Chemotherapy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant chemotherapy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, touching, emotional, sincere and serious films and TV shows about / with chemotherapy, cancer, friendship, illness, hospital, terminal illness, hopes, death, love and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as chemotherapy: After Everything (2018), The Green (2011), New Life (2016), Fasten Your Seatbelts (2014), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), 50/50 (2011), Wit (2001), Ill Behaviour (2017), Kuma: The Second Wife (2012), James White (2015).
Best films
New films
| Ill Behaviour (2017) | 6.7 | |
| James White (2015) | 7.1 | |
| New Life (2016) | 6.2 | |
| Happy Anniversary (2018) | 5.7 | |
| The Midwife (2017) | 6.7 |
List of chemotherapy movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his world is turned completely upside down. But as their love blossoms amidst the chaos of his ...
Style:
touching, light, humorous, sweet, sentimental
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
illness, love, cancer, couple relations, male female friendship, couples, road not taken, youth, friends, bucket list, threat, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, lgbt cinema, touching ...
Plot:
gay teacher, gay, gay relationship, male male relationship, gay couple, lgbt, false accusation, gay slur, life turned upside down, couples, couple relations, society ...
Time:
year 1998, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocence of a childhood friendship, through adolescent attraction, their love strengthens and grows. ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, thought provoking, touching, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
best friends in love, cancer, childhood friend, relationships, childhood love, french girl, car accident, romantic relationship, couples, tragic event, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Elena (Kasia Smutniak) and Antonio (Francesco Arca) seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. They are total opposites. However, they are overwhelmed ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, humorous, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
opposites attract, love triangle, couple relations, love story, love, eroticism, love and romance, forbidden love, couples, husband and wife, husband wife relationship, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
352K
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, inspirational, tragicomedy, independent film, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
cancer, friendship, terminal illness, happy ending, relationships, chemotherapy, meaning of life, doctor, hopes, buddies, patient, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2011, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, iran, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Style:
sincere, depressing, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
hospital, cancer, medical, doctor, poetry, chemotherapy, hopes, dying, nurse, terminal illness, philosophy, regret ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy thriller about three friends who embark on a journey that takes them to the extremes of their friendship, crossing every boundary imaginable to save a life.
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark comedy ...
Plot:
cancer, alternative medicine, friendship, satire, chemotherapy, treatment, fighting illness, friends, illness, lifestyle, group of friends, desperation ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Fatma is around 50, a housewife with six children. She lives in Vienna but grew up in Turkey and clings stubbornly to the traditions and values of the old country. Ayse is 19, and the film begins with her wedding in rural Turkey, to Fatma’s son ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, hijab, polygamy, culture clash, couple relations, life is a bitch, couples, friendship, terminal illness, society, family life, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, europe, vienna, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more ...
Style:
sad, sincere, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
food, mother son relationship, gay, drinking, friendship, promise, slacker, lie, chemotherapy, new life, drinking alcohol, addiction ...
Time:
year 2000, year 1983, year 2013
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, mexico
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
After a life-changing experience, 13-year-old Ella is eager to seize the day. As she learns to appreciate each moment, she faces the fears that once defined her—and encourages others to do the same.
Style:
feel good, teen, life affirming, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
teenage girl, friendship, coming of age, self discovery, youth, school, middle school, overcoming fear, personal growth, adolescence, life changing experience, friends ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hello Beautiful is a powerful and emotionally charged film that delves into the harrowing yet transformative journey of Willow, a successful model whose life is shattered by a devastating breast cancer diagnosis. Based on Christine Handy's ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, heartfelt, medical drama, tear jerker ...
Plot:
transformation, cancer, female protagonist, resilience, breast cancer, biopic, empowerment, identity, self discovery, survival, women, personal growth ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The film tells a warm and realistic story, thinking and facing the ultimate problem that every ordinary person will face-imagining that death may come at any time, the only thing we have to do is love and cherish.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, suspense, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
cancer, illness, friendship, terminal illness, hospital, empathy, mortality, family drama, fighting illness, cancer patient, life, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
china
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman begins to live life to the fullest when she receives a diagnosis of cancer.
Style:
life affirming, heartfelt, inspirational, emotional, comedy drama ...
Plot:
cancer, optimism, female protagonist, satire, resilience, hopes, fighting illness, illness, coping, lifestyle, temper, optimist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china, shanghai
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, a single mother encounters a suave bachelor as she grapples with the future of her headstrong six-year-old.
Style:
romantic, sincere, emotional, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
terminal illness, family bonds, life & death, motherhood, parent child relationship, relationships, fighting illness, male female relationship, single parent, love and romance, love interest, mental illness ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Anaïs is thirty and broke. She has a lover, but she’s not sure she loves him anymore. She meets Daniel, who immediately falls for her. But Daniel lives with Émilie – whom Anaïs also falls for. This is the story of a restless young woman. And ...
Style:
queer cinema
Plot:
older woman younger woman sex, lgbt, older man younger woman sex, woman, lesbian sex, hedonism, chemotherapy, nudity, romantic triangle, lgbtq, love triangle, women ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
terminal illness, architect, complaint, patient, character study, fired from the job, illness, introvert, friendship, love and romance, chemotherapy, funeral ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
Style:
touching, sentimental, philosophical, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
cancer, husband wife relationship, love, hospital, family relations, couples, love and romance, life philosophy, power of love, lung cancer, destiny, illness ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Saeed who is suffering from injuries that he received in the Iran-Iraq War, is sent to Germany for treatments. In Germany, he meets his sister and her German husband. Saeed and his sister who have not had any relations in many years try to ...
Plot:
iraq iran war, mime, ferry, leukemia, flashback, chemotherapy, church, blindness, wound, police, journalist, interview ...
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, iraq, germany
Is relevant?
862
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nina is a young and very independent porno actress. She doesn't need the help of any agent or manager. She has a daughter and a lesbian relationship with Cristiana, a porno editor. Following a usual medical check she discovers she has a cancer. ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, explicit, hot, weird
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, sex, female nudity, porn star, lesbian, nudity, oral sex, adult filmmaking, adult film industry, explicit sex, real sex, making love ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Style:
sad, independent film, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
horse, racehorse, horse riding, horse race, doctors and patients, biopic, horseman, jockey, chemotherapy, cancer, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
80s, year 1979, 70s, year 1981
Place:
kentucky, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, ...
Style:
suspense, sentimental, touching, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hospital, surgery, doctor, illness, cancer, friend, friendship, student, drinking, death, life is a bitch, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
A new girl comes to the neighbourhood school and Linus is smitten with her. Unfortunately, she develops the symptoms of leukemia and must go to the hospital for cancer treatment. Linus and Charlie Brown help her through the traumas of chemotherapy ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
peanuts, child cancer, school, hospital, superhero, chemotherapy, leukemia, cancer, friendship, terminal illness, friends, youth ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.
Style:
heartfelt, serious, emotional, medical drama, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cancer, biopic, child illness, family drama, parent child relationship, compassion, family values, empathy, resilience, justice, grief, activism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
154
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's ...
Style:
reflective, medical drama
Plot:
breast cancer, courage, journalist, female protagonist, inspiration, hopes, illness, introspection, self discovery, relationships, redemption, female empowerment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When she's diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda begins completing her bucket list with the help of the daughter she long ago put up for adoption.
Style:
emotional, exciting, serious, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
bucket list, mother daughter relationship, breast cancer, social issues, quitting job, surprise party, women, female protagonist, sick mother, daughter, cancer, fired from the job ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
hospital, hopes, cancer, chemotherapy, child illness, life is a bitch, babies and infants, optimism, couples, family problems, overcoming, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, marseille
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shortly after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Geralyn Lucas lands her dream job working for 20/20. Lucas is then diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 and has a dilemma - whether to have a lumpectomy ...
Style:
serious, psychological, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot:
breast cancer, chemotherapy, human spirit, introspection, terminal illness, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, hopes, husband wife relationship, cancer, bare breasts, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
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:
touching, sad, sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, family drama, sisters, parenthood, lawyer, relationships, mother daughter relationship, sick child, life is a bitch, hospital, leukemia ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa, los angeles, montana
Is relevant?
451
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three teenagers appear to have a lot of fun on the children's oncology department on the fourth floor of a large hospital. Nick (14) and Iwan (15) both lost a leg as a result of bone cancer. For their friend Olivier (16) an amputation may be ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure
Plot:
child cancer, cancer, amputee, loss of friend, friendship, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, dark humor, prankster, teenage boy, father son relationship, gay ...
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