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Hearses in the Movies ™ ©
(and ambulances, flower cars, etc)

When me a fiend of mine used be bored to death,
we'd sit around and think up all the movies w/hearses in 'em.
We stuck some on here, some people emailed us some, and the rest is history...

I am undertaking updating this huge list.
Bear with me. - 01/05/08

Funeral Cars: Hearses, Ambulances, Flower Cars
If there is not a lot of info given, chances are the movie just contains a funeral scene.
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Motorized Hearses, Flower Cars & Selected Ambulances:

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A Goofy Movie (1995): A hearse cruises by with a singing corpse in a coffin in this cute Disney flick.

Addams Family (1991): Nice old ambulance from Looney bin takes one of the family "home" again after the big party.  Buy it!

Addams Family Values (1993): The Addams nanny Debbie orders a hearse for Fester to pick up his body at the airport, but he's not dead, unfortunately for Debbie.  Buy it!

Addams Family Reunion (1999): The Addams Grandparents arrive in a swanky mid 60's S&S Hearse, features Tim Curry of The Rocky Horror Picture Show & Clue as Gomez.

Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990): Ford is rescuing Zoo-Zoo Petals at the funeral of her rock star husband. Note the dead, or is she, beauty in the back.
"You morticians really know how to party!"

Affliction (1998):An hour into the film there we see a hearse and a limousine at the funeral of Nick Nolte's character's mother.  

Agnes Browne (1999): When Agnes Brown's (Anjelica Huston) hubbie dies, she discovers herself in this dramatic comedy.

Alice's Restaurant (1969): Features many scenes, including a funeral, of a 1953 Eureka Flower Car.

All the Presidents Men (1976): Robert Redford is at a pay phone with his 'informant' and in the background a hearse drives by.  

The Ambulance (1990): High top Ambulance from hell, which sadly, gets smashed  

Ambulance : Racing for Life (A&E) no details given

American Beauty (1999): An hour into the film a late model hearse drives down the street toward Jane and Rick. There's a long head-on shot and a brief look at the side of the car.

B.A.D. Cats (1980): The climax of the film, is a 1969 hearse in a car chase, that eventually gets rolled over, and explodes

The Beast Within (1982): The town undertaker can be seen in and near his hearse a couple of times in the movie.  

Beverly Hills Body Snatchers (1989): Features a 1969 Superior Crown Royale Cadillac hearse

The Big Chill (1983): 1978 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Citation Hearse.  

Biography (TV): Marilyn Monroe: Shows her funeral using a 1962 Eureka landau-style 3-way

The Black Book (2006):  No, not that black book.  A movie featuring a 1938 LaSalle S & S Carved Sided Damascus Funeral Coach.

The Blues Brothers (1980): Cab Calloway drives a '68 (Eureka?) Flower Car, a good one for video capture, it's so short.  

Bordello of Blood (1996): Gorgeous old 60's Eureka Limo Style lurks in front of the house of ill repute.

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1970's): Eleven minutes into the film we see a red 1950's vintage ambulance/hearse as it brings Todd (John Travolta) home.

The Brave Little Toaster (1988): A cartoon movie, has a scene with a talking cartoon hearse. Toward the end of the movie in a junkyard scene, the hearse (and a limo) sing before they are sadly crushed in the compacter. 

Bringing Out the Dead (1999): Yep, it's all box style ambulances, why is it here? 'Cause in my opinion, it darn well rocks. Nicholas Cage is an ambulance driver in Hell's Kitchen, NY, and the film takes you with him on his tour of madness.

Brute Force (1947): Burt Lancaster playing an inmate plots a breakout. Also stars Yvonne De Carlo (aka Lily Munster)

Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) Bruce Campbell (yes, that Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead Trilogy), Ossie Davis. Nice looking coach appears a few times to take out the dead from the senior citizen home.
(thanks GuttahTrash)

Bullitt (1968): Steve McQueen rips around SF in this high octane police thriller. A '67 or '68 Caddy hearse makes an appearance.  

Bulworth (1998): Warren Beatty stars as a Senator who finds the truth and loses his mind. Drives a limo past a funeral procession at breakneck speed.  

Burnt Offerings (1976): Bette Davis, a possessed house, and a old black Rolls Hearse.  

Cadillac Man (1990): Robin Williams offers to sell a new hearse to a funeral director in need of one at the beginning of the film. (Cool Flower Car too!)  

Candy Stripe Nurses (1974): The only place that there is an ambulance in this flick is on the box! 70's Sexploitation flick.  

The Car (1977):  No, it's not a hearse.  But we sure love this 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III customized by George Barris for the flick.  It doesn't hurt it's one of Amy the Hearse Queen's favorite movies either.  Out of print, hard to get but very very worth it.

The Chamber (1996): 100 min into the film is a nice long shot of hearse coming in to pick up the soon to be executed Gene Hackman.

Chamber of Horrors (1966): A hearse ominously drives up to a Museum.

Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town (1992): There is a mid-seventies black Superior Cadillac hearse driven by a midget. It shows up in a few scenes with a good shot of the whole car later in the movie.  It is worth it to see a midget driving a hearse.

The Cider House Rules (1999): There is a nice long shot from a distance of a 1940s vintage black hearse as Mrs. Rose's body is loaded into the back at an hour and 49 minutes into the film.  

City Hall (1996): No details given

Clear and Present Danger (1994): There are SEVEN identical Cadillac Superior hearses which appear on an airstrip for the returning caskets of seven colleagues gunned down by the South American drug cartel.  !

Come Back Charleston Blue (1972): A ghost has come back to Harlem and started the wildest gang war ever in this funky Blaxploitation flick featuring a hearse.  

The Corpse Vanishes (1942): Bela Lugosi (swoon) film with a couple of detailed scenes featuring some ancient hearses, maybe Studebaker's?

Crazy in Alabama (1999): Great hearse movie, Dove, the town coroner, who also lives on top of a funeral home, drives around in a '61 or '62 Cadillac Hearse, it's in the film a lot, which is great!. Melanie Griffith wanders around in a to die for 60's limo with her husband's head in a hat box.

D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996): 103 min into the film at Hans' funeral for a few seconds.  

Dead End (2004): A family takes a short cut and ends up on a the road to hell. What appears to be a early 50's hearse scoops up the family members one by one and takes them to their various gruesome deaths. Killer cover and DVD hearse art!  

Dead of Night (1945): A number of short stories intertwine into a mysterious chilling tale.  

Dead of Night (1977): Remake of above flick.  

Dear God (1996): 5 1/2 minutes in, silver hearse drives by as Greg Kinnear crosses the street.  

Diamonds are Forever (1971): Features a (1967?) hearse for about 15 mins.  I used to look forward to seeing this on TV every year when I was a kid!  

Disorderly Orderly (1964): Jerry Lewis is an orderly at a mental hospital. At the end there's this big car chase with 2 1961 Superior Pontiac Hi Top Ambulances and at the end, the crash head on in a parking lot and end up in an arch.  Worth seeing for that scene alone!

Door to Silence (1991): Businessman is caught in a traffic jam caused by a funeral procession. Soon he is haunted by visions of a hearse chasing him.  Directed by Lucio Fulci who directed the 1979 horror flick Zombie.

Dr. No (1962): Old mid 30's La Salle Sadly, it gets demolished, since it belongs to the bad guys. When you see the big hearse chasing James Bond in the little sports car, it's time to change channels before the carnage.  

Dracula's Last Rites (1980): Low budget horror flick about town full of vampires.  

Doc Hollywood (1991): Ambulance driven by the leading lady/love interest.  

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999): The contestants in a Wisconsin beauty pageant are dropping like flies in this black comedy.  

EdTV (1999): At 91 minutes there's a black hearse parked at Henry Pekarny's funeral.  

Ed Wood (1994): Unidentified 1950's Hearse, owned by Vampira (Lisa Marie, not of the Presley variety either) in this story of the Transvestite movie director and star of Glen and Glenda gets trashed by rowdy movie goers. 

El Aguila Descalza (The Barefoot Eagle) (1969): Mexican comedy in which a hearse pulls up outside full of a gang of masked Mexican wrestlers, opens fire on a house, then speeds away

Ellen Foster (1997): 18 minutes into the film there are a couple of side shots and a quick front shot of a black hearse from the 1950s as it takes Ellen's (Jena Malone) mother to the cemetery.

The End (1978): Goofy 'n fun black comedy about a man (Burt Reynolds) who finds that he hasn't much longer to live and keeps screwing up his many suicide attempts.

Fido (2006):  In this absolutely charming tale of a boy and his pet zombie Fido, there is a hearse at a funeral scene very briefly.   Check it out, it's a fantastic movie.

Friday Foster (1975): Pam Grier steals a hearse from a funeral to chase her friend's killer, somehow it almost seems like it goes from a '60 Superior to a '63 Superior.  Whoever drove it for the flick made that sucker haul something fierce!

The Frighteners (1996): Has numerous hearse scenes.  

Funeral Home (1980): '57 or '58 Cadillac Landau style Hearse lurks in this horror flick.

Ghostbusters (1984), and Ghostbusters II (1989)  : Featuring 'The Ecto a 1959 Miller Meteor combo whom we love to death.  Did you know Ecto was originally supposed to be a hearse in the original draft? But they thought that would be too dark in the film so they made him an Ambulance.

The Glimmer Man (1996): 30 min into the film at the funeral of Cole's (Seagal's) ex-wife - quick shot of a couple of seconds.  

A Gnome Named Gnorm (1994): Features a chase scene about 7 minutes long, in which the cop in the movie commandeers a Hearse from a funeral train in order to pursue a fleeing suspect in a Corvette The hearse appears to be an all black 1971-2 Superior. The hearse unfortunately gets shot up and wrecked, but it makes for a good scene  

The Godfather (1972): In the funeral scene in which they bury Marlon Brando a couple of 1955-56 flower cars are shown as well as a late '40's Henney Packard hearse. Earlier a '30's vintage ambulance scoots by the screen.  

Golden Gate (1994): Has a short scene showing the back half of a 1965 Miller Meteor. Noteworthy, because this car is... Lurch! The movie was shot while Lurch still had the silver paint, and I hired him out for a day of fame and fortune.

Good Morning Miss Dove (1955): Jennifer Jones, ex sex kitten, plays the prim Miss Dove in this dramatic tear jerker

Grace Quigley (1984): Bizarre black comedy featuring Katherine Hepburn.

Grand Theft Parsons (2004): Phil Kaufman (played by Johnny Knoxville), road manager to Gram Parsons, steals his friend's body and drove it to Joshua Tree National Park in a hearse.

The Great Walendas (19??): TV's longest running horror host's Dr. Paul Bearer's own '61 Hearse got rented out for this made for TV NBC movie.

Guantanamera (1994): The members of a funeral procession and some truck drivers who have to take the same route begin to talk, and end up discovering they're not so different after all.  

Guys and Dolls (1955): Prominently features a 1950's hearse.  

Harold and Maude (1971): the best hearse movie ever? Featuring a Black 1959 Cadillac Superior Sideloader Landaulette, and a custom hearse built on a Jaguar E-Type.

The Hearse (1980): Starring a '53 Packard  

The Hearse and the Hitchhiker (1999): No details given.

Hollywood Knights (1980): An old hearse that has been made into a convertible.  

Hot Spell (1958): A drama about a family of loners clinging to each other.

House of Dark Shadows (1970): has what appears to be a '67 Superior limo style in the scene of Carolyn's funeral.  

House on Haunted Hill (1958 & 1999): There are several looks at a late model black hearse followed by four limousines as they make their way down a long, winding road toward the house, 25 minutes into the film. The 1999 version is very trippy, along the lines of the NIN Closer video

The Hulk (2002): What appears to be a red and white 1965 Cadillac Superior Ambulance waits in front of young Bruce Banner's home after the death of his mother.  

I love you Alice B. Toklas (1968): no details given. (the one that gets credit, my beloved father, John, RIP)

Interference (1928): No details given

Just the Ticket (1999): A hearse with the doors painted a dull black and of 1970s vintage makes a brief appearance at Benny's funeral, 79 minutes into the film.

Kingdom Hospital (2004) : A FOO Ambulance (ghost ambulance) shows up at the hospital regularly in the Stephen King Mini Series based on Lars Van Trier's The Kingdom.

Brute Force (1947): Burt Lancaster playing an inmate plots a breakout.  Also stars Yvonne De Carlo (aka Lily Munster)

Kissed (1997): a necrophiliac drives through a car wash and visits the corpse in the back of this '61 (?) Caddy Hearse, which is the highlight of this film.  

La Bamba: The funeral scene at the end features a gorgeous 1957 Eureka Landau Style hearse.

Lady Avenger (1989): A woman, with only revenge on her mind, searches for the gang that murdered her brother. B movie nudie vengeance flick.

Ladykillers (2004): Prof. Goldthwait Higgins Dorr, Ph.D (Tom Hanks) phony band cruises around in a bad ass 50's hearse.  

Leprechaun 2 (1994): The main character drives it around as a daily driver and for his business. I did get to see it during filming up off of Topanga Canyon Road in LA, and if I remember right, it's a '67 Superior.  I was on a date and fending off a Mr. Grabbyhands or I would of gotten the exact year, sorry...

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971): Has a scene with a hearse, 1963 Caddy Eureka.

Loot (1970): Stars Lee Remick, Roy Holder, Hywel Bennett. Black comedy based on Joe Orton's stage play. Holder & Bennett are funeral company pallbearers who rob a bank, hide the loot in Holder's mother's coffin (and mother's body in the dumb waiter at home). They have to get the cash out of the casket and mum back in before the funeral. Film opens with Holder, Bennett and a female acquaintance getting cozy in the back of a 1960s British hearse and ends with a chase in which the hearse and its cash-filled coffin catch fire  

Lord of Illusions (1995): Has a scene with a hearse when the funeral for the illusionist converges.

Love Jones (1997): has a 70-80's Cadillac hearse driven by Bill Bellamy,a friend of the lead character Larenz Tate.Bill offers two girls a ride home and they laugh at him as they walk away.

The Loved One (1965): Black morbid comedy that's to die for!

Mars Attacks (1996): 49 minutes in, side shot of 70s hearse.  

Mausoleum (1983): A short scene of a silver 1962 Cadillac Eureka side-service landau hearse.

Monster Squad (1987) Alucard (Dracula) cruises around in a '61 or '62 Coach. (formerly owned by 70's rock band ELO). 

Moon Spinners (1964): Hayley Mills stars in this flick, and got her first kiss ever in a hearse!

Mortuary (1984): Many scenes of the rear end of a 1973 Miller-Meteor in a warehouse

Mortuary Academy (1988): ugly station wagon hearses, but killer band Radio Werewolf singing "1960 Cadillac Hearse" in it, yeah!

Mother, Jugs, & Speed (19??), various ambulances of different shapes & sizes smash around in this hard to get fun flick.

Mouse Hunt (1998) Hearse during funeral scene in which coffin is launched sky high.  

Moving Violations (1985): 1958 Landau Hearse.  

Munster Go Home (1966): Herman's car pool drops him off in what may be a late '50s limo style hearse.  

Muppet Movie (19??): 1959 Cadillac Limo makes a showing in this fun family flick.  

My Girl (1991): As the Mortician's (Dan Akroyd) family eats in the backyard, you can clearly see what looks like a mid 60's hearse resting in the driveway.  

My Girl 2 (1994): No details given.

Nail Gun Massacre (1985): The killer, driving a gold-colored hearse terrorizes a bunch of folks with a nail gun (ouch!) in this sexual exploitation horror flick. Hard flick to get. Cheesy flick but the hearse is so groovy.

Nightmare Before Christmas (1990): The mayor of Halloween Town rides around in a Munsters Koach type hearse.

Night of the Living Dead (1990): The re-made color version, has an all black 1976 Superior hearse in the graveyard scene at the beginning of the movie. Tom Savini directs.  

Night Shift (1982): Prominently featuring a '74 Hearse used to drive hookers around. Hearse on video box!

Nothing but Trouble (1991): Digital Underground arrives at Valkenvania in a '67 hearse.  

Only the Lonely (1991): A 1957 or 58 hearse appears briefly several times as John Candy and Ally Sheedy walk from the funeral home where she works. Really sweet and funny film.

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996): 61 minutes in, brief shot of late 60s-early70s ambulance/hearse.  

Period of Adjustment (1962): A Korean War Vet, and his wife, drives to Florida in much to his wife's horror, a hearse. Stars Jane Fonda, hard to get flick.  

Phantasm (1979) - The Phantasm series features the adventures of the Tall Man, his creepy dwarves, his haulin hearses and his flying balls. Trust us, watch them if you haven't.   But be prepared, a hearse gets destroyed in each one in some sort of fiery crash bang boom blow out.

Phantasm II (1988)

Phantasm III (1993)

Phantasm IV (1998).

Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994): Lasard accidentally gets into the funeral limo which is parked in front of the airport, because he thinks it is there to pick him up.

Prefontaine (1997): Documentary like story of famous runner whom at the end dies in a car accident his 70' Hearse does a victory lap around the running oval track.

A Rage in Harlem (1991): Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones cruise around in their 1956 Hearse.

Reservoir Dogs (1992): During the scenes which take place in the warehouse where all the characters meet, there is a '65 or '66 Cadillac hearse which is covered with clear plastic.

Rush (1991): Two small town Texas cops goes undercover to catch a major drug runner & end up getting caught up in the drug culture.

Simple Life:  Interns (2006):  Paris and Nicole intern at a Funeral Home and rock out in a hearse.  They also dump human cremains all over the place, yikes!

Six Feet Under (TV Series): HBO TV series which features hearses prominently, from the one that gets smashed in the first episode, to a mid 60's in a flashback, to the bright green 70's jobbie Claire drives daily.

Slap Shot (1977): Starring Paul Newman. There are two scenes featuring an ambulance which is supposed to drive around the hockey arena so people would think a fight would break out in this very funny flick.  

Smokey and the Bandit (1977): In the scene where the car club helps out Burt Reynolds, a gold hearse leads the way.  

Snow Falling On Cedars (2000): Features a 1939 Packard Hearse.  

Some Like it Hot (1959): The opening scene involves a hearse being chased by the Chicago police. There's a lot of gunplay, but the hearse gets away, and when it arrives at the 'Funeral Parlor' (actually a speakeasy), the 'deceased' is shown to be a case of (somewhat punctured) bootleg liquor.

The Sopranos (TV) (1999 to 2002): At various funerals for family members and associates, hearses of various years can be spotted.

The Souler Opposite (1998): A stand up comedian's world is torn upside down when he meets a pretty political activist

Stephen King's Golden Years (1991): The lead character, Harlan Williams, drives around in a faded red hearse.  

Stir of Echoes (1999): 46 minutes into the film there are a couple of brief looks at a late model black hearse.

Stuart Saves His Family (1995): Has a hearse in it in many scenes for Stuart's Aunt Paula's funeral, which is really long due to many distractions.  

That Darn Cat (1997): One of the scenes involves the detective driving a truck in a chase scene. During the chase, he drives by a hearse with a hearse out front. He slides the truck into the hearse which in turn shoots the casket out the back.  

They Went That-A-Way and That-A-Way (1978): A brightly colored (orange & yellow) hearse with flames

Traveller (1997): A young man, Pat (Mark Wahlberg), visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters.  

Unstrung Heroes (1995): No details given.  

Walking Tall (1973): You can see, quite visibly, a black 1973 Miller Meteor endloader for about 30 seconds.

Warriors (1979): One of the gangs has a late 50's Caddy hearse as their car, appears late in the movie on the beach.  

What a Carve Up! (1962): To claim his inheritance, a man must spend the night in his family's ancestral home, but soon, everyone starts dropping dead!

What's Up Doc? (1972):  Big chase scene at the end involving a late 60's Caddy Limo and Convertible.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993): '73 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Citation Hearse. Features Johnny Depp and a very young Leonardo Di Caprio.  

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Horse Drawn Hearses:

Back to the Future 3 (1990): Marty gets measured for his own coffin and a horse drawn hearse lurks in the background  

Comedy of Terrors (1964): has many scenes of a horse drawn hearse.  

Curse of the Undead (1959): 46 minutes in, brief shot of horse-drawn hearse.  

Dead of Night (19??): 14 minutes into the film there are a couple of good looks from a second floor window of a horse-drawn hearse that is parked in front of the house.

Dog of Flanders (19??): A few minutes before the end of this film we see a horse-drawn hearse as it takes Nelle to the cemetery. There are also several shots during the graveside service where you can see the hearse in the background.

Double Jeopardy (1999): 81 minutes into the film we get a quick look at a horse-drawn hearse entering Lafayette Cemetery #3 as Libby tries to reunite with her son.  

Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968): Starring Christopher Lee, in which Dracula drives the hearse ferociously!  

Evita (1996): At the start, very nice!.  

Forbidden Games (1952): This French film shows an old horse-drawn hearse being repaired at 41 minutes as they get it ready to carry George Poujouly's brother. It's seen a few minutes later carrying him to the church.  

Hoodlum (1997): At the end is a horse drawn coach outside a church waiting with the undertaker.  

Imitation of Life (1959): Beautiful shot of a horse-drawn hearse at end of movie.

Interview with the Vampire (1994): Briefly shows a Horse-Drawn Hearse.

Jackie Chan's First Strike: 58 minutes in, short scene with horse-drawn hearse.

Little Men (19??) A few minutes before the end of the film there are several shots of a horse-drawn hearse after one of the children's fathers dies. There is a particularly nice look at it as it pulls away from the house.

Magnificent Seven (1960): Has a horse drawn hearse in the early part of the movie with Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen riding shotgun.  

Monty Python's Meaning Of Life (1983): During the song "Every Sperm is Sacred" There is a horse drawn hearse, and the corpse pops up out of the casket and sings.  

Phantasm (1979):  Flashback sequence has the Tall Man in front of a Horse Drawn Hearse.

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983): There is a horse drawn hearse in the parade scene.  

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965): There is a scene that has John Wayne talking to the funeral director while he's washing down the hearse.  

The Wrong Box (1966): Many scenes with horse drawn hearses, including a chase scene at the end.  

This is My Father (1999): Toward the end of this film is a nice long shot of a horse-drawn hearse as it takes Kieran (Aidan Quinn) to the cemetery.  

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