One of the oldest that I know of is the classic "Heidi".
Heidi is left without a mother first then her father. She eventually is left with her maternal grandfather, who is a mean old hermit type of man who lives in the mountains. He wasn't always like this... he has allowed the grief for his favorite daughter, her moving away then her death to change him.The movie shows how Heidi helps her grandfather find love again.

Another movie dealing with a grief that a bereaved parent has turned into bitterness is the "Christmas Box".
An elderly wealthy lady is in need of live in caretakers for her very large home. She picks a couple with a father who is a workaholic, like her husband was. THe couple also has one child. I will not tell more except.... it is a good movie.

"FairyTale" is a fun film about believing in fairies. It also has a running story line of a couple and their daughter dealing with the death of their oldest child. It shows a little of the difference in the grieving process of the father and the mother. It is an enjoyable movie.

I can't remember the name of this movie, I got it from the Library. It is about a Couple who lost their son in the Korean war at Christmas time. They have shut out Christmas even though they have a daughter. It is ten years later, and their daughter, age around 21, has just had test to see if the lump in her breast is cancer. This is like a kick that gets the father back into the world... he realizes that this could be the last Christmas with his daughter.   Now enters a stranger... a solder from the same war as their son... who has not been able to fit back into the world of "normal" people.
very good film, but it will make you cry.

John Grisham's The Rainmaker
I DO NOT recomend this movie, It kept me up for hours after I watched it and I think about it a lot.... The reason... It is about the injustice of insurance companies and how one killed a poor young man, around the age of my son, because it denied payment for no reason, because it was a corrupt company.
the young man looks like he is really dieing of cancer, either they did a good job on the makeup or they really got someone who was sick to play the part.

  "The Passion of Christ"
Although this film is so close to what actually happened, Mel Gibson did take liberties in making The Passion. one of these liberties is in Mary's part. He added a very realistic emotional aspect to Mary's character and I for one am glad he did. There is nothing in the Bible of Mary cleaning the blood from the scourging of Jesus, but I loved this scene. I can identify, She wanted to help Jesus, but she couldn't... she wanted to pick up his so very valuable blood, it meant so much to her. Maybe she didn't want it left there for people to walk in. I can see all sorts of thoughts Mel must have wanted people to feel as they watched her do this small act of love. Another reason he may have put this scene in was to gave the allusion of time passing. In so many films everything happens so fast with Jesus' last day. But this was not so, all these things took time. Just think of how Mary felt and how the disciples, Jesus' brothers and sisters, and his close friends felt as time slowly passed. This is a movie about the wonderful, personal, yet terrifyingly painful and hard sacrifice Jesus gave to us, because of His love and His father God's love for His creation... US!
OF course, God is the bereaved parent also. He is also grieved for us, He loves and gives us only good. He allows bad to happen, for we are not robots so we are not without sin.

I know there are more that I have seen, will put them up when I remember them...

Please email me any you liked that you want to share....

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