Tuberculosis movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tuberculosis movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, period drama, touching, period piece and emotional films and TV shows about / with tuberculosis, illness, death, friendship, hospital, love and romance, biopic, family relations, love and doctor plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres shot in France, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tuberculosis: Anton Chekhov 1890 (2015), The Sea (2000), The Wind Rises (2013), Year of Enlightment (1986), Bright Star (2009), Scarred Hearts (2016), The Necessities of Life (2008), A Brief Vacation (1973), Some Things That Stay (2004), Infinity (1996).
Best films
New films
| Afterimage (2016) | 7.0 | |
| Benediction (2021) | 6.6 | |
| Burn All My Letters (2022) | 6.1 | |
| Les Misérables (2012) | 7.5 | |
| Bel Ami (2012) | 5.4 |
List of tuberculosis movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, literature, writer's life, biopic, tuberculosis, family relations, couple relations, life is a bitch, obsession, siblings relations, artists and showbiz, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Childhood friends reunite later in life in Spanish tuberculosis sanitorium. Pressures of death all around combine with dark secrets of their past.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
tuberculosis, childhood friend, naked man, gay rape, homoerotic friendship, gay erotica, homoeroticism, male rape, gay, friendship, friendship between boys, male pubic hair ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
spain, europe, mallorca
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, emotional, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
tuberculosis, world war two, dream, earthquake, inventions and discoveries, flying, hopes, aviation, biopic, love and romance, engineer, wartime ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
japan, germany, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis, situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sexual, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, sanitarium, teenage love, tuberculosis, brother, sexual content, teenage life, love and romance, hospital, youth, boy ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to ...
Style:
costume drama, heartbreaking, period piece, romantic, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
poet, writers, poetry, love story, love, biopic, tuberculosis, passion, art, friendship, literary, longing ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, regency period, ancient times, 1810s ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, rome italy, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Romania, Germany, Belgium, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on a ...
Style:
touching, sincere, disturbing, melancholic, medical drama ...
Plot:
hospital, sadness, summer, male objectification, disability, doctor, tuberculosis, love and romance, suffering, doctor patient relationship, bare chested male, male nudity ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937
Place:
black sea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes ...
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, intercultural ...
Plot:
tuberculosis, disease, wilderness, husky dog, isolation, hospital, illness, friends, hopes, human spirit, friendship, family relations ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Vittorio De Sica's A Brief Vacation (Una Breva Vacanza) stars Florinda Bolkan as a downtrodden working woman. Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, Bolkan contracts ...
Style:
neorealism, contemplative, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
mountain, nude girl, female nudity, quarantine, social injustice, medical, tuberculosis, friendship, factory, crumbling marriage, human nature, unfulfillment ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
youth, family relations, teenage love, love affair, family problems, love and romance, society, lifestyle, family life, life turned upside down, teenage life, farm ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style:
enigmatic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, couples, world war two, young lovers, love, scientist, science, storytelling, life philosophy, love and romance, catastrophe, death ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1996, 1920s
Place:
new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, West Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, art house, surreal, period drama, pre war
Plot:
sanitarium, tuberculosis, mountain, literary, isolation, melancholy, existential crisis, symbolism, mortality, existentialism, world war one, totalitarianism ...
Time:
1910s, pre world war one
Place:
swiss alps, alps
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, realistic, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
women's rights, tuberculosis, labor movement, biopic, working class, socialism, character study, feminism, divorce, marriage, single mother, motherhood ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative, period drama ...
Plot:
writers, women, art, writer's life, biopic, historical event, tuberculosis, winter, disease, painting, fire, siblings ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 1979, 1840s, 1830s ...
Place:
yorkshire, france, united kingdom, europe, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, inspirational, unusual plot structure, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, genius, scientist, discovery, life, mathematician, cambridge university, university student, prejudice, religion, hinduism, biopic ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, post world war one, pre world war one, 1920s ...
Place:
england, india, bombay india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoisie. To achieve this she will use her unique beauty and charm.
Style:
erotic, period drama, beautiful
Plot:
sex, prostitute, tuberculosis, filmmaking, eroticism, teenage prostitute, death of protagonist, teenage prostitution, girl, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, menarche ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After committing a hit and run, a beautiful career woman attempts to clear her conscience by befriending her victim, a homeless but talented street musician.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, touching, independent film
Plot:
father son relationship, street musician, songwriter, friendship, tuberculosis, guitarist, lawyer, homeless, homeless man, gift, wedding, airplane ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, sincere, gothic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
tudors, royalty, royal family, monarch, renaissance, british monarchy, politics, nobility, female nudity, corporal punishment, queen, monarchy ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, middle ages, 19th century, 18th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An officer stationed in a remote Galician outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, atmospheric, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
tuberculosis, hallucination, isolation, loneliness, existential crisis, small town, obsession, spiritualism, haunting, occult, mysticism, decadence ...
Time:
1910s, 1940s
Place:
poland, galicia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, this drama centers around a desire for revenge and the tragedy of a star-crossed love. After a general ruins some men under him in punishment for a rebellion, a friend of the broken men vows revenge. The ...
Style:
poignant, historical drama, atmospheric, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
literary, tuberculosis, revenge, tragic romance, class conflict, russian empire, adaptation, tragic hero, moral dilemma, family tragedy, social injustice, illicit affair ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, period piece, reflective, tension ...
Plot:
illness, tuberculosis, bittersweet, tragic romance, innkeeper, melancholy, post war, character study, mourning, intimacy, loss, loneliness ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After the violent death of her Welsh rugby-loving doctor boyfriend in the country's civil war, a Malagasy nurse working at a child hospice in Congo makes a pilgrimage to Wales to sprinkle his ashes on the turf of the Millennium Stadium.
Style:
emotional, poignant, atmospheric, road movie, medical drama
Plot:
civil war, human trafficking, female protagonist, childhood trauma, motherhood, identity, resilience, hopes, social justice, courage, loss, empathy ...
Place:
wales, madagascar, south africa, zimbabwe, congo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 227 min.
Story:
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
Style:
historical drama, period piece
Plot:
world war two, religion, working class, family drama, economic crisis, social realism, catholicism, poverty, depression era, sacrifice, illness, small town life ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
saint, religion, faith, healing, nun, catholic saint, miraculous event, religious faith, religious, virgin mary, pilgrimage, tuberculosis ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The childhood of three friends, Ilya, Yacob, and Pavel, was spent in the innkeeper's house. Their three destinies are similarly unhappy. Yakob died of tuberculosis, Ilya, after robbing a merchant, committed suicide. And Pavel, who let the woman ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, emotional, dramatic, art house ...
Plot:
friendship, death, loss, tragedy, fate, suicide, regret, pain, desperation, brothel, guilt, fatalism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A priest arrives in a village and give advice and comfort to different people. He meets a wheelchair-bound former representative of the Communist party, a woman who is dying of tuberculosis and an astronomer who sings in a punk band.
Style:
reflective, melancholic, poignant, existential, pastoral ...
Plot:
priest, village, religion, character study, faith, compassion, humanism, spirituality, small town life, village life, community, punk ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and a madam of the local brothel while their town is being politically and violently overtaken by a gang of reckless cattlemen from Texas.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
lawman, fighting crime, bandit, criminal gang, gang, fight, political unrest, texas ranger, sheriff, police officer, violence, small town ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
passionate love, abusive husband, passion, jealousy, social problems, relationships, family relations, lifestyle, social issues, generation gap, generation, society ...
Time:
1930s, 2020s, 80s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
poet, world war two, poetry, love and romance, friendship, hopes, bet, lifestyle, follow your dream, poverty, teachers and students, competition ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
France, around 1900. Coming from the vibrancy of Paris, pert Célestine is procured as a chambermaid in Normandy. In the Lanlaire's villa she encounters the lecherous man of the house and his asexual, tyrannical and jealous wife. Célestine is ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, period piece, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
master servant relationship, master and servant, nightmare, seaside, domestic servant, chambermaid, maid, burglary, unwanted pregnancy, valet, silver, train ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1890s, victorian era, 1900s
Place:
france, normandy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, surreal, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, friendship, obsession, lgbtq, teenager, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, coming of age, lesbian romance, sapphic, murder, sexuality ...
Time:
1950s, year 1994, 90s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia, canada
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