Defending Your Life

The first true story of what happens after you die.

3/22/19911h 51min6.9/10(312 TMDB votes)

RomanceFantasyComedyDrama

Directed by Albert Brooks

Plot

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.