Illness movies and TV shows – page 4

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 7.1
 62K
Benny & Joon (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Style: touching, melancholic, sweet, feel good, compassionate ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot: mental illness, brother sister relationship, social misfits, love, love story, misfit, mechanic, disability, love and romance, mental health, dysfunctional family, schizophrenia ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, seattle, washington state
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The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and ...
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, intense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, disaster, plague, terrorism, survival, race against time, train crash, quarantine, virus, disease, military, natural disaster ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: geneva switzerland, poland, europe, germany, switzerland
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 7.1
 48K
Balto (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story: An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Style: sentimental, feel good, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama ...
Plot: dog, wolf, furry, danger, goose, snow, courage, disease, wilderness, daring rescue, dog sled, animal ...
Time: 1920s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: alaska, usa
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The Night of the Hunted (1980)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: "The Night of the Hunted" - A woman is taken to a mysterious clinic whose patients have a mental disorder in which their memories and identities are disintegrating as a result of a strange environmental accident.
Style: classic horror, grindhouse, gothic horror, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental institution, sex scene, amnesia, female nudity, surrealism, rape, bare breasts, woman on top, suicide, murder of a nude woman, male nudity, illness ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, paris france
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Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.
Style: erotic, factual, sexy, historical drama, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: polyamory, lgbt, lesbian, bdsm, lesbianism, husband wife relationship, lesbian love, harvard, superheroine, sadomasochism, college professor, orgasm ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, 70s, 1930s ...
Place: louisiana, england, boston, connecticut, france ...
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The Dark Horse (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 124 min.
Story: One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, depressing ...
Plot: chess, mental illness, compassion, friendship, uncle nephew relationship, underdog, brother brother relationship, boy, hopes, dedicated educator, contests and competitions, teenager ...
Time: 20th century, year 2016, future
Place: new zealand, oceania
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Blood for Dracula (1974)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, sexy, satirical, atmospheric ...
Plot: vampire, rape, supernatural, lesbian incest, sister sister incest, erotica, male nudity, blood, vampire bite, female nudity, exploitation, virgin ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1920s
Place: italy, europe, england, paris france, rome italy ...
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Two Days, One Night (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style: depressing, independent film, sincere, serious, compassionate ...
Audience: teens
Plot: depression, unemployment, injustice, working class, female protagonist, solidarity, workplace, loss of job, employer employee relationship, moral dilemma, guilt, poverty ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france, ethiopia, europe
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 7.8
 21K
The Silence (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen ...
Style: art house, black and white, sexual, erotic, cerebral ...
Plot: existentialism, female orgasm, religion, dysfunctional family, female masturbation, illness, translator, war zone, room, sibling rivalry, lesbianism, hotel room ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: europe
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 7.8
 120K
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style: disturbing, realistic, depressing, controversial, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: friendship, dream, prostitution, fish out of water, gay, cripple, homosexual, gay slur, prostitute, cowboy, female nudity, sexuality ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969, 50s, 1950s
Place: new york, texas, florida, manhattan new york city, usa ...
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Mary and Martha (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. ...
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: malaria, death of child, hospital, dealing with death, redemption, human spirit, hopes, illness, volunteer, political activism, parent child relationship, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, usa, washington d.c.
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6 Persons Room (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: After the dramatic-looking accident, Min Soo goes to the 6-person hospital room. He wakes up surrounded by women themselves. We will learn about their stories, to the accompaniment of humor and mystery.
Style: dramatic, dorama, captivating, exciting, enigmatic ...
Plot: hospital, patient, illness, female protagonist, woman, humour, puzzle, life, medical, women, accident
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Brother's Keeper (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Romania
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: boys' school, teacher student relationship, illness, tragedy, friendship, friends, child illness, fighting the system, boy, fighting illness, boarding school life, life is a bitch ...
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The Good Bad Mother (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot: family relations, mother son relationship, illness, bittersweet, self discovery, parent child relationship, lifestyle, family problems, trauma, problem, dysfunctional family, childhood friend ...
Place: korea
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Beautiful Rain (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: A young daughter (Mana Ashida) supports her father (Etsushi Toyokawa) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: illness, father, father and daughter, family relations, kids and family, parents and children, single father, alzheimer's disease, lifestyle, family life, fighting illness
Place: japan
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 7.7
 305
Confession (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A sickly man with a strong mind has spent most of his childhood in a hospital. He is involved in a case of "double jeopardy," the principle that one cannot be tried for the same crime twice following either a conviction or an acquittal.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: lawyer, illness, courtroom, investigation, father son relationship, crime solving, uncover truth, family relations, attorney, accused of murder, murder mystery, father and son ...
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Unsung Cinderella (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Aoi Midori is a pharmacist and in the 8-year span of her career, she has worked according to her strong belief that "One must know the patient well in order to prescribe the correct medication as medicine is the bond that connects the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, dorama, medical drama
Plot: illness, pharmacist, doctor, doctors and patients, coworker, workplace, medicine, workplace situations, medical examination, co worker co worker relationship, problem solving, female doctor ...
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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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Doom at Your Service (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Dong-kyung has been working hard ever since her parents passed away. Her life seems to get stable after working as an web novel editor for 6 years, but one day she gets diagnosed with a brain cancer. She blames her unlucky life and wishes to curse ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, romantic drama ...
Plot: illness, love triangle, supernatural, last wish, relationship problems, family problems, sick, desire, fighting illness, fate of humanity, life is a bitch, death wish ...
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 6.6
 438
Pages of Life (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Páginas da Vida is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from July 10, 2006 to March 2, 2007, totaling 203 chapters. The plot featured Regina Duarte as the protagonist, Lília Cabral as the antagonist, and Fernanda ...
Style: novela, soap opera, captivating, romantic, sincere ...
Plot: motherhood, illness, family problems, love and romance, family relations, twins separated at birth, foster home, relationships, social problems, relationship problems, romantic relationship, family secret ...
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 5.3
 1K
Little Women (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, ...
Style: touching, sweet, sentimental, captivating, period piece
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: sisterhood, illness, sister sister relationship, twins, wedding, love, rivalry, intrigue, promise, jealousy, world war one, post civil war ...
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When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Style: sentimental, emotional, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot: father son relationship, memory, coming of age, teenager, loneliness, reconciliation, family relations, character study, parenthood, life, death, writers ...
Time: year 2007, 80s, 60s, year 1962, year 1989
Place: brighton, london
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 5.3
 121
Bokser (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The films was inspired by true events. Przemyslaw Saleta, World's Kickboxing Champion and European Champion in professional boxing gave a kidney to his seriously ill daughter. There were unexpected complications during the surgery and Saleta ...
Style: touching, suspense, tense, psychological
Plot: boxer, dysfunctional marriage, parent child relationship, kickboxing, world champion, fight, illness, male female relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, athlete, hospital ...
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Cemetery of Splendor (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Thailand, UK, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Norway
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be ...
Style: surreal, art house, enigmatic, romantic, mind bending ...
Plot: soldier, sleeping, hospital, medium, disability, cemetery, illness, zen, parallel world, self discovery, diary, metaphor ...
Place: thailand
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 6.5
 441
Dear Friends (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: High school student Rina has a bad attitude and thinks that friends are something that you use when you need them. She doesn't have any real relationships and is not even on good terms with her parents. Rina is the clubbing queen and could get ...
Style: captivating, sexy
Plot: friendship, hospital, sexy woman, illness, deception, husband wife relationship, cancer patient, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, social relations, friends, fighting illness ...
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 4.7
 2K
Dead Meat (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Helena and Martins vacation to Ireland quickly transforms into a nightmare as a virus which turns humans into flesh-eating zombies is starting to spread.
Style: suspenseful, rough, semi serious, humorous, suspense ...
Plot: zombie, survival, deadly creature, danger, rescue, supernatural, plague, gory, illness, chaos, countryside, incest ...
Time: year 2004
Place: ireland, europe
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 8.4
 1.3M
Memento (2000)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: memory loss, amnesia, vengeance, plot twist, memory, murder, twists and turns, revenge, paranoia, whodunit, psychology, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2000, future, year 2001, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, iran, america, 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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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style: psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, emotional ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, mental illness, junkie, drug, depression, dream, loneliness, drug addict ...
Time: year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: new york, america, britain, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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 7.3
 546K
Split (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant ...
Style: suspense, psychological, twist ending, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, mental illness, murder, psychopath, psycho, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, insanity, paranoia, serial killer, schizophrenia, violence ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, year 2017
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, america
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