dying young movies

La Bamba (1987)
7.182 / 10

Drama, Music

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his...

Beaches (1988)
6.6 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

James Dean (2001)
6.9 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life...

When You're Strange (2010)
7.355 / 10

Documentary, Music

The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim...

The Wings of the Dove (1997)
6.614 / 10

Drama, Romance

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's...

Helium (2014)
7.2 / 10

Drama, Family

A young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about Helium, a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital's eccentric janitor, Enzo, Alfred...

Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)
6.3 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying to hide that he is dying of a terminal disease so...

Jim Morrison: The End (2021)
7 / 10

Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie

Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, in the apartment of his girlfriend Pamela Courson....

Wall Engravings (1968)
7.172 / 10

Drama, Romance

Jeanne looks back on her love for Jean. The melancholic young man wouldn't accept the world as it was, always wishing to depart. She doesn't know...

The Scars (2019)
10 / 10

Documentary, Drama

The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line...

Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story (2005)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary on the life of late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood.

Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell (2000)
5 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940...

Fish in my mind (2012)
6 / 10

Action

Hope (2009)
1 / 10

Drama

Former professional runner Martin dies of AIDS. The terminal stage of the disease is unbearable for him and he asks for the euthanasia of his...