# Quality Movies In Which \*Nobody\* Dies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340 "2004-05-03T20:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/41 "2004-05-04T01:22:08Z")
From my video cabinet: _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ _Chocolat_ _Harvey_ _Moonstruck_, although I’m not 100% certain on this one ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/42 "2004-05-04T01:29:49Z")
Cujo. Wait…damnit. Carrie…no… Firestarter…no… The Shinning…no… I guess the kid will never expirence the horror of Stephen King. Other movies are: Revenge of the Nerds. Does have like a 5 minute scene full of boobies, but he is a boy, right? Down with Love is good. No bad things in that. Unless he can’t see kissing. Or femals dominating males in a 60s work place. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/43 "2004-05-04T01:30:01Z")
I see somebody beat me to _Almost Famous_ and _About a Boy_. Both flicks are so good it’s almost criminal. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/44 "2004-05-04T01:32:34Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > **That Thing You Do** Excellent choice. I think it would appeal to all age groups even. My first instinct was to say **Nobody’s Fool** but there is a bit where the old, old lady dies of natural causes and Paul Newman gets to leave jail to attend the funeral. If Sheldon is already hip to the fact that people die EVENTUALLY it might not traumatise him too much. I will note that there are a couple exposed breasts (I can’t explain why, but they are in an extremely non-offensive context) so if he’s very young you might want to give it a pass. I recommend it to all the adults though! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/45 "2004-05-04T02:05:19Z")
Does it say something that most of my favorite movies–including the comedies–include people dying? How about _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_? Or _Mary Poppins_? Hey, I don’t thing _Spirited Away_ or _Kiki’s Delivery Service_ have anyone dying. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/46 "2004-05-04T02:19:57Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > 48 Hours? :smack: Wrong Eddie Murphy movie, goober. Try _Trading Places_. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/47 "2004-05-04T02:21:40Z")
About A Boy doesn’t have anyone dying, but a character does attempt to shuffle off this old mortal coil. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/48 "2004-05-04T02:27:10Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > I’m not sure about that. > > There was frequent mentions of their drummers dying, including the one who drowned on somebody elses vomit. Actually, they weren’t sure whose vomit it was. After all, you can’t dust for vomit. I’m pretty sure that nobody dies in **Waiting for Gufman**. Also, I’m not sure but I think that **Blazing Saddles** is corpse free. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/49 "2004-05-04T02:44:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, I’m not sure but I think that Blazing Saddles is corpse free. Nope. Hedly Lamar is killed. “Wow, you shot the bad guy.” How about _On the Beach_? No wait, bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/50 "2004-05-04T02:51:38Z")
Since someone has already given my fave for 2003 (“Lost in Translation”), let me think about my #2: “American Splendor”. Can’t recall anyone dying in that. But maybe I’ll just watch it again to make sure… (Hey, he survived the cancer, that’s not dying, at least for now. Okay?) No one officially died in “Being John Malkovich,” right? Nor do I recall a death in “Eternal Sunshine…”. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/51 "2004-05-04T02:52:09Z")
Hm. Mrs. Doubtfire is good, but there’s the subject of divorce. Hook…rats. Well, Cpt. Hook gets swallowed by the crocodile at the end, but I doubt he’d be too upset about that. Sandlot. Perfect. Nobody dies, it’s about kids, and it’s a fun movie for everyone. Matilda’s good too. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/52 "2004-05-04T03:01:14Z")
_My Favorite Year_ has some crude sexual humour and comical violence, but not death. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/53 "2004-05-04T03:18:43Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > _Mary Poppins_? In the last scene, the very elderly banker is said to have died laughing. But on that note, ha ha, I don’t believe anyone dies in **Sound of Music**. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/54 "2004-05-04T03:38:12Z")
Peter Pan (Disney version) Robin Hood (Disney Version) I’m pretty sure no one dies in either. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/55 "2004-05-04T03:40:45Z")
Attack of the Flesh Devouring Space Worms From Outer Space Chris J. Nanney (Nobody) dies during it. ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/56 "2004-05-04T03:59:52Z")
If you want to simultaneously teach him about irony you could show _Life is Beautiful_ ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/57 "2004-05-04T04:28:44Z")
> [@cmason32](#): > > If you want to simultaneously teach him about irony you could show _Life is Beautiful_ Uhh…unless I’m being whooshed…no. There’s a huge pile of human bones, a huge pile of clothes in a gas chamber, mention of buttons and soap made from the prisoners, and Roberto Benigne’s character dies (albeit off screen…). ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/58 "2004-05-04T07:07:44Z")
Disney’s _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_? No deaths, even though it takes place in WWII. (So…apparently, it’s not “OK” to kill even Nazi commandos who are invading your homeland? But it _IS_ OK to use witchcraft.) _When Harry Met Sally_ didn’t have any death in it, I don’t think. They DISCUSS death at one point, but there’s no actual body count. Tim Burton’s _Nightmare Before Christmas_ doesn’t really have killing in it. (All the undead characters are “alive,” for all intents and purposes.) How about _Mr. Hobbs takes a Vacation,_ or _Dear Bridgette_? No death in those, as I remember. Maybe an old Doris Day movie, or two? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/59 "2004-05-04T08:28:19Z")
American Graffiti, Annie Hall, The Apartment, The Best Years of Our Lives, Chariots of Fire, Dodsworth, Driving Miss Daisy, The Enchanted Cottage, Gentlemen’s Agreement, Gigi, Going My Way, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Last Picture Show, The Lost Weekend, Marty, Meet Me in St. Louis, National Velvet, Raging Bull, Rocky, Sunrise, Shadows, The Shop Around the Corner, The Sound of Music, A Streetcar Named Desire, Sweet Smell of Success. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340/60 "2004-05-04T10:41:45Z")
The Breakfast Club! The Game Bed of Roses Sleepless in Seattle When Harry met Sally National Lampoons Christmas Vacation? I know I’m forgetting somethin’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-movies-in-which-nobody-dies/243340.md?page=4)