History TheLostLenore / LiveActionFilms

* Shelly in both the comic and movie adaptation of ''Film/TheCrow''.

* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'':
** Subverted with Letty, whom Dom believed was killed while undercover in ''Film/FastAndFurious''. This ends up not being the case as Letty turns up alive in ''Film/FastAndFuriousSix'', albeit with EasyAmnesia.

* ''Film/{{Steam}}'': Doris and August talk to each other about both their deceased spouses', relating how much they miss them.

* The DisneyLiveActionRemakes tend to portray the MissingMoms as the widowed fathers' Lost Lenores, more explicitly than the animated versions do:

* Creator/{{Disney}}'s live-action remakes of ''Cinderella'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'' both portray the heroines' [[MissingMom dead mothers]] as their fathers' Lost Lenores, more explicitly than the animated versions do:

*** Defied with Chad Meeks-Martin's late girlfriend Liv [=McKenzie=] who's also murdered by Amber at the end of the fifth film. Despite one of their last interactions being Chad admitting he thinks there's a small chance she might be Ghostface--only for Chad to nearly be killed shortly after that and then Liv almost getting blamed right before she's killed, he never brings her up in this film--or any guilt toward that. The focus instead is on the [[ASharedSuffering Shared Suffering]] romance developing between him and Tara. To be totally fair though, Chad vaguely implies her death still hurts even without saying her name.
-->'''Chad''': We all have our trauma. We're all dealing with it in our own way.

*** Defied with Chad Meeks-Martin's late girlfriend Liv [=McKenzie=] who's also murdered by Amber at the end of the fifth film. Despite one of their last interactions being Chad admitting he thinks there's a small chance she might be Ghostface--only for Chad to nearly be killed shortly after that and then Liv almost getting blamed right before she's killed, he never brings her up in this film--or any guilt toward that. The focus instead is on the [[ASharedSuffering Shared Suffering]] romance developing between him and Tara.

** In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', [[spoiler:Gamora's death makes her this for Star-Lord. While the events of ''Endgame'' make this a bit more complex, it doesn't change the fact the Gamora he knew and loved is still essentially dead]].

TheLostLenore in {{Film}}s.

-->'''Hamish:''' "It's no' about freedom; it's about Murron! You're doin' this to be a hero because ye think she sees ye!"
-->'''Wallace:''' "I don't think she sees me. I know she does."

* Creator/ChristopherNolan frequently invokes this trope:
** The dead wife in ''Film/{{Memento}}'' fueling Leonard's quest for revenge.
** Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}'' who ended up killing herself and framing Cobb for her murder. An apparition of her frequently appears in his dreams.
** Rachel Dawes in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' manages to be this for ''two'' men, both Gotham's greatest protectors. In the former, her death causes Harvey Dent to make a FaceHeelTurn to become Harvey Two-Face. In the latter, she's this for Bruce Wayne himself.
** Julia in ''Film/ThePrestige'', to the extent that she -- or rather Angier's grief for her -- causes the whole plot of the movie.

* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:

* ''Film/{{Coda|2019}}'': Henry's wife died a couple of years prior to the film. According to Paul, he barely spoke for two years, and the trauma of her death contributes to the PerformanceAnxiety he still has in the present.

* Creator/{{Disney}}'s live-action remakes of ''Cinderella'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'' both portray the heroines' [[MissingMom dead mothers]] as their fathers' Lost Lenores, more explicitly than the animated versions do:
** In ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'', even after remarrying, Ella's father confesses that he still misses his first wife very much and calls her "the very heart" of their house. Unfortunately, his new wife overhears this, and her jealousy becomes a factor in her mistreatment of Ella. A deleted scene also implies that Prince Kit's late mother is the King's Lost Lenore, as he can't bear to visit the palace gardens she loved anymore.
** In ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', the traumatic loss of his wife has made Maurice overprotective: this is why he and Belle live in the safe yet dull provincial town, even though neither is really happy there. Nor can he bring himself to tell Belle how her mother died, though she later learns what happened by magical means with the Beast. His introductory scene even shows him building a music box with tiny figures of himself, his wife, and baby Belle together.
** In ''Film/Aladdin2019'', while not featured as heavily as the mothers above, Jasmine's mother's death is the motive behind the Sultan being overprotective to their only child. Apparently, she was murdered, and ever since, the Sultan has kept Jasmine confined in the palace to keep her safe, despite her objections. It's actually hinted that Jafar might have been responsible for her death because during the events of the movie, he seems keen on waging war against the Queen's land of birth.

* [[spoiler: Sophie]] in ''Film/TheIllusionist2006''.

** In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', [[spoiler: Gamora's death makes her this for Star-Lord. While the events of ''Endgame'' make this a bit more complex, it doesn't change the fact the Gamora he knew and loved is still essentially dead.]]
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' definitely makes [[spoiler: Tony this for Pepper Potts after his HeroicSacrifice.]]
** Arguably the most dramatic example is in ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings''. [[spoiler: [[AntiVillain Wenwu's]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes beloved wife]] is killed by a rival gang and his subsequent return to villainy is all about avenging her death.]] [[spoiler: When he believes her spirit is calling to him from the legendary Ta Lo (her birthplace), he makes it his mission to find a way to get there and rescue her from her captivity.]]
--->'''Wenwu:''' [[spoiler: I have to save her. She's calling to me.]]
--->'''Shang-Chi:''' [[spoiler: I wish that were true…]]
** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' features [[spoiler: Webb-Verse Spidey, who still carries the weight of Gwen Stacy's death HEAVILY on his shoulders. Thankfully, he's able to atone for it in this one.]] [[spoiler: There is also the death of Aunt May, who easily becomes this for Happy Hogan, especially seeing as they were only ''just'' working through a break-up around that time.]]

* ''{{Film/Passenger57}}'' John Cutter's wife Lisa was [[MyGreatestFailure killed in a convenience store robbery he was unable to stop]], leaving him as a [[KnightInSourArmor reluctant hero]] when the plane he boarded is taken over by terrorists. Things don't help when [[SexyStewardess Marti]] [[WrongNameOutburst reminds him of Lisa]].

* Margot to Alexandre in ''Film/TellNoOne'', [[spoiler: although it's later subverted when it turns out she's been FakingTheDead]].