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Films with theme "Films about cancer", sorted by production date
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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.
A Place for Lovers (1968)
, 1h28Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer, Films based on plays
Actors Faye Dunaway, Marcello Mastroianni, Caroline Mortimer
The rich fashion designer Julia is tired of living because she knows she is suffering from a malignant cancer. When the woman leaves for her last holiday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, she meets the young and vital Valerio. The two fall in love instantly, but Julia does not reveal her secret to Valerio. When Valerio finds out that she is sick and dying, he decides to pretend to know nothing, continuing his love affair with Julia to the end.
Breaking the Habit (1965)
, 5minutesDirected by John Korty
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care, Films about cancer
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
, 1h30Directed by Agnès Varda
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Corinne Marchand, José Luis de Vilallonga, Michel Legrand, Dominique Davray, Jean Champion, Serge Korber
Cléo (played by Corinne Marchand) is a pop singer who wanders around Paris while she awaits her medical test results. As Cléo kills time until she is able to phone the doctor for her medical results in the evening, she meets with several friends and strangers while trying to grapple with her own mortality.
Nenjil Oor Aalayam (1962)
, 2h32Directed 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.
Ikiru (1952)
, 2h23Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Haruo Tanaka, Shinichi Himori, Bokuzen Hidari, Minoru Chiaki
Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for thirty years. His wife is dead and his son and daughter-in-law, who live with him, seem to care mainly about Watanabe's pension and their future inheritance.
, 21minutesOrigin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, Films about cancer
Three Sinners (1950)
, 2hDirected by Richard Pottier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Fernandel, Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Varennes, Raymond Souplex, Mireille Perrey, Line Noro
Une famille du midi de la France, les Annequin. Noël, viticulteur, vit sur sa terre avec sa femme, Isabelle. Ses frères, établis à Aix-en-Provence, le dédaignent, une fois devenus de grands bourgeois. L'aîné, Hervé, est avocat ; Blaise, le cadet, est chirurgien, bien intégré dans la grande bourgeoisie locale. Isabelle, atteinte d'un cancer, supplie son mari de la tuer pour abréger ses souffrances. Noël s'exécute, la mort dans l'âme. Son acte accompli, il va s'en expliquer à ses frères. Par crainte du scandale, ceux-ci tentent d'étouffer l'affaire. Mais des lettres anonymes parviennent au procureur et Noël décide de se constituer prisonnier. Seule Martine, la fille de Blaise, juge avec sévérité l'égoïsme des siens et compatit à son drame. La famille veut plaider l'irresponsabilité et faire enfermer Noël pour maladie mentale. Un psychiatre se prête à la manœuvre.
Dark Victory (1939)
, 1h44Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Henry Travers, Ronald Reagan
Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding, and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald) insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist.