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- DirectorTal GranitSharon MaymonStarsZe'ev RevachLevana FinkelsteinAliza RosenResidents of a retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend, though they are faced with a series of dilemmas when rumors of the machine begin to spread.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsRémy GirardDorothée BerrymanStéphane RousseauDuring his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsGhita NørbyPaprika SteenDanica CurcicThree generations of a family coming together over a weekend. A sick mother's wish to die before her disease worsens gets harder to handle as old conflicts come to the surface.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsVincent LindonHélène VincentEmmanuelle SeignerAlain Evrard, a trucker who has just finished serving a prison sentence, is forced to temporarily move back to his mother Yvette's house. This forced co-habitation causes all the violence of their past relationship to re-emerge. One day, Alain accidentally discovers his mother has a brain tumor and that she has decided to shorten her suffering by resorting to assisted suicide in Switzerland.
- DirectorChristian ZübertStarsFlorian David FitzJulia KoschitzJürgen VogelBelgium, of all places. What's Belgium got besides chocolates and fries? No matter, this year it was Hannes' and Kiki's turn to choose the destination of their annual bike tour with their closest friends. They all look forward to the adventure, after all they know that what counts the most is the time they spend together. It's only after the tour has begun that Hannes tells his friends that he's suffering from an incurable disease. The trip is to be his last. At first, the group is shocked and helpless, but after they hit the road again, they embark on a wild and one-of-a-kind adventure. Through Hannes, they realize how precious life is. Equipped with a list of things that still remain to do, and aware that nothing will be the same after this trip, they celebrate life as they never did before.
- DirectorJoel David MooreStarsFrank LangellaBilly CrudupChristina ApplegateA man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
- DirectorValeria GolinoStarsJasmine TrincaCarlo CecchiLibero De RienzoIrene, nicknamed 'Honey', has devoted herself to the practice of assisting people who are looking for help; she tries to alleviate their suffering, even when they make extreme decisions. One day she must cope with Grimaldi and his invisible malaise.
- DirectorFernand MelgarPutting an end to your life and sparing yourself, and your closest family, agony? Switzerland is the only country where associations quite legally provide suicide assistance to people at the end of their lives.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsRaquel WelchMichael GrossBonnie BartlettA successful woman's life is irrevocably changed when she is diagnosed with A.L.S. and ultimately finds her living situation impossible to endure.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsRichard DreyfussJohn CassavetesChristine LahtiKen Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAl PacinoBrenda VaccaroJohn GoodmanA look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.
- DirectorCesc GayStarsRicardo DarínJavier CámaraDolores FonziJulián receives an unexpected visit from his friend Tomás, who lives in Canada. The two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, will share emotional and surprising moments prompted by Julián's complicated situation.
- DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataSumiko SakamotoTonpei HidariIn a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.
- DirectorNorberto López AmadoStarsMarta BelausteguiJosean BengoetxeaFernando CayoJulia goes to a hotel in the centre of Madrid with a single suitcase as baggage and chooses to stay at the same room where she lived a vital and unforgettable experience in the past. She hears a song by Leo Ferré coming from the room next door. The laughter and happiness that she hears through the walls bring her back memories of happy times. Someone knocks on the door and she calmly lets her expected visitors in with a smile, knowing that she is ready to carry out her thoughtful decision. While the rain strikes the windows on a gloomy night, the narrative of her passionate life story begins; a secret love, a sudden departure, a trip to an unknown place searching answers, a descent to hell - as if it were an emotionally charged thriller, a life fed by memories emerges.
- DirectorDalton TrumboStarsTimothy BottomsKathy FieldsMarsha HuntDuring World War I, a patriotic young American is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack. Trapped in what's left of his body, he desperately looks for a way to end his life.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsToni ServilloIsabelle HuppertAlba RohrwacherA mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsHilary SwankClint EastwoodMorgan FreemanFrankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsMeryl StreepRenée ZellwegerWilliam HurtA career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsEmma ThompsonChristopher LloydEileen AtkinsA renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
- DirectorJosé CorbachoJuan CruzStarsÁngel de Andrés LópezMaría GalianaElvira MínguezThe small, everyday stories of a group of neighbours who live in a suburb of Barcelona, and the little secrets that they hide.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsSarah PolleyScott SpeedmanMark RuffaloA young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
- DirectorIgnacio FerrerasStarsTacho GonzálezÁlvaro GuevaraMabel RiveraAn astonishing cocktail of friendship, resistance and life set among the unexpected landscape of an elderly care facility.
- DirectorLino EscaleraStarsJuan DiegoNathalie PozaLola DueñasCarla gets a call from the small town where she grew up in the South of Spain. Her father, who she hasn't spoken with in many years, is very ill. She refuses to face it and decides, against everyone's opinion, to take him to Barcelona, where she is convinced they'll be able to save him. They'll travel across the country in a desperate race to steal time from sickness and death, trying to recover lost time. And it is in that flight where the will finally find each other.