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Holding Hope
Holding Hope (2010)
, 2h15
Directed by Desmond Elliot
Origin Nigeria
Genres Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo, Nadia Buari

The film narrates the story of Mrs Badmus (Abiola Segun Williams) who owns a multimillion business empire (Da Costa Holdings), but her son Olumide (Desmond Elliot) is very wayward and is not interested in running the business. Mrs Badmus eventually reveals to her son that she is dying of cancer and she has few months left to live. She gives a condition that if he wants her to be happy, he needs to get married to Hope (Uche Jombo), the financial director of the company and a very dedicated employee. Mrs Badmus also feels Hope is the perfect wife that can keep her son's wasteful spending in check when she is no more. Olumide orchestrates a plan with her girlfriend, Sabina (Nadia Buari) and Olumide starts to fake his love for Hope, waiting for the day his mother will die. However, Mrs Badmus' Will states that Olumide has to be married to Hope to have her properties; If anything otherwise happens, Hope should have the properties. Olumide has no other choice than to marry Hope, but however frustrates her with everything after wedlock, while still going out with Sabina. Hope, who continues to play a good and faithful wife despite her husband's attitude, finds out that she is also suffering from Leukaemia. Olumide eventually falls deeply in love with Hope, but it is too late because she now has few months left to live.
1 a Minute
1 a Minute (2010)
, 1h30
Directed by Namrata Singh Gujral
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, Films about cancer
Actors Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Namrata Singh Gujral, Kelly McGillis, Barbara Mori, Melissa Etheridge

The film is a hybrid between narrative structure and documentary style set to interweave throughout the film's plot. Based on the director's own experiences, the film follow the life of one woman and her struggle with breast cancer. The personal experiences of other celebrities who have themselves dealt with breast cancer, are interspersed throughout the film, as told by the celebrities themselves.
50/50
50/50 (2011)
, 1h40
Directed by Jonathan Levine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Philip Baker Hall

Adam Lerner is a 27-year-old public radio journalist in Seattle with an artist girlfriend Rachael, of whom his best friend and co-worker Kyle disapproves; where Kyle is brash and outspoken, Adam is more introverted and mild-mannered.
Five Feet Apart
Five Feet Apart (2019)
, 1h56
Directed 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.
Akashadoothu
Akashadoothu (1993)

Directed by Sibi Malayil
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Madhavi Alladurgam, Murali, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Subair, Nedumudi Venu, Jose Prakash

The story revolves around Johnny (Murali) and Annie (Madhavi), a married couple who had both grown up together in an orphanage, fallen in love and had got married. The couple have four children; the eldest being a teenage girl named Meenu, twin boys Rony and Tony, and the youngest Monu, a toddler. Rony and Tony are about 8 years old and are very close to each other. Rony is physically handicapped. Johnny is a jeep driver by profession and Annie a violin teacher. Though the family struggles to live and make ends meet, they lead a happy life together, except for the moments when Johnny, a recurrent alcoholic spends most of his daily earnings at the local toddy shop. During an altercation between Johnny and the local milk delivery man Keshavan (N F Varghese), the latter is humiliated in front of his family. Keshavan therefore decides to take revenge on Johnny.
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
, 1h50
Directed by Felix Van Groeningen
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about cancer, Films based on plays
Actors Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Jan Bijvoet, Blanka Heirman, Jan Hammenecker

The film is set in Ghent, in the Flemish Region of Belgium, and explores the lives of Didier and Elise over seven years as they fall in love through their passion for bluegrass music. They have a daughter, Maybelle, who develops cancer after her sixth birthday, and succumbs to it within a year. The outcome of Maybelle's illness has a devastating effect on their relationship and their lives.
American Splendor
American Splendor (2003)
, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about cancer, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, Donal Logue, James Urbaniak, Daniel Tay

American Splendor retrace la véritable histoire du scénariste de comics Harvey Pekar. Au début du film, celui-ci mène une existence plutôt morose entre son travail de documentaliste, quelques conversations sur tout et rien avec ses collègues et quelques connaissances, et sa passion pour le jazz, qu'il assouvit en recherchant des pièces rares dans les garage sales (équivalent américain des vide-greniers) ou les magasins d'occasion. C'est ainsi qu'il fait la connaissance du célèbre dessinateur de bande dessinée Robert Crumb, alors inconnu, qui est lui aussi collectionneur. Plusieurs années plus tard, alors que Crumb est devenu célèbre, Harvey lui soumet les story-boards d'un projet de bande dessinée basée sur sa vie, lui proposant d'en assurer le dessin. Crumb accepte, et contre toute attente, cette série intitulée American Splendor relatant une vie simple, banale, obtient un grand succès. Harvey Pekar acquiert ainsi une certaine célébrité aux États-Unis, dont les conséquences sur sa vie quotidienne sont présentées dans le film. En particulier, American Splendor lui permet de rencontrer sa future femme Joyce Brabner, qui écrit elle aussi des comics, et avec qui il va réaliser d'autres histoires autobiographiques, également intégrées en partie dans le film (notamment Our Cancer Year).
Anand
Anand (1971)
, 2h3
Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Lalita Pawar, Sumita Sanyal, Dara Singh, Ramesh Deo

The film begins with a felicitation ceremony arranged for Dr. Bhaskar (Amitabh Bachchan) who has just written a book titled Anand. Bhaskar is a cancer specialist and after the congratulatory speeches, he reveals that the book is not a work of fiction but taken from his own diary and pertains to his experiences with a real person named Anand.
Après moi le bonheur
Après moi le bonheur (2016)
, 1h41
Directed by Nicolas Cuche
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Alexandra Lamy, Michaël Abiteboul, Julia Piaton, Zabou Breitman, Thierry Frémont, Jean-Michel Tinivelli

Lorsque Marie-Laure, mère de quatre jeunes enfants, apprend brutalement que le cancer qui la ronge ne lui laisse que quelques mois à vivre, elle ne songe plus qu’au bonheur de ses enfants et à leur avenir. Bien décidée à ce qu’ils grandissent ensemble dans une même famille, elle se heurte à la rigidité des services sociaux qui lui opposent une fin de non-recevoir. Révoltée, Marie-Laure ne s’avoue pas vaincue. Grâce à l’aide de ses proches et des médias, elle mène un combat acharné pour le droit à décider du sort de ses enfants après sa mort, en choisissant elle-même la famille d'accueil.
Biutiful
Biutiful (2010)
, 2h27
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, La précarité, Films about cancer
Actors Javier Bardem, Nasser Saleh, Eduard Fernández, Martina García, Blanca Portillo, Rubén Ochandiano

Uxbal lives in a shabby apartment in Barcelona with his two young children, Ana and Mateo. He is separated from their mother Marambra, a woman suffering from alcoholism and bipolar disorder. Having grown up an orphan, Uxbal has no family other than his brother Tito, who works in the construction business. Uxbal earns a living by procuring work for illegal immigrants and managing a group of Chinese women producing forged designer goods along with the African street vendors who are selling them. He is able to talk to the dead and is sometimes paid to pass on messages from the recently deceased at wakes and funerals. When he is diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer leaving him with only a few months to live, his world progressively falls apart.
Bobby Deerfield
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
, 2h4
Directed by Sydney Pollack, Alvin Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Films about cancer, Road movies
Actors Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Romolo Valli, Gérard Hernandez

Formula One auto racer Bobby Deerfield is a calculating, control-obsessed loner who has become used to winning the checkered flag on the track. But after he witnesses a fiery crash that kills a teammate and seriously wounds a competitor, Deerfield becomes unsettled by the spectre of death.