Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "death-of-spouse"

1. The Prestige (2006)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine

Votes: 1,445,167 | Gross: $53.09M

2. After Life (2019–2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

After Tony's wife dies, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude that takes his old world by storm.

Stars: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan

Votes: 153,863

3. Revolutionary Road (2008)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jonathan Roumie

Votes: 225,377 | Gross: $22.91M

4. The Descendants (2011)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause

Votes: 252,135 | Gross: $82.58M

5. Death Wish (2018)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone

Votes: 76,597 | Gross: $34.02M

6. King of Thieves (2018)

R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A true crime movie about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed.

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Michael Caine, Francesca Annis, Olivia Le Andersen, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 16,480

7. Ghost Town (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Jordan Carlos

Votes: 77,964 | Gross: $13.21M

8. Tenderness (2009)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A policeman works to figure out whether a violent teen murdered his family.

Director: John Polson | Stars: Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, Laura Dern

Votes: 8,212

9. Hometown (2021)

60 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A mystery evil thriller which finds the truth of a recording tape containing mysterious serial killings and unidentified sounds in a small city.

Stars: Eom Tae-goo, Yoo Jae-myung, Han Yeri, Heo Jung-eun

Votes: 413

10. To Dance with the White Dog (1993 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

An unusual love story in which a strange white dog appears and helps Sam Peek, a Georgia tree farmer, cope with the loss of his wife, Cora. Stars Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Christine Baranski, Terry Beaver

Votes: 692

11. Yesterday (I) (2004)

R | 90 min | Drama

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Pepi Khambule, Harriet Lenabe

Votes: 2,485

12. Method (2004)

R | 93 min | Romance, Thriller

A celebrity actress who gets her dream role playing real-life 19th century serial killer Belle Gunness in a feature film, starts to take on the characteristics of the character both on-screen and off.

Director: Duncan Roy | Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, Jeremy Sisto, Oliver Tobias, Carmen Du Sautoy

Votes: 1,043

13. Dark Hole (2021– )

60 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

About a group of survivors who have to fight for their lives against mutants that are created when humans breathe mysterious dark smoke from a sinkhole.

Stars: Kim Ok-bin, Lee Jun-hyuk, Im Won-hee, Cho Ji-Ahn

Votes: 603

14. Crazy Right (2018)

83 min | Drama, Romance

A stash of old cassette tapes may hold the secrets to an alcoholic's delusions after the death of his wife.

Director: Ian Stewart Fowler | Stars: Patrick D. Green, Lindsae Klein, Dennis Fitzpatrick, Michael Draper

Votes: 118

15. Pandora's Box (2002)

R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

Mia DuBois (Calhoun) is a walking cliché--a successful therapist with an unsuccessful marriage. Her husband, Victor (St. John), is more interested in working on his laptop than on her. So ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Hardy | Stars: Chrystale Wilson, Tyson Beckford, Joey Lawrence, Jon Kohler

Votes: 776 | Gross: $0.04M

16. Duck (2005)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama

In 2009, when Los Angeles' last city park is closed to the public, a dispossessed man -- and the duck who follows him as a mother -- quest west, on foot, in search of water and meaning, in the desert that is L.A.

Director: Nicole Bettauer | Stars: Philip Baker Hall, Ian G Lockhart, Buckley Sampson, Jim Thalman

Votes: 344

17. Lifted (2010)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Music, War

13 year old Henry Matthews struggles with life after his reservist father is deployed to Afghanistan. With the help of a local pastor, the boy decides to take part in a local singing contest.

Director: Lexi Alexander | Stars: Nicki Aycox, Uriah Shelton, Dash Mihok, Thad Mickler

Votes: 1,769

18. Aalto: Architect of Emotions (2020)

103 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife... See full summary »

Director: Virpi Suutari | Stars: Alvar Aalto, Aino Aalto, Elissa Aalto, David N. Fixler

Votes: 711

19. The Rebels (2014– )

Comedy

Julie is in over her head when her husband suddenly dies leaving her as sole owner of a pro-football team.

Stars: Natalie Zea, Hayes MacArthur, Affion Crockett, Amin Joseph

Votes: 876

20. Los viajes del viento (2009)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Music

A musician travels a great distance to return an instrument to his elderly teacher.

Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Marciano Martínez, Yull Núñez, Agustin Nieves, Jose Luis Torres

Votes: 2,513

21. Orchestra Seats (2006)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Cécile de France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Claude Brasseur

Votes: 4,445 | Gross: $2.04M

22. La disparue de Deauville (2007)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An inspector who just suffered a family tragedy is looking for a missing older man. Man's family is of no help, or are they hiding something? He is helped by a ghost of an actress who died 30 years ago, or is he slowly going insane?

Director: Sophie Marceau | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sophie Marceau, Nicolas Briançon, Simon Abkarian

Votes: 770

23. Summer in Greece (2015 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rieke and Leonie manage a travel agency in Wuppertal and now Rieke is the driver of the bus of the travel agency on tour in Greece.At night Rieke has arrived at the Piraeus: the bus was ... See full summary »

Director: Jorgo Papavassiliou | Stars: Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Alexis Georgoulis, Jürgen Tarrach, Florentine Lahme

Votes: 89

24. The Stranger on the Bridge (2015 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary

A man talked down off a bridge while considering to kill himself sets out to find the stranger who saved him

Director: Sam Forsdike | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Elliot Benjamin, Jonny Benjamin, Ruth Bird

Votes: 52

25. A Texas Romance, 1909 (1964)

20 min | Short, Biography, Drama

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Directors: Robert Benton, Elinor Jones, Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, Elinor Wright | Star: Pat Hingle

26. La ausente (1952)

112 min | Drama, Mystery

A man suffers great pain for the death of his wife in an automobile accident and decides to investigate the surroundings of the accident that he thinks are mysterious

Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Rosita Quintana, Andrea Palma, María Douglas

Votes: 39

27. The Queen and Her Prime Ministers (2012 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

No other head of state has been in power for as long as Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, no other ruler has had such a lasting impact on our epoch. We investigate the fine balance of ... See full summary »

Directors: Tristan Chytroschek, Larissa Klinker, Katharina Wolff | Stars: Judy Wade, Robert Lacey, Michael Cockerell, Hugo Vickers

Votes: 28

28. The Inner Tour (2001)

97 min | Documentary, History

Documentarian Ra'anan Alexandrowicz accompanies a Palestinian tour group on a three-day sight-seeing trip to Israel.

Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Votes: 123

29. You Only Live Twice: The Radio Play (1990 Video)

90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A dramatisation for radio by Michael Bakewell of Ian Fleming's classic story. James Bond 's wife Tracey has been murdered by his deadly enemy, Blofeld. He has gone completely to pieces and ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Bakewell, Gordon House | Stars: Michael Jayston, Ronald Herdman, Sayo Inaba, Maxine Audley

Votes: 10

30. Tainted Love (2015)

PG-13 | Biography

Rachel Anderson's struggle to maintain hope amidst the vehement tug of war between the relationship of father and daughter and that with her fiancé, Akil Williams, her true love.

Director: Rachel Anderson | Stars: Elizabeth Brantley, Azrielle Brooks, Ann Cabano, Sarah Diane

Votes: 11

31. Flicker Memories (1941)

Approved | 8 min | Short, Comedy

In this Pete Smith Specialty, we see clips from several unidentified silent movies that are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

Star: Pete Smith

Votes: 208

32. Blazing Love (1916)

50 min | Drama

Young Margaret Walsh's husband dies while on a polar expedition. Grief-stricken, she consents to marry Morgan Delafield, a much-older man who is a close friend of her father. However, it's ... See full summary »

Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Frank Burbeck, Mattie Ferguson, Frank Goldsmith, Louise Huff

33. American Masters (1985– )
Episode: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on Gene Kelly.

Director: Robert Trachtenberg | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Fred Astaire, Jeanine Basinger, Betsy Blair

Votes: 377

34. Joséphine, ange gardien (1997– )
Episode: La couleur de l'amour (2005)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Joséphine has a new mission: "Aminata".Aminata is a Senegalese woman who has met through internet Thomas, a young French farmer and has come to France for their wedding.

Director: Laurent Lévy | Stars: Mimie Mathy, Philippe Caroit, Esse Lawson, Geneviève Mnich

Votes: 11

35. Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode: Murder Plays Charades (1960)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Mike is hired to investigate the murder of Voltane, a magician appearing at a charity event. He soon discovers that the magician and his lovely assistant, Kara, where married and ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Stewart | Stars: Richard Denning, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley

Votes: 21

36. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
Episode: Four Blind Mice (1958)

26 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man Mike helped get paroled from prison gets an anonymous letter accusing his wife of infidelity. Mike learns he's bought a gun illegally and tries to convince the ex-con's spouse to quit... See full summary »

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Darren McGavin, Bart Burns, Paul Langton, June Dayton

Votes: 20

37. Inga Lindström (2004– )
Episode: Sommerlund für immer (2014)

88 min | Drama, Romance

The widower Bertil Hanson has dedicated all his time to his work and the education of his son Paul. At Sommerlund Britta Ingerson restores old boats and works also in a call-center.

Director: Ulli Baumann | Stars: Anna Rot, Mathis Landwehr, Angela Roy, Michael Greiling

Votes: 35

38. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Einstein: Chapter Nine (2017)

TV-14 | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History

Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.

Director: Kenneth Biller | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Ralph Brown, Richard Topol, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 702