Epilepsy movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant epilepsy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sincere, psychological and captivating films and TV shows about / with epilepsy, family relations, capture, telephone call, epileptic seizure, sex, drinking, society, female nudity and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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epilepsy movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as epilepsy: The Year of the Wolf (2007), The Lost Prince (2003), Electricity (2014), Abuse of Weakness (2013), ...First Do No Harm (1997), Dark Diamond (2016), The Great Pumpkin (1993), Thelma (2017), Requiem (2006), October Baby (2011).

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The Year of the Wolf (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides ...
Style: touching, captivating, romantic, sincere, serious
Plot: forbidden love, university, epilepsy, relationships, health, love triangle, love, parent child relationship, age difference, divorce, intimacy, poetry ...
Place: helsinki finland
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The Lost Prince (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama about the life of Prince John – youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary – who died at the age of 13 in 1919. John suffered from epileptic seizures and an autism-like ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, touching, depressing ...
Audience: kids
Plot: royal family, epilepsy, disability, british royal family, intrigue, state affairs, separation from family, family in crisis, world war one, countryside, monarchy, great war ...
Time: 1910s, 1900s, edwardian era, pre world war one
Place: england, europe
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 6.1
 907
Electricity (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.
Style: surreal, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, social ...
Plot: hallucination, epilepsy, family relations, missing person, coastal town, female protagonist, brother, minimalism, self discovery, coming of age, strong female presence, obsessive quest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, northern england
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Abuse of Weakness (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After a brain hemorrhage, Maud, a filmmaker, wakes up one morning in a half-dead body that has left her hemiplegic and facing inevitable solitude. Bedridden but determined to pursue her latest film project, she discovers Vilko, a con man who ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, sincere, hot
Plot: weakness, cons and scams, dishonesty, anguish, female protagonist, criminal, epilepsy, stroke, women, feminist, biopic, performer's life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels
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...First Do No Harm (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and ...
Style: edutainment, controversial, uplifting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: medical, youth, blaster, slice of life, health, medicine, child hero, hospital, family relations, bittersweet, small town life, terminal illness ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, baltimore
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 6.4
 790
Dark Diamond (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Featuring menacing tracking shots; a cool, metallic color palette; surprising third-act reversals; and a terrific ensemble cast, Arthur Harari's first feature is a poised, stylish, and utterly assured revenge thriller in which, following his ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot: diamond, epilepsy, father son relationship, death of father, loss of father, epileptic, family relations, violence, vengeance, criminal heroes, revenge, perfect crime ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: europe, antwerp
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The Great Pumpkin (1993)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Italy, France, Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error. Out of this mistake begins the difficult journey towards being cured.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere
Plot: epilepsy, children, doctor, doctor patient relationship, psychiatry, medical, coming of age, roma, power relations, family relations, human nature, social misfits ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: italy, rome italy
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 7.0
 36K
Thelma (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, twisted ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, university, bird, teenage girl, faith, supernatural power, female student, hysteria, lesbian attraction, lesbian relationship ...
Time: year 2017, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scandinavia, indiana, oslo norway, eastern europe
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 6.9
 6K
Requiem (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, demonic, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: mental illness, epilepsy, friendship, religion, small town, depression, insanity, possession, family relations, character study, demonic possession, domineering mother ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
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 6.6
 8K
October Baby (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: OCTOBER BABY is the coming of age story of a beautiful and naive college freshman who discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves.
Style: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, christian film ...
Plot: christian, self discovery, asthma, adoption, abortion, epilepsy, female protagonist, protective parent, faith, life turned upside down, best friend, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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The Colour of Water (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.
Style: contemplative, serious, atmospheric, inspirational, realistic ...
Plot: epilepsy, self discovery, supernatural, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, society, danger, miraculous event, miner, relocation, rescue, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mongolia, asia
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 7.1
 15K
The Aura (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In neo-noir fashion El Aura narrates in the first person the hallucinating voyage of Espinoza, a quiet, cynical taxidermist, who suffers epilepsy attacks, and is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
Style: neo noir, contemplative, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: epilepsy, murder, betrayal, robbery, hunting, taxidermy, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, weekend, heist, accidental killing, casino ...
Place: argentina, latin america, patagonia
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 6.1
 2K
Augustine (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old "hysteria" patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot's experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire.
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, sincere, tense ...
Plot: mental illness, obsession, doctors and patients, hospital, sexual content, hypnosis, epilepsy, illness, medicine, girl, scientist, psychoanalyst ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ale, a deeply disturbed young man subject to seizures, benignly decides to murder members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
Style: art house, psychological thriller, disturbing, atmospheric, black and white ...
Plot: epilepsy, brother sister relationship, catholicism, death of mother, matricide, blindness, prostitute, dysfunctional family, suicidal tendency, death, reckless driving, alienation ...
Time: year 1965, 60s
Place: italy, europe
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 7.6
 68K
Control (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Japan, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, black and white, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, punk, singer, depression, suicide, musician's life, punk rock, musician, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time: 70s, y2k, year 2007, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place: england, manchester, london, northern england, europe
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Love Records: Anna mulle Lovee (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot: drug, epilepsy, father son relationship, friend, friendship, sex scene, illness, business, musician, love, music business, music industry ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: helsinki finland
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The Life of Jesus (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but ...
Style: erotic, aesthetic, art house, slow cinema, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: erection, racism, male pubic hair, racist, epileptic seizure, prejudice, racial prejudice, unemployment, sex, interracial relations, erotic scene, epilepsy ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: france, europe, flanders
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 5.0
 309
Warbus (1985)
Genre: Action, War
Country: Philippines, USA, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The plot concerns a small group of people who are forced to flee from their base (which happens to be a Mission) in an old school bus when the VC launch a vicious assault upon it. Along the way they are joined by a group of three battle hardened ...
Plot: vietnam war, trucker, special forces, conflict, truck, automobile, missionary, behind enemy lines, jungle, capture, epilepsy, group ...
Place: vietnam
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 7.4
 107
La Storia (2024)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
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Story: Set mostly in Rome between 1940 and 1948 “La Storia” looks at fascism, World War II and Italy’s early postwar period through a female prism. Ida, a half Jewish widow with a teen-age son named Nino, is raped by a drunken German soldier and gets ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, female nudity, dog, rape, epilepsy, teacher, carabinieri, fascist, communist, judaism, fascism ...
Time: year 1941, year 1947, year 1946, year 1942, year 1944 ...
Place: rome italy, italy
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 6.8
 41K
Romper Stomper (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman ...
Style: disturbing, brutal, harsh, political, cult classic ...
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, racism, gang, violence, brutality, immigrant, vandalism, strangulation, father daughter relationship, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, melbourne
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 6.3
 669
Lamb (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two recognise kindred spirits and escape to London together. With the police on their tail and the money ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: youth, school, on the run, kidnapping, adoption, teacher student relationship, surrogate father, neurology, epilepsy, epileptic seizure, murder by drowning, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: ireland, england, london, dublin ireland, europe ...
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 7.0
 37K
Cleopatra (1963)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story: Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The winner of four Oscars, this epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the passionate and ambitious Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on ...
Style: epic, period piece, costume drama, breathtaking, visual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ancient rome, antiquity, ancient egypt, peplum, roman empire, queen, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient, cleopatra, love, femme fatale ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, year 1963, 1st century b.c.
Place: egypt, rome italy, africa, alexandria egypt, greece ...
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 3.1
 134
Soul Maid (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Loosely based on the classic story of Sleeping Beauty, this irreverent fairy tale for modern audiences follows a man named Moses (Joe Schneck), whose frequent seizures are characterized by the appearance of Glintentica, a spurned Goddess planning ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay interest, amnesia, hallucination, art dealer, demonic possession, love at first sight, fetish, religious cult, roommate, spirituality, epileptic seizure ...
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 7.3
 162K
Snowden (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story: CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style: realistic, factual, political thriller, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: espionage, journalism, whistleblower, fighting the system, hacking, moral dilemma, internet, surveillance, technology, cia, spying, idealism ...
Time: year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2012 ...
Place: hong kong, geneva switzerland, japan, russia, america ...
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer (Joanne Woodward) and her daughters Ruth (Roberta Wallach) and Matilda (Nell Potts) are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have ...
Style: touching, psychological, realistic, sentimental, talky ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: redemption, coming of age, teacher, dysfunctional family, single father, family problems, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: connecticut
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Disappearing Acts (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, talky, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, love affair, looking for love, family problems, opposites attract, couple relations, lovers reunited, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, follow your dream ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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The Keys to the House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: parents and children, single parent, estrangement, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, hopes, redemption, family relations ...
Time: year 2004
Place: germany, italy, europe, berlin germany, milan italy
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Being at Home with Claude (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's hard to review this movie without giving anything away. Suffice it to say that it depicts the crime of one member of a gay male relationship and the desperate struggle for the lead character to make those around him understand the reason ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, glbt, murder, couples, law enforcement, legal, gays and lesbians, life is a bitch, love and romance, mind game ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, montreal, quebec
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 7.1
 11K
Barefoot (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A hedonistic bachelor, falls for an escaped mental patient. Til Schweiger comes up with a slickly-made off-the-wall romantic comedy drama "Barfuss" (Barefoot), his first solo directing effort in nearly a decade. Punchy, ...
Style: romantic, sincere, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Plot: opposites attract, mental illness, starting over, love affair, psychiatry, runaway, social misfits, mental health, fall in love, hopes, couples, illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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The Aryan Couple (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, survival, genocide, anti semitism, undercover, hidden identity, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, forbidden love, uncover truth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: germany, switzerland, hungary, europe
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