Network is a No. “Behold … the first man to have been killed because of lousy ratings.”
On the Waterfront — Terry’s friend, and Edie’s brother, Joey Doyle is thrown from the roof; a load of boxes crashes down on Kayo in the ship’s hold; and finally Terry’s brother Charley (Rod Steiger) is killed and hung from a meat hook.
It’s a Wonderful Life — George’s father dies, and George must take over the bank.
The Grapes of Wrath — A sheriff’s deputy kills Casy (John Carradine), and Tom kills the sheriff’s deputy.
A Clockwork Orange — The wife dies, of the couple whose home the Droogs terrorize.
Network — Peter Finch’s character dies on the air.
Giant — Mercedes McCambridge is thrown from a horse and killed; Angel (Sal Mineo) dies in service and his funeral is a memorable scene.
The Jazz Singer (1927) — Al Jolson’s cantor father dies in a lengthy scene as Al sings the Kol Nidre.
Walloon, I can plead ignorance on On the Waterfront and Grapes of Wrath, never having (gasp!) seen them. But Wonderful Life? Only seen it a bazillion times.
kaylasdad, thank you. But if we have to eliminate movies with references to deaths having occurred somewhere, sometime…criminy. 
In addition to what others have said:
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E.T. dies, briefly.
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Well, the lobster dies.
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Technically I don’t think anybody dies, though a main character rapes another main character, which drives her insane. Fun for the whole family!
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Also, the woman is killed with the phallic sculpture. And I think there are images of death in the films they show Alex.
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Don’t they at least lose a patient in the hospital? I honestly can’t remember.
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You have to count that. If not, then Old Yeller is ok if you don’t count the part where they shoot the dog.
Neither of Ang Lee’s “Eat, Drink, Man, Woman” or “The Wedding Banquet” have any deaths in them.
And if I recall correctly, “Amélie” doesn’t either.
What about “American Graffiti”?
In MASH, a patient dies in surgery, and Major Burns blames it on the young Korean nurse.
(The title of the novel and movie is MASH, the TV series is MAS*H.)
Some of the deaths in these movies were already mentioned but a few were left out:
– in The African Queen, the Germans on the boat probably die;
– in A Clockwork Orange, Alex and his Droogs beat up a bum who likely dies from his injuries;
– in It’s a Wonderful Life, in the alternate George Bailey-less universe, Harry Bailey dies when he falls through the ice (and, because Harry wasn’t here to save them later during WWII, the men on the transport also died).
In addition:
– in Some Like It Hot, the Al Capone-like mob boss has Spats (George Raft) killed at the end because he let two witnesses to the massacre escape;
– in MASH*, it’s the middle of a war so there’s death all around;
– in Fantasia, what about the dinosaurs in the “Rite of Spring” section?
In “MASH”, Maj. Burns loses a patient and blames it on an American corpsman played by Bud “Willard” Cort. Lots of other death too.
As for “Amelie”, her mother dies onscreen in the initial bio flashback sequence. How can you forget that? There’s also the neighbor obsessed with her dead husband.
Also in “American Graffiti”, in the scene with Milner and Carol walking thru the junkyard, Milner refers to at least one wrecked “death” car.
I don’t think anyone died in “Deep Throat.”
Actually, the bum doesn’t die. Alex encounters him again years later after serving a prison term for murder (he bludgeons a woman with a phallic sculpture, and she really dies). The bum recognizes Alex and laces into him, encouraging all his bum friends to join in, and Alex’s anti-violence conditioning prevents him from fighting back.
:smack: Oops, forgot about that. I need to see that movie again.
This was awhile back, but, in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, a cat dies from chewing on an extention cord that Chevy Chase plugs in.
Also, in Grapes of Wrath, the grandfather dies while the Joad’s are driving through the desert.
Bud Cort wasn’t in Willard.
/hijack
Agreed, naming movies that don’t contain even an obscure reference to death is not easy. “A Clockwork Orange” is of course disqualified, but it puts a new light on things.
Name a movie in which no one dies, that would nevertheless mess up Sheldon’s sheltered mind no end. 
Bring on the white men in nice jackets.
/end hijack
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Monsters Inc.
The Iron Giant
The Emperor’s New Groove (an overlooked comedy)
Notting Hill
Bridgit Jones’ Diary
Pretty Woman
No one dies except for Hal’s dad, whose last words help to instill in Hal the shallowness that drives the entire plot of the movie!
Several people have already mentioned About a Boy, but aside from the suicide attempt (doesn’t work, so perhaps doesn’t count) there’s also the dead duck. In fact, the title of the German release of the film translates as Day of the Dead Duck.
To Hal Briston – okay, there’s no Sheldon, but how strict do you want to be with the rules of this game? Do animal deaths count? Do off-screen deaths of characters count? Do people who die and come back in some form count? Does reference to the death of a person who was never a character on-screen count?
Especially if the question is anything such as “What is the best movie ever”, or “What movie should they never destroy with a sequel?”
A fish dies in Finding Nemo. For added effect, you could sit the child down with some tuna fish sandwiches and pop the movie in!
It sure has a gothic beginning. It really shocked me, I couldn’t believe that it was such a dark childrens movie. Very Darwin.
When I saw Finding Nemo, I overheard a woman sitting near me telling her toddler son that Nemo’s mom went to look for the other eggs that the bad fish stole. Really.
You could show him Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, but it might leave him whimpering on the floor in a fetal position.
I don’t think anyone dies in The Lion in Winter.
No one dies in Lion in Winter.
Fletch ( I can’t remember anyone dying in Fletch, but I could be wrong.)
Baby’s day out
One of the finest films of the last 15 years I do believe. And no-one dies, but a lot of people get hurt in ridiculous ways.