# The best films about grief

Losing a brother, a child, a spouse or a mother, and learning to live afterwards: from Manchester by the Sea to A Monster Calls and A Ghost Story, Kondoléances's selection.

- 11 votes · 10 items
- Oct 26, 2023 · celine_episode
- https://even.best/en/l/4594/the-best-films-about-grief

## Top 10

1. **Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Philippe Lioret. A young woman waits for news of her missing twin brother. César for Mélanie Laurent.
2. **Manchester by the Sea (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kenneth Lonergan. A man becomes his nephew's guardian after his brother dies. Oscar for Casey Affleck.
3. **A Monster Calls (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — J. A. Bayona. A boy and a monster during his mother's illness.
4. **The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Felix van Groeningen. A bluegrass couple facing their daughter's illness.
5. **A Ghost Story (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — David Lowery. A ghost under a sheet stays in his partner's house.
6. **Incendies (2010)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Denis Villeneuve. Twins carry out their mother's last wishes.
7. **What Dreams May Come (1998)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Vincent Ward. Robin Williams searches for his wife in the afterlife.
8. **Ghost (1990)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jerry Zucker. Patrick Swayze, killed, watches over Demi Moore.
9. **Demolition (2015)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jean-Marc Vallée. Jake Gyllenhaal takes everything apart after his wife's death.
10. **The Lovely Bones (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Peter Jackson. A murdered teenager watches her family from the afterlife.

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