Highest-Rated Movies about 'Life And Death'

Suddenly (2002), Last Breath (2018), Deadline (2004), Anand (1971), Monday (2000), Coco (2017), Wit (2001), The Assault (1986) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Life And Death movies.

#3. Deadline (2004)

Storyline: In 2000, Illinois Gov. George Ryan ordered a moratorium on the death penalty after university students uncovered new evidence proving the innocence of 13 men on death row. This documentary follows the hearings held by a panel Ryan appointed to study the issue and interviews activists, scholars and prisoners, while examining the history of the American death penalty. As Ryan's time in office comes to an end, he must decide what steps to take to reform the judicial system.

Plot Keywords: thriller, action, crime, mystery, investigation, journalist, murder ...

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#4. Anand (1971)

Storyline: Dr Bhaskar Bannerjee is not happy with his profession as he cant save the lives of people dying of illness due to poverty.His Dr friend Kulkarni charges huge for imaginary illness of rich and uses that money to people who cant afford treatment.Things change when Anand a cancer patients enters Bhaskar's life Anand is cheerful and believes in spreading happiness to everyone as he knows he is on last stage of cancer and has few months to live.Bhaskar and Anand bond very well Anand also gets Bhaskar's love life back on track and Bhaskar doesn't want him to loose anymore.As time passes Anand's condition starts to deteriorate and everyone around him is just hoping for a miracle.

Plot Keywords: drama, emotional, life, optimism, friendship, doctor, indian cinema ...

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#5. Monday (2000)

Storyline: Salaryman Koichi (Shinichi Tsutsumi) awakens one Monday morning with a terrible hangover and no memory of how he got where he is. He struggles to piece together the events of the previous weekend, first discovering evidence that he was at a funeral, which ended very badly. He remembers that things started to get really strange after he met Shingo (Hideki Noda), a barroom fortuneteller, and they became downright dangerous after he befriended Yuko (Yasuko Matsuyuki), a gangster's beautiful moll.

Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, action, mystery, gangster, violence, revenge ...

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#6. Coco (2017)

Storyline: Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Plot Keywords: animation, music, family, adventure, fantasy, family bond, dream ...

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#8. The Assault (1986)

Storyline: One fateful night in 1945, the Dutch Steenwijk family sit down to dinner when shots are heard next door. Moments later, Nazi soldiers invade their home and hold young Anton's (Marc van Uchelen) father, mother, and older brother responsible for the murder of a Nazi collaborator found dead outside their door. Anton's family is shot before his eyes, and he is sent away to family in Amsterdam. As an adult, Anton (Derek de Lint) desperately seeks answers to the night that changed his life.

Plot Keywords: war, hostage, terrorism, france, true story, special forces, politics ...

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#10. Masaan (2015)

Storyline: Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy hopelessly in love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.

Plot Keywords: drama, romance, social issues, life and death, coming of age, tragedy, family ...

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#11. Departures (2008)

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: drama, death, family, grief, redemption, life and death, emotional ...

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#13. Last Dance (2002)

Storyline: This documentary charts the artistic collaboration between the avant-garde dance troupe Pilobolus and author Maurice Sendak as they prepare the Holocaust-themed performance "A Selection." It's the first time the dance company has collaborated with someone outside the troupe, which leads to some tension. The occasionally stormy creative process is portrayed along with interviews, rehearsals and archival footage depicting the historical events from which the group takes its inspiration.

Plot Keywords: action, crime, thriller, mystery, revenge, gangster, violence ...

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#14. Titanic (1997)

Storyline: 84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

Plot Keywords: romance, disaster, epic, historical, tragedy, romantic, shipwreck ...

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#15. The Notebook (2004)

Storyline: In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story to an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents do not approve of their romance since Noah belongs to another social class, and they move to New York with her. Noah writes 365 letters (A Year) to Allie, but her mother Anne Hamilton does not deliver them to her daughter. Three years later, the United States joins the World War II and Noah and his best friend Fin enlist in the army, and Allie works as an army nurse. She meets injured soldier Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they meet each other again going on dates and then, Lon, who is wealthy and ...

Plot Keywords: romance, drama, romantic, novel adaptation, memory, nostalgia, touching ...

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