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Movies: Best "leprosy" Movies


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Princess Mononoke(1997)

PG-13
| 2h 14min | Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
4.2/5 (with 3,435 votes)

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

The Fog(1980)

R
| 1h 29min | Horror
3.4/5 (with 633 votes)

Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ(1925)

NR
| 2h 23min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 40 votes)

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

The Castle of Sand(1974)

2h 23min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
3.8/5 (with 18 votes)

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

City of Joy(1992)

PG-13
| 2h 12min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 71 votes)

Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

Directed by Roland Joffé - With Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Art Malik, Pauline Collins, Chakradhar Jena, ...

The House Is Black(1963)

20min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 54 votes)

Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal(1921)

1h 46min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting Rowland to be cured. She accepts, but tries to commit suicide.

Three Seasons(1999)

PG-13
| 1h 45min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 13 votes)

The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.

Directed by Tony Bui - With Harvey Keitel, Don Duong, Marc Bélanger

I Escaped from Devil's Island(1973)

R
| 1h 27min | Action, Adventure, Crime
2.2/5 (with 8 votes)

In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.

The Dungeon of Harrow(1962)

NR
| 1h 27min | Horror
1.6/5 (with 6 votes)

A man is shipwrecked on the island of a cruel Count and taken prisoner.

Directed by Pat Boyette

Mystery of the Ghastly Face(1935)

2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Dr. Forti carries out strange experiments, assisted by his son Pablo. They embark on an expedition to the jungle. Eight years later Forti returns without his son but strange things start to happen in the old house where they live.

Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro

The Wind & the Reckoning(2022)

NR
| 1h 34min | Drama, Western
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

As an outbreak of leprosy engulfs 19th-century colonial Hawai'i, a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resist government-mandated exile, taking a courageous stand against the provisional government. Inspired by real-life events.

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Molokai: la isla maldita(1959)

1h 44min | Drama, History
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Kingdom of Hawaii, 1866. Fearful that leprosy would spread throughout the archipelago, the king banishes the sick to the island of Molokai. In 1873, the Belgian Catholic missionary Damien de Veuster arrives on the island to help improve the lives of its unfortunate inhabitants.

The Great Heart(1938)

2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

Directed by David Miller - With Carey Wilson, Tom Neal

Island Being(2007)

1h 7min | Documentary

Sorokdo is an island of Korea where the scars of the wars are visible. Wars that sowed confusion, suffering and injustice in a society concentrated on its economic development.

Leperfuck(2007)

1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A drama about love, loss, and memory for the gorehound crowd. A married woman in 1940's pre-war America must make a difficult decision upon her return home from a missionary position.

The Village(2012)

16min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Far away from any other urban centers, Itapuã is a small community with the characteristics and rituals of everyday life. The location, which sheltered 1,454 people and has more than 70 years of existence remains with only 35 residents all over the age of 60. No one likes to remember what the place was in the past, even though for many the memory is etched on their bodies.