Brain surgery movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant brain surgery movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, weird, independent film, scary and suspense films and TV shows about / with brain surgery, hospital, murder, doctor, danger, chase, blood, violence, catastrophe and dialogue plots mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as brain surgery: Blood Relations (1988), Brain Dead (1990), Facing the Truth (2002), Get Out (2017), The Sylvian Experiments (2010), Ratched (2020), Molly (1999), The Man with Two Brains (1983), The Dead Pit (1989), Charly (1968).
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A trip to meet her fiance's family becomes a descent into hell when Marie discovers that her future husband wants more than just a wife... Dying for a rich husband, Marie is thrilled when Thomas brings her home to his family's massive ...
Style:
medical horror, slasher, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
brain transplant, dysfunctional family, incest overtones, father in law, father in law daughter in law relationship, medical, cheating wife, sexual tension, female nudity, erotica, old dark house, mansion ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation!
Style:
surreal, medical horror, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
nightmare, hallucination, mental illness, psychiatrist, surrealism, experiment, insanity, body horror, delusion, experiment gone awry, corporation, doctors and patients ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1989
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In his new film, an intriguing and delicately crafted drama, Malmros portrays the poignant story of a man, who grew up in very modest circumstances in the early years of the 20th century, but whose diligence, intelligence and willingness to endure ...
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, disturbing
Plot:
neurosurgeon, world war two, surgeon, coming of age, family relations, journalism, moral dilemma, father son relationship, professor, hospital, medicine, nordic ...
Time:
1940s, 80s, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
racism, hypnosis, brainwashing, interracial romance, kidnapping, paranoia, survival, female villain, african american, revenge, african american protagonist, neurosurgeon ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, southern usa, indiana, new york
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when they look back, they ...
Style:
medical horror, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
experiment gone awry, laboratory, nightmare comes true, danger, mad scientist, parents and children, family relations, disorder, obsession, violent content, uncover truth, missing person ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia
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79K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An origins story, beginning in 1947, which follows Ratched's journey and evolution from nurse to full-fledged monster tracking her murderous progression through the mental health care system.
Style:
sexy, suspense, disturbing, tense, bloody ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, strong sexual content, mental institution, lesbian romance, manipulative woman, lobotomy, psychiatric nurse, mutilation, nymphomaniac, psycho killer, nurse ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
northern california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due budget cuts, Molly is left in the charge of her ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, sincere, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
autism, public nudity, disability, mental patient, advertising executive, siblings relations, human spirit, custody, hopes, doctors and patients, misfit, mentally challenged ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A story about a brain surgeon who tries to end his unhappy marriage to spend more time with a disembodied brain.
Style:
spoof, black comedy, funny, parody, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hospital, mad scientist, marriage, murder, lust, inheritance, elevator, satire, femme fatale, sexual frustration, lethal injection, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, austria, usa, vienna
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A renegade doctor is shot dead and entombed with his fiendish experiments in the basement of an abandoned wing of a mental hospital. Twenty years later, a mysterious woman is admitted with amnesia, and her arrival is marked by an earthquake - which ...
Style:
slasher, medical horror, independent film, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Plot:
psychopath, psychic, nightmare, mental institution, zombie, supernatural power, psychiatrist, repressed memory, zombie attack, insanity, holy water, trauma ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to his was right.
Style:
intelligent, psychological, clever, touching, depressing ...
Plot:
experiment, mental retardation, bakery, intelligence, tragedy, janitor, laboratory, pumpkin, doomed love, disability, teacher, mental disorder ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
usa, boston
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young music student has a seizure forcing her to undergo brain surgery. She comes out of the surgery unable to count or read and has difficulty adapting to life.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, serious, dramatic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
capture, hospital, doctor patient relationship, female protagonist, trauma, identity crisis, amnesia, biopic, resilience, ethical dilemma, recovery, mortality ...
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The science of miniaturization has been unlocked, and the army has big plans. But when a scientist carrying the secret of the process is injured in a surprise attack, a life-threatening blood clot puts him into a coma. Now, a team of adventurers ...
Style:
medical horror, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
submarine, double agent, space and aliens, medical, rescue, military, assassination attempt, danger, chases and races, shrinking, trippy, scientist ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, year 1966, 60s, future
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After learning he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, Marcus, an audio-obsessed high school senior, decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise — a bucket list of all his favorite sounds.
Style:
emotional, teen, reflective, life affirming, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terminal illness, deafness, coming of age, self discovery, resilience, memories, acceptance, bucket list, young adult, bittersweet, high school, loss ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French artist struggling to put the finishing touches on his masterpiece finds his concentration repeatedly broken by the unusual sounds emanating from his neighbor's apartment in this black comedy from Ann Marie Fleming. Immediately ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, psychological, independent film, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
murder, blood, mental health, female protagonist, odd couple, loneliness, isolation, macabre, artist, intimacy, relationships, romantic obsession ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Yoko Miyama works as a doctor at Touto Hospital. She specializes in brain aneurysms in the neurosurgery department. Yoko Miyama becomes involved with her colleagues, including Kengo Kuroiwa, Sachiko Kozukue, and Takuma Nishigoori. Meanwhile, she ...
Style:
medical drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Plot:
hospital, doctor, medical, physician, medicine, neurosurgeon, female doctor, workplace situations, workplace, medical examination, female protagonist, teamwork ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Disguised as an educational film. Stereo purports to be a report on the "Canadian Academy of Erotic Inquiry's" experiments to induce telepathy in eight experimental subjects. It follows the effects of the experiment using the ...
Style:
experimental, intense, disturbing, tense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
telepathy, sex, suicide, sexuality, morality, experiment, experiment gone awry, psychological experiment, isolation, ethical dilemma, parapsychology, social commentary ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jim Gaffigan has made a career out of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary with his hilarious observational style. In his 6th special, he uses humor to deal with the unthinkable & proves that laughter is the best medicine…or is it?
Style:
funny, captivating, satirical, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedy, stand up comedian, public speaking, satire, joke, humour, social satire, family life, illness, doctor, autobiography ...
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When Seth (Michael Jai White), the supercomputer controlled ultra-warrior, decides to take revenge and destroy its creators, only Luc can stop it. All ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, rough, serious, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, artificial intelligence, terminator, cyborgs, fight to the death, hand to hand combat, brutality, destiny, shootout, mind control, race against time, computer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
dallas texas, texas
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, clever, tense, political ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, politics, covert operation, senator, corporation, sniper ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, year 2004, future, 90s ...
Place:
iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman goes to previously all-male boarding school on a scholarship. She begins to separate herself from her boyfriend in order to devote more time to her new environment...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, violence, conspiracy, college, high school, old man, motorcycle, abduction, car chase, death, police, car accident ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, virginia
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following his forced retirement from an appalling rock band, Jason decides to vacation at Brittlehouse Manor, a health farm run by the leather-gloved, ex-Nazi scientist Dr. Storm. Along the way, Jason meets Judy, also on her way to Brittlehouse ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, scary, medical horror, classic horror ...
Plot:
mad doctor, mad scientist, surgery, gay slur, homophobic slur, mind control, survival, hospital, experiment gone awry, danger, violence, laboratory ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane anylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a ...
Style:
anthology, claymation, classic horror, cult horror, slasher ...
Plot:
train, devil, railway, rock and roll, satan, exploitation, supernatural horror, rock band, monster, demon, surrealism, rape ...
Time:
year 1979, 80s, 1940s, 70s, year 1944
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, twist ending, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
ape, astronaut, post apocalypse, planet of the apes, dystopia, gorilla, space and aliens, space exploration, trial, time travel, plot twist, desert ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1968, near future, 20th century ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. ...
Style:
light, humorous, slapstick comedy, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot:
muppets, puppet, friendship, rescue, mad scientist, benign alien, space, alien, friendly alien, flying saucer, unlikely friendships, secrets ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
canada
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, ...
Style:
bloody, frightening, medical horror, slasher, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
demon, hell, gory, hellraiser, cursed object, violent, monster, maze, body horror, doctor, puzzle, psychiatric hospital ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
england, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Kirsty Cotten is now all grown up and married. Her memory of the events that took place back at her parent's home and the mental institution have dimmed, but she is still traumatized. A fatal car crash kills Kirsty. Now, her husband finds ...
Style:
scary, slasher, lovecraft, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, hellraiser, amnesia, car accident, temptation, body horror, hallucination, monster, cosmic horror, car crash, plastic bag over head, sex horror ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, contemplative, crying ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, laboratory, prodigy, experiment, genius, blind ambition, social misfits, misfit, hopes, disorder, doctors and patients, fall in love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Struggling artist Min Hee-do is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik, who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
body swap, body swapping, identity crisis, male protagonist, manipulation, gambling, greed, existential crisis, deception, suspicion, class conflict, urban ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
seoul
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226K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, serial killer, mind game, game of death, sadism, trap, violent, mutilation, gory, sadistic horror, killer, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a grueling set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts ...
Style:
slasher, twist ending, cult classic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, holiday horror, plot twist, vengeance, gory, revenge, blood, birthday party, mystery killer, holiday, teenager ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
usa, new england, virginia, tokyo
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