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

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Exploring the Dark Side: Uncovering the Best Movies and TV Shows Related to Death

Death is a universal theme that has captivated audiences for centuries, inspiring some of the most iconic and thought-provoking films and TV shows in history. From haunting dramas to spine-tingling thrillers, the world of death-themed entertainment offers a rich and diverse landscape of stories that explore the human experience in all its complexity. In this article, we'll delve into the best movies and TV shows related to death, uncovering the hidden gems and timeless classics that will leave you thinking long after the credits roll.

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. Donbrothers

Cast

Taisei Sakai

Aoto Watanabe

Erica Murakami

Yuzuki Hirakawa

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. Donbrothers (2024)

10.0 2 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 26 min.

Story: The King-Ohgers and the Donbrothers are now in Hakabaka, the Land of the Dead. They all died due to various reasons. The confrontation begins with neither party knowing who the other is. Will there be an end to this battle? I mean, why did they start fighting in the first place?! Eventually, they arrive at a single abyssal truth!

Plot: death, superhero team, superhero teamup, sentai, super sentai, henshin heroes

Cast

Jitaraphol Potiwihok

Tawinan Anukoolprasert

Tipnaree Weerawatnodom

Pakin Kuna-anuwit

Last Twilight (2023) TV Show

9.5 36 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: A struggling student becomes a caregiver to a fading badminton star, and as his sight slips away, the two forge a bond tested by time and fate.

Plot: suicide, smoking, car mechanic, pregnancy, friendship, unrequited love, debt, car accident, ...

Cast

Hana Hishikawa

Nana Kawaishi

Rica Fukami

Ayumu Murase

Goodbye, Lara (2026) TV Show

9.5 2 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: Once upon a time, a mermaid princess named Lara fell in love with a human prince. To be with him, she used a witch’s potion to become human—but the magic came at a cost: If she failed to find true love, she would vanish into sea foam forever. Now, 200 years later, Lara awakens in Lake Biwa with one final chance at life and love.

Plot: mermaid, fish out of water, death, rebirth, anime, hand drawn animation, shiga, lake biwa

Place: japan, japan

Khemjira (2025) TV Show

9.2 36 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: With a deadly curse set to claim him at 21, a young man flees to a master of ancient magic—only to face ghosts more dangerous than his fate.

Plot: love triangle, buddhism, soulmates, based on novel or book, jealousy, exorcism, college, village, ...

Cast

Rie Takahashi

Rina Hidaka

Asami Seto

Yui Ishikawa

I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day (2026) TV Show

9.1 4 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Story: At a secret academy where orphaned girls are raised as weapons, death is routine and grief is forbidden. Sheena, a 14-year-old who questions this brutal life, meets Mimi, a mysterious, blood-soaked girl who refuses to break. In a world built on violence, the two cling to fragile hope and fight to hold on to their humanity.

Plot: magic, romance, school, based on manga, death, dark fantasy, anime, yuri, ...

Cast

Ko Chia-Yen

Greg Hsu

Patrick Shih

Kenny Yen

Someday or One Day (2019) TV Show

9.0 57 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Story: Yu-Hsuan lost her boyfriend Chuan-Sheng in plane accident. She then discovered Chuan-Sheng and a girl look alike Yu-Hsuan both appeared in a photo taken in 1998. Accidentally, she had backed to 1998 and met a boy looked alike Chuan-Sheng.

Plot: time travel, romance, transmigration, second chance, death, first love, doppelgänger, butterfly effect

Time: 1990s

Rebooting (2023) TV Show

8.8 76 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Story: A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself starting her life over from scratch.

Plot: karaoke, self sacrifice, time travel, friendship, slice of life, family, death, childhood friends, ...

Cast

Ignacio Lu00f3pez Tarso

Pina Pellicer

Enrique Lucero

Mario Alberto Rodru00edguez

Macario (1960)

8.7 215 votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Country: Mexico

Duration: 91 min.

Story: Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

Plot: based on novel or book, inquisition, hunger, hunger strike, torture, devil, death, starvation, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Aaron LaPlante

Primal (2019) TV Show

8.7 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Animation

Country: France, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 30

Audience: TV-14

Story: A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.

Style: tense, intense, thrilling, brutal

Plot: fight, magic, trauma, primal fear, gore, survival, prehistory, food, ...

Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Shido Nakamura

Aya Hirano

Kappei Yamaguchi

Death Note (2006) TV Show

8.6 5.0K votes

Genre: Animation, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 37

Audience: TV-14

Story: Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Style: psychological

Plot: detective, journalism, secret identity, police, supernatural, sociopath, rivalry, murder, ...

Cast

Gong Yoo

Kim Go-eun

Lee Dong-wook

Yoo In-na

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016) TV Show

8.6 3.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-14

Story: In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

Plot: suicide, poison, child abuse, regret, soulmates, depression, jealousy, general, ...

Cast

Engfa Waraha

Charlotte Austin

Malin Sae-lim

Rina Chatamonchai

Petrichor (2024) TV Show

8.5 41 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Story: Police Captain Tul and Dr. Cheran work together to investigate a series of mysterious cases, uncovering hidden secrets while pursuing a serial killer linked to a string of unpredictable crimes.

Plot: based on novel or book, murder, romance, death, lgbt, girls' love (gl), thriller, awestruck, ...

Cast

Shin Ha-kyun

Yeo Jin-goo

Choi Dae-hoon

Choi Sung-eun

Beyond Evil (2021) TV Show

8.5 188 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: As a killing resembling a cold case resurfaces in a small town, the chase for the truth falls on two policemen who each harbor secrets of their own.

Plot: corruption, detective, trauma, investigation, police, psychopath, murder, serial killer, ...

Cast

Tom Hanks

David Morse

Bonnie Hunt

Michael Clarke Duncan

The Green Mile (1999)

8.5 19.4K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 189 min.

Audience: R

Story: A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Plot: mentally disabled, death penalty, based on novel or book, southern usa, psychopath, death row, jail guard, supernatural, ...

Time: great depression, 1930s

Girl from Nowhere (2018) TV Show

8.5 957 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 21

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.

Plot: rape, supernatural, high school, bullying, anthology, revenge, murder, betrayal, ...

Cast

Liao Fan

Bai Yu

Zhao Yang

Lu00fc Xiaolin

The Long Night (2020) TV Show

8.5 62 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: China

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the case was ready for court, the prosecutor discovered that the case was not as it appeared. The murder was but a cover for another more shocking injustice. He spent ten years trying to uncover the truth, toiling away his youth, his career, his reputation, his family, and even his life.

Plot: corruption, based on novel or book, death, sexual assault

Cast

Lee Joon-gi

Kang Ha-neul

Hong Jong-hyun

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (2016) TV Show

8.5 584 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, War

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 20

Story: A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.

Plot: love triangle, based on novel or book, obsession, forbidden love, palace, time travel, royal family, politics, ...

Time: medieval, 10th century

Cast

Clint Eastwood

Eli Wallach

Lee Van Cleef

Aldo Giuffru00e8

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

8.5 9.7K votes

Genre: Western

Country: United States of America, Italy

Duration: 161 min.

Audience: R

Story: While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

Style: tense

Plot: gold, army, bounty hunter, hitman, refugee, anti hero, moral ambiguity, gallows, ...