Topic: Medical

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Yûzô Kayama · Yoshio Tsuchiya · Kyôko Kagawa

Synopsis In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the arrogant and proud just-graduated Dr. Noboru Yasumoto (Yuzo Kayama) is forced to work in the Koshikawa Clinic, a non-profit health facility ruled by Dr. Kyojio Niide (Toshirô Mifune), a.k.a. "Red Beard". "Red Beard"...

Direction Masayuki Kojima

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2005). Dr. Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese neurosurgeon, is one of the best doctors in Germany. He's respected by his peers, he's engaged and has a promising future. Tenma disagrees with hospital politics and sticks to his view that...

Direction Jack Amiel · Michael Begler · Steven Soderbergh

Cast Clive Owen · André Holland · Eve Hewson · Juliet Rylance

Synopsis The Knick (TV Series) (2014) follows the groundbreaking yet turbulent work of Dr. John Thackery and his team at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital in the early 1900s. Set against a backdrop of medical innovation and societal challenges, the series delves...

Direction Dalton Trumbo

Cast Timothy Bottoms · Jason Robards · Donald Sutherland · Marsha Hunt

Synopsis Johnny Got His Gun (1971) follows Joe Bonham, a young American soldier severely wounded in World War I. Trapped in his own body—blind, deaf, mute, and limbless—he reflects on his past, dreams, and the brutal realities of war through fragmented...

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Ingrid Bergman · Gregory Peck · Michael Chekhov · Leo G. Carroll

Synopsis Spellbound (1945) follows Dr. Constance Petersen, a psychoanalyst at a mental hospital, who becomes intrigued by the new director, Dr. Anthony Edwardes. As their relationship deepens, she discovers he is an impostor suffering from amnesia and haunted by a mysterious...

Direction David Shore · Greg Yaitanes · Deran Sarafian · Juan José Campanella

Cast Hugh Laurie · Lisa Edelstein · Omar Epps · Robert Sean Leonard

Synopsis House, M.D. (TV Series) (2004) follows Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant but misanthropic diagnostician at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. With a sharp wit and a dependency on painkillers, House leads a team of doctors as they tackle mysterious and rare medical...

Direction Jed Mercurio

Cast Max Beesley · Patrick Baladi · Neve McIntosh · Keith Allen

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2006). 2 season. 17 episodes The story is centred around specialist registrar Rob Lake (Max Beesley), who starts the first series in a new post in the Obstetrics and gynaecology Department at the fictional South Central Infirmary, under...

Direction Carlos Agulló

Direction Rodrigo García · Hagai Levi · Nir Bergman · Ori Sivan

Cast Gabriel Byrne · Dianne Wiest · Michelle Forbes · Melissa George

Synopsis In Treatment (TV Series) (2008) follows psychotherapist Dr. Paul Weston as he navigates the emotional complexities of his patients' lives while grappling with his own personal struggles. Each episode unfolds like a therapy session, delving into intimate conversations with diverse...

Direction Danny Strong · Michael Cuesta · Barry Levinson · Patricia Riggen

Cast Michael Keaton · Peter Sarsgaard · Will Poulter · John Hoogenakker

Synopsis 8 Episodes. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.

Direction Peter Richardson

Synopsis From its opening scene, where a terminally ill cancer patient takes a lethal dose of Seconal and literally dies on camera, it becomes shockingly clear that How to Die in Oregon is a special film. In 1994, Oregon became the...

Direction Amanda Marsalis

Cast Noah Wyle · Tracy Ifeachor · Katherine LaNasa · Fiona Dourif

Synopsis TV Series (2025-). 1 Season. 15 Episodes. The daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients, revealing the resilience required in their noble...

Direction Fèlix Colomer Vallès

Synopsis 3 episodes. A portrait of life at a Barcelona hospital over the toughest times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Ayako Wakao · Hideko Takamine · Misako Watanabe

Direction Adam Bolt

Synopsis The biggest tech revolution of the 21st Century isn't digital, it's biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing...

Direction Miguel Figueroa

Direction Michael Moore

Cast Michael Moore

Synopsis Sicko (2007), directed by Michael Moore, is a documentary that explores the complexities of the American healthcare system. Through personal stories and interviews, the film highlights the struggles of individuals who face financial ruin despite having insurance. Moore contrasts the...

Direction Lee Eung-bok

Cast Song Joong-ki · Song Hye-kyo · Jin Goo-Seo · Kim Ji-won

Synopsis TV Series (2016-2017). 16+3 Episodes. Shi-jin (Song Joong-ki) is the captain of the special forces. He catches a motorcycle thief with Sergeant Major Dae-young (Jin Goo-seo). The thief is injured during his capture and is sent to the hospital. Dae-young...

Direction Joshua Brand · John Falsey · Michael Fresco · Nick Marck

Cast Rob Morrow · Janine Turner · Barry Corbin · John Cullum

Synopsis Northern Exposure (TV Series) (1990) follows Dr. Joel Fleischman, a New York City physician who is sent to the remote, quirky town of Cicely, Alaska, to repay his medical school debt. Initially resistant to the small-town life, Joel gradually becomes...

Direction Toby Macdonald