535 films

Films about mortality

Stories that take the fact of dying as their subject rather than their stakes.

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.

Deadpool (2016)★ 7.6identity, grief, revenge, loveAvengers: Endgame (2019)★ 8.2sacrifice, grief, power, mortalityTitanic (1997)★ 7.9class, love, mortality, powerGladiator (2000)★ 8.2power, authority, mortality, rebellionHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)★ 7.7prejudice, power, mortality, traditionLogan (2017)★ 7.8prejudice, mortality, exploitation, familyLucy (2014)★ 6.5consciousness, power, technology, evolutionToy Story 3 (2010)★ 7.8identity, belonging, obsolescence, consumerismBlade Runner (1982)★ 7.9technology, identity, mortality, powerTwilight (2008)★ 6.3prejudice, identity, love, mortalityTerminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)★ 8.1technology, control, mortality, fearThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)★ 7.6mortality, love, time, identityDonnie Darko (2001)★ 7.8identity, mortality, time, fearPrometheus (2012)★ 6.6origin, technology, faith, corporateAmerican Beauty (1999)★ 8.0family, consumerism, mortality, identityThe Sixth Sense (1999)★ 8.0grief, mortality, family, identityAmerican Psycho (2000)★ 7.4class, consumerism, identity, powerIn Time (2011)★ 7.0inequality, class, power, exploitationSoul (2020)★ 8.1purpose, identity, mortality, passionHancock (2008)★ 6.4power, authority, identity, mortalityCorpse Bride (2005)★ 7.6class, love, mortality, traditionGodzilla (2014)★ 6.4fear, technology, environment, powerGhostbusters (1984)★ 7.5fear, authority, technology, exploitationElysium (2013)★ 6.5inequality, class, power, technologyJumanji: The Next Level (2019)★ 6.9identity, mortality, technology, familyShaun of the Dead (2004)★ 7.5fear, mortality, family, loveThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)★ 6.2love, identity, family, mortalityEternals (2021)★ 6.8power, faith, mortality, colonialismGroundhog Day (1993)★ 7.6love, mortality, purpose, freedomPuss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)★ 8.2mortality, identity, fear, friendshipThe Exorcist (1973)★ 7.7faith, possession, evil, mortalityThor: Love and Thunder (2022)★ 6.4power, mortality, grief, identityBeetlejuice (1988)★ 7.4mortality, authority, cultureHercules (1997)★ 7.5identity, love, mortality, powerJohn Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)★ 7.7power, authority, loyalty, betrayalThe Mummy (2017)★ 5.5power, religion, mortality, fearClick (2006)★ 6.3family, mortality, choice, technologyInsidious (2011)★ 6.9mortality, fear, grief, familymother! (2017)★ 7.0environment, faith, exploitation, familyGremlins (1984)★ 7.1fear, chaos, consumerism, authorityGattaca (1997)★ 7.6prejudice, class, technology, mortalityIt Follows (2015)★ 6.6fear, mortality, otherness, controlThe Ring (2002)★ 6.7fear, media, mortalityA.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)★ 7.1love, identity, mortality, technologyDracula Untold (2014)★ 6.5power, faith, mortality, warGhost Rider (2007)★ 5.6power, control, faith, mortalityInterview with the Vampire (1994)★ 7.4mortality, grief, identity, loveWarm Bodies (2013)★ 6.5prejudice, love, identity, mortalityMoon (2009)★ 7.6exploitation, labor, authority, technologyBambi (1942)★ 7.0survival, family, mortality, growthSinister (2012)★ 6.9fear, family, mortality, religionGhost (1990)★ 7.2love, grief, justice, faithAnnabelle: Creation (2017)★ 6.6grief, fear, faith, mortalityThe Island (2005)★ 6.7exploitation, identity, class, controlTranscendence (2014)★ 6.1technology, power, consciousness, controlIn Bruges (2008)★ 7.5faith, justice, mortality, corruptionBram Stoker's Dracula (1992)★ 7.5love, religion, mortality, powerMeet Joe Black (1998)★ 7.4death, love, mortality, meaningA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)★ 7.3fear, mortality, grief, consciousnessAlien Resurrection (1997)★ 6.2identity, militarism, technology, exploitationCrimson Peak (2015)★ 6.7fear, memory, class, loveBlade II (2002)★ 6.6prejudice, power, technology, mortalityEvil Dead (2013)★ 6.6fear, addiction, mortality, survivalThe Lovely Bones (2009)★ 7.1grief, justice, family, memoryOld (2021)★ 6.3exploitation, mortality, inequality, powerFinal Destination 2 (2003)★ 6.3mortality, fate, fearThe Old Guard (2020)★ 7.1exploitation, mortality, powerThe Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)★ 6.8prejudice, fear, religion, mortalityVanilla Sky (2001)★ 6.8identity, memory, love, mortalityWrath of the Titans (2012)★ 5.8power, mortality, family, authorityObsession (2026)★ 8.2love, control, mortality, griefThe Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)★ 7.0justice, authority, family, mortalityThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)★ 7.1mortality, greed, justice, traditionInto the Woods (2014)★ 5.8family, tradition, love, mortalityMama (2013)★ 6.3grief, family, fear, othernessGods of Egypt (2016)★ 5.7faith, power, mortalityTruth or Dare (2018)★ 5.9fear, technology, media, controlA Cure for Wellness (2017)★ 6.4exploitation, mortality, power, controlSmile (2022)★ 6.7fear, mortality, traumaThe Neon Demon (2016)★ 6.5beauty, exploitation, identity, powerFinch (2021)★ 7.8mortality, legacy, caregiving, technologyBicentennial Man (1999)★ 7.3identity, law, mortality, loveThe Final Destination (2009)★ 5.6mortality, fear, controlAs Above, So Below (2014)★ 6.7fear, guilt, sin, identityF1 (2025)★ 7.7competition, ambition, mortality, technologyMelancholia (2011)★ 7.2mortality, grief, fearUnder the Skin (2014)★ 6.1identity, otherness, exploitation, consciousnessSwiss Army Man (2016)★ 6.9love, grief, identity, purposePalm Springs (2020)★ 7.3mortality, freedom, love, purposeNymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)★ 6.8identity, gender, power, mortalityBefore I Fall (2017)★ 7.0identity, memory, mortality, belongingUnfriended (2014)★ 5.5technology, privacy, guilt, socialmediaArmy of Darkness (1992)★ 7.3war, technology, fear, faithFrankenstein (2025)★ 7.6otherness, identity, technology, mortalityThe Wind Rises (2013)★ 7.8love, grief, technology, mortalityThe Great Beauty (2013)★ 7.5beauty, mortality, culture, classGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)★ 8.0war, authority, identity, mortalityPoltergeist (1982)★ 7.2fear, consumerism, family, mortalityJeepers Creepers (2001)★ 6.5fear, survival, myth, predationLet the Right One In (2008)★ 7.5otherness, prejudice, loneliness, mortalityThe Orphanage (2007)★ 7.2grief, family, memory, mortalityBeetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)★ 6.9authority, mortality, controlThe Fountain (2006)★ 6.9love, mortality, memory, faithBeowulf (2007)★ 5.9power, tradition, betrayal, mortalityThe House That Jack Built (2018)★ 7.1mortality, power, control, fearMartyrs (2008)★ 7.3faith, mortality, exploitation, powerDeath Becomes Her (1992)★ 6.8identity, mortality, consumerism, exploitationTerrifier (2018)★ 6.3fear, mortality, survivalHighlander (1986)★ 6.9mortality, power, identityThe Man from Earth (2007)★ 7.6identity, memory, belief, mortalityThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)★ 6.4mortality, greed, faith, choiceHellraiser (1987)★ 6.9pain, pleasure, desire, cultureAntichrist (2009)★ 6.6prejudice, grief, fear, mortalityFreddy vs. Jason (2003)★ 6.1fear, mortality, policingFinal Destination Bloodlines (2025)★ 7.0mortality, fear, controlMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)★ 7.2technology, power, surveillance, controlEraserhead (1977)★ 7.3family, anxiety, mortality, technologyAn American Werewolf in London (1981)★ 7.4identity, fear, mortality, othernessGhost Ship (2002)★ 6.0faith, mortality, exploitation, fearLast Christmas (2019)★ 7.2love, grief, mortality, identity

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