337 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.

Inception (2010)★ 8.4memory, identity, grief, technologyDeadpool (2016)★ 7.6identity, grief, revenge, loveAvengers: Endgame (2019)★ 8.2sacrifice, grief, power, mortalityGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)★ 7.6family, identity, belonging, powerUp (2009)★ 8.0grief, adventure, memory, familyCoco (2017)★ 8.2memory, family, tradition, identityIt (2017)★ 7.2fear, memory, otherness, griefBig Hero 6 (2014)★ 7.7technology, grief, power, familyEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)★ 8.1memory, love, identity, technologyThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)★ 6.5power, responsibility, identity, griefLife of Pi (2012)★ 7.4faith, survival, identity, memoryThe Great Gatsby (2013)★ 7.4class, inequality, identity, loveThe Sixth Sense (1999)★ 8.0grief, mortality, family, identityIce Age: The Meltdown (2006)★ 6.7survival, family, love, identityThe Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)★ 6.0love, identity, griefMy Neighbor Totoro (1988)★ 8.1family, nature, imagination, griefThor: Love and Thunder (2022)★ 6.4power, mortality, grief, identityHereditary (2018)★ 7.3grief, family, faith, powerGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)★ 7.9exploitation, identity, technology, griefMidsommar (2019)★ 7.2grief, faith, control, traditionEverything Everywhere All at Once (2022)★ 7.7identity, family, immigration, choiceBig Fish (2003)★ 7.8memory, identity, family, griefInsidious (2011)★ 6.9mortality, fear, grief, familyThe Others (2001)★ 7.6grief, faith, memorySuper 8 (2011)★ 6.8grief, memory, fear, authorityBumblebee (2018)★ 6.7otherness, grief, identity, technologyOnward (2020)★ 7.6family, grief, identityInterview with the Vampire (1994)★ 7.4mortality, grief, identity, loveThe Babadook (2014)★ 6.5grief, fear, trauma, familyGhost (1990)★ 7.2love, grief, justice, faithAnnabelle: Creation (2017)★ 6.6grief, fear, faith, mortalityA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)★ 7.3fear, mortality, grief, consciousnessCollateral Beauty (2016)★ 7.2grief, love, death, timeBridge to Terabithia (2007)★ 7.3grief, belonging, familyGhostbusters: Afterlife (2021)★ 7.3grief, family, legacyThe Royal Tenenbaums (2001)★ 7.5family, identity, grief, loveThe Lovely Bones (2009)★ 7.1grief, justice, family, memoryCasper (1995)★ 6.3death, grief, memory, family1408 (2007)★ 6.7fear, grief, memoryMoulin Rouge! (2001)★ 7.5love, grief, class, powerM3GAN (2022)★ 7.0technology, exploitation, grief, controlThe Crow (1994)★ 7.5revenge, grief, justice, urbanObsession (2026)★ 8.2love, control, mortality, griefMama (2013)★ 6.3grief, family, fear, othernessThe Descent (2005)★ 7.0fear, survival, griefMonster House (2006)★ 6.7fear, grief, death, childhoodThe Darjeeling Limited (2007)★ 7.1grief, family, faith, identityThe Boy (2016)★ 6.0fear, grief, family, deathLast Night in Soho (2021)★ 7.3identity, memory, exploitation, griefAnnabelle Comes Home (2019)★ 6.4fear, grief, family, religionMelancholia (2011)★ 7.2mortality, grief, fearKubo and the Two Strings (2016)★ 7.6memory, family, grief, traditionSwiss Army Man (2016)★ 6.9love, grief, identity, purposeTalk to Me (2023)★ 7.1grief, family, death, beliefThe Woman in Black (2012)★ 6.1grief, fear, othernessInsidious: Chapter 3 (2015)★ 6.3grief, fear, memoryThe Virgin Suicides (2000)★ 7.1memory, grief, identity, classA Monster Calls (2016)★ 7.3grief, truth, family, deathMary Poppins Returns (2018)★ 6.5family, class, economy, griefThe Wind Rises (2013)★ 7.8love, grief, technology, mortalityOculus (2014)★ 6.5fear, memory, grief, familyThe Grudge (2004)★ 5.9grief, fear, trauma, memoryThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)★ 7.1grief, identity, purpose, cultureThe Orphanage (2007)★ 7.2grief, family, memory, mortalityThe Lake House (2006)★ 7.0love, memory, time, destinyJoker: Folie à Deux (2024)★ 5.4identity, power, justice, mediaAntichrist (2009)★ 6.6prejudice, grief, fear, mortality65 (2023)★ 5.9survival, grief, family, loveThe Land Before Time (1988)★ 7.1family, growth, survival, friendshipThe Curse of La Llorona (2019)★ 5.7grief, fear, tradition, familyLast Christmas (2019)★ 7.2love, grief, mortality, identityOuija: Origin of Evil (2016)★ 6.2faith, grief, fearThe Boy and the Heron (2023)★ 7.4grief, identity, war, familyLoving Vincent (2017)★ 8.0memory, grief, identity, cultureJust Like Heaven (2005)★ 7.0love, grief, mortality, memoryThe Time Machine (2002)★ 6.3grief, fate, class, evolutionA Ghost Story (2017)★ 7.1grief, memory, mortality, timeWhat Dreams May Come (1998)★ 7.2love, grief, memory, mortalityAsteroid City (2023)★ 6.5family, grief, bureaucracy, artDead Silence (2007)★ 6.4fear, grief, tradition, revengeGhosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)★ 6.0love, grief, memory, identityKrampus (2015)★ 6.2fear, tradition, family, beliefPoltergeist (2015)★ 5.2fear, grief, familyPet Sematary (1989)★ 6.6grief, mortality, familyThir13en Ghosts (2001)★ 6.3mortality, family, exploitation, technologyClimax (2018)★ 7.0fear, mortality, griefThe House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)★ 6.2grief, power, family, magicColossal (2017)★ 6.3identity, grief, media, controlSeeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)★ 6.6love, mortality, grief, purposeThe Shack (2017)★ 7.5grief, faith, forgivenessThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)★ 6.1identity, family, power, griefCharlie St. Cloud (2010)★ 7.0grief, love, mortalityNew Year's Eve (2011)★ 5.9love, family, tradition, griefI'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)★ 6.6identity, memory, mortality, existentialAbominable (2019)★ 7.5family, grief, exploitation, identityMandy (2018)★ 6.2revenge, cult, grief, powerThe Haunted Mansion (2003)★ 5.7family, grief, mortalityWhat Lies Beneath (2000)★ 6.4grief, memory, betrayal, fearWhere the Wild Things Are (2009)★ 6.5identity, grief, family, emotionHalloween Ends (2022)★ 6.0fear, grief, justiceMirage (2018)★ 7.5memory, grief, fate, identityBefore I Wake (2016)★ 6.5grief, memory, family, lossWhen Marnie Was There (2014)★ 7.9identity, memory, belonging, familyInsidious: The Red Door (2023)★ 6.5grief, trauma, family, memoryReminiscence (2021)★ 6.5technology, surveillance, exploitation, griefBatman: The Killing Joke (2016)★ 6.6justice, grief, powerVolver (2006)★ 7.5family, memory, grief, traditionJacob's Ladder (1990)★ 7.4fear, mortality, trauma, consciousnessVeronica (2017)★ 6.2fear, family, grief, othernessThe Forest (2016)★ 5.2grief, memory, death, fearSolaris (1972)★ 7.8memory, grief, identity, consciousnessWinchester (2018)★ 5.9grief, faith, power, mortalityThe Phantom of the Opera (2004)★ 7.3love, class, power, identityJujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)★ 8.1class, power, griefThe Frighteners (1996)★ 6.9grief, justice, mortality, fearSuzume (2022)★ 7.9grief, memory, environmentThe Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)★ 8.2love, grief, mortality, familyField of Dreams (1989)★ 7.1family, memory, grief, traditionLilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)★ 6.7family, tradition, identity, griefSerenity (2019)★ 5.5memory, grief, justice, family

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