Films about the afterlife

2011 film directed by David Yates

1999 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.

1990 film directed by Jerry Zucker

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

2001 film by Alejandro Amenábar

2013 American comedy film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

1998 film by Vincent Ward

2024 film directed by Tim Burton

2003 film by Rob Minkoff

2010 film by Clint Eastwood

1996 film by Peter Jackson

1978 film by Warren Beatty, Buck Henry

2010 film by Burr Steers

R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department, or simply R.I.P.D., is a 2013 American supernatural action comedy film starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. The film was directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi based on the 1999 comic book R.I.P.D. by Peter M. Lenkov and Lucas Marangon. The film also stars Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Stéphanie Szostak, and Marisa Miller.

1943 film by Ernst Lubitsch

1946 film by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

2017 film directed by Charlie McDowell

1941 film by Alexander Hall

1991 film by Pete Hewitt

2023 film directed by Justin Simien

1991 film by Albert Brooks

1940 film directed by Sam Wood

2017 film directed by Kim Yong-hwa

2019 film directed by Marjane Satrapi

2006 film directed by Goran Dukić

2001 film directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz

Eternity is a 2025 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by David Freyne, who co-wrote the film with Pat Cunnane. The film stars Elizabeth Olsen as a woman forced to choose whom to spend eternity with in the afterlife: her second husband of 65 years, played by Miles Teller, or her first husband who died young, portrayed by Callum Turner. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, John Early, and Olga Merediz appear in supporting roles.

1983 film by Douglas Trumbull

2010 film by Keiichi Hara

1998 film by Hirokazu Koreeda

2022 film directed by Sean Anders

1937 film by Norman Z. McLeod

1943 American musical film with an all-Black cast, directed by Vincente Minnelli

1977 film directed by Olle Hellbom

1956 film by Henry King

1990 film by Anthony Minghella

1976 film by Rajkumar Kohli

2021 film directed by Stephen Herek

1989 film by Goran Marković

2015 film by Aleksandr Voytinskiy

2018 film by Kim Yong-hwa

1945 film directed by David Lean

1987 film by Alan Rudolph

2020 film directed by Edson Oda

1999 film by Sohail Khan

1984 film by Alain Resnais

2010 television film directed by Gil Junger

1946 film by Archie Mayo

1985 American comedy film directed by Cary Medoway

2011 television film directed by Gil Junger

1934 film by Fritz Lang

Yamadonga () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action comedy film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by Chiranjeevi Pedamallu and Gangaraju Gunnam under Visvamitra Creations. It stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Mohan Babu, Priyamani, and Mamta Mohandas.

2011 film by Park Chan-wook

2011 film directed by Jang Jin

1980 film by Joe Camp

Taqdeerwala () is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language fantasy action comedy film produced by D. Rama Naidu under the Suresh Productions banner, directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao. It stars Venkatesh and Raveena Tandon, with music composed by Anand–Milind. It is a remake of the 1994 Telugu film Yamaleela.

1987 film by George Mendeluk

1995 film by José Luis Cuerda

1930 film by Robert Milton