses an extraordinary fighting prowess and is in many ways like Wolverine. She is pursued by sinister figures working for a powerful corporation; this is because they made her, with Logan's DNA. A decrepit Logan is forced to ask himself if he can or even wants to put his remaining powers to good use. It would appear that in the near-future, the times in which they were able put the world to rights with razor sharp claws and telepathic powers are now over.
Plot Keywords: wolverine, professor x, young girl, soldier, brooding, somber, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: David, a meticulous and efficient home care nurse working with terminally ill people, develops close relationships with his patients. In his private life David is awkward and reserved, which leads to him needing his patients as much as they need him.
Plot Keywords: boss, terminally ill person, daughter, caregiver, patient, father, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Filmed in 1973 over the course of a three-night stand at New York City's Madison Square Garden, this concert film shows Led Zeppelin at the apogee of their hard-rocking glory. In addition to featuring such indelible hits as "Dazed and Confused," "Whole Lotta Love" and "Stairway to Heaven," the live footage is interspersed with elaborate fantasy sequences, backstage shenanigans and a glimpse of what the business side of such a large touring operation entails.
Plot Keywords: musician, manager, drummer, singer, guitarist, wife, wild ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.
Plot Keywords: cancer patient, therapist, mother, father, best friend, victim, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.—Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>
Plot Keywords: orphan, uncle, storekeeper, adolescent, emotional, intricate, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine. Filled with unexpected turns, their uplifting and emotional journey demonstrates the meaning of community at a time when America needs it most.—Aron Gaudet
Plot Keywords: elderly person, soldier, friend, volunteer, grandmother, grandfather, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After director Chris Roe's parents divorce, his father, Richard, decides to celebrate his 50th birthday by taking a lengthy international trip. When Chris convinces his father to let him come along, they set off on a six-month journey to interview fathers and sons all over the globe. Their candid interviews with everyone from New Zealand farmers to musician Julian Lennon reveal the deep bond between a father and son, and Chris and Richard find themselves working on their own relationship.
Plot Keywords: father, son, farmer, emotional, inspiring, powerful, jungle ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life.
Plot Keywords: cancer patient, billionaire, mechanic, servant, daughter, granddaughter, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: George Bird's rather lonely, anonymous existence as an underappreciated seller of farm machinery is jarred when his physician informs him that he is suffering from the rare malady Lampington's Disease, and only has a few weeks to live. Believing he has nothing to lose, Bird resigns his position and withdraws his modest life savings in order to spend his remaining time in a "posh" seaside resort. There he keeps his own counsel about his condition and meets people who live in a world he could never have imagined existed. Incredibly, he finds personal and professional opportunities now open to him that that he never dreamed would be his, but unfortunately, he is no position to take advantage of them, until fate lends a hand.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: salesman, socialite, society matron, maid, gambler, doctor, winsome ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Terminally ill actor Julián wants to spend his final days tying up loose ends. When childhood friend Tomás pays him an unexpected visit, the two men set out to finalize funeral arrangements, settle accounts and find a home for Julián's beloved dog.
Plot Keywords: terminally ill person, childhood friend, actor, cousin, pet owner, dog, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a small town, Hélène is a family matriarch who has devoted her life to preserving the legacy of her artist uncle. However, while her eldest son, Frédéric, wants to preserve her home after her passing, she harbors no such illusions as she prepares her legacy. After her death, her children realize what she anticipated as they come to terms with their inheritance's place in their own lives. In the resulting disposition of their mother's assets, treasured heirlooms of a romantic family past drift away even as their changing modern world confronts the value of their memories.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Plot Keywords: mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, emotional, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After ten years in jail, Matteo, returns home in order to sign some legal papers tied to the imminent death of his father. But the real reason Matteo returns is to face the ghosts of his past and to relive the episodes that landed him in prison.—nicheflix.com
Plot Keywords: inmate, criminal, father, dying person, girlfriend, brother, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: THE FAREWELL PARTY is a compassionate dark comedy about friendship and knowing when to say goodbye. A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with an emotional dilemma.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: israeli, terminally ill person, senior citizen, death, veterinarian, teamwork, spirited ...
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