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Exploring the Human Experience: Uncovering the Best Movies and TV Shows about Loss

Loss is a universal human experience that transcends cultures, generations, and backgrounds. It's a theme that has captivated audiences and inspired creators to craft compelling stories that resonate deeply with viewers. From heart-wrenching dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, the best movies and TV shows about loss offer a poignant exploration of the human condition. In this article, we'll delve into the world of cinematic masterpieces and television series that tackle this complex and multifaceted theme.

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cast
Megumi Ogata Megumi Ogata
Kotono Mitsuishi Kotono Mitsuishi
Megumi Hayashibara Megumi Hayashibara
Yuko Miyamura Yuko Miyamura
8.6 2.1K votes
Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
Audience: TV-14
Story:  At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
Style:  psychological, suspenseful
Plot:  angel, depression, symbolism, affectation, loss, love, mecha, giant robot, ...
Time:  post-apocalyptic
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Sanam Teri Kasam
Cast
Harshvardhan Rane Harshvardhan Rane
Mawra Hocane Mawra Hocane
Vijay Raaz Vijay Raaz
Murali Sharma Murali Sharma
7.9 146 votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:  Tough ex-convict Inder and traditional mousy Saraswati fall in love and get married, but a tragedy changes their lives forever. The film is a modern rendition of the legends of Shiva-Sati and the novel "Love Story" by Eric Segal.
Plot:  musical, loss, melodramatic
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STRAW
Cast
Taraji P. Henson Taraji P. Henson
Sherri Shepherd Sherri Shepherd
Teyana Taylor Teyana Taylor
Sinbad Sinbad
7.7 977 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 105 min.
Audience: R
Story:  What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.
Style:  provocative, absurd
Plot:  bank manager, arrest, loss of job, sick child, angry, aggressive, hopeless, traffic ticket, ...
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All the Bright Places
Cast
Elle Fanning Elle Fanning
Justice Smith Justice Smith
Alexandra Shipp Alexandra Shipp
Kelli O'Hara Kelli O'Hara
7.6 3.0K votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.
Plot:  depression, suicide, indiana, usa, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), based on novel or book, loss, coming of age, ...
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Arrival
Cast
Amy Adams Amy Adams
Jeremy Renner Jeremy Renner
Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker
Michael Stuhlbarg Michael Stuhlbarg
7.6 19.5K votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 116 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Plot:  spacecraft, extraterrestrial technology, loss, time, alien, language, female protagonist, scientist, ...
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Manchester by the Sea
Cast
Casey Affleck Casey Affleck
Lucas Hedges Lucas Hedges
Michelle Williams Michelle Williams
Kyle Chandler Kyle Chandler
7.6 6.5K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 138 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Style:  melancholy
Plot:  funeral, boston, massachusetts, brother, boat, sadness, massachusetts, loss, ...
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13 Reasons Why
Cast
Dylan Minnette Dylan Minnette
Grace Saif Grace Saif
Christian Navarro Christian Navarro
Alisha Boe Alisha Boe
7.5 4.6K votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 49
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.
Style:  dark
Plot:  suicide, rape, sexual abuse, based on novel or book, depression, loss, high school, sodomy, ...
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Calle Malaga
Cast
Carmen Maura Carmen Maura
Marta Etura Marta Etura
Ahmed Boulane Ahmed Boulane
Miguel Garcu00e9s Miguel Garcu00e9s
7.4 53 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Morocco, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:  Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to get her home and her belongings back and, unexpectedly, rediscovers love and sensuality.
Style:  romantic
Plot:  sexual desire, mother daughter relationship, loss of home, old people, wistful, amused, excited, parents home
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Collateral Beauty
Cast
Will Smith Will Smith
Edward Norton Edward Norton Kate Winslet Kate Winslet
Michael Peu00f1a Michael Peu00f1a
7.2 5.6K votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 97 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Style:  shocking
Plot:  friendship, despair, group therapy, loss, grief, death, grieving father, actor, ...
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Lars and the Real Girl
7.2 2.1K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 107 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
Style:  lighthearted
Plot:  dying and death, shyness, wisconsin, delusion, lone wolf, loss, loneliness, doll, ...
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Gravity
Cast
Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock
George Clooney George Clooney
Ed Harris Ed Harris
Orto Ignatiussen Orto Ignatiussen
7.2 16.4K votes
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Plot:  space mission, loss, space, astronaut, space station, trapped in space, reflective, hopeful
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Rocky IV
7.1 4.9K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to face – a fight to the finish, in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country!
Plot:  dying and death, friendship, transporter, sports, loss of loved one, soviet union, boxer, kgb, ...
Time:  cold war
Place:  siberia
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A Ghost Story
Cast
Casey Affleck Casey Affleck
Rooney Mara Rooney Mara
McColm Cephas Jr. McColm Cephas Jr.
Kenneisha Thompson Kenneisha Thompson
7.1 2.5K votes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 93 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
Plot:  sadness, house, loss, grief, morality, construction, death, ghost, ...
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Holiday Heart
Cast
Ving Rhames Ving Rhames
Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard
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Jesika Reynolds
Mykelti Williamson Mykelti Williamson
7.0 23 votes
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Country: United States of America
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds relief from heartache and a renewed sense of purpose when he steps in as a father figure to Niki and welcomes the two women into his life. But when Wanda becomes romantically involved with her drug dealer, Silas, it may endanger Niki and threaten to destroy the makeshift family.
Plot:  drug dealer, drag queen, christianity, drug addiction, loss, police officer, gay parent, fatherhood, ...
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Dogs Don't Wear Pants
Cast
Pekka Strang Pekka Strang
Krista Kosonen Krista Kosonen
Ilona Huhta Ilona Huhta
Jani Volanen Jani Volanen
6.9 194 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Latvia
Duration: 105 min.
Audience: 18
Story:  A grieving heart surgeon struggling with the loss of his wife drifts through an emotionally detached life while raising his teenage daughter. His chance encounter with a dominatrix awakens feelings he thought were gone, drawing him into a dark and unconventional world where pain and desire intertwine.
Plot:  bondage, sexual obsession, finnish, dark comedy, suffocation, dominatrix, loss, love, ...
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Winter's Bone
6.8 2.0K votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Duration: 101 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.
Style:  slow burn
Plot:  sheriff, based on novel or book, missouri, suspicion, cover-up, teenage girl, poverty, struggle for survival, ...
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Kinky Boots
Cast
Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton
Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel Ejiofor
Sarah-Jane Potts Sarah-Jane Potts
Nick Frost Nick Frost
6.7 366 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 107 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.
Style:  inspiring
Plot:  factory worker, career, factory, small town, transvestism, drag queen, cabaret, musical, ...
Place:  england, milan
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Happy Gilmore
Cast
Adam Sandler Adam Sandler
Christopher McDonald Christopher McDonald
Julie Bowen Julie Bowen
Frances Bay Frances Bay
6.7 3.4K votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 92 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
Plot:  sports, loss of loved one, golf, taxes, class differences, prize money, driving range, rich snob, ...
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Nothing to Lose
6.6 712 votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 97 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
Plot:  infidelity, rap music, loss, road trip, f word, crook, artifact, sociopath, ...
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Handling the Undead
Cast
Renate Reinsve Renate Reinsve
Anders Danielsen Lie Anders Danielsen Lie
Bahar Pars Bahar Pars
Bju00f8rn Sundquist Bju00f8rn Sundquist
5.9 180 votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Greece, Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:  On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
Plot:  based on novel or book, cemetery, loss, grief, zombie, car accident, death, death of mother, ...
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