Movies to get through waves of grief

[Anonymous]

These waves come and go.
November death was the worst after many other deaths prior to that.
Family and friends.
I’m in my late 40s.
I thought I was ok but today’s mood change out of nowhere told me the pain is raw.
I would be grateful for any movie suggestions which could help to just live through this stage...
Probably at some point grief will turn into something more manageable, milder although still sad.

[Anonymous]

Not a movie but Schitt’s Creek is a great series - I binged at the start of the pandemic when my anxiety was at an all-time high and it was a real comfort/escape.

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Wild

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What Dreams May Come

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Tree of Life

Trip to Bountiful

Grapes of Wrath (w/Henry Fonda)

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Nomadland

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I’ve lost too many loved ones in my life.

When I go through my waves of grief, I stick to mind-numbing, light, and fickle shows. I can’t deal with anything ‘heavy’ or serious. Any trash reality show on E! works for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What Dreams May Come

I vote against this one. Can send you into deep depression if you are in grief. There is a lot of deep dark feelings in it.

Okay to watch any other time.

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I watched and liked spy and the heat.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve lost too many loved ones in my life.

When I go through my waves of grief, I stick to mind-numbing, light, and fickle shows. I can’t deal with anything ‘heavy’ or serious. Any trash reality show on E! works for me.

Agree with this. I watched all four seasons of "Nailed It" on Netflix and felt much better.

[Anonymous]

Agree with trash reality. Also the new coming to america is surprisingly funny.

I'm sorry for your losses, OP.

[Anonymous]

You may find helpful the movies that deal with people feeling or seeking getting in touch with people on the other side
that are not cheesy creepy or goofy but those who seriously and respectfully address the concept of afterlife.

Hereafter with Matt Diamond
Matt Damon is a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife.

If you are a Christian you might like this one, it is bit on a spiritual side but less then most of typically Christian movies
and Greg Kinnear somehow makes it watchable.
Heaven Is for Real is a 2014 American Christian drama

[Anonymous]

You may also engage in some endless episodes series like.. Downton Abbey or The Crown or anything that is long and shows lots of people over time that help to somehow embrace the passage of time and heal through the experiences on the screen of other characters that don't hurt because you are outside of them.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry for your losses, OP.

Are you looking for something cathartic like Steel Magnolias (oldie but goodie), or something light and distracting?

[Anonymous]

Stand up comedies on Netflix can remove you very fast and very far from sadness and pain even if it is for a short time but
they are very effective in giving a break. Not removing the grief but kind of putting it on short hold that you may need.