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Panic in the Streets(1950)

1h 36min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 55 votes)

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empties the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try.

Directed by Elia Kazan - With Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, Daniela Rocca, ...
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Fed Up(2014)

PG
| 1h 35min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 106 votes)

Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history.

Directed by Stephanie Soechtig
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Letter Beyond the Walls(2019)

1h 25min | Documentary
4.1/5 (with 6 votes)

Letter Beyond the Walls reconstructs the trajectory of HIV and AIDS with a focus on Brazil, through interviews with doctors, activists, patients and other actors, in addition to extensive archival material. From the initial panic to awareness campaigns, passing through the stigma imposed on people living with HIV, the documentary shows how society faced this epidemic in its deadliest phase over more than two decades. With this historical approach as its base, the film looks at the way HIV is viewed in today's society, revealing a picture of persistent misinformation and prejudice, which especially affects Brazil’s most historically vulnerable populations.

Coronavirus: The Beijing Quarantine Diaries(2020)

37min | Documentary, TV Movie
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Beijing, China, 2020. Empty streets, mandatory masks, checkpoints, the entire state apparatus used to impose severe restrictions on population movements. An entire country quarantined to fight a fierce epidemic….

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.

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FAT: A Documentary 2(2021)

1h 20min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

FAT: A Documentary 2 is the sequel to the international sensation that delves deeper into the lies and myths surrounding the age old question: "What should I be eating?".

Sieged: The Press vs. Denialism(2020)

1h 56min | Documentary
4.6/5 (with 1 vote)

Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism.

Voices from the Shadows(2023)

1h 3min | Documentary

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The Dirty War on the NHS(2019)

2h | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis.

Goodbye, Mr. Germ(1940)

14min | Animation, Drama
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A doctor explains to his children the dangers of tuberculosis, what it is and how to prevent against contracting it.

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

Handkerchief Drill(1949)

1min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A husband sneezes inconsiderately all over the place, until his wife has had enough and leaves him.

You Don't Know Nicotine(2020)

1h 35min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Amidst radical changes in nicotine use globally, one filmmaker's journey through the confusion & fear leads to a startling discovery about Earth's most hated stimulant. Society may be changed forever.

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Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World(2004)

1h 30min | Documentary
4.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Narrator Cori Brackett had a strange cause-and-effect experience with the diet cokes she was drinking and quickly found herself disabled and diagnosed with MS. Slowly able to walk and speak again, she believes her illness is linked to aspartame. She is a co-owner of a video/film production company. After 7000 miles, and 25 hours of footage, "Sweet Misery" will reveal one of the most pervasive, insidious forms of corporate negligence since tobacco.

We're All Plastic People Now(2023)

59min | Documentary

In an era of throw-away ease, convenience has cost us our well-being. Plastics have been found inside our bodies— in our colons, our brains, and even in mothers’ developing wombs. Scientists around the country are sounding the alarm, but without public buy-in, there is little that can be done. How much evidence do we need before we decide to take action?

Coughs and Sneezes(1945)

2min | Comedy, Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

The Story of Cholera(2011)

5min | Animation, Drama
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

This film makes visible the invisible cholera germs as a young boy shows how to help the sick and guides his village in preventing the spread of cholera.