Best "illness" TV Shows/Series of All Time

28 TV shows/series found (page 1/1):

Pages of life(2006-2007)

3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

Directed by Jayme Monjardim - With Regina Duarte, José Mayer, Ana Paula Arósio, Sônia Braga, Edson Celulari, Natália do Vale, ...

Red Band Society(2014-2015)

TV-PG

| 42min per episode | Drama, Comedy

3.6/5 (with 36 votes)

Children and teenagers become friends in a hospital where they are all patients. Together they try to escape the sad reality to create their own world with their own codes , while the nursing staff do their best to bring them a little happiness everyday. Charlie , in a coma for several months, attending meanwhile helplessly bustle around him. He sees nothing , but he hears everything ...

Insomniacs After School(2023-)

TV-14

| 24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their school's astronomy observatory.Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap—but he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely of things.Dark rumors about what befell the members of the astronomy club keep people away from the school observatory, and that's what makes it the perfect sanctuary for Nakami and Magari to get some much-needed rest. Unfortunately, the school faculty can't allow its unsanctioned use. But if there were a new astronomy club, maybe these two insomniacs could have a place to call home!

Extraordinary You(2019)

35min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy, Action & Adventure

4.2/5 (with 65 votes)

When a high-school girl finds that she is merely a character from a comic book whose destiny is decided by the writer, she decides to change the plot to suit her desires and find the love of her life.

With Kim Hye-yoon, Ro-woon, Lee Jae-wook, Lee Tae-ri, Jung Gun-joo, Lee Na-eun, ...

The Good Bad Mother(2023)

TV-MA

| 1h 8min per episode | Drama, Comedy

4.4/5 (with 44 votes)

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

Directed by Shim Na-yeon - With Ra Mi-ran, Lee Do-hyun, Ahn Eun-jin

Les bracelets rouges(2022-)

| 44min per episode | Drama

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

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Best Interests(2023)

1h per episode | Drama

3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Marnie has a life-threatening condition. The doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree. And so begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision. Who decides? And in whose best interests will it be?

With Sharon Horgan

Doom at Your Service(2021)

1h 4min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

4.0/5 (with 207 votes)

A woman with only a short time to live and a man with the supernatural power to bring the world to an end discover the true meaning of life and love.

Reunion: The Sound of the Providence(2020)

45min per episode | Mystery, Action & Adventure

3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Yilong Zhu and Xiaotong are leading the cast! Let’s see the restart of these grave robbers. With mysteries unsolved, they’re gathering for adventure! On the way through all sorts of life and death, the secret about “the sound of the providence” is being uncovered step by step…

With Zhu Yilong, Hu Jun, Mao Xiaotong

Happiness(2021)

1h 7min per episode | Drama, Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

4.0/5 (with 214 votes)

A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in the new habitation.

Directed by An Gil-ho - With Han Hyo-joo, Park Hyung-sik, Jo Woo-jin

For Ever, Plus One Day(2020-2022)

23min per episode | Drama, Comedy

Chuck has a rare illness and is going to die. He and his girlfriend Delphine decide to take full advantage of the time they have left by doing absolutely everything they want.

Melting Me Softly(2019)

1h 10min per episode | Mystery, Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

4.1/5 (with 21 votes)

Ma Dong-chan and Go Mi-ran are both frozen during an experiment. They wake up 20 years later instead of 24 hours later and must keep their body temperature above 30°C in order to survive.

Directed by Shin Woo-chul - With Ji Chang-wook

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L'air d'aller(2023-)

23min per episode | Drama, Kids & Family

The touching story of four friends in their 20s who need some air, literally. They have all been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. With their urgency to live, they make every day memorable, for better and for worse!

Polseres vermelles(2011-2013)

| 45min per episode | Drama

4.1/5 (with 11 votes)

Polseres vermelles and Pulseras Rojas in Spanish, is a Catalan television show. The first season aired on TV3 in 2011, with a second season planned for 2013. The show was created by Albert Espinosa and draws on his childhood experiences as a hospital patient. Espinosa and director-producer Pau Freixas had previously worked together on the film Herois. The show tells the story of a group of Catalan children and teenagers who meet as patients in the children's wing of a hospital. Themes include friendship, the will to live, and the desire to overcome adversity. The show was originally planned for four seasons, with the second one premiering on January 2013. In October 2011, it was announced that Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks and Marta Kauffman had reached an agreement with TV3 for an American remake of Polseres Vermelles. The Spanish channel Antena 3 aired the first season, dubbed into Spanish as Pulseras rojas, in summer 2012. On 11 December 2012, TV3 announced 14 January 2013 as the premiere date for its second season. Antena 3 will premiere it dubbed later in 2013.

Directed by Pau Freixas, Oriol Ferrer Ferrer, Marta Pahissa, Patricia Font - With Joana Vilapuig, Àlex Monner, Mikel Iglesias, Marta Angelat, Nil Cardoner, Andreu Rifé i Oro, ...

Unique Eats(2010-2013)

TV-G

| 30min per episode | Documentary

Unique Eats is a TV series on Cooking Channel about various restaurants across the United States and their signature dishes. The show features talking head interviews with various chefs and food critics who give their judgement about the foods. Each episode focuses on one theme, such as "comfort foods" or "desserts".

With Amanda Freitag

Girlfriend(2020)

30min per episode | Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy

3.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Bit-part actress, Wen Xiao Nuan, is hired to play An Ning Wen Hua's CEO, Ye Fei Mo's, secret admirer in order to earn funds to support the Huang Mei Opera group back in her hometown. The two fall in love while pretending to be lovers.

A Song to the Sun(2006)

47min per episode | Drama

3.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Amane Kaoru lives a night life, not because she wishes so, but because she is infected with the xeroderma pigmentosum virus. This virus defects the ability to repair damage caused by the sun's rays. Although she cannot expose her body to the sunlight, she dreams of becoming a singer, even if remaining positive has been ruined many times due to her illness. One night, playing outside, she meets Fujishiro Kouji, who has lost his job and hope, and becomes someone who reminds him of his long forgotten music passion.

With Erika Sawajiri, Takayuki Yamada

Nine: Nine Time Travels(2013)

50min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery

3.8/5 (with 11 votes)

Park Sun-Woo works as an anchorman at a TV broadcasting station. He is in love with newsreporter Joo Min-Young, who is bright and honest. Park Sun-Woo then obtains 9 incense items, which allows him to go back 20 years in time. Park Sun-Woo travels to the past.

With Lee Jin-uk

An Angel's Happiness(2017)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Xiao Han, who runs a small lodge, is the prettiest girl in the little village on Hainan Island. Her humble background and lowly education makes her unconfident, yet she is still optimistic, hoping for her very own happiness. Jie Luo is the haughty son of a woman who is in command of a big business group. He was asked by his mother to help her in renovating some parts of the island, and thus lived in Xiao Han's lodge. When Jie Luo was trying to purchase some land, he ran into problems which were soon solved with the help of Xiao Han. Their personalities are miles apart, but when they got to know each other through working together, they slowly fell in love. However, Jie Luo's mother was against them being together and wanted Xiao Han to leave Jie Luo in exchange for the continuation of the island's renovation project. For the good of the island, Xiao Han reluctantly agreed. This dealt a great blow to Jie Luo, and finding Xiao Han became his only job...

With Liu Shishi

Beautiful Rain(2012)

Drama, Kids & Family

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A young daughter (Mana Ashida) supports her father (Etsushi Toyokawa) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

With Etsushi Toyokawa

The Oath of Love(2022)

45min per episode | Drama

3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

Lin Zhixiao's entire world is turned upside down just before graduation. Her father is hospitalized after being diagnosed with cancer which leaves her no choice but to give up an important job opportunity. She and her boyfriend also break up. In an instant, all of her hopes and dreams for the future are gone. At this time, Gu Wei, her father's attending physician, walks into Lin Zhixiao's life. Love has the tendency to creep up on you when you're not looking. Two people who have been hurt before gradually get to know each other and fall in love. They go through doubts and hit road bumps, they experience misunderstandings and trying times, but in the process of falling in love, they realize that they are made for each other.

Beautiful Secret(2015-2016)

45min per episode | Drama

2.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Twenty years ago, singer Wang Xuan spent all her savings trying to treat the illness of her daughter, but to no avail. In the end, she had to give her up for adoption, while hiding the truth from the world. Jiang Mei Li was adopted by Jiang Wei Guo and his wife, and suffers from amnesia after contracting a high fever. Unable to find her daughter, Wang Xuan decided to put all her love into her step daughter Xu Rou Lin. Twenty years later, Ruo Lin enters a singing competition to win back her ex-boyfriends, producer Guan Yi. While coming out to support her sister Jiang Mei Yan, Jiang Mei Li ends up being a competitor in the same competition. During the course of the competition, complicated relationships between love interests and family occur.

Confession(2019)

1h 2min per episode | Drama, Crime

3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

A sickly man with a strong mind has spent most of his childhood in a hospital. He is involved in a case of "double jeopardy," the principle that one cannot be tried for the same crime twice following either a conviction or an acquittal.

Rainbow Chart(2021)

54min per episode | Drama, Comedy

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Kureno Masora is a young doctor who was working happily at a large hospital in Tokyo. However, she found out that she has an illness and decided to continue working as a doctor, while hiding her illness at a clinic located in a small village called "Niji no Mura". Therefore, Masora gets to meet the interesting villagers and gradually learns about facing life enthusiastically.

88 Street(2016)

9min per episode | Drama

A web drama that portrays the modern days' mentality through those who have various syndromes.

New Face(2020)

42min per episode | Drama, Mystery, Comedy

Pan, a desolate plastic surgeon, lived a repetitive and boring life every day until a conspiracy happened. He woke up in an abandoned factory, and found that someone had replaced his identity with a face exactly like him. His world has been completely overturned and left in a perilous situation. Can he overcome the difficulties and peel away the truth? How would he regain his identity?

The Reason Mom and Papa Live(2014)

50min per episode | Drama

A story about a married couple both diagnosed with cancer and given limited time to live. As mother of two young children, Yoshioka Shuko notices a lump in her chest one day and goes to a hospital to have it checked out. When she is diagnosed with breast cancer, her husband Kenichi is fully prepared to battle the disease with her until he finds out that he, too is ill with lung cancer. For the sake of the children, the couple determine to not let this defeat them, but to approach life cheerfully and positively in what is a stirring and unforgettable record of a family driven by the strength of love and who never forgets their sense of humor.

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History(2013)

1h per episode | Documentary

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.

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