De yup Daniel Miller komt om het leven tijdens een auto-ongeluk. Hij komt vervolgens terecht in 'Judgement City', een wachtkamer voor het hiernamaals. Aan het begin van de dag moet hij bewijzen dat hij zijn angsten heeft overwonnen, hetgeen hem niet al te gemakkelijk afgaat. Hij loopt Julia tegen het lijf, de enige andere jonge persoon, hij wordt verliefd op haar.
Nee, helaas is Defending Your Life nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Albert Brooks | Director |
| Writing | Albert Brooks | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Grillo | Producer |
| Sound | Michael Gore | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Allen Daviau | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Finfer | Editor |
| Production | Barbara Claman | Casting |
| Production | Mark Saks | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah L. Scott | Costume Design |
| Art | Ida Random | Production Design |
| Production | Robert Grand | Co-Producer |
| Production | Herb Nanas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Grand | Production Manager |
| Directing | Michael Grillo | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Carey Dietrich | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Richard Reynolds | Art Direction |
| Art | Linda DeScenna | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ric McElvin | Leadman |
| Art | Donn Piller | Swing |
| Art | John Rankin | Swing |
| Art | Sara Gardner-Gail | Swing |
| Art | Randy Bostic | Swing |
| Art | James Hegedus | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Martha Johnston | Set Designer |
| Camera | Eric Engler | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Reggie Newkirk | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bobby Mancuso | Second Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Spencer Cross | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Maureen Mitchell | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | John Morrisey | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Judd H. Maslansky | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dane A. Davis | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | G.W. Brown | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jim Borgardt | ADR Editor |
| Sound | John Kwiatkowski | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Kimberly Lowe Voigt | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Hector C. Gika | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Bradshaw | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Tom Hammond | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Valerie Davidson | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Melinda Garey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Darrell Hall | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Joan Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Gregg Barbanell | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Thomas Causey | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Joseph F. Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Richard Kite | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tom E. Dahl | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Franklin Jones Jr. | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joel Moss | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | Curtis Roush | Music Editor |
| Sound | Shirley Walker | Orchestrator |
| Production | Steph Benseman | Location Manager |
| Production | Lauren Ross | Assistant Location Manager |
| Directing | Luca Kouimelis | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Annette Sutera | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | George Stokes | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | James F. Orendorff | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Robert E. Denne | Standby Painter |
| Art | David Harris | Greensman |
| Art | John Thompson | Greensman |
| Visual Effects | Dennis Dion | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Chris Burton | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Michael Kenner | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jim Shelton | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Larry Wallace | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | William R. Mayberry | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Robert W. Meyers | Rigging Gaffer |
| Art | Larry Clark Bird | Property Master |
| Art | Ken Zimmerman | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hallie D'Amore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marlene D. Williams | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | J. Roy Helland | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | J. Roy Helland | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | George L. Little | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Phyllis Corcoran-Woods | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Hopper | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Hall | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | John George | Set Costumer |
| Production | Nancy Ramey | Production Accountant |
| Production | Cheri Hall | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Lisbeth Wynn-Owen | Production Office Coordinator |
| Crew | Patti Hawn | Unit Publicist |
| Camera | Carol McCullough | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Bill Erickson | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Paul E. Short | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Production | Maggie Erickson | Casting Assistant |
| Editing | Robert Raring | Color Timer |
| Visual Effects | Mat Beck | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Robert Stadd | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Paul Slansky | Thanks |
| Directing | Fernando Castroman | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Art | Cary Conway | Paint Coordinator |
| Sound | Kini Kay | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Val Kuklowsky | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Richard L. Hill | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Ken Allen | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Jeff Burks | Animation Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jon Farhat | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | David Goldberg | Modelling Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Erik Henry | VFX Editor |
| Visual Effects | Robert Scifo | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Kevin Scott Mack | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Linda Renaud | VFX Editor |
| Visual Effects | James Valentine | Roto Supervisor |
| Camera | Tom Bookout | Second Company Grip |
| Camera | Lee Redmond | Camera Operator |
| Camera | László Regos | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Laura Adler | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Jenny O'Haver | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Robert Foulkes | Assistant Location Manager |
| Sound | Tom Boyd | Musician |
| Sound | Bruce Fowler | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Malcolm McNab | Musician |
| Sound | Louise Di Tullio | Musician |
| Sound | Shirley Walker | Conductor |
| Crew | Tom Dias | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Daniel Quick | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | John Sagray | Driver |
| Production | Bill Daly | Post Production Accountant |
