Public health movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant public health movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating, sincere and emotional films and TV shows about / with public health, life is a bitch, power relations, society, doctor, hospital, medicine, hopes, doctors and patients and medical plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as public health: 3 Needles (2005), Contagion (2011), New Amsterdam (2018), The Strain (2014), Medical Investigation (2004), Damaged Care (2002), Side Effects (2005), The Legacy (2009), Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005), Casualty 1900s (2008).

List of public health movies

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 6.3
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3 Needles (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor (Ashmore) schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun (Sevigny) makes a personal sacrifice for the benefit of a South African village; in rural China, a black ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: aids, porn industry, circumcision, plague, social worker, public health, black market, culture clash, pregnancy, terminal illness, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: year 2005
Place: china, africa, canada, south africa, asia ...
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 6.8
 315K
Contagion (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style: apocalyptic, suspense, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: epidemic, virus, deadly virus, pandemic, infection, infected, quarantine, survival, plague, disaster, medical, natural disaster ...
Time: 2010s, future, distant future, year 2000, year 2011 ...
Place: minnesota, hong kong, san francisco, california, bay area ...
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 8.0
 49K
New Amsterdam (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Max Goodwin, the hospital's newest medical director, sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care.
Style: medical drama, sincere, inspirational, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot: medical, hospital, patient, physician, doctor, medicine, surgery, nursing, doctor patient relationship, public health, coworker relationship, nurse ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
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 7.3
 87K
The Strain (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vampire, infected, epidemic, supernatural, good versus evil, chaos, disaster, survival, deadly virus, fate of humanity, save the world, plague ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Medical Investigation (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Medical Investigation was an American medical drama television series that began September 9, 2004, on NBC. It ran for 20 one-hour episodes before being cancelled in 2005. The series was co-produced by Paramount Network Television and NBC Universal ...
Style: medical drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, medical, epidemic, disease, infection, public health, teamwork, lifesaver, workplace situations, doctors and patients, unconventional method, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.2
 295
Damaged Care (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Anesthesist Doug Peeno hopes to pay for the legal costs of preventing his son Bryan being left in his first wife's bad custody with he proceeds of his present wife Linda's new job. She's the first graduate in her family and eagerly ...
Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot: public health, rebellion, uncover truth, ambition, idealism, fighting the system, against the odds, family problems, injustice, couples, workplace, society ...
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 4.9
 1K
Side Effects (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, clever
Plot: public health, corporate crime, ambition, introspection, fighting the system, love affair, workplace, boss and employee, obsession, dishonesty, society, rise and fall ...
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 7.0
 242
The Legacy (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When considering taking a few weeks off, Dr. Rainville places an ad to find a replacement who would agree to take his place in Normétal, in Abitibi. Jeanne Dion from Montreal accepts the offer and goes to the site, where it comes into contact with ...
Style: sincere, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: doctor, public health, hopes, dehumanization, small town, social relations, workplace, redemption, elderly, doctors and patients, workplace situations, new life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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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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 8.2
 517
Casualty 1900s (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Featuring true cases, characters and events taken from the London Hospital records, nurse's ward diaries and intimate memoirs, these gritty medical series show the lives – and forbidden romances – of pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred ...
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, sincere, period piece ...
Plot: hospital, doctors and patients, workplace, workplace romance, couple relations, public health, cure, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, medicine, doctor, multiverse ...
Time: victorian era, 1900s
Place: europe, london, england
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 6.2
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Presidio Med (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, medical drama
Audience: girls' night
Plot: hospital, doctor, workplace, clinic, doctors and patients, public health, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, relationship vs career, love and romance, love affair, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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 6.8
 25K
Puncture (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.
Style: independent film, suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, drug abuse, life & death, lawyer, courtroom, lawsuit, aids, courtroom drama, law firm, heroin, righting the wronged, public health ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998, year 1995, year 1999
Place: washington d.c., usa, houston texas
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The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu) is a retired Romanian engineer, spending his time in the company of his cats and booze. When he starts feeling unusually ill, he first seeks painkillers from his neighbors. It soon becomes apparent that Lazarescu is ...
Style: sincere, realistic, contemplative, bleak, meditative ...
Plot: medical, hospital, paramedic, doctors and patients, ambulance, character study, storytelling, self discovery, surgery, public health, fighting illness, terminal illness ...
Time: 90s, year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: romania, bucharest, eastern europe, transylvania, europe
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 6.2
 4K
Little Woods (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful
Audience: adult
Plot: unplanned pregnancy, female protagonist, two sisters, sister sister relationship, public health, social problems, breaking the law, escapades, sisters, political unrest, black history, badass female lead ...
Time: 90s, 2010s
Place: north dakota, canada
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 5.4
 2K
White Coats (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.
Style: semi serious, humorous, medical drama, dark comedy
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: intern, sexy nurse, hospital, doctors and patients, power relations, couple relations, nothing goes right, obsession, love and romance, fish out of water, bare butt, female nudity ...
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 7.1
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Unspeakable (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1980s, AIDS emerged and quickly became an epidemic. Those responsible for public safety failed. People were kept in the dark, afraid to speak out. Ignorance, arrogance, politics and economics all lead to betrayal, to cover-up, to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: aids, scandal, public health, red cross, hiv, hiv positive, father son relationship, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, parents and children, mother son relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
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 7.5
 35K
The Dropout (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 403 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of ...
Style: tense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, medical drama
Plot: medical, business, technology, doctor, hospital, women, ambition, public health, job, corporate world, corporation, female protagonist ...
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 7.5
 382
Epidemic (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: -A dangerous virus is spreading in Montreal (in Canada) among a group of ostracized and vulnerable homeless people. How long will Anne-Marie Leclerc, infectious disease specialist and director of the Laboratory for Emergency Health, take before ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, enigmatic
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: epidemic, deadly virus, laboratory, infection, infected, hospital, virus, medical research, doctor, scientist, public health, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: montreal, canada
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Poppy Shakespeare (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: mental disorder, hospital, mental illness, public health, life is a bitch, mental institution, social problems, patient, mentally unstable, female protagonist, social work, recovery
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 4.9
 3K
Containment (2015)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
Style: suspenseful, suspense, serious, mysterious, creepy ...
Plot: epidemic, infection, pandemic, virus, trapped, quarantine, human nature, secret, life turned upside down, society, disease, post apocalyptic ...
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Style: political, disturbing, compassionate, emotional, touching ...
Plot: poverty, working class, single mother, carpenter, homeless, bureaucracy, friendship, heart attack, self discovery, immigrant, social services, prostitution ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, northern england, britain
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 5.0
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Broken (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic, but burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot: quadriplegic, tragic past, life is a bitch, female protagonist, nursing, confronting the past, abuse, rehabilitation, public health, escapism, escape, disability ...
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 6.6
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Starfish (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same ...
Style: inspirational, touching, children's story
Plot: disabled person, coma, true love, cripple, compassion, rehabilitation, disfigured face, public health, amputee, biopic, infection, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
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 124K
Saw VI (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally ...
Style: bloody, scary, slasher, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: torture, trap, game of death, characters murdered one by one, vigilante, serial killer, mind game, psychopath, gory, violence, police investigation, twists and turns ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, usa
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 5.5
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Explicit Ills (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia
Style: serious, uplifting, emotional, touching, freeze frame ...
Plot: poverty, family relations, dysfunctional family, social decay, hopes, human spirit, youth, society, lifestyle, drug dealing, drug abuse, teenage life ...
Time: year 2008, year 2007, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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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
 219K
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style: inspirational, factual, uplifting, touching, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: environmental, lawyer, court, single mother, justice, small town, contamination, investigation, corporate crime, against the odds, lawsuit, corruption ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.8
 179K
The Insider (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style: political, suspense, cerebral, fast paced, intense ...
Plot: journalism, whistleblower, courtroom, corruption, reporter, politics, journalist, business, conspiracy, lawyer, legal, media ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: new york, washington d.c., kentucky, south carolina, mississippi ...
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Fast Food Nation (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an ...
Style: talky, stylized, disturbing, semi serious, bad ending ...
Plot: fast food restaurant, food, junk food, cooking and food, butcher, hamburger, satire, public health, illegal immigration, greed, health, workplace ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, colorado, mexico
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Cells at Work! (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The human body consists of approximately 37 trillion cells. These cells are hard at work every day within a world that is your body. From the oxygen carrying Red Blood Cells to the bacteria fighting White Blood Cells, Get to know the unsung heroes ...
Style: anime, educational, light, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: biology, friendship, fantasy world, transformation, science, oxygen, narration, public health, influenza, cancer, bacteria, food poisoning ...
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