Illness Movies

A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful...

Day after day, an elderly woman recalls the Spanish Basque country of her youth — while forgetting she is consigned to a retirement home in...

Dedicated Dr. Jordan is increasingly concerned about the health risks suffered by workers at a local pottery factory. "In Harrison Pratt's badly...

A person brings their partner to a doctor to treat an unknown itching fever. Two men come to see the doctor, one of them suffering from insomnia....

The lives of Anna, Paul and their little son Thomas seem perfect from the outside. Paul has a well-paid job, Anna has a home studio where she works...

Plagued by cluster headaches that turn his life into a living horror, Adam secretly seeks euthanasia as a final escape. When Evelyn discovers his...

A patient with chronic anemia marries her doctor, but falls in love with his colleague.

Adaptation of Mayu Ohara's autobiography.

Told via Seussian poem, the short film exhibits the bravery of a person who has faced the ultimate adversity...a tummy ache.

A successful businessman's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with cancer. On the verge of giving up, he forms an unlikely bond with a...

A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away.

Based on Robert Sullivan’s bestselling book, Morgan Spurlock and his team travel around the world to bring viewers face to face with rats while...

Two brothers are going through financial difficulties to pay for their mother's medical treatment. One of them also has a significant debt that...

Brussels, La Monnaie Opera House. Three people near the end of their lives meet with choreographers, actors and musicians. They take part in a unique...

Lou Colpé has been filming her grandparents since she was 15. In the process of this intense relationship, she notices some disconcerting...

Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her...

A struggling actor's life is turned upside down when his estranged mother appears on his doorstep with a terminal illness.

A woman whose sister suffers from Bipolar Disorder.

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits,...

‘Voices from the Shadows’ shows the brave and sometimes heartrending stories of five ME patients and their carers, along with input from...