Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "death-in-the-family"

1. American Fiction (2023)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

Director: Cord Jefferson | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander

Votes: 84,970

2. It (I) (2017)

R | 135 min | Fantasy, Horror

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis

Votes: 609,392 | Gross: $327.48M

3. Love Actually (2003)

R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney

Votes: 532,587 | Gross: $59.70M

4. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,996 | Gross: $14.38M

5. August: Osage County (2013)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 95,540 | Gross: $37.74M

6. Creed III (2023)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.

Director: Michael B. Jordan | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris

Votes: 93,789

7. Elizabethtown (2005)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

During a hometown memorial for his Kentucky-born father, a young man begins an unexpected romance with a too-good-to-be-true stewardess.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin

Votes: 72,819 | Gross: $26.84M

8. The Wolf Man (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Claude Rains, Warren William, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy

Votes: 30,840

9. A Christmas Carol (1951)

TV-PG | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

Votes: 25,759

10. What They Had (2018)

R | 101 min | Drama

Bridget returns home at her brother's urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father's reluctance to let go of their life together.

Director: Elizabeth Chomko | Stars: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Blythe Danner

Votes: 4,755 | Gross: $0.26M

11. Charlotte (III) (2021)

Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon's life in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World War II. Inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?".

Directors: Tahir Rana, Éric Warin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Marion Cotillard, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 488

12. Almost Christmas (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Kimberly Elise, Omar Epps, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique

Votes: 7,885 | Gross: $41.72M

13. Kabei: Our Mother (2008)

Not Rated | 133 min | Drama

Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.

Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mayumi Tanaka, Chieko Baishô, Mirai Shida

Votes: 1,520 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Zoe and the Astronaut (2018)

88 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Zoe has suffered with Leukemia her whole life. When her condition worsens, she's given months to live. One day, a Young Astronaut crash lands near her home. Zoe spends her last days showing the Astronaut the wonders of Planet Earth.

Director: Eke Chukwu | Stars: Ian Reddington, Lisa Moorish, Kirsten Foster, Max Scully

Votes: 115

15. Christmas Cupcakes (2018 TV Movie)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

With their family bakery facing foreclosure, two sisters must team-up to try and save it by entering a TV baking competition.

Director: Dylan Pearce | Stars: Cindy Busby, Erin Karpluk, Corey Loranger, Fulvio Cecere

Votes: 735

16. The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (2017)

TV-14 | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After her father's death, a young woman raised in isolation struggles to make sense of her world.

Director: Simon Lavoie | Stars: Jean-François Casabonne, Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer, Béatrice Aubry

Votes: 492

17. Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays (2014 TV Special)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Billy Crystal tells the stories of his youth, growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, his teenage years, and finally adulthood. The Tony Award-winning show is a funny and poignant exploration of family and fate, loving and loss.

Director: Des McAnuff | Star: Billy Crystal

Votes: 1,296

18. The Clone Returns Home (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The Clone Returns Home is a compelling meditation on the paradox of life and death, and the meaning of love and family. Set in an imaginary - yet utterly imaginable - future, this quietly ... See full summary »

Director: Kanji Nakajima | Stars: Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku, Kyûsaku Shimada

Votes: 666

19. APPyness (2020)

11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Interviews are stressful even in the best of circumstances. Add a recent death in the family, no job to speak of, and mounting financial pressures to get a very nervous Cassie, hoping for ... See full summary »

Director: Ryan Turner | Stars: Danielle Dallas Roosa, Gavin Leatherwood, Stephanie Andrea Barron, Kevin Andrew Grady

Votes: 59

20. Daddy, I'm Fine (2017)

12 min | Short

Four sisters reunite for their Mother's Wake After-Party.

Director: Jay DiPietro | Stars: Dana Eskelson, Angela Muto, Lindsay Perry, Monique Vukovic

21. Will Power (II) (2019)

6 min | Short, Comedy

Things get pretty ugly between siblings at the reading of their father's will, until they find out all of the money is gone, and his assets are now worthless.

Director: Warren Mitchell | Stars: Warren Mitchell, E. Alex Patout III, Alex Patout, Cynthia Sampson

22. Bingo (II) (2013)

5 min | Short, Drama

This inspiring short film depicts David, a young man with multiple sclerosis and his disability support worker, Simon. Following the recent death of his father and his mother's ... See full summary »

Director: Davo Hardy | Stars: Simon Lee, Sam Wallace, Sarah Connolly, Keith Thomas

Votes: 52

23. Ora ga haru (2002 TV Movie)

120 min | Biography, Drama

The film depicts the life of the prolific eighteenth and nineteenth century Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa. When he was a teenager he was kicked out by his stepmother from his hometown of ... See full summary »

Director: Mitsunobu Ozaki | Stars: Masakazu Azuhata, Etsuko Ichihara, Yuriko Ishida, Rino Katase

24. The Bombing of Al-Bara (2013)

36 min | Documentary, Short

On Oct. 28, 2012, while filming an interview with a Syrian rebel leader in the village of al-Bara, a regime airstrike hit barely 300 meters from where he was standing.

Director: Olly Lambert

25. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: The Saga of Cousin Oscar (1971)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Archie's freeloading cousin, Oscar, dies in the guest room. Archie and Mike host an impromptu wake in their home, as they ponder whether to hold a funeral service or simply dispose of Oscar's body.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 322

26. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
Episode: Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1 (1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mary Beth saves a baby from a burning car before it explodes, becomes a hero. Meanwhile, Cagney finds her father lying dead at his home.

Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, Al Waxman, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 67

27. Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode: The Big Circle (1991)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

While coping with the sudden death of her boyfriend Reese, Julia takes care of the nasty Randa Oliver while her parents have gone on vacation without her.

Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart

Votes: 80

28. Soap (1977–1981)
Episode: Episode #1.13 (1977)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the aftermath of Peter's murder, Chief of Police Tinkler goes over the facts with both the Tates and the Campbells.

Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Jimmy Baio, Diana Canova, Billy Crystal, Cathryn Damon

Votes: 144

29. The Thorn Birds (1983)
Episode: Part 2 (1983)

Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Romance

As the executor of Mary's estate, Father Ralph begins his meteoric rise in the Church, while Meggie finds herself all alone. An audacious suitor provides a thrilling but risky diversion. Is this the beginning of a new life without Ralph?

Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons

Votes: 175

30. My Family (2000–2011)
Episode: A Difficult Undertaking (2009)

TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy

Ben's uncle Norris dies, leaving ten thousand pounds - to Susan, for her support following the loss of his Mildred. Ben, also expecting a large legacy, buys an expensive suit but it turns ... See full summary »

Director: Nic Phillips | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Gabriel Thomson

Votes: 61

31. The Boondocks (2005–2014)
Episode: The Color Ruckus (2010)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Uncle Ruckus must face the truth about his racial origins, when his abusive father and the rest of his family show up in Woodcrest.

Directors: Young Chan Kim, Jae-Myung Yoo, Seung Eun Kim, Kim Sung-hoon | Stars: Regina King, John Witherspoon, Cedric Yarbrough, Gary Anthony Williams

Votes: 348

32. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
Episode: Cocaine Blues (2012)

TV-PG | 57 min | Crime, Drama, History

Modernly independent yet fashionable woman Phryne Fisher comes to late 1920s Melbourne, Australia, where she soon finds murder and illegal activity mysteries to unravel.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings

Votes: 795

33. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
Episode: Children in Need Special (1995)

TV-PG | 7 min | Comedy

Daddy has died, just when Hyacinth is expecting people for a candlelight supper, finger buffet and a first showing of her holiday slides.

Stars: Judy Cornwell, David Griffin, Geoffrey Hughes, Mary Millar

34. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)
Episode: Girl with Death Mask (She Plays Alone) (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Family, Romance

John brings Daphne and Bay to Chicago to tour Northwestern. Kathryn entertains baby Abby and Leo to help Regina.

Director: Joanna Kerns | Stars: Sean Berdy, Lucas Grabeel, Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano

Votes: 81

35. Victoria (2016–2019)
Episode: The Sins of the Father (2017)

TV-PG | 46 min | Biography, Drama, History

The royal court celebrates the birth of the queen's second child but Victoria struggles to bond with her newborn son. A crisis compels Albert to return to Coburg and upon arrival learns a terrible family secret.

Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Jenna Coleman, Daniela Holtz, Robin Soans, Tom Hughes

Votes: 599