A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Shutter Island
2010
Martin Scorsese
8.2
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
United States of America
138
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Five Feet Apart
2019
Justin Baldoni
8.2
Romance, Drama
United States of America
116
Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, th...
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018
Shinichiro Ushijima
8.2
Animation, Drama, Romance
Japan
108
After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
The Elephant Man
1980
David Lynch
8
Drama, History
United States of America
124
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deforme...
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
Jean-Marc Vallée
7.9
Drama, History
United States of America
117
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Midnight Sun
2018
Scott Speer
7.8
Romance, Drama
United States of America
92
Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.
Awakenings
1990
Penny Marshall
7.8
Drama
United States of America
120
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient ...
The Fall
2006
Tarsem Singh
7.6
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
United States of America
117
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blu...
The Skin I Live In
2011
Pedro Almodóvar
7.5
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Spain
120
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
The Last King of Scotland
2006
Kevin Macdonald
7.4
Drama
United States of America
123
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
Miracles from Heaven
2016
Patricia Riggen
7.4
Family, Drama
United States of America
119
When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves...
Patch Adams
1998
Tom Shadyac
7.3
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
115
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
The Big Sick
2017
Michael Showalter
7.3
Comedy, Drama, Romance
United States of America
120
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
The Painted Veil
2006
John Curran
7.3
Romance, Drama
Canada
125
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
The Physician
2013
Philipp Stölzl
7.3
Adventure, Drama, History
Germany
155
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the gr...
50/50
2011
Jonathan Levine
7.2
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
100
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
K-PAX
2001
Iain Softley
7.2
Science Fiction, Drama, Mystery
Germany
120
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
John Q
2002
Nick Cassavetes
7.1
Drama, Thriller, Crime
United States of America
116
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the do...
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
Yorgos Lanthimos
7
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
United Kingdom
121
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
M*A*S*H
1970
Robert Altman
7
Comedy, Drama, War
United States of America
116
One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of ...
The Good Nurse
2022
Tobias Lindholm
6.9
Drama, Crime, Mystery
United States of America
121
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
Fractured
2019
Brad Anderson
6.8
Thriller, Drama
United States of America
99
Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI,...
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
Brad Anderson
6.8
Thriller, Mystery, Horror
United States of America
112
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Contagion
2011
Steven Soderbergh
6.6
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
United States of America
106
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Flatliners
1990
Joel Schumacher
6.5
Drama, Science Fiction, Horror
United States of America
115
Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Self/less
2015
Tarsem Singh
6.4
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
United States of America
117
An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that w...
Gothika
2003
Mathieu Kassovitz
6.1
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
United States of America
98
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries t...
Hotel Artemis
2018
Drew Pearce
6.1
Science Fiction, Action, Crime, Thriller
United Kingdom
94
Los Angeles, June 21st, 2028. While the streets are being torn apart by riots, the Nurse, who runs a clandestine hospital for criminals in the penthouse of the Artemis, a closed old hotel, has a rough night dealing with troublemaker clients: thieves, assassins, someone from the past and the one w...
Flatliners
2017
Niels Arden Oplev
5.6
Drama, Horror, Thriller
United States of America
111
Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…
