History TogetherInDeath / LiveActionFilms

* "Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever" we are told in the movie adaptation of ''Film/TheCrow'' in which Eric Draven is murdered along with his fiancée the night before their wedding and comes back from the dead for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. The theme of the first film, increasingly amplified throughout the subsequent franchise, is that "If two people are truly meant to be together, nothing can keep them apart. Not even death."

* "Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever" we are told in the movie adaptation of ''Film/TheCrow'' in which Eric Draven is murdered along with his fiancee the night before their wedding and comes back from the dead for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. The theme of the first film, increasingly amplified throughout the subsequent franchise, is that "If two people are truly meant to be together, nothing can keep them apart. Not even death."

** When the ''[[MeaningfulName Messiah]]'' [[HeroicSacrifice crew]] are saying goodbye to their families via video link Tanner mentions his late wife and says that he's going to be seeing her again soon.

* In ''Film/DilSe'', Meghna is a suicide bomber, and she's all ready to complete her mission. Amar embraces her, and in doing so, sets off the explosives.

* A non-human example occurs in the film ''Film/{{Rodan}}''. During the climax of the film, the area where the Rodans are nested is being bombarded with an areial assault. The female Rodan falls into a volcano and dies. Unable to bear being without his mate, the male Rodan dives into the volcano with her and dies as well. Fortunately, their offspring survives and later goes on to become an ally of Godzilla.

* ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'':

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The idea is brought up by Drax who says he'd be honored to die fighting side by side with his new pals and then says, "And in the end, I will see my wife and daughter." However as they manage to attain victory, this does not come to pass.

* ''Film/IronMan'': Tony is captured by terrorists and meets fellow captive Ho Yinsen, who says that he has a family and will reunite with them once he's free. As he's dying, Ho clarifies that they're already dead, and he knew that he was never getting out of there alive.

* A non-romantic example in ''Film/ManOfSteel'': as the gravity field encroaches, [[spoiler:Perry reaches out and holds Jenny's hand instead leaving her to die alone.]]

* At the beginning of ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', James Bond visits the grave of his FirstLove Vesper Lynd and declares "I miss you". [[By the end of the film, now that ''he'' has died as well, they could be considered an example of this trope]].

* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven(2016)'' with Goodnight Robicheaux and Billy Rocks. Goodnight says that where he goes, Billy goes, and this is proven true when they are [[spoiler:shot down together in the bell tower by Bogue's gatling gun. In the final shot of the film, where we see the four crosses marking the graves of the fallen members of the Seven, they have been buried beside each other.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:I am sorry too.]]

* "Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever" we are told in the movie adaptation of ''Film/TheCrow'' in which Eric Draven is murdered along with his [[StuffedIntotheFridge fiancee]] the night before their wedding and comes back from the dead for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. The theme of the first film, increasingly amplified throughout the subsequent franchise, is that "If two people are truly meant to be together, nothing can keep them apart. Not even death."

* [[spoiler:Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung) and Broken Sword (Tony Leung)]] in ''Film/{{Hero}}''. Made even worse because [[spoiler: she is the one who stabs him to death, as he has betrayed her and others to the King. He dies in her arms as he explains his reasons; he didn't do it out of pure malice, but to show her that he wants peace for the future. She mourns him and then kills herself, joining him. She actually impales herself on her own sword, which is still inside him, so their bodies are left literally stuck together.]]

** Also noteworthy is Ida Straus, the elderly woman who decides to die with her husband Isidor instead of taking a place on a lifeboat, a course of action that will almost certainly result in her having to live on without him. Their last scene is of them in a bed, holding hands, as the water begins to pour in. This is based in a RealLife example of the trope -- see the bottom of the page.

* ''Colorado Territory'' (1949). The outlaw's LoveInterest chooses to go down shooting rather than surrender to the posse. He grabs her hand in a futile attempt to stop her, so both end up HoldingHands as they're shot.

* Implied at the end of ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' as Drac/Vlad is finally forgiven by God. As Mina watches, the vampire curse lifting from her as she gives the final blows. She notices the fresco in the building above her lighting up with a picture of Vlad and Elisabeta (the lover Mina is supposedly reincarnated from) apparently reunited in Heaven.

* Nearly every screen version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' shows Heathcliff and Cathy's spirits reunited on the moors at the end -– a precedent set by the [[Film/WutheringHeights1939 classic 1939 version]], which was originally just going to conclude with a shot of Heathcliff's corpse, but ended up with a more romantic {{Focus Group Ending}} instead. The various TV adaptations also tend to end this way (see under "Live-Action TV").

* ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'':
** It ends with Rose dying and being reunited, not just with Jack, but ''everyone'' who died that fateful night.
** Also noteworthy is Ida Straus, the elderly woman who decides to die with her husband Isidor instead of taking a place on a lifeboat, a course of action that will almost certainly result in her having to live on without him. Their last scene is of them in a bed, holding hands, as the water begins to pour in. This is based in a RealLife example of the trope -- see the bottom of the page.

* In the final moments of ''Film/SomewhereInTime'' (with Chris Reeve and Jane Seymour), a DownerEnding where the StarCrossedLovers seem to be separated forever and then both die is transformed into a Together in Death BittersweetEnding by showing them meeting and embracing in the afterlife.
* The myth of Katerina and Arturo in the movie ''Film/{{Overboard|1987}}''.
* A good example of the non-romantic variant is probably found in the final scene of ''[[Franchise/StarWars Return of the Jedi]]'', where Anakin Skywalker is shown reunited with his two Jedi mentors (most notably Obi-Wan, his best friend when he was still a Jedi), having become [[RedemptionEqualsDeath a benign spirt and part of the Light Side of the Force]].
* The death of Maximus in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' (though since the protagonist was dying from internal bleeding, this may or may not have been a hallucination). Also alluded to by Maximus's friend Juba, who assures him that they'll meet again in the next world... but not yet.
* The unnamed young couple in Creator/FritzLang's ''Destiny'', after the young woman accepts fate and (literally) surrenders to Death.
* At the end of ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', William Wallace sees his wife's ghost throughout his entire torture/death.
* Classic example; ''Film/TheGhostAndMrsMuir''. Lucy Muir and Captain Gregg (the ghost) become closer as he dictates his life story to her, which she then sells to a publisher to make her fortune. Realizing that [[StarCrossedLovers it could never be]], he leaves reluctantly. At the end of the movie, when Lucy dies of old age, Captain Gregg is there to escort her spirit to the afterlife.

* [[spoiler:Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung) and Broken Sword (Tony Leung)]] in ''Film/{{Hero}}''. Made even worse because [[spoiler: she is the one who stabs him to death, as he has betrayed her and others to the King. He dies in her arms as he explains his reasons; he didn't do it out of pure malice, but to show her that he wants peace for the future. She mourns him and then kills herself, joining him. She actually impales herself on her own sword, which is still inside him, so their bodies are left literally stuck together.]]
* The French film ''Film/LoveMeIfYouDare'' (French title ''Jeux d'enfants''). Since our StarCrossedLovers can only be together on a dare, they end up getting themselves [[spoiler: buried in concrete. This way they can share a kiss that will last forever while also giving you nightmares forever]]. It's hard to say how aware they are of the consequences of what they do, though.
** It's also hard to say [[MindScrew whether they died or not,]] because you seem to see a shot of them living to an old age. Is it heaven? But still.

* A nonromantic example comes at the end of ''Film/{{Glory}}'' when Colonel Shaw (played by Matthew Broderick) and Denzel Washington's character are buried side-by-side in a mass grave along with the rest of the the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment. This was TruthInTelevision, as the Confederate soldiers who put Shaw there intended it as an insult since he was their white commander, but Shaw himself would've been honored by this.
* A non-human example occurs in the film ''Film/{{Rodan}}''. During the climax of the film, the area where the Rodans are nested is being bombarded with an areial assault. The female Rodan falls into a volcano and dies. Unable to bear being without his mate, the male Rodan dives into the volcano with her and dies as well. Fortunately, their offspring survives and later goes on to become an ally of Godzilla.

* Kelly and Katsumi from ''Film/{{Sayonara}}''. The U.S. Air Force is insisting that he come back to America without her, so the two, inspired by a puppet show depicting a traditional star-crossed-lovers/together-in-death story, commit suicide by consuming poison. Creator/MarlonBrando's character finds their bodies when he comes--a little too late--to inform them that the Air Force has decided to allow airmen to take war brides home.
* In ''Film/DilSe'', Meghna is a suicide bomber, and she's all ready to complete her mission. Amar embraces her, and in doing so, sets off the explosives.
* [[spoiler:Allie and Noah]] in ''Film/TheNotebook'' after spending many years being HappilyMarried.
* Implied at the end of ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' as Drac/Vlad is finally forgiven by God. As Mina watches, the vampire curse lifting from her as she gives the final blows. She notices the fresco in the building above her lighting up with a picture of Vlad and Elisabeta (the lover Mina is supposedly reincarnated from) apparently reunited in Heaven.
* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' has a rare lighthearted approach, where Adam and Barbara Maitland are stuck as ghosts haunting their own home. Even in death, they remain a HappilyMarried couple.
** [[spoiler: Used in a much creepier way later, when Lydia's family attempts to conduce a sèance but accidentally perform an ''exorcism'' instead. We see Adam and Barbara's summoned spirits (in their wedding clothes, no less) progressively drying up and being consumed together... They don't disappear in the end, but only because of Lydia's "PleaseIWillDoAnything" to Beetlejuice himself.]]
* At the end of ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' Zed and Consuela grow old and die together. In the previous scene most of the Eternals were killed by Exterminators, so they all got to die together and fulfill their dream of being mortal again.
* ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'': [[spoiler:What Julia thinks (and accepts) will happen during the TrojanPrisoner gambit. Jack has other ideas.]]
* A non-romantic example in ''Film/ManOfSteel'': as the gravity field encroaches, [[spoiler:Perry reaches out and holds Jenny's hand instead leaving her to die alone.]]

* ''Film/EndOfDays''. After Jericho sacrifices himself to stop the Devil from destroying the world by trying to use Jericho's body to rape Christine, he is reunited with his dead wife and child in the afterlife.
* [[spoiler: Caster and his wife in the climax]] of ''Film/{{Transcendence}}''.
* ''Film/{{Pompeii}}'': [[spoiler:Milo and Cassia at the very end. Instead of trying to escape the oncoming ash cloud (they wouldn't have succeeded anyway), they spend their last moments in a passionate kiss. Their magma-encased bodies are still locked in an eternal embrace.]]
* ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'': The film shows Alice and Uncas having sparks throughout. And after Uncas is killed by Magua in the climax with his body falling off the cliff where the fight took place Alice jumps off deliberately. Essentially following him so to speak.
* ''Film/IronMan'': Tony is captured by terrorists and meets fellow captive Ho Yinsen, who says that he has a family and will reunite with them once he's free. As he's dying, Ho clarifies that they're already dead, and he knew that he was never getting out of there alive.
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The idea is brought up by Drax who says he'd be honored to die fighting side by side with his new pals and then says, "And in the end, I will see my wife and daughter." However as they manage to attain victory, this does not come to pass.

* ''Film/WildTales'' presents a non-romantic example in the ending of the third story. Diego has [[TakingYouWithMe pulled Mario into his car before it explodes]]. When the police come to the site of the explosion, all they can see is two skeletons snuggled together, so they [[MistakenForGay assume they were a couple]].
* ''Film/{{Underground}}'' has a bittersweet ending in which all of the cast has died, yet somehow re-emerge to have a celebration in an idyllic seaside picnic, which breaks off from the land and floats into the ocean, implying that they are all in heaven.
* ''Colorado Territory'' (1949). The outlaw's LoveInterest chooses to go down shooting rather than surrender to the posse. He grabs her hand in a futile attempt to stop her, so both end up HoldingHands as they're shot.
* ''Film/SamuraiRebellion'': Yogoro is cradling Ichi's freshly dead corpse when he is stabbed by the steward's thugs. After he dies while still holding onto her, Isaburo buries them both in a common grave.

* ''Film/DeepImpact'':
** Sarah's parents choose to share one last kiss as the tidal wave from the asteroid kills them.
** Jenny gives up her place in the Ark for Beth and her daughter, and chooses to spend the end with her estranged father.
** When the ''[[MeaningfulName Messiah]]'' [[HeroicSacrifice crew]] are saying goodbye to their families via video link Tanner mentions his late wife and says that he's going to be seeing her again soon.
%%* ''Film/{{Anthropoid}}'':
%%* ''Film/TheRevenant'':
* In the 1987 Japanese film adaptation of UsefulNotes/{{Hachiko}}'s story, the ending implies that Hachiko and his owner reunited in the afterlife. The 2009 American version also has a similar ending, showing that as Hachi passes away, he finally sees his owner walk out of the train station to reunite with him.
* Nearly every screen version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' shows Heathcliff and Cathy's spirits reunited on the moors at the end – a precedent set by the [[Film/WutheringHeights1939 classic 1939 version]], which was originally just going to conclude with a shot of Heathcliff's corpse, but ended up with a more romantic {{Focus Group Ending}} instead. The various TV adaptations also tend to end this way (see under "Live-Action TV").
* ''Film/TheVoid'': In the final scene Daniel and Allison are reunited on the other side after both of them died, but are trapped in an alien landscape staring right at an EldritchAbomination.
* ''Film/{{Mythica}}: The Godslayer:'' Dagen tells Marek about a dream he has of the two of them living on a beach together. A couple of {{Heroic Suicide}}s later …
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'':
** [[spoiler: Frobisher hopes that this will be the fate of himself and Sixsmith. Considering that the entire plot is about reincarnation, not the afterlife, this may be either false hope or they could be together in another timeframe. Interestingly (in the film at least), they both die the same way - with a gun in their mouth.]]
** [[spoiler:The film has Sonmi believe that she will be reunited with Hae-Joo in another life, and immediately cuts to Ewing and his wife (the same actor and actress) being reunited at the end of Ewing's voyage. Additionally, both actors played the parents of Rufus Sixsmith's niece. So it's more like they were ''already'' together in two very different, much ''earlier'' lives, unless TimeyWimeyBall applies to the reincarnation of souls]].
* In ''Film/Deadpool2'', [[spoiler: Wade has visions of Vanessa in the afterlife whenever he receives enough damage that he should be dead. When he finally suppresses his powers and dies, he gets to join her. He gets pulled back by Cable saving him with his last time machine charge, but thankfully Wade "borrows" the recharged device and immediately travels back in time to retroactively save Vanessa]].

* In ''Film/ThePredator'', [[spoiler:[[OddFriendship Baxley and Coyle]] perform a mutual MercyKill by shooting each other after being both mortally wounded.]] A very poignant moment in an otherwise wacky action-comedy.
* Towards the conclusion of ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', when the team's final efforts seem doomed to failure, Katana takes a moment to weep over her sword - Soultaker, in which her murdered husband's soul is trapped - and to reassure her late spouse that they'll be together soon.

* In ''Film/TheWomanInBlack'', the young lawyer wants nothing more for to be with his dead wife and to be with his young son. The ghost for whom he has done the service, in a case of {{blue and orange morality}} kills both him and the boy--the only way that can happen.
* ''Film/BloodOfTheTribades'': [[spoiler:Élisabeth and Fantine]], after they're murdered by the priests of Bathor, lie together there on the floor. Although tragic, it would have doubtless been their wish in the end.