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Amazon Prime Video
86
8.3
/23111/
81
/387/
81
/392/
4.4
/32161/
73
/15/
94
/388/
90
/10/

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/112600/
77
/1686/
75
/1241/
4.1
/52096/
94
/176/
92
/7604/
92
/36/
cc age 16+

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
poster
86
8.6
/1148412/
84
/15790/
84
/11163/
4.4
/883949/
93
/135/
96
/14990/
84
/21/
cc age 16+

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
poster
86
85
8.5
/3448/
81
/510/
77
/118/
4.3
/7812/
100
/32/
92
/176/

It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011)
Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.
poster
87
84
8.3
/2653/
80
/595/
79
/363/
4.4
/117865/
100
/32/
92
/176/
90
/7/

It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.
poster
82
7.8
/175093/
78
/3946/
77
/2764/
4.0
/177639/
81
/37/
89
/2030/
74
/18/
cc age 10+

Awakenings (1990)
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
poster
81
7.9
/544547/
79
/14981/
79
/8888/
4.0
/600600/
92
/264/
91
/4158/
77
/47/
cc age 17+

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
poster
Kanopy
80
8.0
/78144/
75
/1478/
73
/753/
3.7
/24781/
91
/216/
87
/19972/
74
/39/
cc age 14+

Sicko (2007)
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
8.0
/17369/
79
/474/
78
/291/
3.6
/8389/
93
/598/
cc age 15+

Something the Lord Made (2004)
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
poster
80
7.3
/25328/
73
/602/
71
/554/
3.5
/18827/
93
/40/
80
/589/
80
/21/
cc age 13+

Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.
poster
Peacock Premium
79
7.6
/351838/
75
/8654/
71
/3991/
3.6
/285694/
93
/194/
88
/7159/
72
/42/
cc age 17+

50/50 (2011)
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
8.2
/97058/
76
/798/
71
/339/
3.7
/17134/
94
/250/

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
7.4
/20343/
76
/959/
78
/766/
3.2
/28039/
85
/208/

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.5
/31765/
72
/667/
70
/424/
3.5
/10607/
83
/24/
83
/587/
cc age 15+

You Don't Know Jack (2010)
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
poster
75
7.7
/505293/
77
/16805/
78
/10949/
3.6
/623444/
81
/268/
84
/3075/
71
/47/
cc age 14+

The Theory of Everything (2014)
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
poster
82
74
7.7
/7926/
77
/346/
78
/180/
3.9
/28618/
97
/30/
90
/18/

Late Shift (2025)
An entirely ordinary day on the beds ward of a surgical department. The nursing team is understaffed due to a shortage of personnel. Despite the hectic environment, Floria cares for her patients with expertise and full dedication. Although she gives her all, the shift gradually spirals out of control – until it eventually leads to a dramatic outburst.
poster
Netflix
74
7.1
/11426/
74
/719/
68
/150/
3.5
/25972/
89
/55/
88
/65/
62
/17/
cc age 13+

Joy (2024)
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.
poster
74
6.5
/1285/
63
/33/
66
/20/
3.5
/7762/
95
/59/
86
/18/

April (2025)
Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.9
/80649/
67
/1575/
66
/1177/
3.7
/103429/
74
/116/
70
/1451/
72
/34/

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.1
/8067/
69
/131/
66
/101/
3.6
/6811/
100
/13/
73
/152/
72
/7/

The Hospital (1971)
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
poster
78
73
7.4
/8753/
72
/196/
71
/176/
4.0
/13819/
91
/33/
83
/163/

Bigger Than Life (1956)
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
73
7.9
/12018/
77
/163/
73
/120/
3.8
/6661/
83
/12/
91
/551/

Wit (2001)
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
poster
Netflix
73
7.1
/204118/
71
/5593/
66
/3245/
3.4
/91333/
82
/225/
70
/3506/
75
/40/
cc age 17+

Side Effects (2013)
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
poster
Hoopla
72
6.9
/6217/
72
/185/
64
/82/
3.2
/2860/
81
/21/
73
/127/

The Doctor (1991)
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
poster
72
6.5
/35985/
66
/1599/
63
/785/
3.6
/54327/
87
/145/
69
/723/
81
/27/

Upstream Color (2013)
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
poster
Netflix
71
6.9
/1764/
73
/293/
73
/181/
3.3
/8685/
85
/8/
cc age 13+

Lucca's World (2025)
Determined to help her son, who has cerebral palsy, Bárbara takes her family to India for an experimental treatment.
poster
Hulu
71
6.2
/9707/
62
/711/
64
/157/
3.3
/25550/
95
/96/
72
/54/
78
/17/
cc age 16+

Birth/Rebirth (2023)
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
poster
71
6.9
/13297/
70
/157/
65
/134/
3.5
/5571/
86
/58/
71
/314/
63
/25/
cc age 15+

One True Thing (1998)
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
6.1
/1524/
60
/102/
62
/32/
3.4
/5263/
85
/27/
69
/12/

Moon Garden (2023)
A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through a dark industrial dreamscape, following her mother's voice on a transistor radio to find her way back to consciousness.
poster
Kanopy
81
70
7.6
/13437/
76
/579/
70
/129/
3.9
/18446/
100
/14/
91
/8/

Help (2021)
Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
poster
Kanopy
75
69
7.4
/13312/
74
/178/
69
/154/
3.7
/9465/
83
/24/
80
/240/
cc age 11+

Dark Victory (1939)
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
poster
Plex
69
6.9
/22682/
70
/637/
67
/442/
3.5
/13018/
81
/26/
66
/215/
60
/8/

Coma (1978)
When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
poster
Pluto TV
68
7.3
/232092/
75
/5366/
76
/4054/
3.9
/1288178/
53
/113/
84
/8009/
51
/32/
cc age 17+

Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
poster
Plex
67
7.3
/102300/
74
/2670/
73
/2209/
3.2
/93827/
47
/135/
72
/8783/
51
/28/
cc age 15+

My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
poster
66
7.4
/201622/
74
/5598/
72
/2643/
3.4
/52917/
41
/140/
75
/3023/
49
/31/
cc age 15+

K-PAX (2001)
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
poster
Kanopy
66
7.2
/26362/
75
/1342/
74
/785/
3.5
/21904/
67
/166/
73
/130/
51
/29/
cc age 12+

Breathe (2017)
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
poster
Netflix
64
6.4
/1318/
67
/163/
64
/87/
3.2
/5358/
59
/41/
82
/18/
58
/17/
6.8
/6770/
cc age 14+

The Deer King (2021)
Following a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named Yuna as survivors. Finally free, the pair seek out a simple existence in the countryside but are pursued by nefarious forces. Intent on protecting Yuna at all costs, Van must uncover the true cause of the plague ravaging the kingdom—and its possible cure.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
64
7.0
/9054/
67
/140/
64
/137/
3.3
/9635/
87
/15/
69
/159/

Of Human Bondage (1934)
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
poster
Kanopy
71
62
7.1
/5528/
67
/57/
70
/84/
3.5
/3841/
79
/14/
73
/58/

The Men (1950)
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
poster
75
62
7.3
/3474/
72
/57/
68
/48/
3.4
/2174/
90
/10/
76
/24/
82
/5/

The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and that at least some diseases can be cured by vaccinations.
poster
Kanopy
62
6.3
/31786/
66
/1363/
66
/775/
3.1
/8077/
64
/33/
60
/470/
55
/16/

Hours (2013)
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
poster
fuboTV
61
6.3
/11760/
75
/1393/
76
/1131/
2.7
/12611/
60
/65/
81
/536/
46
/17/
cc age 10+

Breakthrough (2019)
Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
59
7.9
/29941/
72
/264/
70
/113/
3.2
/10439/
77
/13/

Arjun Reddy (2017)
A brilliant but impulsive young surgeon spirals into self-destruction after a painful breakup, struggling to cope with love, loss, and the consequences of his own temper.
poster
59
6.2
/21995/
65
/456/
60
/341/
3.0
/7889/
55
/33/
41
/225/
56
/26/

Extreme Measures (1996)
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
poster
69
58
7.5
/41808/
67
/268/
72
/118/
3.3
/12925/
66
/15/

Mersal (2017)
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
poster
58
5.9
/2444/
62
/43/
64
/41/
2.8
/1567/
59
/17/
31
/16/

Critical Care (1997)
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?
poster
58
6.2
/4299/
66
/79/
56
/55/
3.0
/1469/
36
/11/
53
/73/

Gross Anatomy (1989)
Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughest course in med school.
poster
79
57
8.1
/2073/
77
/94/
75
/88/
4.2
/4373/

I Am So Proud of You (2008)
Dark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery.


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