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1) Dark victory
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The life of a fast moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live.
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them to the jungle to search for it.
3) Beaches
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease.
4) Mirror
Series
Criterion collection volume 1084
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
Russian
Formats
Description
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Greek
Description
A famous writer is told he has only a few days to live. He meets a young boy on the street, an illegal immigrant from Albania, and decides to take him back home. During the trip, the writer hopes to learn about life and death.
6) Amulet
Publisher
Magnet Releasing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tomaz is a homeless former soldier who takes refuge in the decaying home of Magda, a lonely young woman in desperate need of help as she cares for her ailing mother. At first hesitant, Magda soon welcomes Tomaz into their lives. But as he gets closer to and begins to fall for Magda, Tomaz notices strange and unexplainable phenomena. Something seems very wrong with the mysterious old woman who never leaves the top floor, and Tomaz begins to suspect...
7) Last holiday
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Told by his doctor he has no more than a few months to live, drab British workingman George Bird decides to spend his savings on lodging at a seaside resort. Once there, however, he finds his identity caught between upstairs and downstairs, the guest and the "help."
8) Ondine
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Syracuse, a simple fisherman who catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his trawler nets. The woman seems to be dead, but then she comes alive before Syracuse's eyes and he thinks he may be seeing things. However, with the help of his ailing yet irrepressible daughter, Annie, he comes to believe that the fantastical might be possible and that the woman (Ondine) might be a myth come true.
9) Last holiday
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Georgia Byrd is a department store employee who leads a life of frustrated desires. She particularly likes the bashful salesman from the outdoor furnishings department. But when she learns she only has a few weeks left to live, Georgia gathers her money, quits her job, and flies to the swank European resort she's always dreamed of visiting. Naturally, her new carelessness with money and fearless candor lead everyone around her, including a senator...
10) Babyteeth
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When gravely ill teenager Milla falls deeply in love with petty drug dealer Moses, it's her parents' worst nightmare. But as Milla's first encounter with love brings her a new lust for life, things get difficult and traditional morals go out the window. Milla soon shows everyone in her circle, her parents, Moses, a sensitive music teacher, a promising child violinist, and a charmingly honest pregnant neighbor, how to live like there is nothing to...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shy, neurotic Terry spends his days spying on neighbors through binoculars. One night, he decides to jump off a bridge but can't bring himself to end it all. Nick, a cocky artist with a terminal disease, arrives on the scene, and they make a pact. If Terry helps Nick live out his fantasies in his final days, Nick will pay him back by killing him. The two head out on a road trip, where they drop acid, bowl naked, open old wounds and live life on the...
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. She decides not to tell him and convinces him to visit their family in Berlin. When Trudi dies suddenly, Rudi vows to make up for her lost life and takes his last journey to Tokyo in the midst of the cherry blossom festival.
13) The end
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When California real-estate agent Wendell "Sonny" Lawson is told that he only has six months to live, he decides to try and beat the grim reaper to the punch. After a failed overdose, the hospitalized Sonny finds the solution to his problem in his fellow inmate, the certifiably insane Marlon. As it turns out, Marlon is of little help, botching Sonny's suicide attempts at every turn.
14) Our friend
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Journalist Matt, his vibrant wife Nicole and their two young daughters, have their lives upended by Nicole's heartbreaking diagnosis of terminal cancer. As Matt's responsibilities as caretaker and parent become increasingly overwhelming, the couple's best friend Dane Faucheux offers to come and help out. As Dane puts his life on hold to stay with his friends, the impact of this life-altering decision proves greater and more profound than anyone could...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having discovered that her dying husband has an illegitimate child living in Florida, a devout Christian housewife leaves her sheltered world on a mission to reunite father and son.
16) Big fish
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Bloom is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward, outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At 48 years-old, Manhattan restauranteur Will Keane adores women, but has never thought seriously about marriage or commitment until he meets Charlotte Fielding. As their relationship blossoms, they both realize that this love will last a lifetime, but for Charlotte a lifetime may be much shorter than either of them is prepared to accept.
18) Living
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Within a small cabin cloistered in a netherworld as idyllic as a dream, an ailing mother and her grown son get ready for her passing. As the dutiful son comforts his dying mother in her final hours, heartbreak is inevitable.
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