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Deadpool (2016)
, 1h48Directed by Tim Miller
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about cancer, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T. J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Gina Carano, Stefan Kapicic
Le convoi d'Ajax est attaqué par Deadpool. Il commence par massacrer les gardes à l'intérieur d'une voiture, avant de s'en prendre au reste du convoi. Après une longue escarmouche, où il est contraint de n'utiliser que les douze balles qu'il lui reste, Deadpool capture Ajax (dont le véritable nom est Francis, ce que Deadpool ne cesse de lui rappeler). Après l'intervention de Colossus et Negasonic venus empêcher Deadpool de causer plus de dégâts et le rallier à la cause des X-Men, Ajax parvient à s'échapper en retirant le sabre de son épaule. Il apprend par la même occasion la véritable identité de Deadpool : Wade Wilson.
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
, 2h5Origin 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.
Elysium (2013)
, 1h49Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Space adventure films, Films about immigration, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Films about cancer, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Wagner Moura, William Fichtner, Alice Braga
In 2154, Earth is overpopulated and polluted. Most of the earth's citizens live in poverty, on the edge of starvation, and with little technology and medical care. The rich and powerful live on Elysium — a gigantic, terraformed space habitat located in Earth's orbit. Elysium is technologically advanced; such technology includes Med-Bays: medical machines that can cure all diseases, reverse the aging process and regenerate new body parts. A long-running feud exists between the wealthy residents of Elysium and the citizens of Earth, who want Elysian technology to cure their medical ailments.
The Bucket List (2008)
, 1h33Directed 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.
Stepmom (1998)
, 2h5Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken, Lynn Whitfield
Jackie and Luke Harrison (Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris) are a divorced New York couple that are struggling to help their children Anna (Jena Malone) and Ben (Liam Aiken) be happy with this sudden change of lifestyle. This is far from easy, as Luke, an attorney, is living with his new girlfriend, Isabel Kelly (Julia Roberts), an NYU alumna and a successful fashion photographer several years his junior. Isabel tries very hard to make Anna and Ben feel comfortable and happy with her, but Anna repeatedly rejects her overtures while Ben, who loves Isabel (not as much as his actual mother), adds extra complication with his mischievous nature. Isabel behaves with contempt tempered by caution around Jackie, believing she overcompensates for her divorce by spoiling her children.
Love Story (1970)
, 1h36Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland, Tommy Lee Jones, Russell Nype
Oliver Barrett IV comes from an American upper class east coast family and is heir to the Barrett fortune. He attends Harvard University, and is very active in ice hockey for the university. At the library, Oliver meets Jennifer "Jenny" Cavalleri, a quick-witted, working-class Radcliffe College student of classical music. She mocks him calling him "preppy" and "jock". Oliver finds a charm and truism in her comments. They quickly fall in love, despite their differences.
Terms of Endearment (1983)
, 2h12Directed by James L. Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about cancer
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow
Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger) are both searching for deep romantic love. Beginning with Emma's early childhood, Aurora reveals how difficult and caring she can be by nearly climbing into Emma's crib in order to make sure her daughter is breathing—only to be reassured when Emma starts crying (after being woken up). After the death of Aurora's husband and Emma's father Rudyard (A. Brooks), Aurora and Emma develop an extremely close love-hate mother/daughter relationship as Emma grows up.
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
, 1h49Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva, Emily Deschanel
Conceived by means of in vitro fertilization, Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) was brought into the world as a savior sister at the informal suggestion of Kate's doctor, Dr. Chance (David Thornton) (a formal suggestion from the doctor would have been a violation of legal and medical ethics). As a genetic match for her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, to donate compatible organs, blood and tissue in order to keep her sister alive. Her family members are introduced one by one, and each tells about how Kate's illness has affected them personally. When Kate turns 15, she goes into renal failure. Eleven-year-old Anna knows that she will be forced by her parents to donate one of her kidneys. She also realizes that she may not be able to live the life she will want to lead - she may be unable to cheerlead, play soccer, or be a mother. Anna tells her parents that she does not want any of this and proceeds to sue them for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body. Her domineering mother, Sara (Cameron Diaz), who leads an obsessive campaign to keep Kate alive, is indignant at Anna's decision when she receives the notice of court proceedings. Attorney Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) agrees to work for Anna as her guardian ad litem, suing for partial termination of parental rights. It is later learned he agreed to take the case not for the notoriety, but because he suffers from epilepsy, and is genuinely sympathetic to her predicament.
Five Feet Apart (2019)
, 1h56Directed by Justin Baldoni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer, Teen movie
Actors Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moisés Arias, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Parminder Nagra, Claire Forlani
Stella Grant (Haley Lu Richardson) est une patiente de 17 ans atteinte de la mucoviscidose. Elle rencontre Will Newman (Cole Sprouse) atteint lui aussi de la mucoviscidose, il se trouve à l'hôpital pour un essai clinique de traitement médicamenteux, dans le but de se débarrasser de l'infection bactérienne (Burkholderia cepacia) qu'il a dans les poumons.
Dying Young (1991)
, 1h51Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Selby, Ellen Burstyn
Hilary O'Neil (Julia Roberts) is a pretty, outgoing yet cautious young woman who has had little luck in work or love. After recently parting ways with her boyfriend when she caught him cheating, Hilary finds herself living with her eccentric mother (Ellen Burstyn).
Tag (2018)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about cancer, Films about marriage
Actors Ed Helms, Jeremy Lee Renner, Jon Hamm, Hannibal Buress, Jake Johnson, Annabelle Wallis
Cinq amis d'enfance se lancent chaque année à la même époque dans une féroce compétition de... chat perché ! Le but du jeu est de toucher leurs concurrents en criant « Chat, c'est toi qui y est ! ». Pour cette tradition, ils sont prêts à mettre en jeu leur travail, leur entourage et leur propre vie. Et pour cette nouvelle édition, il ne reste qu'un seul joueur invaincu et celui-ci se marie. Les quatre autres vont tout tenter pour le battre.
Funny People (2009)
, 2h26Directed by Judd Apatow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, Jonah Hill
George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is a middle-aged former stand-up comedian turned movie star. Despite his millions he is sad and lonely and most of his recent film work is low-brow and dumb. He is diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and offered an experimental treatment that has only an eight-percent chance of therapeutic response. Believing he is about to die, he returns to his roots to do stand-up comedy.
Sweet November (2001)
, 2hDirected by Pat O'Connor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann, Lauren Graham, Liam Aiken
Nelson Moss meets Sara Deever, a woman very different from anyone he has met before. His ignorance leads to her failing her driving test. She beguiles him and continually asks him to spend a month with her on the promise that she will change his life for the better. On the first night of November, after Nelson is fired and dumped on the same day, she sleeps with him, and the next day Chaz, a close friend of Sara's, arrives and identifies Nelson as Sara's "November".
Magnolia (1999)
, 3h1Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about cancer, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Tom Cruise, Jeremy Blackman, Melinda Dillon, April Grace, Luis Guzmán, Philip Baker Hall
The narrator recounts three instances of incredible coincidences and suggests that forces greater than chance play important roles in life.
A Walk to Remember (2002)
, 1h42Directed by Adam Shankman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah, Lauren German, Clayne Crawford
Popular and rebellious teenager Landon Carter (Shane West) is threatened with expulsion from school after he and his friends leave evidence of underage drinking on the school grounds and seriously injure another student as the result of a prank gone wrong. The head of the school gives Landon the choice of being expelled or atoning for his actions by tutoring fellow students and participating in the school play. During these functions, Landon notices Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore), a girl he has known since kindergarten and who has attended many of the same classes as him, and who is also the local minister's daughter. Since he's one of the in-crowd, he has seldom paid any attention to Jamie, who wears modest dresses all the time and owns only one sweater. She makes no attempt to wear make-up or otherwise improve her looks or attract attention to herself.