Medical malpractice movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant medical malpractice movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, realistic, serious, tense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with medical malpractice, doctor, hospital, doctors and patients, medical, nurse, medicine, power relations, murder and death plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Japan, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as medical malpractice: Dr. Death (2021), The Verdict (1982), Doctor Lawyer (2022), Awake (2007), 150 Milligrams (2016), Miss Evers' Boys (1997), Love & Mercy (2014), Switched Before Birth (2021), The Good Doctor (2011), Melany Rose (2020).

List of medical malpractice movies

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 7.6
 17K
Dr. Death (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 403 min.
TV show
Story: The terrifying true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a flourishing Dallas neurosurgeon whose patients suddenly begin becoming permanently maimed or dead. As victims piled up, two fellow physicians set out to stop him.
Style: medical drama, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: medical malpractice, surgery, surgeon, medicine, medical, coworker, doctor, doctors and patients, medical examination, surgical operation, workplace, physician ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 7.7
 46K
The Verdict (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style: suspense, tense, atmospheric, intense, thought provoking ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, redemption, lawyer, court, legal action, character study, fighting the system, legal, alcoholic, trial, law ...
Time: 20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa, new york, new york state
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 7.2
 637
Doctor Lawyer (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Han Yi Han was an elite surgeon. He graduated at the top of the best medical school in South Korea and he specialized in two departments: general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. One surgery changed his life. Han Yi Han believe he did well on ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense
Plot: medical, surgeon, prosecutor, lawyer, lifestyle change, doctor, secret life, physician, medical malpractice, attorney, problem, life is a bitch ...
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 6.5
 80K
Awake (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions ...
Style: twist ending, psychological, suspense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot: hospital, betrayal, uncover truth, surgery, twists and turns, doctors and patients, health situation, fiance fiancee relationship, surgical operation, dishonesty, parents and children, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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150 Milligrams (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Plot: doctor, health, whistleblower, scientist, female protagonist, television, blood, death, danger, illness, woman, economist ...
Time: year 2016, year 2010, year 2011, year 2009, 2000s ...
Place: france, brittany
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Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
Style: political, serious, realistic, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Plot: racism, black, african american, human experiment, resistance, civil rights, american culture, blaxploitation, racial issues, medical, black man, women ...
Time: 1940s, 70s, year 1932, year 1973
Place: alabama, america, usa
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 7.4
 42K
Love & Mercy (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The life of reclusive and eccentric Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson.
Style: factual, emotional, intense, melancholic, talky ...
Plot: mental illness, musician, music, pop music, biopic, psychotherapist, rock music, songwriter, drug abuse, addiction, showbiz, medical malpractice ...
Time: 60s, 80s, year 2014, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa, malibu california, southern california
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Switched Before Birth (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: pregnancy and birth, baby, artificial insemination, wanting a baby, medical malpractice, male female relationship, relationships, impregnation, family problems, life is a bitch, child, pregnant woman ...
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The Good Doctor (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts improving, Martin fears losing ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: nurse, doctors and patients, hospital, intern, obsession, workaholic, power relations, manipulation, sociopath, medication, family dinner, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 3.1
 76
Melany Rose (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: A dark psychological thriller following Dr. Sullivan as she attempts to expose a government conspiracy surrounding Dr. Freeman and his test subjects made up of former death row inmates. Inspired by MKUltra; the illegal CIA mind control experiment ...
Style: suspense, dark, twisted, emotional, serious ...
Plot: black ops, conspiracy, cia, government, problem, male doctor, character study, self destructing, power relations, troubled, doctors and patients, social anxiety disorder ...
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 6.8
 78K
The Good Nurse (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The true story of the pursuit and capture of Charles Cullen, one of the most prolific serial killers in history, who is suspected of having murdered up to 400 patients during his 16-year career as a nurse, earning him the moniker "The Angel of ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, doctor, investigation, true crime, nurse, criminal, hospital, medical profession, cover up, caregiver, patient, psychopath ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003, year 1998
Place: new jersey, pennsylvania
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Doctor Prisoner (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: An ace doctor in a university hospital is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident and gets ousted from the hospital. He then applies to work at a prison, where he plans to make personal connections with all the big shots in prison with ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, dorama
Plot: revenge, prison, criminal's revenge, connection, criminal, prison life, workplace, plan, medical malpractice, doctor, power struggle, surgeon ...
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We Take the Low Road (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Wiki-Leaks release illuminates the collusion amongst politicians and the medical industry that drives the cost of medical care to an unattainable price for the middle class. With the guilty parties' names and addresses being released, a ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: lynching, conspiracy, revenge plot, terminal illness, corruption, political conspiracy, bandit, medical malpractice, loss of father, gang
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 7.3
 71
MDA (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, medical drama
Plot: medical, teamwork, coworker, court, medical malpractice, treatment, workplace, doctor, workplace situations, medicine, physician, social problems ...
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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
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Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom, law and order, investigation, murder, criminal, crime investigation, doctor, danger, legal, murderer, violence, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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 7.1
 197K
Side Effects (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, clever ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: mental illness, psychiatrist, depression, murder, patient, sleepwalking, deception, twists and turns, mental institution, life turned upside down, psychiatry, doctor ...
Time: year 2013, future, 2010s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.1
 7K
The Hospital (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A suicidal doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.
Style: dark comedy, cult classic, talky, clever, black comedy ...
Plot: hospital, medical, satire, midlife crisis, doctor, suicide, murder, medicine, dark humor, sex crime, psychiatrist, mental illness ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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Professional Secrecy (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: 40-year-old Julia Zurawska, after graduating from law studies in Warsaw, returned to her hometown, where she became associated with a local doctor, surgeon and gynecologist - Andrzej Zurawski. As a wife and mother of two daughters, she lives in her ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: lawyer, female lawyer, career woman, advocate, slice of life, doctor, investigation, male female relationship, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, secret, family relations ...
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Reckless Disregard (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is a doctor at a clinic, who was exposed on a television news program as writing prescriptions for drugs in exchange for money. He says that he is innocent ...
Plot: lawyer, medical malpractice, defamation, investigation, investigative reporter, reporter, forgery, expose, lawsuit, medical clinic, doctor, tv show in film ...
Place: new york
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Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Style: touching, disturbing, psychological, sincere, intense ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: family drama, family reunited, boy, parents and children, architect, father son relationship, family relations, self discovery, moral dilemma, introspection, identity crisis, life turned upside down ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The story concerns Dr James Xavier, ably portrayed by Ray Milland. He has invented a serum for improving human vision. When his funding is cut he proceeds to experiment on himself -- with horrifying results. From the director who gave you Swamp ...
Style: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychedelic ...
Plot: mad scientist, hospital, monkey, experiment, scientist, surgery, macabre, death, insanity, visceral, supernatural ability, supernatural ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: california, las vegas, usa
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Klay World: Off the Table (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A bunch of blue clay men who live on a table are contacted by another species of clay people through radio. Now 4 brave blue clay men will leave the table for the first time ever in order to find these mysterious clay men.
Style: captivating, humorous, surprise ending, epic, black comedy ...
Plot: time travel, unlikely hero, travel, heroes, scientist, surrealism, on the road, mission, stupidity, stop motion, piercing, medical malpractice ...
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 6.9
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Negotiator (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital after doing a smaller crime. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues Lt. Ado tries to find the reason why the men decided to take ...
Style: thrilling
Plot: foreigner in japan, medical malpractice, kidnapping, robbery, revenge, hostage, deception, justice, love triangle, sexism, cancer, death of child ...
Place: japan
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The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Married couples, unable to conceive, are thrilled to find they are going to become parents, thanks to a larger-than-life "miracle doctor" and his unusual treatments.
Style: medical drama
Plot: parents, love, dilemma, prosecutor, fatherhood, mother child relationship, disguise, obese man, courtroom, fraud, childbirth, guilty verdict ...
Time: year 1985
Place: virginia
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Speaking of Sex (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A counselor, an expert on depression, and two attorneys try to help a couple who have marital problems.
Style: semi serious, humorous, black comedy, realistic, sexual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, battle of the sexes, love and romance, couples, family problems, couple relations, workplace, workplace romance, farce, dark humor, gender, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.0
 6K
Infection (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.
Style: scary, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: infection, hospital, gory, medical, virus, mental illness, dishonesty, isolation, zombie, body horror, epidemic, pandemic ...
Place: japan
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 6.4
 4K
Jeans (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Vishu and Ramu are a pair of Indian twins living in America with their father, Rajamani. When Madhumita (Aishwarya Rai) and her brother come to America to get medical treatment for their ailing grandmother, Vishu and Ramu end up meeting them at the ...
Plot: brain tumor, identical twins, tumor, love, twin brother, dual role, surgery, restaurant, wedding, twins, medical student, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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 4.7
 336
Dead Sleep (1990)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A nurse uncovers the terrifying truth about a renowned doctor whose patients have become permanently maimed by his special dose of a drug called "Dead Sleep."
Style: suspenseful, realistic, bleak, erotic, medical horror ...
Plot: mental institution, electroshock therapy, mental illness, investigation, doctors and patients, mad scientist, murder, rehabilitation, experiment, hospital, murderer, medical ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia
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 4.5
 272
Isolation (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this eerie hospital chiller, a medical student wakes up in an isolation room, gravely ill with no idea how she got there or how to get out. Trying to make sense of her plight and save herself, she finds the hospital staff distinctly unhelpful.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot: confined, danger, isolation, hospital, medical student, abduction, murder, woman in danger, student, orchard, revenge, flashback ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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