🏷 Discover The Best Accidental Death Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

19 titles with this tag

Explore the best movies and TV shows that delve into accidental death, a theme that sparks intense emotional responses and raises questions about mortality.

Cast

Ryota Katayose

Rina Kawaei

Honoka Matsumoto

Kentaro Ito

Ride Your Wave (2019)

7.6 377 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

Plot: surfing, beach, afterlife, coming of age, slice of life, tragedy, accidental death, mourning, ...

Cast

Tovino Thomas

Aishwarya Lekshmi

Ilavarasu

Jayakumar

Mayaanadhi (2017)

7.6 45 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 135 min.

Story: A shady money deal goes wrong and in the aftermath Mathan ends up killing a police officer. Meanwhile in Kochi, his old flame Aparna an aspiring actress is struggling to prop up her career. Mathan meets up with Aparna and tries to rekindle the past, even as the police hunt for him gets intense.

Plot: murder, relationship, accidental death

Cast

Penu00e9lope Cruz

Carmen Maura

Lola Dueu00f1as

Blanca Portillo

Volver (2006)

7.5 1.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Spain

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

Plot: child abuse, fire, rape, sexual abuse, madrid, spain, staged death, superstition, ...

Cast

Tony Goldwyn

Minnie Driver

Glenn Close

Alex D. Linz

Tarzan (1999)

7.4 7.4K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: G

Story: Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...

Plot: baby, africa, gorilla, adoption, cartoon, villain, feral child, tarzan, ...

Cast

Tyler Labine

Alan Tudyk

Katrina Bowden

Jesse Moss

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)

7.4 3.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

Plot: countryside, west virginia, cabin, chainsaw, misunderstanding, accidental death, hillbilly, violent death, ...

Cast

Scott Adkins

Teodora Duhovnikova

Alon Aboutboul

Julian Vergov

Boyka: Undisputed IV (2016)

7.2 1.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Bulgaria, United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude.

Style: intense

Plot: prison, martial arts, sports, wife, affectation, sequel, accidental death, fighting, ...

Cast

Jack Black

Angelina Jolie

Dustin Hoffman

Gary Oldman

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

7.1 8.0K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a shadow from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock Lord Shen unleashes a devastating new weapon used to wipe out kung fu masters across the land, Po and the Furious Five race across China to put an end to his plans. But if Po is to have any hope of stopping him, he must first confront the truth of his origins—and find inner peace before his past tears him apart.

Style: inspiring, whimsical

Plot: mission, martial arts, kung fu, fortune teller, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), prophecy, hope, villain, ...

The Dressmaker (2015)

7.0 1.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: 12

Story: In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, suppressed past, dark comedy, bullying, exile, dressmaker, revenge, ...

Time: 1950s

Place: australia

Constellation (2024) TV Show

7.0 371 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: France, Germany

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed.

Plot: cologne, germany, nasa, experiment, psychological thriller, cabin in the woods, accidental death, astronaut, ...

Cast

Michael Fassbender

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Ben Mendelsohn

Caren Pistorius

Slow West (2015)

6.7 1.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Country: Australia, New Zealand

Duration: 84 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

Plot: fire, bounty hunter, horseback riding, shotgun, horse, search, native american, death of father, ...

Place: ireland

Cast

Helen Slater

Keith Gordon

Christian Slater

Richard Bradford

The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

6.6 208 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

Plot: sexual abuse, chase, runaway, fugitive, girl heroine, female protagonist, false accusations, attempted rape, ...

Place: texas

Cast

Paul Rudd

Jenna Ortega

Will Poulter

Richard E. Grant

Death of a Unicorn (2025)

6.4 863 votes

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.

Plot: dark comedy, mythical creature, unicorn, dark fantasy, folk horror, accidental killing, moral corruption, father daughter estrangement, ...

Cast

Nicholas D'Agosto

Emma Bell

Miles Fisher

Ellen Wroe

Final Destination 5 (2011)

6.2 4.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

Plot: sequel, prequel, premonition, accidental death, crash, end is here, death, duringcreditsstinger, ...

Cast

Amandla Stenberg

Maria Bakalova

Myha'la

Rachel Sennott

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

6.1 1.5K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.

Plot: infidelity, love triangle, sword, gun, paranoia, hurricane, rain, satire, ...

Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis

Andi Matichak

James Jude Courtney

Rohan Campbell

Halloween Ends (2022)

6.0 2.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.

Plot: mask, sadism, radio station, psychopath, homicide, insanity, trauma, halloween, ...

Cast

Theo James

Tatiana Maslany

Christian Convery

Colin O'Brien

The Monkey (2025)

6.0 1.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.

Plot: sibling relationship, shotgun, supernatural, drums, harpoon, dark comedy, gore, twin brother, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Thomasin McKenzie

Anne Hathaway

Shea Whigham

Sam Nivola

Eileen (2023)

5.8 405 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.

Style: dark, psychological

Plot: prison, sexual abuse, based on novel or book, winter, kidnapping, boston, massachusetts, female friendship, ...

Time: 1960s

Place: new england

Flatliners (2017)

5.6 2.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

Plot: bullying, remake, accidental death, death, medical student, guilty conscience, near-death experience, competitiveness, ...

Cast

Pranav Mohanlal

Sharafudheen

Siju Wilson

Siddique

Aadhi (2018)

5.4 21 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 158 min.

Story: Aadhi, an aspiring musician, travels to another state in hopes of making it big. While there, an unexpected event leaves him trapped, unable to return to his family and running for his life.

Plot: musician, bank, parkour, accidental death, hunting, stranger

Accidental Death in Movies and TV Shows

Accidental death is a theme that has been explored in various movies and TV shows, often leaving a lasting impact on the audience. These stories can be heartbreaking, thought-provoking, and sometimes even thrilling, making them a compelling watch for many viewers.

Top Movies

Final Destination (2000) - a supernatural thriller that explores the concept of cheating death
The Book of Henry (2017) - a drama that delves into the aftermath of an accidental death
Rabbit Hole (2010) - a drama that explores the emotional impact of a tragic accident on a family

Top TV Shows

This Is Us (2016-2022) - a family drama that features a pivotal plot point involving an accidental death
Six Feet Under (2001-2005) - a drama series that explores the lives of a family-owned funeral home, often dealing with accidental deaths
Chicago P.D. (2014-present) - a crime drama that frequently features storylines involving accidental deaths and their investigations

These movies and TV shows offer a range of perspectives on accidental death, from the emotional toll on loved ones to the investigative processes that follow. By exploring these stories, viewers can gain a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding accidental death and its impact on individuals and society.

When searching for movies and TV shows related to accidental death, audiences can use specific keywords like "accidental death movies" or "TV shows about grief and loss" to find relevant content. Online streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime also offer a wide range of movies and TV shows that explore this theme, making it easier for viewers to discover new stories and perspectives.