Five medical students, obsessed by what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods, each triggers a near-death experience - giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife.
Flatliners is a 2017 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Ben Ripley. The film is a sequel to the 1990 film of the same name, and stars Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev (The Roommate [2011], The Final Girls [2015]), James Norton, Kiersey Clemons and Kiefer Sutherland (who starred in the original Flatliners [1990]), and follows five young medical students who attempt to conduct experiments that produce near-death experiences.