Being Mortal (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

★ Emmy nomination

A surgeon who has spent his career fighting death sits with dying patients and their families to ask what a good ending actually looks like. Atul Gawande's film questions modern medicine's instinct to keep treating past the point of comfort, and finds its clearest answers in patients who choose how their last months go.

Why it's free: Free on FRONTLINE's own PBS channel, the broadcaster that made and aired it.