Films about widowhood in the United States

2009 animated film directed by Pete Docter

2012 film directed by David O. Russell

Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves her life in Nevada to drift around the United States in her van. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role.

1993 film directed by Nora Ephron

1987 film directed by Richard Donner

2000 film directed by Roland Emmerich

2002 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

2009 film directed by Alex Proyas

2007 film by Richard LaGravenese

1974 film directed by Martin Scorsese

1999 film directed by Peter Hyams

2011 film directed by Cameron Crowe

2005 film directed by Andrew Douglas

2013 film by Park Chan-wook

2012 film directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg

2016 film directed by Pablo Larraín

Timecop is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by Peter Hyams and co-written by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. Richardson also served as executive producer. The film is based on Timecop, a story created by Richardson, written by Verheiden, and drawn by Ron Randall, which appeared in the anthology comic Dark Horse Comics, published by Dark Horse Comics. It is the first installment in the Timecop franchise.

2016 film by Ben Stiller

Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. Based on the coming out of Mills' father at the age 75, five years before his death, it tells the story of a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman dealing with father-issues of her own.

1995 film directed by Rob Reiner

1994 slasher film

2016 film directed by Dan Mazer

2022 film directed by Marc Forster

2013 film directed by Lasse Hallström

2018 film directed by Steve McQueen

2005 film by Adam Shankman

1984 British film by Robert Benton

1955 film by Douglas Sirk

1999 film directed by Luis Mandoki

2000 film by Stephen Kay

2009 film by Brandon Camp

1999 film by Mark Pellington

2009 film directed by Oren Moverman

2020 film directed by Tim Hill

2018 film directed by Bill Holderman

1980 film directed by Peter Medak

2013 film by Jeff Tremaine

1988 film by Richard Benjamin

2005 film by Raja Gosnell

2025 film directed by Christopher Landon

1964 film by J. Lee Thompson

2012 film by Henry Alex Rubin

2002 drama film directed by Tom Shadyac

2007 film directed by Susanne Bier

2015 film directed by Gabriele Muccino

1976 film by Brian De Palma

2017 film directed by Franck Khalfoun

2007 film by James C. Strouse

2021 film directed by Paul Weitz

1968 film by Melville Shavelson

1989 television film directed by Sandor Stern

1992 film by Tony Randel

2013 film by Arie Posin

1996 film by Michael Pressman

1996 film directed by Steve White

2006 film by J. S. Cardone

2017 film by Ritesh Batra

1963 film by Vincente Minnelli

1950 film by Don Hartman

1934 film by Lloyd French