Loss Of Husband
"loss of husband" Movies and TV Shows
#1
No Way Up
Synopsis:
Characters from different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. A nightmare fight for survival ensues with the air supply running out and dangers creeping in from all sides.
Starring:
Colm Meaney,
Sophie McIntosh,
Will Attenborough
#2
Z
Synopsis:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it's too late to save Z's life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the fact…
Starring:
Jacques Perrin,
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Magali Noël
Plot:
murder investigation,
rally,
right wing,
police,
government,
military,
politician,
1960s,
violence,
political cover up
...
#3
Witness
Synopsis:
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
Starring:
Danny Glover,
Harrison Ford,
Lukas Haas
Plot:
amish,
murder,
train,
love,
police,
crooked cop,
witness,
widow,
corruption,
fistfight
...
#4
What Dreams May Come
Synopsis:
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
Starring:
Robin Williams,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Rosalind Chao
Plot:
afterlife,
underwater scene,
heaven,
hell,
suicide,
soul mate,
death,
death of husband,
funeral,
woman painter
...
#5
Traffic
Synopsis:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and i…
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Michael Douglas,
Don Cheadle
Plot:
mexico,
judge,
cocaine,
interlinked stories,
drug smuggling,
kidnapping,
drug cartel,
drug trafficking,
color filter,
drug war
...
#6
Three Colors: Blue
Synopsis:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of Paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with Olivier, an old friend who harbo…
Starring:
Juliette Binoche,
Julie Delpy,
Emmanuelle Riva
Plot:
trauma,
loss of child,
liberty,
telling a joke,
mourning,
accidental death,
widow,
paris france,
f rated,
female protagonist
...
#7
The Trouble with Harry
Synopsis:
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the comm…
Starring:
Mildred Natwick,
Edmund Gwenn,
John Forsythe
Plot:
corpse,
based on novel,
vermont,
small town,
autumn,
black comedy,
dead body,
cover up,
hunting,
love
...
#8
The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis:
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Starring:
Shelley Winters,
Peter Graves,
James Gleason
Plot:
widow,
preacher,
southern gothic,
spanking,
psychopath,
cult film,
money,
doll,
death,
promise
...
#9
The Great Silence
Synopsis:
A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Starring:
Klaus Kinski,
Luigi Pistilli,
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Plot:
spaghetti western,
snow,
small town,
nudity,
interracial sex,
revisionist western,
italo western,
mute,
winter,
bar shootout
...
#10
The Fly
Synopsis:
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, André. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that André invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber during the matter transference.
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Betty Lou Gerson,
Herbert Marshall
#11
Superman
Synopsis:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Starring:
Ned Beatty,
Marlon Brando,
Glenn Ford
Plot:
superhero,
dc comics,
year 1978,
1970s,
hero,
action hero,
alien superhero,
comic relief,
famous opening theme,
flying superhero
...
#12
Shaun of the Dead
Synopsis:
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Starring:
Bill Nighy,
Simon Pegg,
Peter Serafinowicz
#13
Shane
Synopsis:
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Starring:
Jack Palance,
Van Heflin,
Ben Johnson
#14
Seconds
Synopsis:
A secret organisation offers wealthy people a second chance at life. The customer picks out someone they want to be and the organisation surgically alters the customer to look like the intended person, stages the customer's death, gets rid of the intended person and the customer takes on a new life.
Starring:
Murray Hamilton,
Karl Swenson,
Rock Hudson
#15
Sansho the Bailiff
Synopsis:
In medieval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Starring:
Masao Shimizu,
Kyōko Kagawa,
Kinuyo Tanaka
#16
Practical Magic
Synopsis:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end t…
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Sandra Bullock,
Dianne Wiest
Plot:
loss of loved one,
persecution,
curse,
love,
magic,
witch,
small town,
tragic event,
widow,
exorcism
...
#17
Onibaba
Synopsis:
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughte…
Starring:
Taiji Tonoyama,
Kei Satō,
Nobuko Otowa
#18
Mission to Mars
Synopsis:
When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
Starring:
Don Cheadle,
Jerry O'Connell,
Gary Sinise
#19
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Synopsis:
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Starring:
René Auberjonois,
Julie Christie,
Keith Carradine
Plot:
prostitution,
mining town,
gambler,
western town,
brothel madam,
bordello,
1890s,
brothel,
bathhouse,
corset
...
#20
Malcolm X
Synopsis:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Theresa Randle,
Angela Bassett