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Contagion(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 46min | Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.3/5 (with 2,734 votes)

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.

Concussion(2015)

PG-13
| 2h 3min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 1,169 votes)

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

Brain on Fire(2017)

1h 28min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 631 votes)

Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.

Extreme Measures(1996)

R
| 1h 58min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 130 votes)

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks(2017)

1h 33min | Drama, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 43 votes)

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

Arctic Heart(2016)

2.4/5 (with 35 votes)

A timid young grad student madly in love with her scientist boss offers her body to his research.

Directed by Marie Madinier - With Guillaume Canet

Intern Academy(2004)

R
| 1h 38min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 20 votes)

Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.

Chrysalis(2007)

2.6/5 (with 31 votes)

Paris 2020, a high tech surgeon and her daughter are involved in a horrific car accident, the surgeon saves her daughter's life at the cost of manipulating her dreams and memories.

Young Doctors in Love(1982)

R
| 1h 36min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 25 votes)

An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.

Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7(1993)

PG
| 1h 27min | Drama, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Student nurses join some doctors to work in a medical station a few hours flying-time from the Mexican town of Catamaco. One of their planes goes down due to an engine malfunction and crashes in the rain forest. This is the story of the attempts to save the lives of the passengers (both nurses and doctors).

Code Blue: The Movie(2018)

2h 7min | Action, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally.

The Smile Man(2013)

10min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

A gentleman deals with the consequences of a car accident, which has left him with a spinal injury that means he has a permanent smile on his face.

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Sister Kenny(1946)

1h 56min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler(1971)

2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His injuries are completely healed by a secret organization that has developed advanced medical technology. What does the organization want in exchange for saving his life? Meanwhile, a reporter who witnessed the accident decides to investigate the senator's disappearance.

Directed by Bob Wynn - With Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, Angie Dickinson, Jack Carter, Andy Davis, Steve Conte, ...

Poverty, Inc.(2014)

1h 34min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. follows the butterfly effect of our most well-intentioned efforts and pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex - the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors. Are we catalyzing development or are we propagating a system in which the poor stay poor while the rich get hipper?

Directed by Michael Matheson Miller

Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room: The Movie(2023)

2h 8min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The individuals that comprise the Tokyo MER team rush to on-site disasters and accidents, performing life-saving treatment thanks to the OR equipped within their vehicle. Their one mission is simple: leave no one dead. But conflicts arise when an unprecedented event rocks Yokohama after a bomb explodes in Landmark Tower, leaving thousands fighting to escape. Although the chief doctor Kitami believes they should not wait and presses for a quick dispatch, the more level-headed Chief Kamoi of the elite Yokohama MER thinks otherwise — they need to wait until the area is safe to enter, or they won’t be able to save anyone.

Needlestick(2017)

1h 25min | Horror, Thriller
1.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A desperate doctor locks down South Union Cardiac Hospital to keep the greatest discovery in human history to himself, while a young intern races to save a dying young dancer, his ex-girlfriend, and his best friend, and stop his mentor.

The Chart of Love(2014)

1h 56min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Dr. Ichito works at Honjo Hospital. His longtime friend Dr. Tatsuya Shindo, who comes from Tokyo, begins working at Honjo Hospital. In their university days, Tatsuya was referred to as "the conscience of the medical school". Ichito notices a difference in Tatsuya now, as he leaves work on time. Then, Ichito's senior colleague Dr. Nukita collapses.

Black Jack(2000)

Matsuzaki, who gets critically injured after a sketchy deal, is taken by his girlfriend to a church where it is rumored that miracles happen. There, they find strange twins named Pinoko. With Pinoko's guidance, Matsuzaki is saved by a genius surgeon, BJ, in exchange for exorbitant fees. However, Matsuzaki is captured by the police. Meanwhile, Reiko, a female detective who pursues Matsuzaki and other organizations, tries to solve a mystery by conducting an independent investigation. It turns out Matsuzaki was found dead.

Life Begins(1932)

1h 11min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.

Vishudhan(2013)

2h 12min | Drama
2.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Sunny, a priest, comes to know that Vavachan is running an old age home with vile intentions. He wants the corpses of the inmates for the medical college run by his son. Sunny decides to expose this.

Directed by Vyshakh - With Kunchacko Boban

I Married a Doctor(1936)

1h 23min | Drama
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.

A Gem of a Jam(1943)

NR
| 17min | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

The stooges are janitors working in the offices of Doctors Harts, Burns and Belcher. Some crooks arrive seeking medical attention after their boss has been wounded in a shoot out with the cops. Mistaken for doctors, the boys are forced to operate on the wounded crook, but instead they accidentally dump him out the window into a passing police car. The rest of the gang chases them into a store room filled with dummies where the cops finally catch the bad guys.

State of Emergency(1994)

R
| 1h 30min | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.

Black Jack(1993)

Kuroo Hazama, also known as "Black Jack," is a legend in the medical world. Famous for being one of the best, as well as not having a license, Hazama and his assistant Pinoko save countless lives that other doctors cannot... for a price; an exorbitant price, in fact, which causes many to view the genius as greedy and heartless. Despite these claims, however, none can deny his skill and the lengths that he will go to treat his patients. This dark medical drama tells the story of the ominous and mysterious world of underground medicine as Black Jack risks his life to cure some of the most bizarre diseases imaginable, even if it means breaking every law in the process.

Beyond Reason(1977)

PG
| 1h 28min | Drama, Thriller

An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.

What About ME?(2016)

1h 27min | Documentary, History
4.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from what ME/CFS has been known as a mystery illness, delegated to the psychological realm, until now. A scientist in the only neuro immune institute in the world may have come up with the answer. An important human drama, plays out on the quest for the truth.

The Greed of William Hart(1948)

NR
| 1h 20min | Mystery, Horror
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still great, the two decide to create their own supply, a plan that proves profitable when they stick to vagrants, prostitutes and drunkards. But when they poison likable Jamie, the townsfolk retaliate. NB: This film was originally written to be about Burke and Hare, but after it was completed, the British censors refused to allow its release on the grounds those names themselves were offensive; thus the entire soundtrack was recut so that new names - Hart and Moore - recorded by the film's actors, were cut into the previously recorded lines, replacing the offending "Burke" or "Hare", sentence by sentence.

Bacterial World(2016)

54min | Documentary
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Coming in all shapes and sizes, bacteria are present in every corner of the Earth. Their purposes and types are even more diverse, with only 1% being truly harmful. Dive into the world of Bacteria to experience the latest discoveries and scientific knowledge surrounding these plentiful and necessary microbes.

Scalpel, Please(1985)

1h 54min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 3 votes)

A psychological drama exploring the notion of the doctor as a moral authority, who within the framework of their everyday work must face questions of life and death. The film is adapted from a novel by Valja Stýblová, in which the author draws upon her personal experiences as a former neurosurgeon. The protagonist of this drama is an ageing professor, based at a Prague neurological clinic, who is haunted by issues concerning his own principles and values, and also by the case of a young patient, Víťa, afflicted with an inoperable tumour.

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