Funeral Movies

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In fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and Germany, but above all, the paths the dead take to return...

In 2004 Sheldon Oberman, a Jewish storyteller from Winnipeg, passed away. At his funeral the presiding Rabbi said that Sheldon’s spirit was...

An angsty teen organizes his grandma's funeral upon realizing that it could be a way to win his crush's heart.

Ruben begins having blissful, heavenly dreams. But things take a dark turn when he no longer wants to wake up.

An Israeli Mossad agent realizes he's dead and attends his own funeral.

Phil, a Vietnam War veteran and aspiring performer, stumbles upon a chest containing the spirit of a medieval jester and killer known as Chicot....

Two brothers want to send off their late pet fish in their park's pond. The pair then find themselves stuck in the water, which leads to a discussion...

A six minute film of the funeral of the murdered Metropolitan Emilianos of Grevena, of which all has been lost, save for 17 seconds. Emilianos was...

A man seeks help in planning his funeral from a surprisingly experienced consultant.

A young man believes he's turning into a werewolf after being attacked by an unseen assailant.

It is not often that your patrons will get a chance to take a trip through a veritable Garden of Eden. On his trip Burton Holmes will show them many...

In 1989, Emperor Shōwa passed away. The procession was televised, and between 800,000 and 2 million people watched it in person.

From Jaipur to Agra and Calcutta is a wonderful trip, and Burton Holmes shows some of the quaintest and queerest sights in the world, among them the...

Engineer Maric finds out about an affair between his wife Rina and his best friend, a lawyer Novakovic. Maric leaves the house with suicidal...

For most of us a funeral is traditionally a modest, somber affair, but there are some families who are prepared to go above and beyond to ensure...

There is a special moment in the lives of the that can be described by a single word: Mabadong. Toraja funerals are as they were 500 years ago. The...

A newsreel depicting the funeral of Burmese independence activist U Htun Shein.

Jacob is dying and due to his sever case of social anxiety is unable to interact with others. After finding out that he is going to die, he organizes...