Terminal illness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant terminal illness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, sentimental, realistic, emotional, sad and feel good films and TV shows about / with terminal illness, cancer, illness, death, hospital, life, destiny, mentor, teenager and bittersweet plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, Spain, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as terminal illness: The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Keith (2008), 50/50 (2011), Marvin's Room (1996), Five Feet Apart (2019), You're Not You (2014), A Walk to Remember (2002), P.S. I Love You (2007), Sweet November (2001), Now Is Good (2012).
Best films
List of terminal illness movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, teenager, terminal illness, fall in love, first love, youth, teenage life, dealing with death, friendship, coping, coming of age, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, amsterdam, indiana
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37K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that ...
Style:
psychological, romantic, sad, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, love, teenager, youth, opposites attract, first love, terminal illness, cancer, teenage love, love and romance, teen romance, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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334K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
touching, sentimental, tragicomedy, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, friendship, chemotherapy, relationships, doctor, patient, buddies, coming of age, best friend, happy ending, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, washington d.c., hawaii ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, leukemia, cancer, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, family problems, single parent, siblings relations, sibling relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
florida, usa, ohio, orlando florida
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two teenagers with life-threatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love.
Style:
thought provoking, melancholic, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
disability, terminal illness, fighting illness, fall in love, star crossed lovers, true love, death, forbidden love, couple relations, suffering, destiny, hospital ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Style:
touching, sentimental, lyrical, sweet, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, quadriplegic, life is a bitch, death, character study, disability, dying, musician, teaching the ways of the world, family relations, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sad, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
teenager, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, cancer, love story, first love, youth, true love, love, high school ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, grief, starting over, couples, loss of spouse, life philosophy, loss of husband, family relations, lost love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, love, terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, tragic love, love and romance, opposites attract, couples, leukemia, self discovery, changing lives ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Style:
sad, emotional, romantic, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, terminal illness, teenage love, cancer, youth, love and romance, fighting illness, dying, last wish, dealing with death, virginity, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15, but was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25.
Style:
emotional, touching, thought provoking, sincere, dorama ...
Plot:
terminal illness, school, high school life, tragedy, human spirit, illness, family problems, family relations, disabled child, high school, wheelchair bound, child illness ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sad, touching, sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, lawyer, parenthood, mother daughter relationship, sisters, sick child, life is a bitch, family life, relationships, childhood, leukemia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa, los angeles, montana
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Polseres vermelles and Pulseras Rojas in Spanish, is a Catalan television show. The first season aired on TV3 in 2011, with a second season planned for 2013. The show was created by Albert Espinosa and draws on his childhood experiences as a ...
Style:
serious, touching, humorous, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
cancer, fighting illness, terminal illness, illness, overcoming, youth, teenage life, child cancer, anorexia, patient, everyday life, doctors and patients ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a father's tireless love for his autistic son. A terminally ill father's attempt to teach his autistic son the necessary life skills to survive on his own before he passes away. It is also a poignant tribute to the infinite ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
terminal illness, autism, life is a bitch, single parent, father son relationship, love, family problems, parents and children, unfulfillment, disability, mentally challenged, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
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18K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A powerful and emotional coming of age story, this remarkable tale is told with honesty and originality that will leave audiences moved. In the film, two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and ...
Style:
serious, psychological, touching, atmospheric, sad ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
terminal illness, sadness, teenage love, love, coming of age, hospital, death, funeral, teenager, world war two, fighting illness, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare ...
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, inspirational, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
terminal illness, human spirit, against the odds, family relations, life is a bitch, disability, courage, cure, boy, hopes, research, parent child relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, year 1986, year 1983, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., rome italy, italy, edinburgh scotland, boston ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.
Style:
romantic, sincere, sad, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
terminal illness, teen romance, teenage love, true love, first love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend, star crossed lovers, teenager, life & death, illness, follow your dream ...
Place:
seattle
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11K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.
Style:
heartbreaking, touching, compassionate, sentimental, romantic
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teenager, cancer, terminal illness, dying, star crossed lovers, dealing with death, dream, teenage love, follow your dream, life is a bitch, love and romance, destiny ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
terminal illness, vacation, love and romance, female protagonist, holiday, human nature, hotel, cooking, african american, food, chef, spa ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, new orleans, czech republic, new jersey, austria ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brooke Shields believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Jones passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sexy, uplifting ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, terminal illness, coming out, gender, custody, lesbian, pregnancy, family problems, family life, couples, death in the family, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, clever
Plot:
terminal illness, teenager, cancer, dream, couple relations, loneliness, promise, life, adolescence, romantic friendship, dying, life philosophy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, emotional, depressing, sad, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, adolescence, teenager, cancer, terminal illness, coming of age, dying, friendship, school, leukemia, teenage boy, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first ...
Style:
road movie, touching, funny, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, terminal illness, life philosophy, escapades, last wish, friends, odd couple, partners, on the run, life is a bitch, chase, german ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
Style:
sentimental, sad, touching, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, death, love and romance, dealing with death, parents and children, infidelity, hospital, love story, relationships, life & death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time ...
Style:
sad, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terminal illness, death, reconciliation, cancer, honest, childbirth, pregnancy, self discovery, couple relations, family life, unfulfillment, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
Style:
touching, emotional, dark fantasy, compassionate, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
bullying, monster, childhood, loneliness, terminal illness, life & death, imagination, courage, single mother, nightmare, boy, adaptation ...
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12K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, sexy, meditative, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
motorcycle, travel, self discovery, road trip, terminal illness, cancer, on the road, depression, solitude, beautiful scenery, coming of age, love story ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, pacific ocean, toronto ontario canada, british columbia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
terminal illness, youth, teenage love, teenager, school, life is a bitch, hopes, social relations, leukemia, sick child, cancer, cancer patient ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Is relevant ?
71K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, touching, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
divorce, terminal illness, step parent, women, friendship, custody, parents and children, cancer, remarry, rebellious daughter, family life, human nature ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Style:
touching, melancholic, emotional, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, dysfunctional family, tragedy, relationships, women, life, parenthood, honest, parents and children, unfulfillment, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
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