Birth Movies

What is birth? It is said that being born into this world is the beginning of suffering: dukkha.

Mary tries to find a way to escape her loneliness by conceiving a child.

A failing writer loses his grip on reality as his wife grows pregnant with their child.

Josie longs to have a baby. Her husband Frank would rather have steak. Set against the Technicolor backdrop of 1950's America, Josie sets out on an...

This movie charts the three most important questions regarding birth: 1. What makes a safe birth? 2. What disrupts a birth? 3. What do birth...

After painfully passing a kidney stone, a slob discovers that a new breed of monster has invaded his home with deadly intentions.

George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

The story of Jesus' birth and what happened during it.

Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and...

A teenage girl from a traditional family goes on a date with a pilot and ends up having sex with him. After the pilot dies in a plane crash, the girl...

Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.

Exploring the revitalization of traditional birthing practices in Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, the film blends personal stories of...

The everyday life of midwives unfolds on the threshold where new life is born and life may fade away. The film shows how midwives support couples...

This cinema-verite-style documentary interweaves the pregnancy and childbirth of a young woman with the lingering death of a cancer patient to...

The painful exit of a child of man in the world of God. The highest sense of being and the earthly joy of man and woman.

A group of partisans fight to the last man to cover a retreat, leaving only five, who take the newborn child of a dead woman with them. Based on the...

As a tanker is caught in a storm and capsizing; a second cook on board receives a voice mail from his wife that he is a father to a baby girl. The...