Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "death-from-cancer"

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre

Votes: 223,386 | Gross: $10.10M

2. A Man Called Ove (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll

Votes: 68,545 | Gross: $3.48M

3. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History

English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.

Director: Will Sharpe | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones

Votes: 20,474

4. Armageddon Time (2022)

R | 114 min | Drama

A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb

Votes: 15,377

5. Biutiful (2010)

R | 148 min | Drama, Romance

A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella

Votes: 94,635 | Gross: $5.10M

6. If.... (1968)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan

Votes: 25,201

7. Speed Walking (2014)

108 min | Drama, History

Martin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Villads Bøye, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Frederik Winther Rasmussen

Votes: 1,821

8. I've Loved You So Long (2008)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill

Votes: 20,712 | Gross: $3.17M

9. King of Cool (2021)

107 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of Dean Martin.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Dean Martin, Frankie Avalon, Jerry Blavat, Bill Boggs

Votes: 888

10. Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

During the holidays, a woman with amnesia catches a ride with her handsome nurse to investigate the only clue to her identity.

Director: Peter Benson | Stars: Jessy Schram, Brendan Penny, Lochlyn Munro, Brendon Zub

Votes: 1,822

11. Tatarak (2009)

85 min | Drama

In small-town Poland in the late 1950s, an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor meets a young man who makes her feel young again. Framed around this story, lead actress Krystyna Janda discusses the death of her husband from cancer.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Pawel Szajda, Jan Englert, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak

Votes: 1,494

12. Decoding Annie Parker (2013)

R | 91 min | Drama

Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer.

Director: Steven Bernstein | Stars: Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones

Votes: 3,315 | Gross: $0.04M

13. The Sea (2013)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

The story of a man who returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.

Director: Stephen Brown | Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack, Joe Gallagher, Karen Scully

Votes: 459

14. Harka (2022)

87 min | Drama

Ali is barely making a living selling contraband gas. The young Tunisian all of a sudden finds himself in charge of his two sisters after his father's death.

Director: Lotfy Nathan | Stars: Adam Bessa, Najib Allagui, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi

Votes: 418

15. ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff? (2018 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The violent political suppression of the roots reggae movement in Jamaica told through an investigation into Jamaican politics and the CIA's involvement in the mysterious shooting of Bob Marley.

Director: Kief Davidson | Stars: Bob Marley, Arnold Bertram, Cindy Breakspeare, Nancy Burke

Votes: 1,737

16. Rumba Love (2021)

103 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Nicholas Quevedo, a Cuban-American rumba singer moves from Havana to New York with nothing else but his love for rumba and his unbreakable dream to make it in the Big Apple, but his journey would be confronted by unimaginable challenges.

Director: Guillermo Iván | Stars: Guillermo Iván, Zair Montes, Ilean Almaguer, Ed Trucco

Votes: 134

17. Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)

Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography

A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.

Director: Stig Björkman | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Pia Lindström, Roberto Rossellini, Isotta Rossellini

Votes: 2,496 | Gross: $0.14M

18. Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography

Steve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars, he "is still the King of Cool" according to Esquire Magazine-50 years after the zenith ... See full summary »

Directors: Jon Erwin, Ben Smallbone | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mel Novak, Gary Sinise, Barbara Leigh

Votes: 231 | Gross: $1.23M

19. Ground Zero (1987)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for... See full summary »

Directors: Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson | Stars: Colin Friels, Jack Thompson, Donald Pleasence, Natalie Bate

Votes: 551 | Gross: $0.20M

20. Christmas Jars (2019 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

Based on the novel by Jason Wright, it tells the story of reporter Hope Jensen, who uncovers the secret behind "Christmas Jars" - jars filled with money and given anonymously to people in need. The phenomenon has changed countless lives.

Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Jeni Ross, Markian Tarasiuk, Tara Yelland, Zerha Leverman

Votes: 989

21. The Woman of Rumour (1954)

83 min | Drama, Romance

Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out ... See full summary »

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitarô Shindô

Votes: 1,406

22. In His Father's Shoes (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 105 min | Drama

When his father suddenly dies, Clay Crosby is devastated. It seems like he'll never be able to get over the loss. But everything changes when the boy puts on a pair of his father's wingtip ... See full summary »

Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Barbara Eve Harris, Rachael Crawford, Djanet Sears

Votes: 294

23. Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

The love story between British writer, Christopher Isherwood (whose book 'The Berlin Stories' inspired the musical and film Cabaret) and Don Bachardy, American portrait artist.

Directors: Tina Mascara, Guido Santi | Stars: W.H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Ted Bachardy, James Berg

Votes: 990 | Gross: $0.21M

24. Love Me No More (2008)

85 min | Drama, Romance

The back story is a marvelous and gorgeous social commentary on the type of generous actions we could all take - to enrich our often-solitary elder-citizens' lives.

Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Albert Dupontel, Marie-Josée Croze, Pierre Vaneck, Cristiana Reali

Votes: 3,498

25. Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997)

94 min | Drama

The story of 6 friends who journey to an island off the coast of Australia for the weekend. Two of them (Emma and Harry) announce that they intend to get married, but have made no plans, ... See full summary »

Director: Graeme Rattigan | Stars: Aden Gillett, Jack Thompson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Naomi Watts

Votes: 523

26. Herb (2007)

113 min | Drama

Sang-eun is a beautiful 20-year-old girl who is mentally challenged. One day she happens to meet a boy and deludes herself to think he's a beast under the vicious spell.

Director: Heo In-moo | Stars: Kang Hye-jeong, Bae Jong-ok, Jung Kyung-ho, Mi-ran Do

Votes: 253

27. The Prime Minister (1941)

Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History

A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.

Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Will Fyffe, Owen Nares

Votes: 303

28. Les petits fils (2004)

84 min | Comedy, Drama

The Grand Sons shows how a grandmother deals with her most beloved gay grandson, his lover, & a handsome new gay housekeeper that vies for Her attention. Could the housekeeper be the catalyst for a family reunion.

Director: Ilan Duran Cohen | Stars: Reine Ferrato, Guillaume Quatravaux, Jean-Philippe Sêt, Brice Cauvin

Votes: 169

29. Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The life and times of actor Steve McQueen, on the 75th anniversary of his birth

Director: Mimi Freedman | Stars: Steve McQueen, Robert Culp, Neile Adams, Suzanne Pleshette

Votes: 333

30. Tears of a Sunday's Child (2012)

Short

Isabel deals with the disappearance of her older sister.

Director: Mick van Herk | Stars: Emma van de Laar, Lisa Zweerman, Sijtze van der Meer, Michael Beugelink

31. The Dying Doctor (2008)

52 min | Documentary

The last three months of psychiatrist Berthold Grünfelds life. A famous 75-year-old psychiatrist, Berthold Grünfeld is diagnosed with cancer pancreas. He accepts his daughter Nina to follow him through his last five months.

Director: Nina Grünfeld | Stars: Berthold Grünfeld, Nina Grünfeld, Gunhild Grünfeld, Steinar Aamdal

32. Waterlife (2009)

109 min | Documentary

A look at the natural beauty and environmental crisis surrounding the Great Lakes.

Director: Kevin McMahon | Stars: Bruce Baur, Ernest Benedict, John K. Bruce, Robert Budds

Votes: 94

33. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000)
Episode: A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog (1994)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Romance

Brenda and Donna attend an animal rights rally, and are crestfallen when the university refuses to suspend animal testing. After Rocky dies of cancer, Brenda becomes involved with a small ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering

Votes: 162

34. Network First (1994– )
Episode: The War Against the Mafia Part 2: Death in the Family (1994)

Documentary

The programme begins with the funeral of Carlo Gambino, the model for The GODFATHER. His successor, Paul Castellano, turned the Mafia into a billion dollar business by controlling New York's waste disposal and construction industries.

Stars: Jack Klaff, Dominick Montiglio, Edward McDonald, Carlo Gambino

35. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: New Years Day 2012: Part 1 (2012)

TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Add a Plot

Director: Jennie Darnell | Stars: Pam St. Clement, Michael French, Patsy Palmer, Sid Owen

Votes: 17

36. Small Animal Hospital (2014)
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2014)

22 min | Reality-TV

John visits a veterinary dermatologist to meet Bailey the boxer, who can't stop scratching. And Honey the golden retriever is limping badly and may need surgery.

Directors: Malcolm McKissock, Alison Pinkney | Star: John Barrowman

37. Victoria (2016–2019)
Episode: Doll 123 (2016)

TV-PG | 70 min | Biography, Drama, History

Upon the death of King William IV, his 18-year-old niece, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, inherits the throne as Queen, and finds herself tested by new responsibilities and conflicted loyalties.

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Tommy Knight, Adrian Schiller, Daniela Holtz, Paul Rhys

Votes: 1,075

38. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: The Legacy (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

Tragedy strikes again when Bobby Kennedy is assassinated; Ted Kennedy must overcome scandal and misfortune to continue the family legacy and pass the torch to the next generation.

Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Adam Walinsky, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Barbara Perry

Votes: 42

39. Like, la leyenda (2018–2019)
Episode: Muere la mamá de Ulises (2018)

44 min | Drama, Romance

With the help of Emilia and Keiko, Ulises manages to escape LIKE to visit his mother. He arrives just in time to say goodbye before his mother dies. Manuela plans to help Pablo come out. Tony loses her virginity to Claudio.

Stars: Mauricio Abad, Santiago Achaga, Roby Damián, Macarena García Romero