Movies and TvShows featuring "dead-body-washed-ashore" theme.

A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home. Hank Thompson, on the verge of suicide, finds a dead man washed ashore. He discovers that the body, named Manny, has the ability to fart so strongly that it propels them across the water like a jet ski. Hank and Manny explore the island, with Hank teaching Manny about life and love. They build structures, act out scenes, and eventually find hope in a connection to a woman named Sarah. However, their journey is not without obstacles, including a bear attack and a discovery that Sarah is married with a daughter. In the end, Hank and Manny are separated, leaving Hank arrested and Manny carried away by his explosive farts. Despite the chaos that ensues, Hank's father, Chrissy, and Hank himself find solace in Manny's departure.

Set in the 1930s, Islands in the Stream follows a sculptor named Thomas Hudson who lives on an island in the Bahamas. During World War II, his estranged father visits him, sparking a journey of grief and loneliness as they confront their troubled past. The story explores themes of family, loss, and the effects of war.

Sam Moran is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found murdered at the party of a wealthy young playboy, he seeks the truth about the murder. Convinced the playboy is guilty, he enlists the help of his friend Kittibelle, who runs an alcohol abuse treatment center. Sam runs into a wall of silence obviously built by hush money and islanders fearful of reprisals from the rich and powerful family. The determined dad fights to uncover the information that will land the murderer in jail as he avenges the death of his daughter.

Beginning in the reality of American middle-class life, Picnic portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast off. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.

Madeline carves a cross in memory of her husband, lost at sea. A sculptor recognizes her skill and invites Madeline to leave her fishing village and come to the big city. Later, the memory of the cross comes to her mind at difficult moments.

During the year of the repressive military regime, a Turkish writer gets disillusioned by the loss of a dear friend and retires to his hometown on a remote island where he feels safe from the political turmoil. There he escapes to the world of memories, having imaginary conversations with his dead friend. However, the news of a new murder alerts him to the dangers lying ahead. Shot in Turkey following the years of military regime, Av Zamani carries autobiographical elements as the director Erden Kiral also had to flee the repressive regime of his country to be an exile in Germany. The weakness of the film is that the director is not able to take enough distance from the events to give the story a more universal appeal. Av Zamani was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival 1988.