Movies like Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life (1991) is a romance movie directed by Albert Brooks. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Ghost (1990)
★ 7.2 · 6,248 votes · Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
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2. What Dreams May Come (1998)
★ 7.3 · 2,636 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After Chris Nielsen dies in a car accident, he is guided through the afterlife by his spirit guide, Albert. His new world is beautiful and can be whatever Chris imagines. Even his children are there. But, when his wife, Annie, commits suicide and is sent to hell, Chris ignores Albert's warnings and journeys there to save her. Upon arrival, Chris finds that rescuing Annie will be more difficult than he'd imagined.
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3. City of Angels (1998)
★ 6.8 · 2,474 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Romance
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
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4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
★ 8.4 · 24,752 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.
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5. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
★ 6.3 · 1,417 votes · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.
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6. Ghostbusters II (1989)
★ 6.6 · 5,038 votes · Comedy, Fantasy
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
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7. Enter the Void (2010)
★ 7.3 · 2,068 votes · Fantasy, Drama
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
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8. The Age of Adaline (2015)
★ 7.5 · 7,237 votes · Romance, Fantasy, Drama
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
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9. Arizona Dream (1993)
★ 7.1 · 807 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rebellious young Axel Blackmar gets caught up into the family car business when his cousin, Paul, coaxes him to come to Arizona to attend the wedding of their Uncle Leo. As Axel makes the decision to try selling Cadillacs with his family, he meets an eccentric woman named Elaine and her equally quirky stepdaughter, Grace. Their lives become inextricably intertwined through romance, dreams – and death.
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10. Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
★ 6.4 · 329 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks another rule by revealing her true identity to her living family.
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11. Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3 · 1,438 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
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12. Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7 · 499 votes · Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
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13. The Longest Ride (2015)
★ 7.6 · 3,381 votes · Drama, Romance
The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
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