I remember seeing a movie about this guy who died, I think it was a car accident. After he dies he ends up in this place with other people who have passed away before they go onto heaven or hell. I think it's where they are judged based on the life they led. The people get to do different things like view their past lives and stuff. The guy meets some chick that he falls for but I think she is supposed to go to heaven because she led a good life and he was going to be sent back to live again because he wasted his life. That's about as much as I can remember, I'm not sure if it's all correct. I was pretty young when I saw this movie, it was in the early 90's. Please help.

Thanks.

There was a movie made in the 80's called "The Heavenly Kid". The guy dies in the movie in a car accident. He doesn't quite make it to heaven nor hell, because he gets a second chance on earth to save a teenage boy from dying in a similar fashion. The boy turns out to be the son of his high school sweetheart. The boy is suppose to be the only one on earth that is able to see him, but the mother(high school swetheart) is also able to see him. Things happen and I don't want to tell the entire story. It may or may not be the movie you're looking for. Check it out and see.

Thank you, I'll check it out.

There was a movie made in the 80's called Made in Heaven starring Timothy Hutton - He plays a guys who runs away and the trip is going fine, until a car accident crosses in his way. An entire family has fallen to a river and they're trapped inside their car. In an heroic gesture, Mike dives in the river and he rescues all the family members, but unfortunately he dies drowned. He goes to heaven and he meets with his aunt, who is now a talented painter. After find some known people from his life in Earth, Mike meets with a beautiful woman, Annie (Kelly McGillis), a new soul which has never reincarnated before. Mike learns that he can reincarnate and return to Earth. But before that, he and Annie fall in love and get married. The problem is that Annie is very curious about Earth and some time later, she tells Mike that she wants to reincarnate in a baby. Mike's now very sad missing Annie and he wants to return to Earth and find her. He will make a deal with Emmet (Debra Winger), a kind of angel, in which Mike will have 30 years to find Annie, otherwise each one will have an unhappy life with other people. Annie in the 1960s has become a toy designer, named Ally, married with a filmmaker. Meanwhile, Mike is a quite disorientated kid, which tries everything, like being a painter, then a soldier, just to become later a musician. Many years pass, but it seems that Mike and Annie are having some difficulties to meet each other again.

Don't know if this correct movie but it's good caught the above from The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Your description sounds something like Albert Brooks' movie called DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, co-starring Meryl Streep as the girl he falls for and Rip Torn as his "case manager." Hope this helps.

Thank you so much, that's the one I was looking for.

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Originally Posted by Blue Angel

Thank you so much, that's the one I was looking for.

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Excellent! Glad I could be of help!

Bill

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Originally Posted by Blue Angel

I remember seeing a movie about this guy who died, I think it was a car accident. After he dies he ends up in this place with other people who have passed away before they go onto heaven or hell. I think it's where they are judged based on the life they led. The people get to do different things like view their past lives and stuff. The guy meets some chick that he falls for but I think she is supposed to go to heaven because she led a good life and he was going to be sent back to live again because he wasted his life. That's about as much as I can remember, I'm not sure if it's all correct. I was pretty young when I saw this movie, it was in the early 90's. Please help.

Thanks.

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Defending Your Life