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2) My life
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A high-powered executive, diagnosed with terminal cancer, begins filming a home movie he calls "My life," for his unborn son.
3) Powder blue
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
On the gritty streets of L.A., the destinies of four people (an erotic dancer, a grieving husband, a terminally ill ex-con, and a mortician) desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide on Christmas Eve.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano.
Pub. Date
℗2012.
Language
English
Description
In the highly anticipated new season, a newly empowered and increasingly remorseless Walter White (Bryan Cranston) finds himself attempting to control a tenuous empire. But uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. At the end of Season 4, Walt's war with Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) ended in triumphant victory. Now, his transformation from a well-meaning family man into Heisenberg, a ruthless drug kingpin, is almost complete. No longer under the...
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
In season four, Walt and Skyler try to use gambling to explain how Walt has made all of his money; Skyler tries to launder money through a car wash; Hank's discovery of Gus Fring's fingerprint in Gale Boetticher's apartment is enough for DEA and Albuquerque PD to bring Gus in for an interview; and much more.
7) Our friend
Pub. Date
[2021]
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...
8) The Hero
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lee Hayden (Sam Elliot) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories with his former co-star-turned-drug dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter,...
10) Last holiday
Language
English
Appears on list
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...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hazel and Gus share a sarcastic sense of humor, a distaste for the conventional, and ultimately a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Although the two teens face unlikely challenges, their courage and dedication to each other prove that while life isn't perfect, love can still be extraordinary in this powerfully moving film based on John Green's New York Times best-selling novel.
12) Evening
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother?
13) Spoken word
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A San Francisco spoken word artist returns home to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his 'voice' after he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.
14) Kalank
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Hindi
Description
It is the story of lovers not destined to be together. The year is 1945. Satya Chaudhry, the wife of Dev Chaudhry, is diagnosed with cancer, and she is told that she has just a year or maximum of two years to live. Realizing that Dev will be shattered after her demise, she decides to find a second wife for him. Her search takes her to Rajputana, Rajasthan where Roop resides.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Even though his cancer's in remission, chemistry teacher turned meth maker Walter White still can't catch a break. His wife has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law is out to bust him, and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family's future still at stake, Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune--a scheme with a terrible price.
17) Beaches
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease.
18) Garbo talks
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A woman whose days are numbered has one request--to meet Greta Garbo. This comedy relates her son's often hilarious search for the elusive screen legend.
19) Cas & Dylan
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A dying man on a final road trip picks up a free-spirited 22-year-old woman. This unexpected adventure opens their eyes to life's most important lessons, and they end up finding friendship in the last place they ever would have looked.
20) Gold star
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Vicki, a young music-school dropout struggling to make sense of her aimless life, becomes the primary caretaker for her dying ninety-year-old father.
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