Movies and TvShows featuring "death-personified" theme.

Soul Eater follows the story of students at the Death Weapon Meister Academy, where they train to become Death Scythes. The main characters, Maka Albarn and her scythe partner Soul Eater Evans, embark on missions to collect evil souls and defend the world from supernatural threats.

After his wife's death, a media mogul is convinced Death is after him. Death takes the form of a young man and strikes a deal with the mogul to be his guide on Earth. In the process, Death falls in love with the mogul's daughter, leading to a series of events that spiral out of control. The mogul's last birthday becomes an opportunity to demonstrate the meaning of true love and sacrifice.

A knight returning from the Crusades questions the meaning of life, death, and God while facing the Grim Reaper in a chess match amid the Black Plague. As the knight and Death play, their surroundings are engulfed in cultural turmoil caused by the plague, and the people try to cope with the devastation in their own ways.

Inferno follows a brother's investigation into a series of mysterious deaths in a New York apartment building. As he delves deeper, he discovers a sinister witch and her plans to bring about death and destruction. With the help of his sister and a friend, he must stop the witch's reign of terror before it's too late.

In this magical film set in Ireland, a man named Darby O'Gill encounters leprechauns and gets involved in a series of enchanting adventures. With the help of the friendly little people, Darby must outsmart the tricky King Brian and save his daughter from the clutches of the banshee. Along the way, he discovers the true power of wishes and the importance of family.

Black Orpheus is a musical drama that follows the story of Orpheus, a trolley conductor and aspiring musician, who falls in love with Eurydice, a young woman from a favela. As their love blossoms, they face challenges from their jealous exes and the voodoo ceremonies happening around them. Tragedy strikes when Eurydice is accidentally electrocuted, leading Orpheus to descend into the underworld to bring her back to life. The film showcases the rich Brazilian culture, samba music, and the colorful celebration of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

In Buenos Aires, a poet known as Oliverio falls in love with Ana, a young prostitute who inspires him to explore the dark side of love and art. As Oliverio questions his own desires and the meaning of life, he delves into the realms of poetry, eroticism, friendship, and surrealism.

Orpheus, a poet in France, gets entangled in a surreal and existential journey when he encounters death and travels to the underworld to rescue his beloved Eurydice. As he grapples with his desires, loneliness, and the quest for the meaning of life, Orpheus faces numerous challenges, including a magic mirror and a series of mystical events. This poetic and thought-provoking black-and-white film explores themes of love, mortality, and the power of art.

In Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Death, personified as a young prince, decides to take a break from his grim duties and takes on human form for three days. While on a holiday in Italy, he falls in love with a beautiful young woman, but his love is tested when he realizes that he must decide between his immortality and his newfound mortal love. The film explores themes of love, mortality, and the choices we make in the face of death.

The Poor Little Rich Girl tells the story of Gwendolyn, a wealthy girl who is neglected by her parents. She dreams of a normal life and finds herself in a love triangle between her father, her stepmother, and a young naval officer. Heartbreak, self-sacrifice, and the challenges of navigating social hierarchies ensue.

In this enchanting fantasy movie, two young siblings set out on a quest to find the Blue Bird of Happiness. Along the way, they encounter various challenges and magical beings, learning valuable life lessons and discovering the true meaning of happiness.

Woody's friends warn him that the groundhog has predicted a blizzard. Unconcerned, Woody decides not to go South with his pals. Soon enough, the blizzard sweeps in and destroys the loony woodpecker's stash of food. Facing starvation, a glimmer of hope arrives in the form of a cat. The cat is also starving and it turns into a match of brawn and wits to see who eats who.

In 'They Caught the Ferry,' a group of bikers race against time to catch a ferry. With death personified chasing them, they encounter various obstacles on the road. Will they make it in time? Find out in this thrilling short film.

This was a man. He lived with his mother. He cared a manor house in the countryside of Chile. One day the man found a bone in the garden. The bone was bored. That was a bone flute. The man with the flute music play. And music song became. The voice of the song begging to seek the other bones of his scattered body. The man and his mother were in those ways of God and hell, looking for the bones that make up the skeleton of that Christian. And give him a Christian burial. And they saw what they saw, they lived what they lived. Many stories lived. And although they did not tell anyone, others told them.

Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.

From his deathbed, David Kane challenges the Grim Reaper to a game of chess. If Dave wins, his life is spared. For every piece lost, someone he cares about will die. Hilarity ensues.

Don Lázaro is a former gunslinger that has left behind his years of violence to care for his granddaughter, Beatriz. The child suffers a terminal disease and doesn’t have much hope to live. Lázaro is visited by a former friend for an appointment that will decide Beatriz’ future.

Rustic personality Trader Korn recounts his surreal adventures in darkest Africa, among the peculiar wildlife and the cannibals.

A beautiful young drifter comes to a small village and battles Death itself to save the man she loves.

A man's life changes forever when death -- in the form of a female grim reaper -- moves in with him and his family, all so that he can buy a bit more time on earth. The only catch is, his family has no idea that their houseguest, a woman their father says is a foreign relative, is there to take their daddy away. Miroslava Stern, Fernando Fernandez and Jorge Reyes star in this inventive Spanish-language comedy.