Films and TV shows that feel like The Funeral by Band of Horses

A grief-struck, cathartic swell of dread and longing, where mortality is faced head-on and the big, aching chorus turns sorrow into something almost beautiful.

1. Six Feet Under (2001): A family-run funeral home makes death the daily backdrop, with the same mix of dread, grief and strange beauty.
2. Garden State (2004): Zach Braff's indie-soundtrack film opens with a funeral and follows a numb young man coming back to life.
3. Manchester by the Sea (2016): A quiet, devastating portrait of grief and a funeral in a cold coastal town.
4. Wild (2014): A long solo trek through the wilderness to work through a mother's death and regret.
5. Into the Wild (2007): Sweeping American landscapes, mortality and yearning, with a folk-rock soundtrack.
6. A Ghost Story (2017): A hushed meditation on death, loss and time that swells into the same aching catharsis.
7. Rabbit Hole (2010): A couple learns to live with the grief of losing a child, raw and tender.
8. Little Miss Sunshine (2006): A death in the family runs through an indie road trip of the same year, with bittersweet comedy.
9. The Leftovers (2014): A town stuck in grief and unanswerable loss, scored with big, emotional swells.