193 films

Films about grief

Stories that put loss at the centre and build their world around the shape of it.

Every film here has been read through the same lens: which rung of the E0–E14 reality ladder its story fights on, whether it moves consciousness off the human, and which rule of its world it alters. Ordered by how many people have rated them.

Big Hero 6 (2014)★ 7.7technology, grief, heroism, friendshipThe Sixth Sense (1999)★ 8.0death, grief, memory, communicationDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)★ 7.2grief, power, authority, multiverseCorpse Bride (2005)★ 7.6mortality, love, class, traditionAnnihilation (2018)★ 6.4identity, mutation, self, griefShaun of the Dead (2004)★ 7.5love, mortality, survival, consumerismHereditary (2018)★ 7.3grief, family, possession, cultBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)★ 7.0colonialism, resource, grief, identityThe Others (2001)★ 7.6grief, faith, memory, identitySuper 8 (2011)★ 6.8firstcontact, grief, military, communityBumblebee (2018)★ 6.7technology, grief, militarismOnward (2020)★ 7.6family, grief, identity, magicAnnabelle (2014)★ 5.8faith, family, fear, possessionThe Babadook (2014)★ 6.5grief, fear, memoryGhost (1990)★ 7.2love, grief, justice, afterlifeAnnabelle: Creation (2017)★ 6.6fear, religion, possession, griefCollateral Beauty (2016)★ 7.2love, time, death, griefThe Royal Tenenbaums (2001)★ 7.5family, identity, grief, loveThe Flash (2023)★ 6.6time, grief, power, justiceThe Lovely Bones (2009)★ 7.1grief, justice, mortalityCasper (1995)★ 6.3afterlife, grief, memory, familyM3GAN (2022)★ 7.0technology, grief, controlVanilla Sky (2001)★ 6.8identity, memory, grief, realityDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)★ 7.3greed, family, power, griefObsession (2026)★ 8.2love, control, mortality, griefDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)★ 8.2death, duty, grief, powerMama (2013)★ 6.3grief, motherhood, family, lossHercules (2014)★ 5.8power, authority, war, griefMonster House (2006)★ 6.7fear, grief, death, memoryLights Out (2016)★ 6.4fear, family, griefThe Darjeeling Limited (2007)★ 7.1family, grief, spiritualityTrolls (2016)★ 6.6prejudice, identity, happiness, griefTalk to Me (2023)★ 7.1grief, death, family, possessionThe Woman in Black (2012)★ 6.1grief, revenge, supernatural, fearFrankenweenie (2012)★ 7.0grief, death, technology, communityInsidious: Chapter 3 (2015)★ 6.3spirit, grief, possession, afterlifeA Monster Calls (2016)★ 7.3grief, truth, death, familyThe Grudge (2004)★ 5.9curse, grief, fearThe Invitation (2016)★ 6.4grief, fear, control, faithAntichrist (2009)★ 6.6prejudice, grief, fear, environmentThe Curse of La Llorona (2019)★ 5.7fear, grief, motherhood, mythOuija: Origin of Evil (2016)★ 6.2fear, grief, religion, familyThe Boy and the Heron (2023)★ 7.4grief, war, memory, familyLoving Vincent (2017)★ 8.0memory, grief, mortalityJust Like Heaven (2005)★ 7.0love, grief, death, memoryA Ghost Story (2017)★ 7.1grief, memory, time, mortalityWhat Dreams May Come (1998)★ 7.2grief, love, mortality, faithGhosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)★ 6.0love, grief, memory, growthPoltergeist (2015)★ 5.2death, grief, fear, supernaturalThe House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)★ 6.2grief, magic, familySinister 2 (2015)★ 5.9fear, grief, violence, religionThe Shack (2017)★ 7.5faith, grief, forgiveness, familyCharlie St. Cloud (2010)★ 7.0death, grief, love, afterlifeAbominable (2019)★ 7.5family, grief, identity, natureMandy (2018)★ 6.2revenge, faith, griefWhen Marnie Was There (2014)★ 7.9identity, memory, family, griefJacob's Ladder (1990)★ 7.4death, memory, reality, authorityVeronica (2017)★ 6.2fear, grief, possession, traumaThe Forest (2016)★ 5.2grief, guilt, folklore, deathNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)★ 8.3identity, consciousness, grief, faithSolaris (1972)★ 7.8grief, memory, identity, consciousnessWinchester (2018)★ 5.9grief, guilt, corporate, hauntingJujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)★ 8.1caste, grief, power, authoritySuzume (2022)★ 7.9disaster, trauma, memory, griefThe Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)★ 8.2family, grief, mortality, identitySerenity (2019)★ 5.5grief, control, memory, agencyA Dog's Journey (2019)★ 8.1love, family, grief, loyaltyIF (2024)★ 7.0imagination, memory, grief, familySong of the Sea (2014)★ 8.0identity, grief, folklore, familyThe Fall (2006)★ 7.6imagination, storytelling, fantasy, griefStay (2005)★ 6.6death, grief, reality, psychologyThe Awakening (2011)★ 6.4grief, memory, trauma, beliefStar Trek: Generations (1994)★ 6.5grief, legacy, power, sacrificeLady in the Water (2006)★ 5.6grief, purpose, faithReplicas (2018)★ 6.0technology, mortality, grief, ethicsSolaris (2002)★ 5.9memory, grief, identity, consciousnessThe Unborn (2009)★ 5.2religion, family, grief, possessionDream House (2011)★ 6.2grief, memory, justiceThe Discovery (2017)★ 6.3death, grief, faith, technologyOver the Moon (2020)★ 7.2belief, grief, myth, familyTarot (2024)★ 6.4fear, grief, curse, mortalityMary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)★ 6.4prejudice, grief, mortality, creationStir of Echoes (1999)★ 6.7death, grief, secrets, abusePersonal Shopper (2016)★ 5.9grief, identity, afterlife, memoryThe Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)★ 7.0grief, hope, family, communityI Kill Giants (2017)★ 6.2grief, trauma, imagination, denialPerfect Sense (2011)★ 6.9senses, loss, love, griefHaunted Mansion (2023)★ 6.4grief, afterlife, haunting, ritualJack Frost (1998)★ 6.0grief, family, redemptionThe Haunting in Connecticut (2009)★ 6.2fear, death, possession, griefJaws: The Revenge (1987)★ 4.1revenge, fear, grief, familyThe Water Horse (2007)★ 6.5war, grief, family, authorityThe Grudge 2 (2006)★ 5.6curse, grief, fear, revengeDark Water (2005)★ 5.7grief, family, fear, neglectThe Deep House (2021)★ 6.0fear, possession, sacrifice, memoryThe Boogeyman (2023)★ 6.4fear, grief, mortality, familyThe Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)★ 5.2grief, guilt, war, hauntingGhost Town (2008)★ 6.5death, grief, love, unfinishedSpaceman (2024)★ 6.7loneliness, grief, memory, belongingLamb (2021)★ 6.4identity, otherness, grief, familyThe Tale of Despereaux (2008)★ 6.1prejudice, courage, grief, traditionAll of Us Strangers (2023)★ 7.4grief, memory, identity, loveThe Empty Man (2020)★ 6.2grief, cult, belief, fearPassengers (2008)★ 6.1grief, death, memory, acceptanceThe Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)★ 6.6identity, tradition, grief, faithStarman (1984)★ 6.9love, grief, alien, governmentTeen Wolf: The Movie (2023)★ 7.5identity, grief, family, powerMr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)★ 6.4grief, revenge, technology, deathSlumberland (2022)★ 7.3dreams, grief, identity, bureaucracyThe Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)★ 7.1time, routine, grief, choiceWhite Noise (2005)★ 5.6death, grief, fear, technologyThe Messengers (2007)★ 5.8grief, trauma, belief, familyWounds (2019)★ 4.0infection, identity, grief, emptinessJessabelle (2014)★ 5.4prejudice, identity, grief, faithOnce Upon a Deadpool (2018)★ 7.1grief, power, technology, rebellionPay the Ghost (2015)★ 5.4revenge, grief, parental, supernaturalDon't Listen (2020)★ 6.5grief, fear, deathArchive (2020)★ 6.3consciousness, mortality, technology, griefRobot Dreams (2023)★ 8.0love, grief, memory, identityHouse (1977)★ 7.3fear, grief, marriage, possession

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