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Nenjil Oor Aalayam
Nenjil Oor Aalayam (1962)
, 2h32
Directed by C. V. Sridhar
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors R. Muthuraman, Kalyan Kumar, SP. Muthuraman, Devika, Nagesh, Aachi Manorama

Murali (Kalyan Kumar) goes abroad to pursue higher studies in medicine. Unfortunately, during his tenure overseas, his girlfriend Seetha (Devika) is forced by her parents to marry another person. Devastated upon hearing the news, Murali swears a vow of lifelong celibacy and devotes himself to saving people suffering from cancer. A few years later, Venu (R. Muthuraman) happens to be critically ill with cancer and has to be operated upon. The treatment for Venu progresses well until Murali meets Venu's wife, who happens to be Seetha. When Seetha comes to know that the doctor treating Venu is Murali, whom she had left, she becomes upset.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
, 2h5
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Shailene Woodley, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Ansel Elgort, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff

Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is an intelligent and witty teenager living in Indianapolis, who has terminal thyroid cancer that has since spread to her lungs. Believing she is depressed, Hazel's mother Frannie (Laura Dern) urges her to attend a weekly cancer patient support group to help her make friends who are going through the same thing.
Now Is Good
Now Is Good (2012)
, 1h33
Directed by Ol Parker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams, Kaya Scodelario, Joe Cole

Tessa (Dakota Fanning) is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Despite her four-year devotion to chemotherapy, she has discovered that she is going to die and comes up with a list of things she wants to do before she dies, including some risky behaviors that she deems necessary to have "lived". Her friend Zoey is excited and supportive of the outrageous bucket list until an unplanned pregnancy test comes up positive.
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)
, 1h45
Directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Michèle Laroque, Amir Ben Abdelmoumen, Amira Casar, Mylène Demongeot, Max von Sydow, Constance Dollé

Oscar, garçon de dix ans, séjourne à l'hôpital des enfants. Ni les médecins ni ses parents n'osent lui dire la vérité sur sa maladie. Seule Mamie Rose, femme à l'air bougon, venue livrer ses pizzas, communique avec lui sans détour. Pour le distraire, Rose propose un jeu à Oscar : faire comme si chaque journée comptait désormais pour dix ans. Elle lui offre ainsi une vie entière en quelques jours. Pour qu'il se confie davantage, elle lui suggère aussi d'écrire à Dieu. Dans ses lettres, Oscar avoue ses douleurs, ses inquiétudes, ses joies, son premier amour, le temps qui passe... Une amitié singulière naît entre Oscar et Mamie Rose. Tous deux sont loin d'imaginer à quel point cette complicité va bouleverser leur destin.
Other People
Other People (2016)
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about cancer, LGBT-related film
Actors Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow, Madisen Beaty, Zach Woods

David (Jesse Plemons), un homosexuel de vingt-neuf ans, déménage à Sacramento pour prendre soin de sa mère Joanne (Molly Shannon) qui est en plein stade du léïomyosarcome. Pour lui, c’est encore compliqué d’être à la maison malgré religion et conservatisme, ainsi que le refus de son père d'accepter sa sexualité. Alors que Joanne lutte contre la chimiothérapie, elle décide d'arrêter tout traitement et commence à décliner…
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
, 1h26
Directed by Thomas Jahn, Thomas Jahn
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Films about cancer, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Actors Til Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry Van Werveke, Huub Stapel, Leonard Lansink

Two patients (Martin Brest and Rudi Wurlitzer) meet in a hospital, just after learning about that both have an untreatable disease. They start talking about their death that is to come very soon. When they find a bottle of tequila, Martin finds out that Rudi has never seen the sea. Martin tells Rudi that all they talk about in Heaven is how beautiful the sea is.
A Few Hours of Spring
A Few Hours of Spring (2012)
, 1h48
Directed by Stéphane Brizé
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about euthanasia, Medical-themed films, Vieillesse, Films about cancer
Actors Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Perrier, Ludovic Berthillot, Sylvie Jobert

A man on his release from prison, is forced to return to his mother. This one, ill with terminal cancer, decided to choose the time of her death.
Self/less
Self/less (2015)
, 1h56
Directed by Tarsem Singh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Films set in the future, Films about cancer, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Michelle Dockery, Victor Garber

Business tycoon and billionaire Damian Hale (Ben Kingsley) is master of his own universe, until he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now on his deathbed, he finds a business card directing him to a man named Professor Albright (Matthew Goode), who informs him about a radical medical procedure called "shedding", in which one's consciousness is transferred to an artificially grown healthy body. Damian decides to undergo the procedure and engineers his own public death. Albright transfers him into a new body (Ryan Reynolds) and prescribes medication to alleviate vivid hallucinations which he claims are side effects of the procedure.
Restless
Restless (2011)
, 1h31
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about cancer, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Jane Adams, Ryō Kase, Schuyler Fisk, Chin Han

A young man, Enoch, is out of school and has been befriended by a ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot. For unexplained reasons, he attends the funerals of strangers without invitation; at one of these he meets a young woman, Annabel, who says she works with children who have cancer, and the two start spending time together. Later Annabel acknowledges she has cancer herself, a fact which Enoch appears to accommodate, even when Annabel discovers she has only three months left to live. As their relationship becomes romantic, Enoch's placidity is explained by his own history of near-death experience, but when the loss of Annabel becomes a reality his behaviour betrays more evidence of turmoil. Annabel accepts and reacts to this. At Annabel's memorial Enoch asks to speak, but before he says anything memories of the couple's happiness together appear to resolve his grief.
The Professor
The Professor (2018)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Johnny Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt, Danny Huston, Zoey Deutch, Ron Livingston, Linda Emond

Un professeur de littérature d'une université de Nouvelle Angleterre décide de se libérer des carcans le jour où on lui diagnostique un cancer des poumons en phase terminale. Pour le reste des six mois à vivre, il se transforme en fêtard rebelle, et au grand plaisir de ses étudiants, il mène une croisade contre l'autorité et l'hypocrisie.
The Midwife
The Midwife (2017)
, 1h57
Directed by Martin Provost
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet, Quentin Dolmaire, Mylène Demongeot, Karidja Touré

Claire est sage-femme dans une maternité dont la fermeture est programmée. Béatrice a été la maîtresse de son père, mort quelques années auparavant. Après trente ans de silence, les deux femmes vont se retrouver. Malgré son âge et sa santé précaire, Béatrice est fantasque et totalement immature. Claire, quant à elle, mène une vie rangée de bon Samaritain entre son hôpital et son appartement de Mantes-la-Jolie et commence à nouer une liaison avec Paul, un camionneur cinquantenaire. Expulsée de l'appartement où elle était hébergée, l'extravagante Béatrice s'installe chez Claire...
The Bucket List
The Bucket List (2008)
, 1h33
Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Medical-themed films, Films about Tibet, Transport films, Films about cancer, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Beverly Todd, Alfonso Freeman

Blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman) and billionaire hospital magnate Edward Cole (Nicholson) meet for the first time in the hospital after both have been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Although Edward is reluctant to share a room with Carter, complaining that he "looks half-dead already", they become friends as they undergo their respective treatments.