Best "grief" Movies of All Time

327 movies found (page 1/11):

The Lion King(2019)

1h 58min | Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 4,514 votes)

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

Directed by Jon Favreau

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No One Will Save You(2023)

1h 33min | Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 369 votes)

An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.

Directed by Brian Duffield - With Kaitlyn Dever

A Haunting in Venice(2023)

1h 43min | Mystery, Thriller, Crime

3.4/5 (with 574 votes)

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh - With Kenneth Branagh, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Hill, Kyle Allen, ...

Collateral Beauty(2016)

| 1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 2,545 votes)

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

Directed by David Frankel - With Will Smith, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Michael Peña, ...

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Beau Is Afraid(2023)

K15

| 3h 6min | Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

3.4/5 (with 378 votes)

A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother.

Directed by Ari Aster - With Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Kylie Rogers, Denis Ménochet, ...

Annihilation(2018)

1h 55min | Science Fiction, Horror

3.2/5 (with 3,852 votes)

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

Directed by Alex Garland - With Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, ...

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Asteroid City(2023)

K12

| 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama

3.3/5 (with 577 votes)

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Directed by Wes Anderson - With Bryan Cranston, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Liev Schreiber, ...

Haunted Mansion(2023)

2h 2min | Fantasy, Comedy, Horror, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 357 votes)

A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.

Directed by Justin Simien - With Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito

Close(2022)

1h 45min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 188 votes)

Two thirteen year-olds have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. An emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.

Directed by Lukas Dhont - With Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Igor van Dessel, Kevin Janssens, ...

The Guest(2014)

Κ-18

| 1h 40min | Mystery, Thriller, Action

3.3/5 (with 890 votes)

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

Directed by Adam Wingard - With Dan Stevens, Ethan Embry, Joel David Moore, Lance Reddick, Leland Orser, Sheila Kelley, ...

Scrapper(2023)

1h 24min | Comedy, Drama

3.3/5 (with 22 votes)

A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. But when her estranged father turns up out of the blue, she's forced to confront reality.

Directed by Charlotte Regan

Pet Sematary(1989)

1h 43min | Horror, Drama

3.3/5 (with 919 votes)

Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At first, only the family's cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.

Directed by Mary Lambert - With Denise Crosby, Miko Hughes, Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Brad Greenquist, Blaze Berdahl, ...

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Drive My Car(2021)

K12

| 2h 49min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 458 votes)

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi - With Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Tōko Miura, Sonia Yuan, Park Yu-rim, ...

Manchester by the Sea(2016)

2h 18min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 2,727 votes)

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Directed by Kenneth Lonergan - With Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Gretchen Mol, Tate Donovan, ...

Jackie(2016)

1h 40min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 1,071 votes)

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

Directed by Pablo Larraín - With Natalie Portman, Greta Gerwig, Peter Sarsgaardd, Max Casella, Beth Grant, John Hurt, ...

Pieces of a Woman(2020)

2h 7min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 520 votes)

When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

Directed by Kornél Mundruczó - With Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Jimmie Fails, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, ...

Mr. Harrigan's Phone(2022)

1h 44min | Drama, Thriller, Horror

3.3/5 (with 294 votes)

Craig, a young boy living in a small town befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone.

Directed by John Lee Hancock - With Jaeden Martell, Donald Sutherland, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Joe Tippett

Color of Night(1994)

| 2h 1min | Romance / Love, Thriller, Drama

2.9/5 (with 241 votes)

When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.

Directed by Richard Rush - With Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Scott Bakula, Lesley Ann Warren, Lance Henriksen, ...

The Dark and the Wicked(2020)

1h 35min | Horror, Drama, Mystery

3.0/5 (with 149 votes)

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

Directed by Bryan Bertino - With Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Xander Berkeley

The Night House(2021)

1h 48min | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 425 votes)

Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

Directed by David Bruckner - With Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Stacy Martin, Evan Jonigkeit, Vondie Curtis-Hall

Solaris(2002)

| 1h 39min | Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery

3.0/5 (with 557 votes)

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh - With George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur, John Cho, ...

Demolition(2015)

Κ-15

| 1h 41min | Comedy, Drama

3.4/5 (with 1,008 votes)

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Alfredo Narciso, James Colby, Brendan Dooling, ...

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Lamb(2021)

1h 46min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

3.2/5 (with 299 votes)

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

Directed by Valdimar Johannsson - With Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

Pig(2021)

1h 32min | Drama, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 578 votes)

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.

Directed by Michael Sarnoski - With Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Gretchen Corbett

Separation(2021)

1h 47min | Horror, Drama

2.9/5 (with 92 votes)

A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.

Directed by William Brent Bell - With Rupert Friend, Madeline Brewer

In Her Shoes(2005)

2h 10min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.1/5 (with 539 votes)

Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.

Directed by Curtis Hanson - With Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Burgi, Anson Mount, Brooke Smith, ...

Jacob's Ladder(1990)

1h 53min | Drama, Mystery, Horror

3.7/5 (with 706 votes)

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

Directed by Adrian Lyne - With Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Macaulay Culkin, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven, Pruitt Taylor Vince, ...

After Yang(2021)

1h 41min | Science Fiction, Drama

3.2/5 (with 160 votes)

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

Directed by Kogonada - With Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Justin H. Min, Ritchie Coster, Sarita Choudhury, ...

Let Him Go(2020)

Κ-15

| 1h 54min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Western

3.4/5 (with 257 votes)

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

Directed by Thomas Bezucha - With Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Jeffrey Donovan, Booboo Stewart, Lesley Manville, Will Brittain, ...

Dear Evan Hansen(2021)

2h 11min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 115 votes)

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

Directed by Stephen Chbosky - With Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, Danny Pino, Amandla Stenberg, ...

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