A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a
dying man, offers him some very powerful wisdom and advice for coping in
relationships, careers and society.
- Ordinary People(1980)-Amazon Prime
The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the
relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-
ridden younger son - A Lion in the House
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the
course of six years - A Certain Kind of Death
Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process
that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of
kin - Dying at Grace
Director Allan King documents the final months of five terminally ill cancer
patients at the Toronto Grace Health Centre. - Grief Walker
an extraordinary portrait of Harvard-trained theologian Stephen Jenkinson,
who teaches that death empowers us to live and that we must know grief well
in order to appreciate our own lives. Many may find Jenkinson's belief that
our deaths are not something to be denied or avoided but 'befriended' as
challenging; he points out that not every culture fears death as we do. The
film carries viewers into the lives of those confronting death, as well as those
learning how to help people die well. Combining beautiful imagery of the
impermanence of nature and the actuality of dying, GRIEFWALKER weaves an
illuminating picture of a remarkable man and leaves us with a deeper
understanding of how our deaths could be held as 'a prized possession.' - Me, Earl and the Dying girl
High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic
movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after
befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer. - 50/50
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns
of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. - wit
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed
with terminal ovarian cancer.You’re not you - Still Alice
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is
diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease - Two weeks
In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's
house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye.
Instead, they find themselves trapped-- together -- for two weeks. - You don’t know Jack
Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 - 2011 ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law
assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a
lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors
of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video tapes them.
He assembles a device allowing a person to initiate a three-chemical
intravenous drip. The local D.A., the governor, and the Legislature respond.
In court scenes, Kevorkian is sometimes antic. He's single-minded about
giving dying individuals the right to determine how their lives will end. He
wants the Supreme Court to rule. He picks a fight he can't win: is it hubris or
heroism? - serving life
Actor Forest Whitaker narrates the story of a group of inmate volunteers who
staff their own hospice inside a maximum security prison in Louisiana where
the average sentence is more than 90 years. - patch adams
The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become
a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no
doctor had ventured before, using humor and pathos. - A man called Ove
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block
association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just
as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors