Flashy Funerals

2016

English

5.7

♡ 1

For most of us a funeral is traditionally a modest, somber affair, but there are some families who are prepared to go above and beyond to ensure their loved ones go out in style. Warm, funny and surprising, this film explores some of the UKs most extraordinary final goodbyes.

The Castle of the Living Dead

1964

Italian

5.7

♡ 3

Warren Kiefer Director

Christopher Lee as Count Drago

David de Keyser as Eric

Mirko Valentin as Sandro

Donald Sutherland as Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man

Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!

The Marriage Fool

1998

English

6.3

♡ 8

43%

Action

based on play or musical

Charles Matthau Director

Walter Matthau as Frank Walsh

John Stamos as Robert Walsh

Teri Polo as Susan Prescot

Paul Soles as Warren

Recently widowed after 41 years of marriage, Frank Walsh meets the outgoing Florence, sparking joy back into his life again. However, there is clear disapproval of her from his grown children, especially his eldest son Robert. As Frank and Florence grow closer in their relationship, Robert begins to change his perspective on their commitment and devotion to one another.

Dogged

2017

English

3.4

♡ 2

Richard Rowntree Director

Abigail Halley as Bea

Lee Hall as Cultist

Tony Manders as Dr. Donald Goodman

Debra Leigh-Taylor as Meredith Jones

When Sam returns home to the tidal island where he grew up to attend a funeral, he soon discovers that the seedy underbelly of this small community harbours more than just a few secrets.

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009

English

5.1

♡ 6

24%

Howard Michael Gould Director

Lindsay Sloane as Autumn

Elisha Cuthbert as Barbara

Andie MacDowell as Kate

Jenna Elfman as Ophelia

A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.

Restless

2011

English

6.7

♡ 15

36%

Gus Van Sant Director

Mia Wasikowska as Annabel Cotton

Schuyler Fisk as Elizabeth Cotton

Henry Hopper as Enoch Brae

Ryô Kase as Hiroshi Takahashi

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.

The Wake

2017

English

2.7

♡ 2

Action

funeral

Horror

Faouzi Brahimi Director

Michael Aaron Milligan as Ben

Harper Lay as Caroline

Brad Hartmaier as Masked Killer

Darla Delgado as Mrs. Stevens

A group of friends attend the wake of a child they accidentally killed with their car. Once at the wake, they find themselves trapped and stalked by a masked assailant.

The Burrowers

2008

English

5.7

♡ 17

75%

J.T. Petty Director

David Midthunder as Dull Knife

Clancy Brown as John Clay

Tatanka Means as Tall Ute

Sean Patrick Thomas as Walnut Callaghan

It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.

Eastern

2019

Polish

5.3

♡ 4

Piotr Adamski Director

Tadeusz Bradecki as Legal Counsel

Marcin Stepniak as Member of the Kowalski Family

Marcin Czarnik as Nowak

Magdalena Kuta as Nowak's Mother

In Poland, behind the gates of an exclusive housing estate, the life of its wealthy residents is regulated by an old code of honor, due to which the Kowalskis and the Nowaks have been embroiled in a bloody family feud for years.

Reservation Road

2007

English

♡ 23

36%

Terry George Director

Mark Ruffalo as Dwight Arno

Elle Fanning as Emma

Jennifer Connelly as Grace Learner

Mira Sorvino as Ruth Wheldon

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.

Death at a Funeral

2007

English

7.3

♡ 77

63%

parent child relationship

secret

sibling relationship

tragicomedy

Frank Oz Director

Matthew Macfadyen as Daniel

Peter Dinklage as Peter

Alan Tudyk as Simon

Kris Marshall as Troy

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.

Hope Floats

1998

English

6.1

♡ 28

28%

Forest Whitaker Director

Mae Whitman as Bernice Pruitt

Sandra Bullock as Birdee Pruitt

Connie Ray as Bobbi-Claire

Rosanna Arquette as Connie Phillips

Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.

Flesh and Bone

1993

English

6.3

♡ 18

73%

Steve Kloves Director

Dennis Quaid as Arlis Sweeney

Gwyneth Paltrow as Ginnie

Meg Ryan as Kay Davies

James Caan as Roy Sweeney

Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a woman connected to the bloody event. Against all odds, Arlis and Kay fall in love; however, when his father, Roy, reappears in his life -- with the coldhearted Ginnie in tow -- Arlis must deal with his past demons.

After.Life

2009

English

5.9

♡ 76

24%

Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo Director

Christina Ricci as Anna Taylor

Celia Weston as Beatrice Taylor

Liam Neeson as Eliot Deacon

Justin Long as Paul Coleman

Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.

Phantasm

1979

English

6.6

♡ 56

73%

Don Coscarelli Director

Laura Mann as Double Lavender

Mary Ellen Shaw as Fortuneteller

A. Michael Baldwin as Mike

Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

A Hard Day

2014

Korean

7.2

♡ 53

82%

Seong-hun Kim Director

Sun-kyun Lee as Det. Ko Gun-soo

Bo-Gum Park as Police Officer Lee

Song Young-Gyu as Team Leader Of Internal Affairs

Kim Hae-Gon as Vault Owner

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

English

7.1

♡ 35

65%

Susanne Bier Director

Halle Berry as Audrey Burke

Robin Weigert as Brenda

Paula Newsome as Diane

Benicio Del Toro as Jerry Sunborne

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.

Seven Days in Heaven

2010

Chinese

6.8

♡ 1

Essay Liu Director

Pong Fong Wu as A-yi

Winnie Shih-Ying Chang as Chin Tai-Bo

Tai-Bo as Father

Essay Liu as Voice-over

"Seven Days in Heaven" covers the 7 days of the Taoist morning ritual after the death of Lin Guo Yuan (Po Tai). The movie examines the effects of his death on his children, nephew, and sister-in-law ...