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Films For When A Chapter Of Your Life Just Ended In Silence

Films for when a chapter of your life just ended in silence. Includes Dead Poets Society, It's a Wonderful Life, Modern Times and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Something finished. A job, a relationship, a version of yourself. You are not in grief exactly -- more like standing in a room after the furniture has been moved out.

Dead Poets Society movie poster
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1989 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

About standing in the aftermath of something that is over. The film knows that room.

Knows the aftermath

It's a Wonderful Life movie poster
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1946 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

The tone is between grief and openness. Matches the chapter-ending feeling accurately.

Between grief and openness

Modern Times movie poster
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1936 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

The tone is between grief and openness. Matches the chapter-ending feeling accurately.

Between grief and openness

Sunset Boulevard movie poster
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1950 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

About standing in the aftermath of something that is over. The film knows that room.

Between grief and openness

Apocalypse Now movie poster
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1979 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

The tone is between grief and openness. Matches the chapter-ending feeling accurately.

Between grief and openness

Knows the aftermath

The silence is part of it. Let it be quiet.

Paths of Glory movie poster
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1957 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

The tone is between grief and openness. Matches the chapter-ending feeling accurately.

Between grief and openness

The Lion King movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

About standing in the aftermath of something that is over. The film knows that room.

Knows the aftermath

City Lights movie poster
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1931 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

The tone is between grief and openness. Matches the chapter-ending feeling accurately.

Knows the aftermath

Clouds movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.

The tone is between grief and openness. Matches the chapter-ending feeling accurately.

Knows the aftermath

Life in a Year movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

The tone is between grief and openness. Matches the chapter-ending feeling accurately.

Between grief and openness

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