Gerçek olaylara dayanan bu filmde, şifahen yapılmış bir anlaşma bozulur ve cenaze evi sahibi Jeremiah O'Keefe (Akademi ödülü sahibi Tommy Lee Jones) aile işini kurtarmak için karizmatik avukat Willie E. Gary'yi (Akademi Ödülü sahibi Jamie Foxx) tutar. Alışılmadık ikili, bu ilham verici hikâyede kurumsal yozlaşmayı ve ırksal adaletsizliği ortaya çıkarırken hem gerilim hem de kahkahalar yükselir.
Teksas'ın küçük, kırsal bir kasabasında, bir cenaze levazımatçısının yanında yardımcı olarak çalışan Bernie Tiede, kasaba halkının en sevdiği kişilerden biridir. Pazarları okulda ders verir, kilise korosunda şarkı söyler ve yardıma ihtiyacı olan herkese el uzatır. Herkes Bernie'yi sever ve takdir eder. Ters giden talihine sürekli lanet eden dul Marjorie Nugent'e banka işlerinde yardım eden Bernie, bir süre sonra kadının kendisine karşı artan ilgisi ve isteklerine yetişemez hale gelir ve günün birinde zengin Marjorie'yi öldürür...
Campbell ailesi Connecticut'ın sakin bir köşesine taşındıktan kısa süre sonra, Viktorya tarzı şirin evlerinin rahatsız edici bir geçmişi olduğunu öğrenirler: Evleri akıl almaz olaylara tanık olmuş bir cenaze evinden dönüştürülmüştür; daha da önemlisi evin sahibinin medyum oğlu Jonah, ruhani varlıkların diğer tarafa geçebilmesine fırsat yaratan şeytani bir ulak görevi görmüştür.Şimdi, ölülerle iletişim kurabilen Jonah, masum ve her şeyden habersiz aileyi farklı türde bir dehşete boğmak üzere dönmüştür ve korkunç şeyler olmak üzeredir...
Bernardo is an undertaker. He runs his mortuary business in the same house where he resides. In the front, he has his clients. And in the back, his dysfunctional family lives amongst coffins, wreaths, and the mischievous but nonviolent ghosts that visit on a daily basis. But when a malevolent entity enters the scene, it wreaks havoc on the already fractured household.
A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.
A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery.
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
In an era of political correctness, identity evolution, protests, cultural scandals, activism, media storms, and other disputes, Jean-Michel, a 70-year-old single man, has lost all his bearings in this society. He lives in a retirement home located in a heritage building, managed with care and precision by Suzanne. Their peace is shaken by the arrival of young activists who demand the destruction of a historic fresco. Overwhelmed by an era dominated by political correctness, Jean-Michel will regain faith in humanity with the birth of an unexpected love.
A plump Munich mortuary worker tracks down and seduces a married subway conductor.
Story follows two best friend on private investigation. They are going to their hometown to prove that Michals mother was killed by his stepmother.
Elvira had a fight with her husband, he went to purchase some cigarettes but he never came back, now Elvira is searching for him.
The Christmas fever of the December time starts with the arrival of an unusual Santa to the city. It will be a storm of exceptional events.
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.
A black comedy set in the Polish immigrant neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn about a man selling tickets to his own suicide to save his father's life.
An egocentric professional mourner reaps the consequences of his ambition.
A.T Shank & Son have a bad day at the parlor when a falling boulder flattens their hearse. Emotional and literal pitfalls lie in wait for the odd couple as they make their way cross country with just a coffin for company. This short animated caper puts the fun back into funeral as their journey and relationship unravel on an epic scale.
Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.
A short documentary about the youngest female funeral director in the Netherlands. What's it like as a young woman working in an industry driven by older men and what's it like to be confronted with death on a daily basis?