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Films with theme "Medical-themed films", sorted by revenue
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Of Men and War (2014)
, 2h22Directed by Laurent Bécue-Renard
Origin France
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Vétérans américains de la guerre d'Irak, une douzaine d'hommes restent traumatisés par la mort qu'ils ont vue, frôlée ou donnée. Dans un centre d'accueil en Californie, ils mènent une thérapie de groupe pour verbaliser les horreurs qui les hantent et se délivrer du stress post-traumatique.
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Road movies, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Florian David Fitz, Karoline Herfurth, Katharina Müller-Elmau, Heino Ferch, Tim Seyfi
Vincent, un jeune homme souffrant du syndrome de la Tourette qui vient de perdre sa mère, est placé dans un institut par son père, un politicien autoritaire. Là, vincent fait la connaissance de Marie, une anorexique, et d'Alexandre, animé d'un trouble obsessionnel compulsif. À trois, ils vont voler la voiture de la directrice de l'établissement, le Dr Rose, et rouler vers Trieste en Italie, où Vincent s'est promis de jeter en mer les cendres de sa mère.
The Battery (2012)
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Larry Fessenden
After a zombie apocalypse has overtaken the entire New England area, two former baseball players, Ben (Jeremy Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim), travel the back-roads of Connecticut with no destination in mind. Their backstory reveals that they were trapped in a house in Massachusetts, along with Mickey's family, for three months. Mickey's father, mother and brother were killed before they figured out how to escape. Since then, Ben opposes sleeping indoors and the two have had many arguments regarding the matter. While Ben quickly adapts to the "hunter-gatherer" and constantly on the road lifestyle, Mickey is almost the opposite, refusing to face the situation and longs for a "normal" life. He refuses to kill zombies and learn to fish, and is always listening to his CD player with headphones on, burning through batteries and distracting himself from his surroundings, against Ben's advice.
The Devil's in the Details (2013)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ray Liotta, Emilio Rivera, Noel Gugliemi, Raymond J. Barry, Lane Garrison, Ava Acres
Thomas Conrad (Joel Mathews), a supermarket manager and military ex-soldier, has trouble re-adjusting to a normal life in Nogales, Arizona. For over 6 months, he has been tormented by post-traumatic stress disorder from a terrifying experience serving his country overseas. Enduring issues with his family, he has also separated himself from his wife Selina (Jenna Lyng) and daughter Chloe (Ava Acres). Recommended to undergo rehab, he visits ex-Navy Seal and psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Michaels (Ray Liotta), who helps him identify the moments leading up to his condition.
Fedz (2013)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about terrorism, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Joseph Marcell, Dexter Fletcher, Wil Johnson, Michael Jai White, Ashley Walters, Isabella Calthorpe
Policeman, Mike Jones (Q), is given information by his athlete friend, Joey (Silvio Simac), about a terrorist group testing a virus on people. Whilst undercover, Mike tries to earn the trust of Slick Pete (Bradley Gardner), who is planning a bank robbery heist. Later Joey is murdered by his girlfriend, Ty (Shanika Warren-Markland), after refusing to throw his next martial arts fight at the request of Fast Eddie (Joseph Marcell). After Mike finds Joey dead and he suspects Ty was involved after seeing her with a few gangsters earlier. He pursues her for information, after she disregards him, he and his partner are followed back to his house by Rizzle (Gary McDonald) and Big D (Micheal White). Everyone except Mike is killed in a shootout, Mike suspects he was set up and resigns. Ty then orders Barry (Richie Campbel) and Tyson (Ashley Chin) to kill Mike.
, 1h30Directed by Stina Werenfels
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Inga Busch
Alors que sa mère décide de ne plus lui administrer de médicaments, Dora, jeune handicapée mentale de dix-huit ans, commence à s’épanouir. Mais quand Dora découvre sa sexualité, sa lutte pour son indépendance devient de plus en plus risquée. Au grand dam de sa mère, Dora a une relation sexuelle spontanée avec un homme ambigu, évidemment épris de cette sensualité décomplexée.
The Unforgiving (2010)
, 1h15Origin South africa
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Un psychopathe masqué a sévi dans un coin perdu d'Afrique du Sud, et les autorités interrogent les uniques survivants : Rex et Alice.
Le Mur (2011)
, 52minutesDirected by Sophie Robert
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Psychanalyse, Films about autism
Le Mur est un documentaire réalisé en 2011 par Sophie Robert et produit par la société Océan Invisible Productions, en partenariat avec Autistes sans frontières, une association qui milite en faveur d’une prise en charge comportementale éducative des personnes autistes et contre la prise en charge psychanalytique.
Directed by Éric Duvivier
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Jacques Higelin
Éric Duvivier, neveu du cinéaste Julien Duvivier, fut très tôt initié au septième art. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il entrepris des études de médecine à Paris qu'il finit par abandonner. Passionné de cinéma, il créa en 1947 le Centre international du film médical qui organisa la même année le premier Congrès international du film médical au palais de la Mutualité à Paris.
The Slightest Gesture (1971)
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about child abuse
Yves est considéré par l’institution hospitalière comme « inéducable et irrécupérable ». Pris en charge en 1958 par Fernand Deligny, éducateur singulier dont les tentatives de cures libres refusaient l’ordinaire des méthodes psychiatriques, Yves devient en 1962 le personnage central d’un film tourné dans les Cévennes. Yves et Richard s’évadent de l’asile. En se cachant, Richard tombe dans un trou. La fille d’un ouvrier de la carrière proche observe Yves resté seul et le ramène à l’asile.
The Connection (2014)
, 2h15Directed by Cédric Jimenez
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Medical-themed films, La provence, Films about drugs
Actors Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Yvonne Gradelet, Céline Sallette, Mélanie Doutey, Guillaume Gouix
1970s Marseille is ruled by a brutal drug gang importing morphine from Turkey, transforming it and exporting heroin to New York, called la French. The gang, led by the cold-hearted Gaètan Tany Zampa (Gilles Lellouche), is rounding up its incomes with extortion and robbings. Former Juvenile Court judge Pierre Michel is transferred to organized crime, but finds out that la French's crimes are difficult or impossible to prove and that the police unit investigating heroin trade under Captain Aimé-Blanc has nothing relevant to report.
The Turn of the Screw (2009)
, 1h29Directed by Tim Fywell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Ghost films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Michelle Dockery, Dan Stevens, Eva Sayer, Mark Umbers, Corin Redgrave, Wendy Albiston
The film's story is told in a series of flashbacks interspersed with discussions between Ann (Dockery), a patient in a sanatorium, and Dr Fisher (Stevens), a sceptical and atheistic psychiatrist. Despite the suggestion of his superior (Redgrave) that he focus upon soldiers who have returned from the First World War, Fisher wishes to help Ann if he can.
Operation Hong Kong (1964)
, 1h30Directed by Helmuth Ashley, Giorgio Stegani
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Horst Frank, Maria Perschy, Bradford Harris, Dietmar Schönherr, Philippe Lemaire, Pascale Roberts
Robert Perkins est un homme d'affaires respecté qui dirige une société d'import-export à Hong Kong. Personne ne sait qu'il travaille comme passeur de drogue. Lorsque Perkins apprend que la cargaison d'héroïne vaut un million de dollars, il trahit son patron. Il agresse Laurent qui doit assurer la réception. Il dépose la drogue chez sa sœur Margaret. Susan Collins, la secrétaire et ancienne compagne de Perkins, sait peu de choses sur les véritables activités de l'entreprise et de sa jeune agent commerciale Claudia Laudon. Elle se trouve dans la difficulté lorsque la police découvre la drogue. Le colonel Strong, un ami de son père, lui apporte son soutien.
Zombie Hunter (2013)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Danny Trejo, Martin Copping
The film opens with a news report on "Natas", a strange drug which has been reported to induce zombie-like effects in those who consume it. The film then fast forwards in time, to an Earth mostly inhabited by zombies. The Hunter (Martin Copping) drives along a post-apocalyptic wasteland and meets a hostile "Death Angel". The zombie is reduced to purplish goo after Hunter rams his car at it. He proceeds to stop at a deserted petrol station to fill his car's empty gas tank. Hunter enters the station's convenience store to check out any available supplies, but is ambushed by invading zombies. He eliminates them all after a gory battle and downs his sorrows by gulping a bottle of tequila. It is revealed that Hunter's daughter and wife have both died. Resuming his journey, Hunter unknowingly ventures into the turf of the survivors, who have not been infected by Natas. Thinking Hunter is a zombie, an unknown assailant takes a shot at him. Hunter survives nevertheless and is greeted by survivor Fast Lane Debbie (Jade Regier) upon regaining consciousness.
Christmas with the Dead (2012)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Comedy horror films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Strange electrical currents hurtle towards Earth from outer space. Calvin lives a typical life with his wife Ella and daughter Tina in the fictional East Texas town of Mud Creek It's during the holidays and one night Ella harasses him to put up Christmas decorations on their home. Instead Calvin naps on the couch and then a freak lightning storm from the strange electrical currents causes everyone who sees it to drop dead. When Calvin awakes he finds his wife and daughter seemingly dead. Awash with grief, he lays the two out on their bed. As soon as Calvin turns his back, his daughter rises from the dead and crawls out an open window. Then Ella rises as a zombie and attacks him. After he subdues her, his neighbor Ray shows up and tells Calvin Tina has bitten him and he had no choice but to kill her by striking her with a hammer. Soon Calvin realizes most of the inhabitants of Mud Creek are now zombies.