Meet Joe Black/Best scene/Brad Pitt/Anthony Hopkins/Claire Forlani/Marcia Gay Harden/Jeffrey Tambor

Billionaire media mogul Bill Parrish is considering a merger between his company and another media giant, and is about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party planned by his eldest daughter, Allison. His youngest daughter, Susan, a resident in internal medicine, is in a relationship with one of Bill's board members, Drew. She is considering marriage, but Bill can tell she's not passionately in love. When she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech, he simply says, "Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike!" When their company helicopter lands, he begins to hear a mysterious voice, which he tries with increasing difficulty to ignore.

Susan meets a vibrant young man at a coffee shop. He takes an interest in her and tells her that lightning may strike. She is enamored but parts without getting his name. Unbeknownst to her, the man is struck by multiple cars in a possibly fatal accident.

Death arrives at Bill's home in the uninjured body of the young man, explaining that Bill's impassioned speech has piqued his interest. Given Bill's "competence, experience, and wisdom", Death says that for as long as Bill will be his guide on Earth, Bill will not have to die. Making up a name on the spot, Death is introduced to the family as "Joe Black".

Bill's best efforts to navigate the next few days, knowing them now to be his last, fail to keep events from going rapidly out of his control. Drew is secretly conspiring with a man bidding for Parrish Communications. He capitalizes on Bill's strange behavior and unexplained reliance on Joe to convince the board of directors to vote Bill out as Chairman, using information given to him inadvertently by Bill's son-in-law, Quince, to push through approval for the merger which William had decided to oppose. Quince is devastated.

Susan is confused by the appearance of Joe, believing him to be the young man from the coffee shop, but eventually falls deeply in love with him. Joe is now under the influence of human desires and becomes attracted to her as well. After they make love, Joe asks Susan, "What do we do now?" She replies, "It'll come to us." Bill angrily confronts Joe about his relationship with his daughter, but Joe declares his intention to take Susan with him for his own.

As his last birthday arrives, Bill appeals to Joe to recognize the meaning of true love and all it encompasses, especially honesty and sacrifice. Joe comes to understand that he must set aside his own desire and allow Susan to live her life. He also helps Bill regain control of his company, exposing Drew's underhanded business dealings to the board by claiming to be an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and threatening to put Drew in jail.

At the party Bill makes his peace with his daughters. Susan tells Joe that she has loved him ever since that day in the coffee shop.

Joe realises that Susan loves the unknown man, not him, and the realization crushes him slightly. Mastering his emotions powerfully he balks at telling Susan who he really is, although she seems to intuit his true identity. Struggling to comprehend the enormity of the situation, Susan cannot label Joe as Death. She says finally, "You're . . . you're Joe". He promises her "you will always have what you found in the coffee shop." On a hillock in the grounds above the party, Bill expresses trepidation, asking "Should I be afraid?" Joe replies "Not a man like you". Fireworks explode in the distance while Susan watches Joe and her father walk out of view.

Susan is stunned as "Joe" reappears alone, bewildered, this time as the young man from the coffee shop. He is uninjured and cannot account for how he got there. Susan accepts that her father is gone, and rekindles the romantic spark she had shared with the young man. "What do we do now?" she asks. "It'll come to us," Joe replies, as the two of them descend towards the twinkling lights of the party.

[oliviawilson]

half a year ago my father was diagnosed with cancer. we watched this movie together one day and he said that everything that Anthony said he would mean the exact same way and he couldn't have said it better. he passed away a month ago and I just watched it again to feel what i felt when we watched it together.... I miss him so much... My condolences to everyone in the comments that has lost a loved one.

[Tediz]

My mom passed away 4 months ago. She always loved me so much, she was saying to me the same thing he is saying to his daughter in this video. I loved her too and I kind of regret not seeing her more in the last couple of months before her passing. But she always told me, not to ever worry about her. I can say today that I was so lucky to have a mom like her. She gave her best for me. I'm also happy that I was able to tell her before she go.

[Deadmanundertaker]

He knows what’s coming what’s waiting for him and he gets to say a final goodbye to his closest daughter she also knows it’s the last time she’ll share a moment like that with Dad. Precious moment between father & daughter. Chokes me up every time this scene. And the ending.. “Should I be afraid” “Not a man like you”

[eduardv]

you've given a meaning to my life that I had no right to expect, that no one can ever take from me...

[lyontj]

This movie reminded me something very important we all human beings must do in life... remind those close to us how much they mean to us and how much we love them... and to repeat those words till there is no doubt in their souls about that important truth. Life is a privilege... after all.

[JohnSmith-lutv]

I want you to know how much I love. You’ve given meaning to my life which I have no right to expect, that no one can ever take away…..
This is the final sentence in a speech I’ll be making tomorrow dec9.2022 at my daughter’s wedding…

[nakessagreene]

Beautiful moment between a father and daughter.

[jackjones]

3:01 "Do you have any peanutbutter?"
"Uh, I don't think so sir."
"Thank you anyway."
Waiter keels over dead.

[leegacy]

I bawled like a baby at the end of the movie. Same thing with Ghost. Always wondered why.

[LC-fxlo]

I love this movie, and I think it’s so underrated, but the one issue I always had with it, was how much the Father so openly loved one daughter more than the other.

[MindFreak]

"You're not old. You'll never be old." (2:43-2:51)💗

[louismcconnon]

A scene for any man who has a Daughter. Im lucky enough to have 3 x

[chungadam]

This is the best scene in the movie, somehow when you cannot figure out how to express your love to your family

[martinlorenzobamba]

"If anything should happen...It'll gonna be okay and everythings' gonna be alright and I have no regrets."

[kpaxil]

This is one of my favorite movies & have loved Anthony Hopkins since I saw the Elephant Man when I was very little with my father ❤️ This scene depict s pretty much how I feel about my father and our relationship throughout my life. I'm not able to get through it breaking down, especially because both me and my sister have a mirror image of the relationship with our Dad sd depicted in this movie. There's no more of a giving pure hearted and unselfish man as my father has been to us, and watching this scene as lucky as I feel breaks my heart that this will be, one day...

[triciad]

She looks like Angelina Jolie mixed Gal Gadot 😍

[Jammybells]

I'm crying while eating peanut butter 😭

[someguyfromarcticfreezer]

Dad trying to lie at his best but daughter knows he does everything for her.
Remember babygirl "no regrets".

[paulletchworth]

This movie is so damn good and the things this movie touches on should stir the soul of any human that watches it, Great job Movie

[knuckle-sandwichmma]

man when he asked for peanut butter i was expecting the guy to go: well actually i always carry this 1 litre peanut butter jar and a spoon just in case. there ya go sir