Illness Movies

A father intends to save the life of his own son, by paying out a new type of suicide life insurance.

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...

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...

Inés, Irene and Ivonne gather at their mother's house to attend their father's funeral; they will not return until a year after for the...

It follows a chronically ill young woman who finds herself alone at rock bottom, struggling to come to terms with her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis...

Chinese romance film directed and co-written by Kwak Jae-yong, starring Oho Ou, Zhang Huiwen, Yang Zi, Wang Zhi, and Yao Lu. The film is an...

When Maria meets Niels for the first time, he comes across as an angry and unsympathetic young man. His chronic illness has been concentrated into a...

A drama-documentary film about the fatal effect of poor living conditions on health – the so-called "social inheritance." The principal...

When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.

How many imaginary deathly diseases can you have before you die from fear and anxiety? This short documentary answers this question by trying to show...

an exploration of queerness and fear of illness through personal and shared experiences.

A reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of the crisis.

An extraordinary video diary about living with AIDS documenting, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions Tom Joslin and...

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

While researching a story on a school for problem children, Nakahara meets Emi, a college volunteer with a compelling tale of her own. After...

Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, this 1950s coming of age drama centers on a young man leaving home to attend college, where he will learn the...

Drawing heavily from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's 1971 novella 'Piknik na obochine' ('Roadside Picnic') as well as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film...

When Marie moves into her boyfriend's apartment, she uncovers a disturbing mystery about the fate of the previous tenant.