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* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola always intended to dedicate ''Film/{{Megalopolis}}'' to his wife Eleanor. She passed away on April 12, 2024, so the dedication is now posthumous.
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** Additionally, the film was dedicated to Steve Ross, the philanthropist and CEO of Time Warner who died a year before the film's release and was the person who helped inspire Creator/StevenSpielberg to develop the film.
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* The 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot is dedicated to Creator/HaroldRamis, who co-wrote [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first two films]] and played Egon Spengler in both. A bust of Ramis appears in the film, and his son Daniel makes a brief appearance in one scene.
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** The 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot is dedicated to Creator/HaroldRamis, who co-wrote [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first two films]] and played Egon Spengler in both. A bust of Ramis appears in the film, and his son Daniel makes a brief appearance in one scene.
** The 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot is dedicated to Creator/HaroldRamis, who co-wrote [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first two films]] and played Egon Spengler in both. A bust of Ramis appears in the film, and his son Daniel makes a brief appearance in one scene.
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** ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'' is dedicated to Creator/IvanReitman, who directed and produced the first two films, co-produced ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' and ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'', [[DiedDuringProduction and was involved in production for this film before his death in February 2022]].
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* ''Film/BlackHawkDown''; the first end card lists the soldiers who were killed during the battle depicted in the film, plus the name of a soldier who was killed a few days later in a mortar attack. The film is also dedicated to Creator/RidleyScott's mother, Elizabeth Jean Scott.
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** The film was also dedicated to the memory of Peter Ronald Owen and Daniel Harris. Harris went uncredited as a man in the carnival scene.
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* ''[[Film/NightAtTheMuseum Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb]]'' has "In loving memory of Creator/MickeyRooney... and for Creator/RobinWilliams. Magic never ends".
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* ''Film/ElectricDreams'' was dedicated to the memory of the Univac I (the first computer designed from the outset with buisness and administrative purposes). This film was made in 1984, the year that personal home computers really started to take off with the general public.
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* ''Film/ElectricDreams'' was dedicated to the memory of the Univac I (the first computer designed from the outset with buisness business and administrative purposes). This film was made in 1984, the year that personal home computers really started to take off with the general public.
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** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' is dedicated to the memory of Henson, being the last film he worked on. Henson's children [[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20114846,00.html criticized]] the dedication, claiming that Jim found (and would still find in the present day were he still alive) the action and violence of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the overall TMNT franchise]] to be "excessive, pointless and not his style" and thus that he only did the first film's suits for the art.
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* ''Film/SupermanReturns'' was dedicated to Christopher and Dana Reeve.
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** The first''Film/{{Superman}}'' ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' film was dedicated to cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth.
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*** The end credits to ''Wakanda Forever'' also include dedications for Dorothy Steel (who played the Merchant Tribe Elder), two members of the crew, and Creator/WinstonDuke's mother who all passed away during production of the movie.
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* ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark1988'' is dedicated to Robert Redding, a close friend and collaborator of Cassandra Peterson, who died of AIDS.
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* ''Film/{{Mandy}}'': At the end of the credits there is a dedication to the late Music/JohannJohannsson, who composed the score for this film.
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** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' is dedicated to the memory of Henson, being the last film he worked on. Henson's children [[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20114846,00.html criticized]] the dedication, claiming that Jim found (and would still find in the present day were he still alive) the action and violence of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the overall TMNT franchise]] to be "excessive, pointless and not his style" and thus that [[DoingItForTheArt he only did the first film's suits for the art]].
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* ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' was dedicated to Creator/MichaelNyqvist, who played Viggo Tarasov in the first film.
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* ''Film/EightBelow'' is dedicated to Koreyoshi Kurahara, who died before the film's release.
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* ''[[Film/{{Grease}} Grease: Live!]]'', which featured Creator/VanessaHudgens as Rizzo, bears a dedication to her father, Greg Hudgens, who died of cancer before the premiere.
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* ''Film/{{Bethany}}'' is dedicated to the memory of Henriette Bressack (1923-2012).
* The movie version of ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' is dedicated to "the fifty" -- the 50 RealLife fugitives shot by the Gestapo.
* The last three films that legendary stunt man [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_Robinson Dar Robinson]] worked on before his death (''Film/{{Cyclone}}'', ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/MillionDollarMystery'') were all dedicated to his memory.
* ''Film/{{Alive}}'' (1993), a dramatization of the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, was dedicated to "the 29 who died on the mountain and the 16 who survived".
* ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]]''[=/=]Creator/JimHenson films:
** ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' is dedicated to Edgar Bergen, one of Henson's biggest influences, who made a cameo in the film.
** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' is dedicated to the memory of Henson, being the last film he worked on. Henson's children [[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20114846,00.html criticized]] the dedication, claiming that Jim found (and would still find in the present day were he still alive) the action and violence of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the overall TMNT franchise]] to be "excessive, pointless and not his style" and thus that [[DoingItForTheArt he only did the first film's suits for the art]].
** ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', the first Muppet film to come out after Henson's death, was also dedicated to him, as well as to Muppet performer Richard Hunt, who died during pre-production.
** ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' is dedicated to Jerry Nelson (one of the original Muppet performers) and Jane Henson (Jim's wife).
* ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid'' was dedicated to legendary costume designer Edith Head, who worked on the film and died before it was released. The entire film itself is also something of a tribute to her, as it includes many clips from 1940s and '50s films, several of which feature her work.
* When the 1980 film {{Film/The Ninth Configuration}} was remastered in 2016, a dedication was seen after the closing credits to Peter Vincent Galahad Blatty, (the late son of William Peter Blatty), with the first {{Creator/Lorimar}} theme playing over it.
* Creator/PaulThomasAnderson did this a lot in his films:
** ''Film/BoogieNights'' was dedicated to actor Robert Ridgely (who played The Colonel James) and his father, television presenter Ernie Anderson, who both died before the film's release.
** ''{{Film/Magnolia}}'' had "for fa and ea" listed at the end of the credits. FA stands for Music/FionaApple, singer-songwriter and Anderson's girlfriend at the time, while EA stands for Ernie Anderson. Though Apple didn't die, Anderson did and his death served as an inspiration for the film.
** He dedicated ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' to the memory of film director (and one of Anderson's biggest influences) Creator/RobertAltman, who passed a year before the film's release.
** ''Film/PhantomThread'' was dedicated to the memory of film director Creator/JonathanDemme, who died during production. Like Altman, Demme is one of Anderson's biggest influences.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' features a dedication to Creator/PhilHartman after the closing credits, including an outtake along with the dedication.
* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'' featured a dedication reading simply "For Creator/{{Douglas|Adams}}."
* ''Film/{{Contact}}'' features the dedication "For Creator/{{Carl|Sagan}}" (who wrote [[Literature/{{Contact}} the original novel]] and the screenplay) at the end of the film.
* ''Film/{{UHF}}'' is dedicated to Trinidad Silva, who died in an auto accident before filming all his scenes as Raul.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': "In memory of our friends Creator/HeathLedger & Conway Wickliffe" -- Wickliffe was a special effects technician who was [[FatalMethodActing killed during filming]]. When Ledger died, Creator/WarnerBros also dedicated their entire ''Dark Knight'' website to him with a splash page that featured a eulogy about his life.
** ''Film/TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus'' was also dedicated to Ledger, as well as William Vince, who served as co-producer on the film.
* ''Film/SupermanReturns'' was dedicated to Christopher and Dana Reeve.
** The first ''Film/{{Superman}}'' film was dedicated to cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth.
* ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' was dedicated to Creator/StanWinston.
* Stan Winston also shared an 'In Memoriam' with Michael Crichton (both died in 2008) after the last part of the 'Return to Jurassic Park' featurette series covering the making of all three ([[Film/JurassicWorld at the time]]) films, created for the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' Trilogy boxed set.
* The American remake ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'' has one for Tomoyuki Tanaka, the creator of ''Franchise/{{Go|dzilla}}jira''.
** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', meanwhile, was dedicated to both Yoshimitsu Banno (director of ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'' and producer of both Legendary [[Film/Godzilla2014 Godzilla]] films) and Haruo Nakajima ([[TheOriginalDarrin the original Godzilla actor]]). The latter of whom was presented with a behind the scenes still from ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' while Godzilla’s classic theme and roar are heard.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/IronMan2'' was dedicated to DJ AM, who had a cameo in the film AsHimself.
** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' was dedicated to Don Payne, who was a co-writer on the film and [[{{Film/Thor}} its predecessor]].
** After Creator/ChadwickBoseman's death from colon cancer, TBS and ABC showed his starring role in ''[[Film/BlackPanther2018 Black Panther]]'' the following weekend. The TBS broadcast opened with a message saying, "Chadwick Boseman Rest In Power", while the ABC broadcast closed with a 40-minute special of MCU actors and producers talking about Boseman and finished with words from Boseman himself speaking about the film's legacy.
*** Starting on Boseman's 44th birthday (November 29, 2020) the Disney+ streaming service presentation of the film changed the Marvel Studios montage logo to various artwork and clips of Boseman's T'Challa/Black Panther.
*** ''Wakanda Forever'' uses the same logo and is also dedicated to him.
** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'', released after the death of Creator/StanLee, opens with the usual montage of Marvel characters replaced with the various {{creator cameo}}s he had in Marvel films before thanking him for his hard work. The end credits paid tribute to Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, who worked on the film as a consultant and appeared [[AsHimself under his real-life call sign of "Cajun"]] prior to his death in April 2018 in an accidental plane crash.
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' included a dedication to Lee as part of its re-release's post-credits scenes.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' was dedicated to Lee and Creator/SteveDitko, Spider-Man's creators.
* ''Film/TaxiDriver'' is dedicated to Music/BernardHerrmann.
** ''Obsession'' (his next-to-last score) and ''Film/GodToldMeTo'' (which was to have been his next project) were also dedicated to him.
* In ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', right before the credits: "In memory of Allen Greene," the first agent that director Frank Darabont ever worked for. Greene sadly died of AIDS before production began on the film.
* ''Film/BlueThunder'' is dedicated to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Oates Warren Oates]], who passed away a month after filming.
* Post-theatrical release versions of ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' include a dedication to cinematographer Conrad L. Hall, who died after the film opened.
* ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' is dedicated to Creator/SylvesterStallone's mountain climbing double Wolfgang Güllich (who passed away in a road accident unconnected to the film) and Carolco head Mario Kassar's mother.
* ''Film/{{Adaptation}}'' is dedicated to [[spoiler: Donald Kaufman, fictional character and a credited co-writer, who dies in the film]].
* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' is dedicated to Creator/StanleyKubrick, who began the project decades before Creator/StevenSpielberg completed it.
* ''Film/SchindlersList'' ends with the film being dedicated to the more than six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany in [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the Holocaust]].
* ''Film/TheCrow'' simply has "For Creator/{{Brandon|Lee}} and Eliza".
** ''Film/DragonTheBruceLeeStory'' was also dedicated to Brandon Lee, who died a few months prior to this film's release. Brandon had originally been offered the opportunity to play his father.
* ''Film/CityOfAngels'' ends with "For Dawn", a reference to producer Dawn Steel (who originally optioned ''Film/WingsOfDesire'' for the United States).
* ''Film/StreetFighter'' has a tribute for Creator/RaulJulia at the film's credits that said "For Raúl. Vaya con Dios" (translated to "Go with God" in Spanish).
* ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'' was dedicated to Richard Jordan, who played General Armistead, and died suddenly after filming, and to Mike Shaara, who wrote the novel the screenplay of the movie was based off of.
* ''Film/TopGun'' was dedicated to stunt pilot Art Scholl, who crashed and died while performing a flat spin near the end of the film.
** The sequel ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to the first movie's director, Creator/TonyScott, who [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] in 2012 and was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen initially slated to direct the follow-up.]]
* ''Film/MyDogSkip'' was dedicated to Willie Morris, the author of the book it was based on. He died before it was released, but did live to see the finished product.
* ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' was dedicated to director Creator/{{Ron Howard}}'s mother Jean Speegle Howard, "who loved Christmas the most".
* ''Film/AlmostHeroes'' is dedicated to Creator/ChrisFarley.
* ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'' is dedicated to Creator/NatalieWood.
* ''Film/CanadianBacon'' and ''Film/WagonsEast'' are dedicated to Creator/JohnCandy.
* ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' is dedicated to Creator/OliverReed.
* ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' is dedicated to Music/{{Aaliyah}}.
* ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' is dedicated to Vic Morrow, who was [[FatalMethodActing killed by a helicopter crash during filming]].
* ''[[Film/TheSmurfs The Smurfs 2]]'' is dedicated to Creator/JonathanWinters, voice actor of the live-action Papa Smurf.
* ''Film/TheGreatRace'' is dedicated to [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy]].
* ''Film/GetSmart'': TheFilmOfTheSeries was dedicated to Ed Platt, who portrayed [[DaChief The Chief]] in the series.
* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' is dedicated to longtime [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] film producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli.
* ''Film/PoltergeistIII'' was dedicated to [[Creator/HeatherORourke Heather O'Rourke]], Carol Anne's actress, who died tragically and unexpectedly 4 months before the film's release.
* Billy Crystal's ''My Giant'' was dedicated to Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Crystal's co-star in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
* ''Film/JohnCarter'', directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton, was dedicated to Steve Jobs, co-founder of Pixar.
* ''Film/ElectricDreams'' was dedicated to the memory of the Univac I (the first computer designed from the outset with buisness and administrative purposes). This film was made in 1984, the year that personal home computers really started to take off with the general public.
* ''Film/SavingMrBanks'' is dedicated to Creator/WaltDisney's daughter Diane, who died about a month before its release.
* ''Film/HolyMotors'' is dedicated to Russian actress Yekaterina Golubeva, the woman of director Carax’s life and the mother of his child. She tragically died in August 2011, right before the film went into production.
* ''Film/MulhollandDrive'' is dedicated to Jennifer Syme, who worked as an assistant to director Creator/DavidLynch at the time. Syme died in a car crash in April 2001, before the movie was released.
* The ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series is dedicated to Jane Oliver, to whom Stallone owes his career.
* ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' is dedicated to Creator/RobertLudlum, creator of the ''[[Literature/TheBourneSeries Bourne]]'' series, and Claire Hammond, a colleague of director Creator/DougLiman.
* ''Film/{{Miracle}}'' was dedicated to Herb Brooks, the coach of the real 1980 US Olympic hockey team. He was a consultant for the film's production before he died in a car crash six months before the film was released. The film contains a dedication during the ending credits:
-->''"He never saw it. He lived it."''
* ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast and Furious 7]]'' is dedicated to Creator/PaulWalker, who died in an auto accident in November 2013, while production was still underway.
* ''{{Film/Matilda}}'' was dedicated to Creator/MaraWilson's mother Suzie, who died of breast cancer during production.
* ''Film/GoneFishin'' was dedicated to stuntwoman Janet Peters Wilder, who was [[FatalMethodActing killed in a boat stunt gone wrong]].
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'' was dedicated to Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman.
* ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'', ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'', and ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'' were all dedicated to Creator/DonaldPleasence, who played Dr. Loomis and died in 1995.
** Music/RobZombie's [[Film/{{Halloween 2007}} remake in 2007]] and the [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} 2018 sequel]], meanwhile, were dedicated to Moustapha Akkad, the executive producer of the series since [[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} the original film]], who had been killed in a terrorist attack in 2005.
* [[Main/TheFilmOfTheBook The 2003 live-action film adaptation of]] ''{{Literature/Holes}}'' was dedicated to Scott Plank, who died in 2002 following injuries from a car crash.
* ''Film/LiarLiar'' was dedicated to Jason Bernard, who died of a heart attack in October 1996.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' films:
** ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai'' has one dedicated to Tohru Hirayama (a key creative producer of ''Rider''[='=]s Showa era, sticking around from [[Series/KamenRider the original series]] to ''Film/KamenRiderZX'') and Takao Nagaishi (a long-standing episode director for the first decade of the Heisei era) at the end of the ending credits.
** ''Film/KamenRiderZiOOverQuartzer'' is dedicated to Yoshinori Watanabe, Vice-President of the Creator/ToeiCompany and the man responsible for getting Bandai aboard the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise to make it [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]].
* The extended edition of ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' is dedicated to Andrew Lesnie, Peter Jackson's cinematographer from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' onward who died of a heart attack in April 27, 2015. The Blu-ray featured a four-minute long tribute to him as well. The film was also dedicated to Creator/ChristopherLee, who passed away on June 7, 2015, less than two months after Andrew Lesnie did. In fact a special screening of all of the extended cuts of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' planned for September 12, 2015, was set to be dedicated to him.
* Peter Jackson's ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' says "For Jim" at the beginning; that is producer [[http://www.adamabrams.com/hc/faq2/Section_5/5.2.2.html Jim Booth]], who died in early 1994 before the film was completed.
* ''Film/ABronxTale'' was dedicated to Robert De Niro's father Robert De Niro, Sr.
* ''Film/JerseyGirl''. Before the end credits, a dedication appears to Kevin Smith's father, Donald E. Smith, who died before the film was released.
* Creator/{{Freeform}} did this when they broadcast both ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' film adaptations:
** For two separate broadcastings of [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2005 Tim Burton film]], they ran a dedication card on February 2012 that reads ''In memory of David Kelly'', who passed away from pneumonia, and another on in 2015 for Christopher Lee.
** For the broadcasting of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' on September 1, 2016, they paid tribute to Creator/GeneWilder, who died on August 29, 2016, with the message: ''Thank you for your pure imagination! In loving Memory of Gene Wilder (1933-2016)''
* The 2016 live-action adaptation of ''Film/TheBFG'' is dedicated to Melissa Mathison, the screenwriter and longtime collaborator of director Creator/StevenSpielberg. It was her last screenplay before her death in November 2015.
* The sequel to ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'', is dedicated to Creator/AlanRickman, who voiced the Caterpillar. It was his last film role before his death in January 2016.
** After his death, the Freeform channel had their next ''Film/HarryPotter'' movie marathon with a dedication card of Snape with "Thank you for the magic. In loving memory of Alan Rickman"
* The 2016 remake of ''[[Film/TheJungleBook2016 The Jungle Book]]'' is dedicated to Garry Shandling (who voiced Ikki the porcupine) and stuntman Shawn Robinson.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** ''Film/StarTrek2009'': has a dedication in its closing credits to Creator/GeneRoddenberry (the creator of the franchise, to whom ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' is also dedicated) and Creator/MajelBarrett, his wife, who provided the voice of the ship's computer (among other things), and had recently recorded a cameo appearance in that role for the film when she died.
** ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' (2016) is dedicated to Creator/LeonardNimoy, who'd last played Spock in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' before his death in 2015, and Creator/AntonYelchin, in his final appearance as Chekov before his death in June 2016, only a month before the film's release. Nimoy's death is integrated in the movie: [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim his Spock died]] off-screen between the two movies, and Creator/ZacharyQuinto's Spock learning this news is what kicks off his character arc for the movie.
* The 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot is dedicated to Creator/HaroldRamis, who co-wrote [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first two films]] and played Egon Spengler in both. A bust of Ramis appears in the film, and his son Daniel makes a brief appearance in one scene.
** ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' is also dedicated to Harold, and this is represented in the film by [[spoiler: Egon's ghost arriving in the climax to help the original Ghostbusters defeat Gozer once and for all.]]
* ''Film/TheOtherSister'' was dedicated to Harvey Miller, who passed away in January 1999, just one month before the film's release.
* ''Film/SawIII'' is dedicated to Gregg Hoffman, producer and one of the people who helped discover it. ''Dead Silence'', made by creators of Saw, would also be dedicated to him.
* ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' is dedicated to director Creator/MatthewVaughn's late mother, "who taught [him] how a Kingsman should be".
* The 2016 romantic comedy ''The Matchbreaker'' was dedicated to star Music/ChristinaGrimmie, who was murdered several months before the film's release, making this both her first and last movie appearance.
* ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' features a brief dedication to Creator/RobertLoggia (who played General Grey in [[Film/IndependenceDay the original film]]), who passed away in December 2015 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' was dedicated to producer Byron Kennedy, who died in a helicopter accident while location scouting for the film.
* ''Film/TheLastJedi'' is dedicated to Creator/CarrieFisher, who played Princess Leia in the franchise and who passed about a year before the film's release.
** Less than a year later, ''Film/SoloAStarWarsStory'' was dedicated to Allison Shearmur, a producer on the film, who died 5 months before it was released.
** The live-orchestra showing for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' held in the Australian city of Adelaide on May 4, 2019, ended with a dedication to Creator/PeterMayhew, the original actor for Chewbacca, who died four days earlier.
* ''Film/TeenBeachMovie'' was dedicated to Annette Funicello, one of Disney's original Mouseketeers, whose "beach party" movies were being spoofed in the film.
* ''Film/StanAndOllie'' was dedicated to Lois Laurel Hawes (The daughter of Stan Laurel of Creator/LaurelAndHardy)
* The 1989 version of ''Film/SteelMagnolias'' was dedicated to the writer Robert Harling's sister, Susan Harling Robinson, who died of diabetes-related complications and was [[WriteWhoYouKnow the model for Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie]].
* ''Film/{{Descendants}} 3'' has two short videos that play before and after the film; both are dedications to Creator/CameronBoyce, who passed away of an epileptic seizure a month before the film was released.
-->"''Everything you are. Every smile, every laugh, every dance, every hug, every moment, everyone you touched. You mean everything to us'' "
** ''Film/HubieHalloween'' was likewise dedicated to him, as he was cast in it prior to his death.
* ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' features the message "In memory of Stan Lee" in the end credits. The film was released seven months after he died.
* ''Film/{{Darlin}}'' is dedicated to Creator/JackKetchum.
* ''Film/BadSanta'' had a dedication to the memory of Creator/JohnRitter, who played the mall manager and passed away before the film was released.
* ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' was dedicated to Creator/MichaelNyqvist, who played Viggo Tarasov in the first film.
* ''Film/HenryAndVerlin'' is dedicated to Ken Ledbetter, the father of writer/director Gary Ledbetter and the author of the original short stories, who lived from 1931-1993.
* ''Film/ABeautifulDayInTheNeighborhood'' was dedicated to Jim Emswiller, who died by falling off a balcony while the film was in production.
* ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'' was dedicated to political activist Abbie Hoffman, who died from a drug overdose eight months before the movie's release.
* ''Film/MrJones2019'' is dedicated to the victims of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor Holodomor]], a real life tragedy which the movie is focused on.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The film dedicates itself to the memory of Robin Eickman and Jeffrey Burks.
* Creator/{{ITV}} did this when they broadcast ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' on 20th December 2020 with a dedication card to Creator/SeanConnery before the film starts.
* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' is dedicated to director Creator/BazLuhrmann's father, Leonard, who died while the movie was in pre-production.
* ''Film/AManCalledNereus'' has "In loving memory of Sam Willette," who played the driver Che.
* Two films released after ILM visual effects supervisor Stephen L. Price's death, ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' and ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'', were both dedicated to his memory. The latter was also dedicated to Irwin Cohen, father of that film's director Rob Cohen.
* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' is dedicated to director Creator/ZackSnyder's daughter Autumn, who had committed suicide during the movie's production and led to Snyder needing to take a leave of absence to properly grieve the tragedy.
* ''Film/Snatched2017'' has "In Loving Memory of CECILE MELONI," mother of Creator/ChristopherMeloni, who died the year before the movie came out.
* ''Film/{{Speed}}'' was dedicated to Marc Yobs, whose promising career in filmmaking was cut short when he perished in the Northridge earthquake the year the film was released.
* The first live-action ''Film/{{Alvin and the Chipmunks}}'' movie was dedicated to Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., who had died ''35 years beforehand'', "who was crazy enough to invent these singing chipmunks nearly 50 years ago" (at the time; the Chipmunks celebrated their 50th anniversary in [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2008]]).
* Director Sam Mendes dedicated his film ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'' to his grandfather, Lance Corporal Alfred H. Mendes, who died in 1991, who served in the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, "who told us the stories."
* ''Film/MetallicaThroughTheNever'' has one for Mark Fisher, an architect who designed rock stage sets and died a few months before the film's release.
* The film adaptation of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' was dedicated to casting director Mary Selway, who passed away from cancer before the film began production.
* ''Film/OffTheRails2021'' ends with "For Kelly" just before the ending credits, referring to actress ''Creator/KellyPreston'' who played one of the lead characters, prior to her death from cancer a year before the film's release.
* ''Film/DownInTheDelta'': "This film is dedicated to the memory of Esther Rolle," who played ScatterbrainedSenior Annie, in her last role.
* ''Film/{{Meadowland}}'' has two examples in the end credits. The first is a message about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_for_Sarah_movement the death of Sarah Jones]] and the importance of workplace safety. The second is, "'I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday.' This film is dedicated to my dad, Casey Morano."
* ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'' is dedicated to director [[Creator/TheWachowskis Lana Wachowski's]] parents, who both passed away in 2019.
* ''Film/ThePeacemaker'' was dedicated to director Mimi Leder's father Paul Leder and special effects technician Nick Middleton, who both died one year before the film was released.
* ''Film/Exit0'': At the end of the movie is a message saying "In Loving Memory Of Nathan George".
* ''Film/PassionInTheDesert'' was dedicated to writer Evangeline Bell Bruce, who died two years before the film premiered at Telluride.
* ''Film/GrampsIsInTheResistance'' opens with a dedication to Creator/LouisDeFunes, who was supposed to be the main star in it and died before filming began.
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* The movie version of ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' is dedicated to "the fifty" -- the 50 RealLife fugitives shot by the Gestapo.
* The last three films that legendary stunt man [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_Robinson Dar Robinson]] worked on before his death (''Film/{{Cyclone}}'', ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/MillionDollarMystery'') were all dedicated to his memory.
* ''Film/{{Alive}}'' (1993), a dramatization of the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, was dedicated to "the 29 who died on the mountain and the 16 who survived".
* ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]]''[=/=]Creator/JimHenson films:
** ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' is dedicated to Edgar Bergen, one of Henson's biggest influences, who made a cameo in the film.
** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' is dedicated to the memory of Henson, being the last film he worked on. Henson's children [[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20114846,00.html criticized]] the dedication, claiming that Jim found (and would still find in the present day were he still alive) the action and violence of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the overall TMNT franchise]] to be "excessive, pointless and not his style" and thus that [[DoingItForTheArt he only did the first film's suits for the art]].
** ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', the first Muppet film to come out after Henson's death, was also dedicated to him, as well as to Muppet performer Richard Hunt, who died during pre-production.
** ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' is dedicated to Jerry Nelson (one of the original Muppet performers) and Jane Henson (Jim's wife).
* ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid'' was dedicated to legendary costume designer Edith Head, who worked on the film and died before it was released. The entire film itself is also something of a tribute to her, as it includes many clips from 1940s and '50s films, several of which feature her work.
* When the 1980 film {{Film/The Ninth Configuration}} was remastered in 2016, a dedication was seen after the closing credits to Peter Vincent Galahad Blatty, (the late son of William Peter Blatty), with the first {{Creator/Lorimar}} theme playing over it.
* Creator/PaulThomasAnderson did this a lot in his films:
** ''Film/BoogieNights'' was dedicated to actor Robert Ridgely (who played The Colonel James) and his father, television presenter Ernie Anderson, who both died before the film's release.
** ''{{Film/Magnolia}}'' had "for fa and ea" listed at the end of the credits. FA stands for Music/FionaApple, singer-songwriter and Anderson's girlfriend at the time, while EA stands for Ernie Anderson. Though Apple didn't die, Anderson did and his death served as an inspiration for the film.
** He dedicated ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' to the memory of film director (and one of Anderson's biggest influences) Creator/RobertAltman, who passed a year before the film's release.
** ''Film/PhantomThread'' was dedicated to the memory of film director Creator/JonathanDemme, who died during production. Like Altman, Demme is one of Anderson's biggest influences.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' features a dedication to Creator/PhilHartman after the closing credits, including an outtake along with the dedication.
* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'' featured a dedication reading simply "For Creator/{{Douglas|Adams}}."
* ''Film/{{Contact}}'' features the dedication "For Creator/{{Carl|Sagan}}" (who wrote [[Literature/{{Contact}} the original novel]] and the screenplay) at the end of the film.
* ''Film/{{UHF}}'' is dedicated to Trinidad Silva, who died in an auto accident before filming all his scenes as Raul.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': "In memory of our friends Creator/HeathLedger & Conway Wickliffe" -- Wickliffe was a special effects technician who was [[FatalMethodActing killed during filming]]. When Ledger died, Creator/WarnerBros also dedicated their entire ''Dark Knight'' website to him with a splash page that featured a eulogy about his life.
** ''Film/TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus'' was also dedicated to Ledger, as well as William Vince, who served as co-producer on the film.
* ''Film/SupermanReturns'' was dedicated to Christopher and Dana Reeve.
** The first ''Film/{{Superman}}'' film was dedicated to cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth.
* ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' was dedicated to Creator/StanWinston.
* Stan Winston also shared an 'In Memoriam' with Michael Crichton (both died in 2008) after the last part of the 'Return to Jurassic Park' featurette series covering the making of all three ([[Film/JurassicWorld at the time]]) films, created for the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' Trilogy boxed set.
* The American remake ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'' has one for Tomoyuki Tanaka, the creator of ''Franchise/{{Go|dzilla}}jira''.
** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', meanwhile, was dedicated to both Yoshimitsu Banno (director of ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'' and producer of both Legendary [[Film/Godzilla2014 Godzilla]] films) and Haruo Nakajima ([[TheOriginalDarrin the original Godzilla actor]]). The latter of whom was presented with a behind the scenes still from ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' while Godzilla’s classic theme and roar are heard.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/IronMan2'' was dedicated to DJ AM, who had a cameo in the film AsHimself.
** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' was dedicated to Don Payne, who was a co-writer on the film and [[{{Film/Thor}} its predecessor]].
** After Creator/ChadwickBoseman's death from colon cancer, TBS and ABC showed his starring role in ''[[Film/BlackPanther2018 Black Panther]]'' the following weekend. The TBS broadcast opened with a message saying, "Chadwick Boseman Rest In Power", while the ABC broadcast closed with a 40-minute special of MCU actors and producers talking about Boseman and finished with words from Boseman himself speaking about the film's legacy.
*** Starting on Boseman's 44th birthday (November 29, 2020) the Disney+ streaming service presentation of the film changed the Marvel Studios montage logo to various artwork and clips of Boseman's T'Challa/Black Panther.
*** ''Wakanda Forever'' uses the same logo and is also dedicated to him.
** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'', released after the death of Creator/StanLee, opens with the usual montage of Marvel characters replaced with the various {{creator cameo}}s he had in Marvel films before thanking him for his hard work. The end credits paid tribute to Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, who worked on the film as a consultant and appeared [[AsHimself under his real-life call sign of "Cajun"]] prior to his death in April 2018 in an accidental plane crash.
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' included a dedication to Lee as part of its re-release's post-credits scenes.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' was dedicated to Lee and Creator/SteveDitko, Spider-Man's creators.
* ''Film/TaxiDriver'' is dedicated to Music/BernardHerrmann.
** ''Obsession'' (his next-to-last score) and ''Film/GodToldMeTo'' (which was to have been his next project) were also dedicated to him.
* In ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', right before the credits: "In memory of Allen Greene," the first agent that director Frank Darabont ever worked for. Greene sadly died of AIDS before production began on the film.
* ''Film/BlueThunder'' is dedicated to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Oates Warren Oates]], who passed away a month after filming.
* Post-theatrical release versions of ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' include a dedication to cinematographer Conrad L. Hall, who died after the film opened.
* ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' is dedicated to Creator/SylvesterStallone's mountain climbing double Wolfgang Güllich (who passed away in a road accident unconnected to the film) and Carolco head Mario Kassar's mother.
* ''Film/{{Adaptation}}'' is dedicated to [[spoiler: Donald Kaufman, fictional character and a credited co-writer, who dies in the film]].
* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' is dedicated to Creator/StanleyKubrick, who began the project decades before Creator/StevenSpielberg completed it.
* ''Film/SchindlersList'' ends with the film being dedicated to the more than six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany in [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the Holocaust]].
* ''Film/TheCrow'' simply has "For Creator/{{Brandon|Lee}} and Eliza".
** ''Film/DragonTheBruceLeeStory'' was also dedicated to Brandon Lee, who died a few months prior to this film's release. Brandon had originally been offered the opportunity to play his father.
* ''Film/CityOfAngels'' ends with "For Dawn", a reference to producer Dawn Steel (who originally optioned ''Film/WingsOfDesire'' for the United States).
* ''Film/StreetFighter'' has a tribute for Creator/RaulJulia at the film's credits that said "For Raúl. Vaya con Dios" (translated to "Go with God" in Spanish).
* ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'' was dedicated to Richard Jordan, who played General Armistead, and died suddenly after filming, and to Mike Shaara, who wrote the novel the screenplay of the movie was based off of.
* ''Film/TopGun'' was dedicated to stunt pilot Art Scholl, who crashed and died while performing a flat spin near the end of the film.
** The sequel ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to the first movie's director, Creator/TonyScott, who [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] in 2012 and was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen initially slated to direct the follow-up.]]
* ''Film/MyDogSkip'' was dedicated to Willie Morris, the author of the book it was based on. He died before it was released, but did live to see the finished product.
* ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' was dedicated to director Creator/{{Ron Howard}}'s mother Jean Speegle Howard, "who loved Christmas the most".
* ''Film/AlmostHeroes'' is dedicated to Creator/ChrisFarley.
* ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'' is dedicated to Creator/NatalieWood.
* ''Film/CanadianBacon'' and ''Film/WagonsEast'' are dedicated to Creator/JohnCandy.
* ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' is dedicated to Creator/OliverReed.
* ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' is dedicated to Music/{{Aaliyah}}.
* ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' is dedicated to Vic Morrow, who was [[FatalMethodActing killed by a helicopter crash during filming]].
* ''[[Film/TheSmurfs The Smurfs 2]]'' is dedicated to Creator/JonathanWinters, voice actor of the live-action Papa Smurf.
* ''Film/TheGreatRace'' is dedicated to [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy]].
* ''Film/GetSmart'': TheFilmOfTheSeries was dedicated to Ed Platt, who portrayed [[DaChief The Chief]] in the series.
* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' is dedicated to longtime [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] film producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli.
* ''Film/PoltergeistIII'' was dedicated to [[Creator/HeatherORourke Heather O'Rourke]], Carol Anne's actress, who died tragically and unexpectedly 4 months before the film's release.
* Billy Crystal's ''My Giant'' was dedicated to Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Crystal's co-star in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
* ''Film/JohnCarter'', directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton, was dedicated to Steve Jobs, co-founder of Pixar.
* ''Film/ElectricDreams'' was dedicated to the memory of the Univac I (the first computer designed from the outset with buisness and administrative purposes). This film was made in 1984, the year that personal home computers really started to take off with the general public.
* ''Film/SavingMrBanks'' is dedicated to Creator/WaltDisney's daughter Diane, who died about a month before its release.
* ''Film/HolyMotors'' is dedicated to Russian actress Yekaterina Golubeva, the woman of director Carax’s life and the mother of his child. She tragically died in August 2011, right before the film went into production.
* ''Film/MulhollandDrive'' is dedicated to Jennifer Syme, who worked as an assistant to director Creator/DavidLynch at the time. Syme died in a car crash in April 2001, before the movie was released.
* The ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series is dedicated to Jane Oliver, to whom Stallone owes his career.
* ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' is dedicated to Creator/RobertLudlum, creator of the ''[[Literature/TheBourneSeries Bourne]]'' series, and Claire Hammond, a colleague of director Creator/DougLiman.
* ''Film/{{Miracle}}'' was dedicated to Herb Brooks, the coach of the real 1980 US Olympic hockey team. He was a consultant for the film's production before he died in a car crash six months before the film was released. The film contains a dedication during the ending credits:
-->''"He never saw it. He lived it."''
* ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast and Furious 7]]'' is dedicated to Creator/PaulWalker, who died in an auto accident in November 2013, while production was still underway.
* ''{{Film/Matilda}}'' was dedicated to Creator/MaraWilson's mother Suzie, who died of breast cancer during production.
* ''Film/GoneFishin'' was dedicated to stuntwoman Janet Peters Wilder, who was [[FatalMethodActing killed in a boat stunt gone wrong]].
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'' was dedicated to Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman.
* ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'', ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'', and ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'' were all dedicated to Creator/DonaldPleasence, who played Dr. Loomis and died in 1995.
** Music/RobZombie's [[Film/{{Halloween 2007}} remake in 2007]] and the [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} 2018 sequel]], meanwhile, were dedicated to Moustapha Akkad, the executive producer of the series since [[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} the original film]], who had been killed in a terrorist attack in 2005.
* [[Main/TheFilmOfTheBook The 2003 live-action film adaptation of]] ''{{Literature/Holes}}'' was dedicated to Scott Plank, who died in 2002 following injuries from a car crash.
* ''Film/LiarLiar'' was dedicated to Jason Bernard, who died of a heart attack in October 1996.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' films:
** ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai'' has one dedicated to Tohru Hirayama (a key creative producer of ''Rider''[='=]s Showa era, sticking around from [[Series/KamenRider the original series]] to ''Film/KamenRiderZX'') and Takao Nagaishi (a long-standing episode director for the first decade of the Heisei era) at the end of the ending credits.
** ''Film/KamenRiderZiOOverQuartzer'' is dedicated to Yoshinori Watanabe, Vice-President of the Creator/ToeiCompany and the man responsible for getting Bandai aboard the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise to make it [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]].
* The extended edition of ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' is dedicated to Andrew Lesnie, Peter Jackson's cinematographer from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' onward who died of a heart attack in April 27, 2015. The Blu-ray featured a four-minute long tribute to him as well. The film was also dedicated to Creator/ChristopherLee, who passed away on June 7, 2015, less than two months after Andrew Lesnie did. In fact a special screening of all of the extended cuts of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' planned for September 12, 2015, was set to be dedicated to him.
* Peter Jackson's ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' says "For Jim" at the beginning; that is producer [[http://www.adamabrams.com/hc/faq2/Section_5/5.2.2.html Jim Booth]], who died in early 1994 before the film was completed.
* ''Film/ABronxTale'' was dedicated to Robert De Niro's father Robert De Niro, Sr.
* ''Film/JerseyGirl''. Before the end credits, a dedication appears to Kevin Smith's father, Donald E. Smith, who died before the film was released.
* Creator/{{Freeform}} did this when they broadcast both ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' film adaptations:
** For two separate broadcastings of [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2005 Tim Burton film]], they ran a dedication card on February 2012 that reads ''In memory of David Kelly'', who passed away from pneumonia, and another on in 2015 for Christopher Lee.
** For the broadcasting of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' on September 1, 2016, they paid tribute to Creator/GeneWilder, who died on August 29, 2016, with the message: ''Thank you for your pure imagination! In loving Memory of Gene Wilder (1933-2016)''
* The 2016 live-action adaptation of ''Film/TheBFG'' is dedicated to Melissa Mathison, the screenwriter and longtime collaborator of director Creator/StevenSpielberg. It was her last screenplay before her death in November 2015.
* The sequel to ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'', is dedicated to Creator/AlanRickman, who voiced the Caterpillar. It was his last film role before his death in January 2016.
** After his death, the Freeform channel had their next ''Film/HarryPotter'' movie marathon with a dedication card of Snape with "Thank you for the magic. In loving memory of Alan Rickman"
* The 2016 remake of ''[[Film/TheJungleBook2016 The Jungle Book]]'' is dedicated to Garry Shandling (who voiced Ikki the porcupine) and stuntman Shawn Robinson.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** ''Film/StarTrek2009'': has a dedication in its closing credits to Creator/GeneRoddenberry (the creator of the franchise, to whom ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' is also dedicated) and Creator/MajelBarrett, his wife, who provided the voice of the ship's computer (among other things), and had recently recorded a cameo appearance in that role for the film when she died.
** ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' (2016) is dedicated to Creator/LeonardNimoy, who'd last played Spock in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' before his death in 2015, and Creator/AntonYelchin, in his final appearance as Chekov before his death in June 2016, only a month before the film's release. Nimoy's death is integrated in the movie: [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim his Spock died]] off-screen between the two movies, and Creator/ZacharyQuinto's Spock learning this news is what kicks off his character arc for the movie.
* The 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot is dedicated to Creator/HaroldRamis, who co-wrote [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first two films]] and played Egon Spengler in both. A bust of Ramis appears in the film, and his son Daniel makes a brief appearance in one scene.
** ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' is also dedicated to Harold, and this is represented in the film by [[spoiler: Egon's ghost arriving in the climax to help the original Ghostbusters defeat Gozer once and for all.]]
* ''Film/TheOtherSister'' was dedicated to Harvey Miller, who passed away in January 1999, just one month before the film's release.
* ''Film/SawIII'' is dedicated to Gregg Hoffman, producer and one of the people who helped discover it. ''Dead Silence'', made by creators of Saw, would also be dedicated to him.
* ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' is dedicated to director Creator/MatthewVaughn's late mother, "who taught [him] how a Kingsman should be".
* The 2016 romantic comedy ''The Matchbreaker'' was dedicated to star Music/ChristinaGrimmie, who was murdered several months before the film's release, making this both her first and last movie appearance.
* ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' features a brief dedication to Creator/RobertLoggia (who played General Grey in [[Film/IndependenceDay the original film]]), who passed away in December 2015 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' was dedicated to producer Byron Kennedy, who died in a helicopter accident while location scouting for the film.
* ''Film/TheLastJedi'' is dedicated to Creator/CarrieFisher, who played Princess Leia in the franchise and who passed about a year before the film's release.
** Less than a year later, ''Film/SoloAStarWarsStory'' was dedicated to Allison Shearmur, a producer on the film, who died 5 months before it was released.
** The live-orchestra showing for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' held in the Australian city of Adelaide on May 4, 2019, ended with a dedication to Creator/PeterMayhew, the original actor for Chewbacca, who died four days earlier.
* ''Film/TeenBeachMovie'' was dedicated to Annette Funicello, one of Disney's original Mouseketeers, whose "beach party" movies were being spoofed in the film.
* ''Film/StanAndOllie'' was dedicated to Lois Laurel Hawes (The daughter of Stan Laurel of Creator/LaurelAndHardy)
* The 1989 version of ''Film/SteelMagnolias'' was dedicated to the writer Robert Harling's sister, Susan Harling Robinson, who died of diabetes-related complications and was [[WriteWhoYouKnow the model for Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie]].
* ''Film/{{Descendants}} 3'' has two short videos that play before and after the film; both are dedications to Creator/CameronBoyce, who passed away of an epileptic seizure a month before the film was released.
-->"''Everything you are. Every smile, every laugh, every dance, every hug, every moment, everyone you touched. You mean everything to us'' "
** ''Film/HubieHalloween'' was likewise dedicated to him, as he was cast in it prior to his death.
* ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' features the message "In memory of Stan Lee" in the end credits. The film was released seven months after he died.
* ''Film/{{Darlin}}'' is dedicated to Creator/JackKetchum.
* ''Film/BadSanta'' had a dedication to the memory of Creator/JohnRitter, who played the mall manager and passed away before the film was released.
* ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' was dedicated to Creator/MichaelNyqvist, who played Viggo Tarasov in the first film.
* ''Film/HenryAndVerlin'' is dedicated to Ken Ledbetter, the father of writer/director Gary Ledbetter and the author of the original short stories, who lived from 1931-1993.
* ''Film/ABeautifulDayInTheNeighborhood'' was dedicated to Jim Emswiller, who died by falling off a balcony while the film was in production.
* ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'' was dedicated to political activist Abbie Hoffman, who died from a drug overdose eight months before the movie's release.
* ''Film/MrJones2019'' is dedicated to the victims of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor Holodomor]], a real life tragedy which the movie is focused on.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The film dedicates itself to the memory of Robin Eickman and Jeffrey Burks.
* Creator/{{ITV}} did this when they broadcast ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' on 20th December 2020 with a dedication card to Creator/SeanConnery before the film starts.
* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' is dedicated to director Creator/BazLuhrmann's father, Leonard, who died while the movie was in pre-production.
* ''Film/AManCalledNereus'' has "In loving memory of Sam Willette," who played the driver Che.
* Two films released after ILM visual effects supervisor Stephen L. Price's death, ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' and ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'', were both dedicated to his memory. The latter was also dedicated to Irwin Cohen, father of that film's director Rob Cohen.
* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' is dedicated to director Creator/ZackSnyder's daughter Autumn, who had committed suicide during the movie's production and led to Snyder needing to take a leave of absence to properly grieve the tragedy.
* ''Film/Snatched2017'' has "In Loving Memory of CECILE MELONI," mother of Creator/ChristopherMeloni, who died the year before the movie came out.
* ''Film/{{Speed}}'' was dedicated to Marc Yobs, whose promising career in filmmaking was cut short when he perished in the Northridge earthquake the year the film was released.
* The first live-action ''Film/{{Alvin and the Chipmunks}}'' movie was dedicated to Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., who had died ''35 years beforehand'', "who was crazy enough to invent these singing chipmunks nearly 50 years ago" (at the time; the Chipmunks celebrated their 50th anniversary in [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2008]]).
* Director Sam Mendes dedicated his film ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'' to his grandfather, Lance Corporal Alfred H. Mendes, who died in 1991, who served in the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, "who told us the stories."
* ''Film/MetallicaThroughTheNever'' has one for Mark Fisher, an architect who designed rock stage sets and died a few months before the film's release.
* The film adaptation of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' was dedicated to casting director Mary Selway, who passed away from cancer before the film began production.
* ''Film/OffTheRails2021'' ends with "For Kelly" just before the ending credits, referring to actress ''Creator/KellyPreston'' who played one of the lead characters, prior to her death from cancer a year before the film's release.
* ''Film/DownInTheDelta'': "This film is dedicated to the memory of Esther Rolle," who played ScatterbrainedSenior Annie, in her last role.
* ''Film/{{Meadowland}}'' has two examples in the end credits. The first is a message about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_for_Sarah_movement the death of Sarah Jones]] and the importance of workplace safety. The second is, "'I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday.' This film is dedicated to my dad, Casey Morano."
* ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'' is dedicated to director [[Creator/TheWachowskis Lana Wachowski's]] parents, who both passed away in 2019.
* ''Film/ThePeacemaker'' was dedicated to director Mimi Leder's father Paul Leder and special effects technician Nick Middleton, who both died one year before the film was released.
* ''Film/Exit0'': At the end of the movie is a message saying "In Loving Memory Of Nathan George".
* ''Film/PassionInTheDesert'' was dedicated to writer Evangeline Bell Bruce, who died two years before the film premiered at Telluride.
* ''Film/GrampsIsInTheResistance'' opens with a dedication to Creator/LouisDeFunes, who was supposed to be the main star in it and died before filming began.
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