Best "patient" Movies of All Time

45 movies found (page 1/2):

The Fourth Kind(2009)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 38min | Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 737 votes)

Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi - With Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Will Patton, Corey Johnson, Raphaël Coleman, ...

Patient Zero(2018)

1h 27min | Horror, Thriller, Action, Drama

2.7/5 (with 153 votes)

After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent infected beings, Morgan, a man gifted with the ability to speak the infected's new language, leads the last survivors on a hunt for patient zero and a cure.

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky - With Matt Smith

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A Cure for Wellness(2017)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 26min | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 1,747 votes)

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

Directed by Gore Verbinski - With Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Celia Imrie, Susanne Wuest, Adrian Schiller, ...

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K-PAX(2001)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h | Science Fiction, Drama

3.6/5 (with 1,020 votes)

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

Directed by Iain Softley - With Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, Celia Weston, Brian Howe, ...

Gothika(2003)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 38min | Horror, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 1,064 votes)

After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz - With Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, John Carroll Lynch, Bernard Hill, Penélope Cruz, ...

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A Dangerous Method(2011)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 39min | Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 917 votes)

Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.

Directed by David Cronenberg - With Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel, Sarah Gadon, André Hennicke, ...

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Persona(1966)

1h 24min | Drama

4.1/5 (with 975 votes)

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. The time they spend together only strengthens the crushing realization that one does not exist.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Margaretha Krook

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50/50(2011)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama

3.6/5 (with 1,686 votes)

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.

Directed by Jonathan Levine - With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Philip Baker Hall, ...

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I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK(2006)

1h 45min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 209 votes)

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

Directed by Park Chan-wook - With Rain, Im Su-jeong, Oh Dal-su, Son Yeong-soon, Park Joon-myeon, Choi Hee-jin, ...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 52min | Drama, History

3.8/5 (with 539 votes)

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

Directed by Julian Schnabel - With Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Niels Arestrup, Max von Sydow, ...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 20min | Horror, Science Fiction

3.8/5 (with 442 votes)

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

Directed by Don Siegel - With Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates, Bobby Clark, ...

Don Juan DeMarco(1994)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 37min | Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy

3.4/5 (with 326 votes)

John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff and, most profoundly, Dr Mickler, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.

Directed by Jeremy Leven - With Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Géraldine Pailhas, Bob Dishy, Rachel Ticotin, ...

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Chronic(2015)

1h 33min | Drama

2.9/5 (with 30 votes)

David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships with the people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.

Directed by Michel Franco - With Tim Roth, Elizabeth Tulloch, David Dastmalchian, Sarah Sutherland, Rachel Pickup, Michael Cristofer, ...

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway(2000)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 12 votes)

An amnesiac youth tries to piece together his past, but what he discovers may jeopardize his future.

Directed by Martin Duffy - With Elijah Wood, Rachael Leigh Cook, Janeane Garofalo, John Edward Mack, Roger Rees

Article 99(1992)

1h 40min | Drama

3.0/5 (with 23 votes)

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.

Directed by Howard Deutch - With Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson, John Mahoney, John C. McGinley, ...

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The Naked Face(1984)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 43min | Thriller, Action, Mystery

2.8/5 (with 12 votes)

Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. After repeated attempts to convince the cops of his innocence, Dr. Stevens is forced to go after the real villains himself.

Directed by Bryan Forbes - With Roger Moore, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Anne Archer, Art Carney, David Hedison, ...

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Victim Of Love(1991)

1h 32min | TV Movie, Thriller, Drama

2.1/5 (with 6 votes)

It's a romantic triangle with a lot of heat when a psychologist (JoBeth Williams) falls in love with a widowed professor (Pierce Brosnan) who's having an affair with one of her patients (Virginia Madsen). Williams turns a dangerous page when she uncovers that Brosnan is not only the root of Madsen's emotional turmoil, he also murdered his wife in order to be with Madsen. Better up that day rate.

Directed by Jerry London - With JoBeth Williams, Pierce Brosnan, Virginia Madsen

Hipnos(2004)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 16 votes)

Dr Sánchez Blanch owns and operates a psychiatric hospital where he specializes in hypnotizing his severely emotionally disturbed patients.

Directed by David Carreras - With Cristina Brondo, Féodor Atkine, Demián Bichir, Marisol Membrillo, Julián Villagrán, Vicente Gil, ...

Johanna(2005)

1h 26min | Drama

2.3/5 (with 7 votes)

Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death's doorstep. Touched by grace, Johanna cures patients by offering her body. The head doctor is frustrated by her continued rejection of him and allies himself with the outraged hospital authorities. They wage war against her but the grateful patients join forces to protect her. This is a filmic and musical interpretation of the Passion of Joan of Arc.

Directed by Kornél Mundruczó - With Orsolya Tóth, Kolos Kováts

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Schizoid(1980)

1h 29min | Horror, Mystery

2.7/5 (with 17 votes)

When Dr. Peter Fales's patients start getting annihilated by an unknown serial killer, he and his daughter Alison both come under suspicion. Julie, a syndicated “Dear Abby”-style columnist, is in one of Dr. Fales's therapy groups. After she receives several ominous letters she not only wonders if Dr. Fales might be behind the killings, she also starts to suspect her estranged husband.

Directed by David Paulsen - With Klaus Kinski, Craig Wasson, Richard Herd, Christopher Lloyd

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Labyrinth(2003)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of the crimes, or is he a victim of his own mind?

Directed by René Manzor - With Charlie Dupont, Duby, Édouard Montoute, Éric Godon, Frédéric Diefenthal, Lambert Wilson, ...

The Secret(1974)

1h 42min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery

3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?

Directed by Robert Enrico - With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marlène Jobert, Philippe Noiret, Antoine Saint-John, Jean-François Adam, Michel Delahaye, ...

The Moment(2013)

1h 30min | Thriller

2.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappearance.

Directed by Jane Weinstock - With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Martin Henderson, Alia Shawkat, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Meat Loaf, Alessandra Torresani, ...

Don't Look in the Basement(1973)

1h 29min | Horror, Thriller

2.5/5 (with 27 votes)

A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.

Directed by S. F. Brownrigg - With William McGhee

Psycho Intern(2021)

1h 27min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A female project manager hires a young male intern, and when he starts staying late to help, they have a one-night stand. Embarrassed by the incident, she apologizes and breaks things off quickly, but the intern isn't ready to let go yet.

Alvin Purple(1973)

1h 35min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

Alvin is your average guy, except for the fact women find him irresistible and chase him everywhere. He tries to avoid them and get psychiatric help but gets used by the psychiatrists as a gigolo to treat other patients instead.

Directed by Tim Burstall - With Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran, Jill Forster, Jacki Weaver, Dina Mann

Three on a Couch(1966)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 49min | Comedy, Romance / Love

2.8/5 (with 9 votes)

An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge their trust and hopefully cure them so that his fiancee can go with him.

Directed by Jerry Lewis - With Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, James Best, Mary Ann Mobley, Kathleen Freeman, Leslie Parrish, ...

Phobia(2013)

1h 34min | Horror

1.5/5 (with 3 votes)

In 1885, a female doctor helping a group of people with their phobias becomes embroiled in a murder mystery surrounding a patient that may or may not be a vampire.

The Other Side of Hell(1978)

2h 29min | Drama, TV Movie, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.

Rok konopí(2012)

1h 28min | Documentary

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Directed by Petr Slabý - With Radek John, Petr Knotek

Movies: Best "patient" Movies

The Fourth Kind(2009)

Patient Zero(2018)

A Cure for Wellness(2017)

K-PAX(2001)

Gothika(2003)

A Dangerous Method(2011)

Persona(1966)

50/50(2011)

I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK(2006)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956)

Don Juan DeMarco(1994)

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Chronic(2015)

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway(2000)

Article 99(1992)

The Naked Face(1984)

Victim Of Love(1991)

Hipnos(2004)

Johanna(2005)

Schizoid(1980)

Labyrinth(2003)

The Secret(1974)

The Moment(2013)

Don't Look in the Basement(1973)

Psycho Intern(2021)

Alvin Purple(1973)

Three on a Couch(1966)

Phobia(2013)

The Other Side of Hell(1978)

Rok konopí(2012)

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