Child illness movies and TV shows – page 3

List of child illness movies

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Unknown Woman (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Hong Ji Won grew up at an orphanage. To escape from her poor background, she studied hard and graduated from a prestigious university. She then worked as a secretary at a large company. Finally, Hong Ji Won married the owner of the company and gave ...
Style: soap opera, dramatic, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot: revenge, child illness, son, fighting illness, illness, vengeance, avenge, mother and son, fight, orphan, disease
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Ordinary Angels (2024)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A hairdresser single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
Style: sentimental, serious, captivating, touching, dramatic
Plot: christianity, small town, tragedy, family relations, death in the family, kids and family, child illness, family problems, father, daughter, illness, single father ...
Time: 90s
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Fanletter, Please (2022)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A top star actress in deep crisis and a man who makes a fake reply to a fanletter start their romance story.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: actress, desire, father daughter relationship, child illness, wish come true, crisis, illness, relationships, single father, single parent, family relations, wish fulfillment
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Hidden Family Secrets (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman determined to save her dying daughter uncovers her mother's sinister secret.
Style: thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: family problems, family relations, mother daughter relationship, cancer, sister, child illness, family secret, fighting illness, sister sister relationship, female protagonist, kids and family, secret ...
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Al Thaman (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: As a last resort to afford her son’s cancer treatment, a widowed mother asks her manager for money, but the latter poses one condition: she must spend the night with him.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, children's story
Plot: wealthy family, cancer, changing lives, money, needing money, fighting illness, life is a bitch, child illness, lifestyle change, family relations, blackmail, relationships ...
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 4.2
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Evil Intent (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A private nurse hired to care for a sick boy sets her sights on becoming his mother instead.
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot: nurse, femme fatale, couples, relationships, family problems, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, male female relationship, child illness, illness, life is a bitch, family life ...
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Miracle Man (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: Ittaku lives without having a reason. One day, he falls in love with Hana who struggles with her harsh life. Hana's daughter Umi has problems with her ears and eyes. Umi has a hard time dealing with her daily life. Ittaku wants to help Hana and ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, suspenseful
Plot: disability, deaf, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, overcoming, family relations, child illness, fighting illness, illness ...
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 5.6
 6K
Son (2021)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Style: suspense, scary, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: mother son relationship, cannibalism, illness, female warrior, freak, runaway, occult, mother child relationship, child illness, haunted by the past, dark secret, single mother ...
Time: 2020s
Place: ireland
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 6.6
 411
Parallel Roads (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gaby, Fer's mother and Silvia, Diego's mother, live their lives happily, until one day, due to Diego's kidney disease they find out that the kids were switched at birth. In order to save Diego’, both mothers end up in a legal battle ...
Style: captivating, disturbing
Plot: biological father, mother son relationship, illness, family relations, search for father, child illness, fighting illness, problem, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch ...
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Red Bracelets: The Beginning (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In this prequel to the TV series, the individual fates of the members of the later "Red Bracelets" and how they came together are told.
Style: captivating, sentimental, compassionate, melancholic, touching ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: wedding ceremony, teenage boy, teenage girl, hospital, death of mother, brother brother relationship, soccer match, bulimia, grandfather grandson relationship, death of loved one, best man, cancer patient ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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Matching Jack (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style: sincere, uplifting, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot: infidelity, coming of age, hopes, dishonesty, friendship, parents and children, bittersweet, terminal illness, unfulfillment, life turned upside down, child illness, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, ireland
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November Christmas (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involved with strangers for the first time since his son's death long ago.
Style: emotional, sincere, serious, disturbing, sad ...
Plot: christmas, cancer, human spirit, parents and children, family gatherings, hopes, girl, holiday, youth, xmas, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
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Camino (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A religious organization interferes with the life of a terminally ill girl.
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, spiritual ...
Plot: child cancer, children, guardian angel, doctors and patients, family problems, family relations, hopes, parents and children, youth, life is a bitch, family in crisis, religion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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 7.6
 47K
Short Cuts (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Multi-storied, fish-eyed look at American culture with some 22 characters intersecting--profoundly or fleetingly--through each other's lives. Running the emotional gamut from disturbing to humorous, Altman's portrait of the contemporary ...
Style: philosophical, talky, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: multiple storylines, infidelity, suicide, marriage crisis, bare butt, destruction of property, waitress, loss of loved one, life philosophy, character study, fishing, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1993
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
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Death of a Superhero (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, sincere, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: youth, life is a bitch, human spirit, family problems, family in crisis, hopes, coming of age, terminal illness, teenager, dealing with death, child illness, first love ...
Place: ireland, usa
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The Heart of Christmas (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Dax Ryan Locke, born to Julie and Austin Locke on June 26, 2007, was diagnosed with AML M7, a rare form of leukemia, when he was 13 months old. The Heart of Christmas is set in Washington, Illinois and at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, ...
Style: touching, uplifting, emotional, sad, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: sad ending, terminal illness, sick child, christmas, child illness, parents and children, family life, dealing with death, small town, leukemia, cancer, blog ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, illinois
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 6.7
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Magnificent 7 (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Inspired by the life of Jacqui Jackson. Helena Bonham Carter stars as Maggi, a mother with seven children - three 'normal' daughters and four sons who are each, in one form or another, autistic.
Style: realistic, sentimental, uplifting, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: autism, motherhood, family life, human spirit, single parent, mentally challenged, siblings relations, hopes, parents and children, child illness, family problems, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england
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 7K
Magical Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A desperate man (Luis Bermejo) blackmails a mentally ill woman (Bárbara Lennie) to buy a dress for his terminally ill daughter (Lucía Pollán).
Style: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot: teacher, parents and children, leukemia, child illness, family relations, blackmail, psychiatrist, money, mental illness, sex, ethnicity, disability ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: spain
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Skellig (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his brand new baby sister has fallen ill. One day, while cleaning out the garden shed, he stumbles across ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, sentimental, emotional, apocalyptic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night
Plot: coming of age, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, boy, human spirit, hopes, family life, suburban life, child illness, male bonding, friendship between men, owl ...
Place: usa
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 7.1
 13K
Paa (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: He suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13 but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya, who is a gynaecologist. Amol is young, progressive politician. He ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, uplifting, funny ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: father son relationship, disability, family life, youth, aging, family relations, hopes, couple relations, doctors and patients, fish out of water, supportive parent, mother son relationship ...
Time: year 2009
Place: india, asia
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Aurora (2010)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Aurora is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States–based television network Telemundo. Telemundo aired this serial from November 1, 2010 to May 20, 2011. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcasts English ...
Style: emotional, novela, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: love triangle, couple relations, friendship, couples, fall in love, twists and turns, family relations, rivalry, society, true love, parents and children, child illness ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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Flourish (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A tutor recounts a frantic night that culminated in a 16-year old girl's disappearance. Unfolding in front of a video camera direct from a psychiatric ward, Gaby Winters (Jennifer Morrison) recalls a dreadful babysitting job that sent her on a ...
Style: serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: missing person, investigation, abduction, teenage life, isolation, eccentric family, youth, who done it, amateur detective, mentally unstable, murder, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 21st century
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Hawks (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.
Style: black comedy, sad, crying, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: terminal illness, englishman abroad, road trip, compassion, cynicism, male bonding, friendship between men, affection, american football, depression, american abroad, optimism ...
Time: 80s
Place: netherlands, amsterdam
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Bombshell (1997)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control others for their own good.
Style: serious, rough, exciting, psychological, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: laboratory, experiment gone awry, danger, inventions and discoveries, technology gone awry, life is a bitch, dystopian future, corporate crime, terminal illness, missing person, antidote, kidnapping ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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 5.4
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Lifebreath (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Luke Perry stars in this surprisingly moving adult drama about a devoted husband whose wife (Francie Swift) is dying of cystic fibrosis. Because of her rare blood type, she can't get new lungs, so Perry begins a frantic search to find a donor. ...
Style: independent film, sexy, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: murder, terminal illness, transplant, family problems, couples, woman in danger, child illness, love triangle, infidelity, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, tragic hero ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Who Is KK Downey? (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The plot revolves around two hipster friends who pretend to be a writer with a troubled past in their quest for fame.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: drug abuse, satire, prodigy, tragic hero, writer's life, best friend, love and romance, life is a bitch, misfit, social misfits, mentally unstable, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
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Bitter Harvest (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot: environmental, biology, farm, contamination, ecology, family relations, family problems, environmentalism, government agency, dishonesty, hopes, society ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, michigan
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Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The once clean and healthy city of Toronto becomes the pariah of the western world when a deadly chain of infection lands in the city. Panic spreads as the number of SARS cases increases as there are no effective treatments.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot: epidemic, disease, public health, doctors and patients, politics, hopes, life is a bitch, society, plague, terminal illness, medical profession, quarantine ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, china, canada
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Duck (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An elderly man loses his wife and is in despair. He saves the life of a duck
Style: touching, uplifting, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Plot: pets, redemption, self discovery, on the road, orphan, hopes, survival, elderly, family relations, bittersweet, death in the family, homelessness ...
Time: future
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Strange Relations (2001)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Drama - A NYC psychiatrist is diagnosed with leukemia - and when he finds out he was adopted, he travels to England in search of his birth mother and some answers. - Paul Reiser, Amber Sealey, Lachele Carl
Style: semi serious, emotional, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: adoption, terminal illness, self discovery, uncover truth, hopes, introspection, family problems, parents and children, working class, dysfunctional family, family life, mother son relationship ...
Place: new york, europe, england, usa, liverpool
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