6 Best Funeral Director and Mortuary Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 1, 2026

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The dark comedy and quiet dignity of the funeral business has powered some of cinema’s most unexpectedly moving stories.

Get Low (2009) 01

Get Low (2009)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A reclusive hermit hires a funeral director to plan his own elaborate living funeral to hear what people say about him.

Departures (2008) 02

Departures (2008)

IMDb ★ 8.1

A failed cellist finds unexpected purpose and dignity working as a ritual mortician preparing the dead.

Death at a Funeral (2007) 03

Death at a Funeral (2007)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A family's funeral for their patriarch spirals into chaos, blackmail, and dark comedy.

My Girl (1991) 04

My Girl (1991)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A lonely young girl growing up in her father's funeral home forms a deep bond with the boy next door.

Harold and Maude (1971) 05

Harold and Maude (1971)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A death-obsessed young man who stages elaborate fake suicides falls for a life-loving elderly woman he meets at funerals.

The Loved One (1965) 06

The Loved One (1965)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A young Englishman navigates the absurd and morbidly funny excesses of the American funeral industry.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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