Descurajat după o înstrăinare dureroasă de fica sa, antrenorul Frankie Dunn nu este pregătit pentru ca boxoarea Maggie Fitzgerald să intre în viața lui. Dar Maggie este determinată să ajungă o profesionistă și să îl convingă pe Dunn și pe echipa lui să o ajute.
Ramon a fost culcat de aproape treizeci de ani în grija familiei sale. Singura lui fereastră către lume este cea din camera lui, lângă marea în care a călătorit atât de mult și unde a suferit accidentul care i-a întrerupt tinerețea. De atunci, singura sa dorință este să-și încheie viața cu demnitate. Sosirea a două femei îi va schimba lumea: Julia, avocata care vrea să-și susțină lupta și Rosa, o vecină a orașului care va încerca să-l convingă că viața merită trăită. Personalitatea luminoasă a lui Ramón sfârșește prin a-i captiva pe amândoi, care vor trebui să se pună la îndoială ca niciodată înainte de principiile care le guvernează viața. Știe că numai persoana care îl iubește cu adevărat va fi cea care îl va ajuta să facă acea călătorie finală.
Această dramă urbană plină de suspans, regizată de Martin Scorsese, îl prezintă pe Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage), un paramedic aflat în pragul unui colaps fizic și emoțional. Frank lucrează de mulți ani în unul dintre cele mai brutale cartiere din New York și presiunea slujbei sale l-a afectat. Plin de îndoieli, el este bântuit de spiritele oamenilor pe care nu i-a putut salva și, în timp ce își dorește cu disperare să-și dea demisia, forțe externe nu-l lasă să plece.
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers.
O cronică acidă, un instantaneu fără compromis din viața unei familii europene burgheze.
When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by powerful political figures in the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing instantly advance. But after learning of the Reich's horrific plans for the future and the devastating effects they will have on people close to him, John must decide whether or not to take a stand and risk losing everything.
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Upon being informed that he is fatally ill with cancer, Max, who works at a used car store, steals money which his boss has gained through illegal means. When fleeing from the scene of the crime Max crashes his car. He is pulled unconscious from the destroyed vehicle by a homely young woman, Emma, who lives alone on a farm where Max decides to stay in order to hide from the police and his boss.
Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life, you have to live it, and to live it, you've got to share it.
Twelve boys and girls gather at an abandoned hospital to die for various different reasons. There, they find the body of a dead boy. The twelve boys and girl attempt to find the person who killed the boy. During their search, the reasons why they want to die are revealed.
Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years, and when she learns that she is terminally ill, she and her husband Teddy begin planning their joint suicide. She makes sure that her dolls are placed with people who will appreciate and cherish them. The couple refuse to allow their grief-stricken daughter or the solicitous social worker or anyone else to forestall the death they are determined is right for them
Euthanizer tells the story of a mechanic who euthanises sick and old pets as a side job. Despite the grim work, he has a soft spot for the animals. Trouble stirs when the owner of a dog he was supposed to end realises that the canine is still alive. The only innocent party in the drama that ensues is the dog itself.
Sujata, an ideal mother, who battles the most challenging situations one can ever face with a smile.
An attorney comes out of retirement to defend a prominent doctor, who has been accused of the mercy killing of his wife.
At 92 years old, Madeleine decides to set the date and conditions of her death. By telling her daughter Diane and her son Pierre, she hopes to prepare them as gently as possible but it comes as a shock, and their minds are set ablaze. Until the end, Madeleine will keep her dignity, wits, and passion for life as a course of conduct, so she can give them all, and in particular Diane, a touching “final lesson”.
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
The chance meeting of two people at the darkest moments of their lives leads to a bright new beginning : Arthur (around 50) and Claire (around 30) pull each other from the abyss – by trying to save the other they see the worth of their own life.
Ludovico accepted the last choice of his wife, out of love. Now he has to find the courage to reveal this to his daughter.
In this film, the wife of a renowned doctor becomes ill with multiple sclerosis. Trying to spare her beloved husband the ordeal, the woman turns to a family friend, Dr. Lang, to help end her life. When this doctor declines to help with the assisted suicide, however, she is forced to turn to her husband. After much soul-searching, Dr. Heyt, her husband, assists in her suicide. The act, however, is witnessed by a chambermaid, who reports him to the police. Dr. Heyt is put on trial for murder and, at first, Dr. Lang testifies against him in court. Soon, however, Dr. Lang is faced with a similar case in his professional practice and this, along with Dr. Heyt’s impassioned performance in court, convinces Dr. Lang that, in some instances, mercy killing may be the right thing to do.