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Loss of a Child or Young Adult Movies

These deeply moving films explore every parent’s worst fear with sensitivity and truth. They offer solace to those facing unimaginable loss and help others understand the profound impact of losing a child.

"Grave of the Fireflies"

By Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata’s 1988 masterpiece “Grave of the Fireflies,” produced by Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli, is cons…

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"Suncoast"

By Laura Chinn

Weaving together differing views on end-of-life ethics and a teenager’s coming of age, “Suncoast,” writer-director Laura…

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‘Hamnet’

By Chloé Zhao

Filmmaking often simplifies and embellishes such subjects, but the 2025 film “Hamnet” by Chloé Zhao dives into the rawes…

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“Ordinary People”

By Robert Redford

In Robert Redford’s 1980 directorial debut, a wealthy family deals with coping with loss as they struggle with the death…

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"My Sister's Keeper,"

By Nick Cassavetes

“My Sister’s Keeper” is not for the faint of heart. Directed by Nick Cassavetes and based on Jodi Picoult’s bestselling …

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"Over the Moon"

By John Kahrs

“Over the Moon,” distributed by Netflix, is a colorful computer-animated children’s musical. The protagonist, Fei Fei, b…

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"The Three Lives of Thomasina"

By Ron Miller/Walt Disney

“The Three Lives of Thomasina” is based on the 1957 novel “Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God” by Paul Gallico, …

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"Soul"

By Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar’s animated film, “Soul,” is a whimsical story about an ordinary man. Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher o…

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"The Lovely Bones"

By Peter Jackson

“The Lovely Bones” (2009) should have and could have been a good film. Co-written and directed by Peter Jackson, who’s b…

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"Pieces of a Woman"

By Kornél Mundroczó

“Pieces of a Woman” is a movie on Netflix about a young couple who lose a baby in childbirth, and the aftermath of their…

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"Prayers for Bobby"

By Russell Mulcahy

“Prayers for Bobby,” based on the book of the same name, tells the real life story of Bobby Griffith and, more important…

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"The Drop Box"

By Brian Tetsuro Ivie

On the surface, The Drop Box is straightforward: a touching documentary about an aging pastor in South Korea who dedicat…

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"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"

By Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

It is not surprising thatMe and Earl and the Dying Girl, an award winning coming-of-age film centered on a teen dying of…

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"Après Lui"

By Gaël Morel

Après Lui opens with two male best friends goofing around by dressing up in one of the men’s mothers’ clothes and dancin…

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"Imaginary Heroes"

By Dan Harris

“Imaginary Heroes” is director Dan Harris’s 2004 film about a family’s struggle to cope with the suicide of its youngest…

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"The Fault in Our Stars"

By Josh Boone

The Fault in our Stars (2014) is director Josh Boone’s adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name. On one hand, the b…

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"Rabbit Hole"

By John Cameron Mitchell

“Rabbit Hole” is a 2010 film based on the play of the same name by David Lindsay-Abaire. The story follows a young coupl…

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