Throughout human history art has been used as a medium to air our fears, musings and beliefs about death and mortality. As a result, all things artistic are littered with references to people copping it. This trend shows no sign of abating as films, which represent the most popular artistic medium in contemporary culture, are rarely without at least one death; more often than not you'll be lucky if you haven't seen at least a dozen people die by the end credits these days. It can be a difficult task thinking of a list of films which contain no deaths of major characters, let alone movies we would consider to be great. It's all a bit morbid really. The films on this list prove that all this death and destruction is entirely unnecessary. You don't have to touch on the subject to make a film exciting or in some ways bona fide. As a general rule, the films you find here are linked by their optimism and many share the common trait of being driven by amazing dialogue as opposed to action. Without further ado, here are the 10 Greatest Films where absolutely nobody dies:
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
