Movies and TV shows like Brain

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Brain (2011)
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Brain (2011)
Original name: 브레인
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Brain is a 2011 South Korean medical drama, starring Shin Ha-kyun, Choi Jung-won, Jung Jin-young and Jo Dong-hyuk. The series revolves around a top neurosurgeon who is obsessed with success and dreams of becoming the hospital director, then finds himself embroiled in professional rivalries and an unexpected romance. The series received positive reviews, particularly for Shin Ha-kyun's performance. It aired on KBS2 from November 14, 2011 to January 17, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Style: medical drama
Plot: medical, doctor, surgeon, blood, nurse, brain surgery, latex gloves, surgical mask, medical mask, dental mask
Place: korea

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Most similar movies to Brain

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out medical drama, captivating, psychological and disturbing films and TV series with plots about medical, doctor, hospital, latex gloves, medicine, nurse and medical mask mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Brain: Doctor Stranger (2014), Syndrome (2012), Surgeons (2017), Heartbeat (2016), Dr. Champ (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Doctor Stranger (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As a child, Park Hoon and his dad were kidnapped and taken to North Korea. He grew up there, learning to be a doctor just like his father. When Park Hoon escapes back to South Korea and begins work at a prestigious hospital, he makes it his goal to ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, exciting, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: doctor, twists and turns, heroes, danger, dishonesty, unrequited love, hospital, second chance, kidnapping, father son relationship, hidden identity, medical ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea
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100%
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Syndrome (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Syndrome is a 2012 South Korean medical drama series, starring Han Hye-jin, Song Chang-eui and Park Gun-hyung. It is set in the world of neurosurgery where a medical student finds herself in a love triangle with two fellow doctors. The television ...
Style: medical drama, entertaining, exciting, serious, captivating
Plot: doctor, surgeon, nurse, medical, male doctor, doctor patient relationship, patient, doctors and patients, hospital, neurosurgeon, surgical mask, medical mask ...
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45%
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Surgeons (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Renhe Hospital nurse Zhang Shumei is forced to resign after being suspected of accidentally killing a patient. Zhang Shumei’s 4 year old daughter is abducted, and she herself dies in a car accident a couple of years later. 30 years later, Zhang ...
Style: medical drama, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Plot: surgeon, hospital, surgery, medical, doctors and patients, boss and employee, coworker relationship, workplace situations, death, life & death, suffering, workplace romance ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Heartbeat (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this unique character-driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere, an outspoken world-renowned heart-transplant surgeon and one of the few women in her field. Stubborn and fearless, ...
Style: medical drama, feel good, humorous, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: medical, female doctor, strong female lead, hospital, female protagonist, doctor, doctor patient relationship, coworker relationship, workaholic, working woman, relationship problems, saving a life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Dr. Champ (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Dr. Champ is a 2010 South Korean television series about a doctor caught in a love triangle between a judo athlete and a crippled doctor who was once a speed-skating star.
Style: captivating, romantic, psychological, disturbing
Plot: nurse, doctor, romantic rivalry, female doctor, doctor patient relationship, fall in love, love affair, athlete and trainer, relationships, female protagonist, love interest, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Sklifosovsky (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A series centered around a fictional hospital staff, and inspired by the name of a Moldovan surgeon - Nikolay Sklifosovsky.
Style: captivating, sincere, touching, romantic, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: medical, hospital, doctor, workplace situations, male female relationship, medical student, coworker relationship, doctors and patients, nurse, illness, doctor patient relationship, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Iryu: Team Medical Dragon (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Ryutaro Asada was the chief surgeon of Team Medical Dragon, a globally active emergency medical care team that worked in refugee camps. After his return to Japan, this amazingly talented surgeon starts work at a university hospital, where he ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, psychological, disturbing, medical drama
Plot: surgery, doctor, medical profession, medicine, life is a bitch, medical malpractice, physician, social problems, medical, surgeon, medical mask, latex gloves ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Medical Top Team (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: The medical drama focuses on the lives of doctors and nurses who are members of an elite medical team from the fictional Gwang Hae University Hospital.
Style: medical drama, sincere, captivating
Plot: medical profession, doctor, hospital, teamwork, medicine, nurse, patient, workplace situations, workplace, physician, doctor patient relationship, rivalry ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Dr. Kildare (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
Style: medical drama, retro, freeze frame, vintage
Plot: medical, doctor, medicine, hospital, nurse, intern, doctor patient relationship, surgeon, mentor, caucasian, mentor protege relationship, medical profession ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Dakteoseu (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When Hye-Jung was young, her life was difficult. She was good at fighting, but also studied well. Overcoming her tough situation, she is now a doctor.
Style: captivating, dorama, sentimental, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: medical profession, strong female lead, doctor, coworker, surgeon, medical, hospital, prejudice, doubts and hesitations, fall in love, teacher, wedding ...
Place: south korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Bodies (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Bodies is an award-winning British television medical drama produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. Created by Jed Mercurio, the series began in 2004 and is based on his book Bodies. In December 2009, The Times ranked Bodies in 9th place in ...
Style: medical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: gynecologist, surgery, doctor, secret, employer employee relationship, new job, workplace, workplace situations, hospital, medical, computer, motherhood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Cutter to Houston (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cutter to Houston is an American medical drama starring Shelley Hack, Jim Metzler, and Alec Baldwin that aired on CBS on Saturday night from October 1 to December 31, 1983 at 8 p.m Eastern time. The series was created by Sandor Stern.
Style: medical drama
Plot: hospital, doctor, small town, nurse, medical
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Surgeon (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Surgeon was an Australian primetime television Medical drama. It screened at 9:30pm on Thursdays on Network Ten and in Ireland early morning on RTÉ One. The show was based at a fictional hospital named Sydney General Hospital. The first season ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, medical drama
Plot: medical, surgeon, female doctor, physician, medicine, treatment, workplace situations, doctor, saving a life, workplace, female protagonist, medical examination ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, ...
Style: medical drama, retro, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: medical, hospital, doctor, medicine, power relations, workplace, doctors and patients, workplace situations, lifesaver, medical profession, nurse, physician ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Good Doctor (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: As a child, Park Shi On was sent to a specialized care center, where he discovered genius capacities for his autism. Coupled with an exceptional memory and keen spatial skills, the young savant eventually entered pediatric residency, where he ...
Style: dorama, medical drama, romantic drama
Plot: medical, medical profession, hospital, surgery, socially awkward, prodigy, doctor patient relationship, social relations, coworker relationship, follow your dream, disability, medicine ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Night Shift (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed, particularly adrenaline junkie T.C. Callahan.
Style: medical drama, realistic, tense, humorous, semi serious
Audience: teens
Plot: hospital, emergency room, medical, doctor, doctors and patients, lifesaver, friendship, surgery, medicine, workplace, power relations, patient ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san antonio texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Donoue General Hospital runs into a budget deficit, even though the doctors drive expensive imported cars and live an outlandish lifestyle. Office manager Momoi finds surgeon Kosuke Sagara through a medical website. Kosuke Sagara arrives at the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, medical drama
Plot: doctor, surgery, medicine, medical, coworker, doctors and patients, workplace, workplace situations, physician, lifestyle, job, medical mask ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Nightingales (US) (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Nightingales is an American medical drama television series that aired on NBC from January 21, 1989 to April 26, 1989. The series, produced by Aaron Spelling Productions, follows the stories of Christine Broderick, a supervisor of student nurses, ...
Style: medical drama
Plot: pretty girl, hospital, nurse, medical, roommate, female bonding, doctor
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Jejoongwon (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Jejoongwon is the first modern hospital in Korea established in the Joseon era in 1885. Baek Do Yang is a nobleman who gives up his status to enter its ranks. Hwang Jung is a butcher's son who becomes a physician, while Seok Ran enters ...
Style: medical drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: relationships, doctor, hospital, male doctor, medical clinic, physician, medicine, workplace, medical, clinic
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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New Heart (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Cardiac surgery is one of the most demanding and difficult forms of surgery, and it's not as lucrative as other medical careers, so when Lee Eun Seung and Nam Hye Suk are the only applicants to apply for a residency, they are accepted easily. ...
Style: medical drama, romantic, captivating
Plot: workplace situations, cardiologist, physician, male female relationship, love and romance, relationships, relationship vs career, doctor, medicine, medical, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, asian
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Godhand Teru (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The story revolves around a young man named Mahigashi Teru. When he was young, his father, a brilliant surgeon, died in an accident, but not before saving Teru's life. As a result, Teru also aims to become a great surgeon like his father, ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: medical profession, surgery, doctor, talent, medicine, physician, saving a life, doctors and patients, medical, supernatural power, hospital, nurse ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The 3rd Hospital (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: The 3rd Hospital is a 2012 South Korean medical drama, starring Kim Seung-woo, Oh Ji-ho, Kim Min-jung and Sooyoung of Girls' Generation. It centers on the conflicts between Western and Eastern medicine and the rivalry between two brothers who ...
Style: medical drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: medical, hospital, physician, male doctor, social differences, doctor, doctors and patients, competitor, workplace, medicine, brother vs brother, rivals
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Style: medical drama, sentimental, sincere, captivating, bloody ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: hospital, doctor, medical, workplace, surgery, surgeon, patient, relationships, doctors and patients, coworker relationship, workplace romance, nurse ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, idaho, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Thank You Doctor (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: Story of two doctors, cold and arrogant Bai Shu and "fox beauty" Xiao Yan; who work in the emergency rescue department, saving lives and creating miracles.
Style: dramatic, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: death, doctor, medical, hospital, nurse, treatment, grief, rescue, heartbreak, adoption
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Mercy (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April. On October 23, 2009, Mercy was ...
Style: medical drama, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: nurse, medical, doctor, doctors and patients, workplace, friendship, friends, love triangle, medicine, coworker relationship, women, hospital ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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A Life (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his girlfriend Danjo Mifuyu behind and went to the US alone. 10 years go by and he comes back as a surgeon with outstanding skills to save his former ...
Style: medical drama, captivating, tense
Plot: medical profession, medical, doctor, workplace situations, medicine, doctors and patients, doctor patient relationship, physician, workplace, illness, hospital, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Private Practice (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside ...
Style: medical drama, realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: doctor, medical, hospital, treatment, surgery, parenthood, friendship, psychiatrist, workplace, workplace romance, workplace situations, clinic ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.0
 42
Jozi-H (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jozi-H is a one-hour hospital drama series set in Johannesburg, South Africa, set in the Johannesburg General Hospital. It is a Canada-South Africa co-production. It first aired in Canada on CBC Television on 13 October 2006, and in South Africa on ...
Style: medical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: hospital, doctor, nurse, medical profession, doctors and patients, workplace situations, medicine, physician, job, workplace, medical, latex gloves ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.0
 13K
Code Black (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff confront a challenged system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the ...
Style: medical drama, suspense, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot: hospital, medical, doctor, emergency room, medical profession, reanimation, medicine, saving a life, nurse, team, coping, nursing ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.0
 49K
New Amsterdam (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Max Goodwin, the hospital's newest medical director, sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care.
Style: medical drama, sincere, inspirational, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot: medical, hospital, patient, physician, doctor, medicine, surgery, nursing, doctor patient relationship, public health, coworker relationship, nurse ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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