A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

Ponette

1996

French

7.5

♡ 11

92%

Jacques Doillon Director

Léopoldine Serre as Ada

Antoine du Merle as Antoine

Marie Trintignant as La mère

Claire Nebout as La tante

After losing her mother in a car accident that leaves her with a broken arm, 4-year-old Ponette struggles with anguish and fear. Left by her father with a caring aunt and her children, Ponette grieves, secretly hoping her mother will somehow come back. Confused by the religious explanations provided by adults, and challenged by the cruel taunts of a few children at school, little Ponette must make her way through her emotional turmoil.

Summer Blooms

2017

Japanese

6.6

♡ 3

Ryûtarô Nakagawa Director

Yumiko Takahashi as Shinobu Toda

Keiko Takahashi as Takako Kazama

Aki Asakura as Takimoto Hatsumi

Takahiro Miura as Totaro Shibuma

k27-year-old Hatsumi Takimoto is a former teacher and now waitress. She holds a secret. Three years after her boyfriend died, she receives a letter from him. After meeting a former student, Hatsumi Takimoto confesses about her past.

Surrender, Dorothy

2005

English

5.4

♡ 7

mother daughter relationship

Charles McDougall Director

Roy Werner as Harvey

Lauren German as Maddy

Diane Keaton as Natalie Swerdlow

Michael Hagiwara as Sushi Chef

When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.

Moonlight and Valentino

1995

English

5.7

♡ 4

14%

53%

Action

based on play or musical

David Anspaugh Director

Erica Luttrell as Drew Morrow

Gwyneth Paltrow as Lucy Trager

Elizabeth Perkins as Rebecca Trager Lott

Whoopi Goldberg as Sylvie Morrow

A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.

To Olivia

2021

English

6.4

♡ 12

61%

John Hay Director

Conleth Hill as Marty Ritt

Sam Heughan as Paul Newman

Michael Jibson as Pete Perkins

Hugh Bonneville as Roald Dahl

In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.

Birthday

2019

Korean

7.1

♡ 7

83%

Jong-un Lee Director

Bong-ryeon Lee as

Yoo-Bin Sung as

Kyung-gu Sol as Jung-il

Do-yeon Jeon as Soon-nam

Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young daughter, Ye-sol, whom he barely knows.

Still Walking

2008

Japanese

♡ 38

100%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Haruko Katô as You

You as Chinami Kataoka

Kazuya Takahashi as Nobuo Kataoka

Susumu Terajima as Sushi deliverer

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

The Messenger

2009

English

♡ 37

90%

Oren Moverman Director

Michael Chernus as Alan

Woody Harrelson as Captain Tony Stone

Steve Buscemi as Dale Martin

Jena Malone as Kelly

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

Alice in Terrorland

2023

English

2.7

♡ 8

4%

Richard John Taylor Director

Rula Lenska as Beth

Jon-Paul Gates as The Mad Hatter

Steve Wraith as The Rabbit

Rikki Kimpton as The Walrus

A recently bereaved teenage girl goes to live with her aunt in a secluded woodland house, unaware that sinister forces lurk within.

Yossi

2012

Hebrew

7.0

♡ 8

89%

Eytan Fox Director

Lidor Avraham as Hotel Entertainment Crew

Nofar Sifiov as Hotel Entertainment Crew

Lior Ashkenazi as Moti

Elias Abboud as Sinai Beach Owner

The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his otherwise staid routine and sends him on a spontaneous pilgrimage to Tel Aviv. It is on the roads of southern Israel that he reignites the fire of his former self.

Broken Wings

2002

Hebrew

7.3

♡ 4

92%

Nir Bergman Director

Nimrod Cohen as Gaga

Dana Ivgy as Iris

Eitan Green as The Father

Martin Umanski as Video Photographer

Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.

The Butterfly Tree

2017

English

5.5

♡ 11

43%

Priscilla Cameron Director

Ewen Leslie as Al

Melissa George as Evelyn

Ed Oxenbould as Fin

Sophie Lowe as Shelley

Evelyn, an ex-burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, it reopens old wounds over the death of Fin's mother.

Christmas Time

2023

English

4.8

♡ 6

Daniel Colyer Director

Brian Shaw as Bob Johnson Jo Hart

Jo Hart as Crazy Reindeer Worker

Henri Charles as Michael Snowdon

Ben Coleman as Physics Class Student

A physics teacher's obsessive dislike for Christmas is put to the test when a reservation mishap sends him and his family on a trip to Lapland, a tourist destination dedicated to Christmas and surprisingly near the North Pole.

Truly Madly Deeply

1990

English

7.2

♡ 15

76%

Anthony Minghella Director

Tony Bluto as Anthony

Jenny Howe as Burge

Alan Rickman as Jamie

Michael Maloney as Mark

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

Maborosi

1995

Japanese

7.5

♡ 29

100%

83%

Action

arranged marriage

based on novel or book

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Tadanobu Asano as Ikuo

Hidekazu Akai as Master

Midori Kiuchi as Michiko

Takashi Naitô as Tamio

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

In the Gloaming

1997

English

7.0

♡ 6

74%

Christopher Reeve Director

Bridget Fonda as Anne

Robert Sean Leonard as Danny

Glenn Close as Janet

Whoopi Goldberg as Nurse Myrna

Danny, dying of AIDS, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.

The Dead Outside

2008

English

4.1

♡ 4

17%

Kerry Anne Mullaney Director

Vivienne Harvey as Eleanor

Leo Horsfield as Intruder

Sharon Osdin as Kate

Scott Peden as Woods Attacker

A neurological pandemic has consumed the population. Drug-resistance has mutated the virus into a ravaging psychological plague, rendering the 'the dying' desperate, paranoid and violent