Movies About Grief and Loss

Kinora's catalogue lists 70 films about grief and loss, spanning 1922–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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2017
A Fantastic Woman
Santiago — 2010s
Urbandir. Sebastián Lelio
2018
A Quiet Place
Near Future
Rural · Wildernessdir. John Krasinski
1992
A River Runs Through It
Montana — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s
Ruraldir. Robert Redford
2002
About Schmidt
Omaha · Denver — 2000s
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne
1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Phoenix · Tucson — 1970s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1999
All About My Mother
Madrid · Barcelona — 1990s
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
2012
Amour
Paris — 2010s
Urbandir. Michael Haneke
2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Grenoble — 2010s
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet
2018
Annihilation
Near Future
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
2016
Arrival
Near Future
Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve
1966
Au Hasard Balthazar
1960s
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson
2019
Beanpole
Saint Petersburg — 1940s
Urbandir. Kantemir Balagov
2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Near Future
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin
2005
Brokeback Mountain
Wyoming — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee
2022
Close
2020s
Ruraldir. Lukas Dhont
1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Kentucky · Nashville · Los Angeles — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Ruraldir. Michael Apted
1972
Cries and Whispers
1800s
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman
2000
Dancer in the Dark
1960s
Rural · Suburbandir. Lars von Trier
2021
Drive My Car
Tokyo · Hiroshima — 2020s
Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Alabama · Birmingham · Valdosta — 1980s · 1920s
Ruraldir. Jon Avnet
2004
Garden State
New Jersey · Newark — 2000s
Suburbandir. Zach Braff
1988
Grave of the Fireflies
Kobe — 1940s
Urbandir. Isao Takahata
2013
Gravity
Space — 2010s
Off Worlddir. Alfonso Cuarón
2018
Hereditary
2010s
Suburbandir. Ari Aster
2017
Hostiles
Montana — 1800s
Wildernessdir. Scott Cooper
2001
In the Bedroom
Maine — 2000s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Todd Field
2010
Inception
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
New York City · Chicago — 1960s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
1954
La Strada
Italy — 1950s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini
1994
Legends of the Fall
Montana — 1910s · 1920s · 1960s
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick
2012
Life of Pi
1970s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee
2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Albuquerque · Redondo Beach · Scottsdale — 2000s
Suburban · Desertdir. Jonathan Dayton
2017
Loveless
Moscow — 2010s
Urbandir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
1981
Mad Max 2
Near Future
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
2016
Manchester by the Sea
Boston — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan
2016
Maudie
Nova Scotia — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh
2019
Midsommar
Sweden — 2010s
Ruraldir. Ari Aster
2001
Monster's Ball
2000s
Rural · Suburbandir. Marc Forster
2003
Mystic River
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
2021
Nomadland
Nevada · Arizona · South Dakota · California — 2010s
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao
1922
Nosferatu
Transylvania · Germany — 1800s
Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau
1994
Once Were Warriors
Auckland — 1990s
Urbandir. Lee Tamahori
1980
Ordinary People
Chicago — 1980s
Suburbandir. Robert Redford
1955
Pather Panchali
Bengal — 1910s
Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray
2021
Petite Maman
2020s · 1990s
Rural · Wildernessdir. Céline Sciamma
2020
Pieces of a Woman
Boston — 2010s
Urbandir. Kornél Mundruczó
2021
Pig
Portland — 2020s
Wilderness · Urbandir. Michael Sarnoski
2013
Prisoners
Pennsylvania — 2010s
Suburbandir. Denis Villeneuve
2020
Promising Young Woman
2010s
Suburbandir. Emerald Fennell
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Japan — Medieval
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi
1993
Short Cuts
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Robert Altman
2002
Signs
Pennsylvania — 2000s
Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan
1972
Solaris
Near Future
Off Worlddir. Andrei Tarkovsky
2015
Son of Saul
Auschwitz — 1940s
Undergrounddir. László Nemes
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Bob Persichetti
2006
Still Life
Fengjie — 2000s
Urbandir. Jia Zhangke
2014
The Babadook
Adelaide — 2010s
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent
2023
The Boy and the Heron
Tokyo — 1940s
Rural · Undergrounddir. Hayao Miyazaki
2001
The Devil's Backbone
Spain — 1930s
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro
2001
The Others
1940s
Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar
2015
The Revenant
1800s
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2009
The Road
Near Future
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
2016
The Salesman
Tehran — 2010s
Urbandir. Asghar Farhadi
1999
The Sixth Sense
Philadelphia — 1990s
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
2011
The Tree of Life
Texas — 1950s · 2010s · Timeless
Suburban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick
2022
The Whale
Idaho — 2010s
Suburbandir. Darren Aronofsky
1959
The World of Apu
Kolkata — 1930s
Urban · Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray
1953
Ugetsu
Japan — Medieval
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi
2006
Volver
Madrid · La Mancha — 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
2017
Wind River
Wyoming — 2010s
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan

Frequently asked

How many movies are about grief and loss?

Kinora's catalogue lists 70 films about grief and loss, spanning 1922–2023.

What are some movies about grief and loss?

Films about grief and loss in our catalogue include A Fantastic Woman (2017), A Quiet Place (2018), A River Runs Through It (1992), About Schmidt (2002), and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).

What is the oldest movie about grief and loss?

Nosferatu (1922) is the earliest film about grief and loss in our catalogue; the most recent is The Boy and the Heron (2023).