The Long Excuse(2016)
A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.
Movie: The Long Excuse
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sachio Kinugasa
Yoichi
Akari
Yuki
Kishimoto
Chihiro Fukunaga
Yuko
Natsuko
Kotoe Kurita
Video Trailer The Long Excuse
Recommendations Movies
Black or White(en)
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Rabbit Hole(en)
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Life As We Know It(en)
After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.
A Home of Our Own(en)
In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey.
Nothing in Common(en)
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
The Shack(en)
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
Eternity(en)
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
Love Happens(en)
Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.
Paradise(en)
A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.
A Man Called Otto(en)
When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
The Meddler(en)
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others - as well as her own - and find a new purpose in life.
Death of a Salesman(en)
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Our Souls at Night(en)
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
The Face of Love(en)
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
The Bachelors(en)
After the early death of his wife, a mourning father moves with his teenage son across the country for a private school teaching job. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women, who help them embrace life and love again
Fathers and Daughters(en)
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Evening(en)
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
A Love Song(en)
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.
Remember Me(en)
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.
My Girl(en)
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
Similar Movies
change, ciclo(en)
OB navigates a laundromat’s nighttime inhabitants while scavenging 50¢ to buy a Hero-themed gumball.
After School(ja)
Ahlan Singapore(id)
Aisyah, an Indonesian student in Singapore brimming with dreams yet guarding her heart behind the wounds of her childhood, is unexpectedly drawn by fate to Liam, an older student whose warmth is wrapped in mystery and shadowed by unspoken sorrow. Their encounter in the Lion City slowly awakens a fragile hope, as if two souls that once recognized each other in silence have finally found their path. But just as love begins to weave its possibilities, Aisyah’s childhood friend—a young man who has long loved her in quiet devotion—arrives in Singapore, unsettling the delicate balance between them. The three are soon caught in an unusual love triangle, a swirling tempest of emotion that demands courage to choose and promises heartbreak for the heart left unanswered.
Mail Companion(en)
A lonely woman finds companionship during self-isolation after the loss of her partner.
Dog Gone(en)
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
I am Leo(de)
Wide meadows, romping in the woods and building cabins. Leo (12) spends the autumn holidays with big sister Noémie and cousin Emil on Grandma Marlies' farm. However when Leo is surprised by what Grandma Marlies calls big news, Leo faces an identity crisis. "I am Leo" immerses itself into the emotional world of a child who is on the way to discover their gender identity. A film about expectations that overwhelm, about thoughts that restrict and about the courage to find yourself.
Thin Places(en)
After her sister Tama’s untimely passing, Birdie learns that the bond between them is stronger than life and death.
Come Back, Little Sheba(en)
A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.
East Lynne(en)
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.
The Book of Sun(ar)
In 2010, at the peak of the Saudi YouTube movement, high school senior Husam finds himself drawn into the world of video production. He’s joined in his pursuit by his best friend Maan, their one-time foe Ibrahim, and Orabi a teacher with a passion for filmmaking. In the middle of their senior year, they set out to produce a no-budget horror movie – a wild adventure that will put their futures at risk.
The Marrying Kind(en)
Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.
On the way back(ko)
A grown son and daughter. Mom and Dad quarrel whenever they get a chance. Family camping for the first time is less romantic than I thought.
Beautiful Something Left Behind(en)
In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.' Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.
Light Bunny(en)
A grieving mother receives a mysterious phone call from her deceased son, but their heartfelt reunion takes a dark turn when he asks her to fulfill a difficult request.
Where Is Dead?(en)
In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother, David. With the help of her family, she gradually learns how to process his passing and cope with her grief. Written, produced, and directed by Jackie Rivet-River, this short film for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films was awarded the Silver Hugo prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as 12 additional awards internationally.
The Next Right Thing(en)
Four peoples’ lives are brought together by the opioid crisis in a small Georgia city. A seasoned firefighter saves the life of a young woman looking for purpose, while grieving parents fight to provide the support their son struggled to find.
When Love Comes(zh)
Laichun, her father and two mothers, uncle and grandfather are of different generations; thus they all think differently. Father is the family head, and because he believes he must continue on the family name ends up taking two wives. His first wife also feels the same way, and so allows the second wife. Laichun feels the abyss between her and her parents and ends up getting pregnant, but hits a wall when her boyfriend does not take any responsibility. When her father is hospitalized, she begins to understand her father and two mothers. She is finally growing up.
Child Bride(en)
Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride.