Ten Favorite Movies About the Afterlife

(in order of preference, and distinct from my ten favorite movies about ghosts)

1. After Life (directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu, 1998)

2. Nine Days (directed by Edson Oda, 2020)

3. Defending Your Life (directed by Albert Brooks, 1991)

4. The Tree of Life (directed by Terrence Malick, 2011)

5. A Matter of Life and Death (directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946)

6. Dick Johnson Is Dead (directed by Kirsten Johnson, 2020)

7. The Rapture (directed by Michael Tolkin, 1991)

8. Heaven Can Wait (directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry, 1978)

9. The Fountain (directed by Darren Aronofsky, 2006)

10. Wristcutters: A Love Story (directed by Goran Dukić, 2006)

— January 8, 2022

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