A group of EOLONM volunteers recently compiled a list of their favorite books and films that cover topics of death and dying. They include non-fiction and fiction, documentaries and dramas. Some are seminal works by noted authors, producers and experts on the topics and others tell the personal stories experienced by individuals and families. We hope you enjoy.
Movies on End of Life
| MOVIES | DESCRIPTION | WHERE TO FIND |
| 7 Songs For A Long Life | 2016 Scottish film about 6 hospice patients | Amazon Prime |
| A Certain Kind of Death | death and no next of kin, next steps? | Amazon Prime |
| After The Rain | cancer, pain, grief, loss | You Tube |
| Alternate Endings | 6 new ways to die in America | HBO special |
| Barbarian Invasions | friends, family, dying | Amazon Prime |
| Beaches | 2 women’s lives intersect | Amazon Prime |
| Blackbird | aid in dying | Amazon Prime |
| Broken Roads | traffic accident kills mom; grandmother | Amazon Prime |
| Casketeers | LED lights, blink, blue rope handles | Amazon Prime |
| Charged | electrocution aftermath | Amazon Prime |
| Coco | great day of the death for all ages | Amazon Prime |
| Death at a Funeral | wrong coffin, total comedy | Amazon Prime |
| Defining Hope | end of life-patient and nurses view | Amazon Prime |
| Departures | Japanese; prepares bodies for burial | Amazon Prime |
| Elizabethtown | cancer | Amazon Prime |
| End Game | choices at end of life | Netflix |
| Extremis | death in a hospital | Netflix |
| Farewell | don’t tell grandma she is dying | Amazon Prime |
| Farewell party | Self-deliverance in senior facility | Amazon Prime |
| Guzaarish | paralyzed man wishes to die | Netflix |
| Here Awhile | 2020 MAID in Oregon | Amazon Prime |
| How to Die in Oregon | original work – 2011 MAID documentary, former NM oncologist Kate Morris was prescribing doctor | Amazon Prime |
| I Didn’t Want That | 5 cases with no end of life plan | |
| Last Cab to Darwin | roadtrip/Australia/access MAID | You Tube |
| Let’s Talk About Dying | ER doctor, slow intubated death | Paramont |
| Life As A House | cancer; rebuild life | Ted Talk with Paul Saul |
| Marvin’s Room | family dynamics at end of life | Amazon Prime |
| Me Before You | caregiver and patient | Amazon Prime |
| Moon Manor | FUNeral of Alzheimer’s man | Amazon Prime |
| My Mushroom Burial Suit | alternative to traditional burial | Amazon Prime |
| On Death Row | Linda Carty | Ted Talk with JaeRhim Lee |
| One True Thing | mom with dementia | You Tube |
| Nurse With The Purple Hair | hospice story | Amazon Prime |
| Paddleton | cancer, aid in dying | Amazon Prime |
| The Bucket List | end of life choices for 2 men with cancer | Netflix |
| The Sea Inside | true story-Spain-wanting to die-30 yrs | Netflix |
| Undertaking Betty | faking a death | Amazon Prime |
| Until Forever | cancer, faith | Amazon Prime |
| What Really Matters At End of Life | palliative care doctor, BJ Miller | Amazon Prime |
| Wit | stage 4 cancer; is this your death? | Ted Talk |
| You Don’t Know Jack | Kvorkian story with Al Pacino | Amazon Prime |
| Youth in Oregon | 80 yr old; drives east coast to west to die | Amazon Prime |
Books on End of Life
| BOOK TITLE | AUTHOR | YEAR |
| Accompanying The Dying | Deanna Cochran | 2019 |
| Advice For Future Corpses | Sallie Tisdale | 2019 |
| Art Of Dying Well | Katy Butler | 2019 |
| Beauty Of Breaking | Michele Harper | 2020 |
| Beauty Of What Remains | Steve Leder | 2021 |
| Beginner’s Guide To The End | B J Miller | 2019 |
| Being Mortal | Atul Gawande | 2014 |
| Best Care Possible | Ira Byock | 2012 |
| Bright Hour | Nina Riggs | 2017 |
| Bridging the Gap | Kimberly C Paul | 2018 |
| Boy, The Mole, The Fox, The Horse | Charlie Mackesy | 2019 |
| Bold Spirit | Tamelynda Lux | 2021 |
| Birth, Breath & Death | Amy Wright Glenn | 2013 |
| Body Made To Win | Joann Love | 2021 |
| Checklist Manifesto | Atul Gawande | 2009 |
| Conversation | Angelo E. Volandes | 2015 |
| Cruel Death, Heartless Aftermath | Barbara Mancini | 2019 |
| Cultivating The Doula Heart | Francesca Arnoldy | 2018 |
| Dealing With Doctors, Denial And Death | Aroop Mangalik | 2017 |
| Death Is But A Dream | Christopher Kerr | 2020 |
| Dignity Therapy | Harvey Chochinow | 2012 |
| Driving Miss Norma | Tim Bauerschmidt + | 2017 |
| Dying, A Natural Passage | Denys Cope | 2008 |
| Dying Well | Ira Byock | 1997 |
| Elderhood | Louise Aronson | 2019 |
| Extreme Measures | Jessica Zitter | 2017 |
| Fighting For My Life | Jamie Tyron+ | 2019 |
| Final Act Of Living | Barbara Karnes | 2012 |
| Finish Strong | Barbara Coombes Lee | 2018 |
| First Cell | Azra Raza | 2019 |
| Five Invitations | Frank Ostaseski | 2017 |
| Four Things That Matter Most | Ira Byock | 2004 |
| God’s Hotel | Victoria Sweet | 2012 |
| Good Goodbye | Gail Rubin | 2010 |
| Grief Dialogues | 61 authors | 2018 |
| Hail And Farewell | Gail Rubin + | 2015 |
| Hard Choices For Loving People | Hank Dunn | 2017 |
| Holding Space | Amy Wright Glenn | 2017 |
| How To Carry What Can’t Be Fixed | Megan Devine | 2021 |
| I’m Dead, Now What? | Peter Pauper Press | 2015 |
| Inevitable | Katie Engelhart | 2021 |
| It’s Your Funeral | Kathy Benjamin | 2021 |
| Kicking The Bucket List | Gail Rubin | 2016 |
| Knocking On Heaven’s Door | Katy Butler | 2013 |
| Last Ocean | Nicci Gerrard | 2019 |
| Let’s Never Talk About This Again | Sara Alterman | 2020 |
| Modern Death | Haider Warraich | 2017 |
| Natural Causes | Barbara Ehrenreich | 2019 |
| On Death And Dying | Elizabeth Kubler Ross | 1969 |
| Preparing For A Better End | Dan & Shelley Morhaim | 2020 |
| Preparing For The Inevitable | Peter Callan | 2018 |
| Scripting Death | Mara Buchbinder | 2021 |
| Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down | Anne Fadiman | 1997 |
| Tea With Elisabeth | 51 authors | 2009 |
| That Good Night | Sunita Puri | 2019 |
| The Day I Die | Anita Hannig | 2022 |
| This Is Assisted Dying | Stefanie Green MD | 2022 |
| Tuesdays With Morrie | Mitch Albom | 1997 |
| Understanding Your Living Will | Ferdinadno Mirarchi DO | 2006 |
| Undying | Anne Boyer | 2019 |
| Unwinding Of The Miracle | Julie Yip-Williams | 2019 |
| VSED Handbook | Kate Christie | 2022 |
| Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking | Menzel, Pope, Quill, Schwarz | 2021 |
| When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi | 2016 |
| When My Time Comes | Diane Rehm | 2020 |
| When We Must Say Farewell | Karl E. Jennings | 2010 |
| Wisdom Years | Barbara Skye Boyd | 2019 |