Charlie St. Cloud (2010)

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Romantic drama adapted from Ben Sherwood's novel, starring Zac Efron as the young sailor, Charlie St. Cloud. Charlie has the opportunity to go to Standford University but when his younger brother, Sam, dies in a car accident, he is left reconsidering his future. When he realises he can see and communicate with Sam, Charlie determines to take a job as a cemetery caretaker instead of going to university. The two brothers meet every night but the return of Tess, a sailor who went to school with Charlie, causes a divide between the brothers. When Charlie learns Tess's life is in danger, he has to choose between keeping a promise to his deceased brother in the afterlife and saving Tess in the real world.

Based on an acclaimed novel, Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic drama starring Zac Efron as a young man who survives an accident that lets him see the world in a unique way. In this emotionally charged story, he begins a romantic journey in which he embraces the dark realities of the past while discovering the transformative power of love.

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud (Efron) has the adoration of mother Claire (Oscar® winner Kim Basinger) and little brother Sam (newcomer Charlie Tahan), as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it.

After his high-school classmate Tess (Amanda Crew) returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.