Medical
"medical" Movies and TV Shows
#1
St. Elsewhere
Synopsis:
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
Starring:
Bruce Greenwood,
Ronny Cox,
William Daniels
Plot:
medical drama,
1980s,
20th century,
dark comedy,
hospital,
surrealism,
suicide,
rapist,
multiple personality disorder,
hiv aids
...
#2
M*A*S*H
Synopsis:
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
Starring:
David Ogden Stiers,
Alan Alda,
Harry Morgan
#3
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Synopsis:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
Starring:
Hugh O'Brian
Plot:
yuma prison,
apache,
fort huachuca arizona,
town,
townsman,
deputy,
hotel,
clerk,
sheriff,
driver
...
#4
Fireworks of My Heart
Synopsis:
Fire chief Song Yan and emergency doctor Xu Qin were separated by family opposition when they were younger. Now ten years later, they meet again due to their professions. After experiencing life and death together, they manage to find their way back, working together and encouraging each other. They acknowledge each other's individual growth after years apart, but will they be able to overcome th…
Starring:
Yang Yang,
Wang Churan,
Wang Yanlin
#5
Scrubs
Synopsis:
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Starring:
Dave Franco,
Kerry Bishé,
Donald Faison
Plot:
friendship,
hospital,
doctor,
medical student,
mental hospital,
bromance,
2000s,
california,
male bonding,
marriage
...
#6
Interns
Synopsis:
Medical sitcom Ivan Okhlobystin about doctors who still do not know how to treat, but know how to make people laugh. The main characters of the sitcom - four interns. They always get into stupid situations, and their leader Dr. Bykov pleasure of watching this
Starring:
Ivan Okhlobystin,
Ilya Glinnikov,
Aleksandr Ilin
Plot:
sitcom,
interns,
medical,
sitcom comedy,
disease,
joke,
injury,
secret,
son,
friendship
...
#7
The Good Doctor
Synopsis:
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
Starring:
Hill Harper,
Freddie Highmore,
Richard Schiff
#8
The Andromeda Strain
Synopsis:
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-…
Starring:
George Mitchell,
David Wayne,
Ramon Bieri
Plot:
scientist,
alien,
new mexico,
based on novel,
new mexico desert,
implied male nudity,
baby,
crying baby,
virus,
biological weapon
...
#9
Philadelphia
Synopsis:
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Tom Hanks,
Antonio Banderas
#10
Persona
Synopsis:
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. The time they spend together only strengthens the crushing realization that one does not exist.
Starring:
Liv Ullmann,
Bibi Andersson,
Margaretha Krook
#11
M*A*S*H
Synopsis:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Starring:
Donald Sutherland,
Tom Skerritt,
Elliott Gould
#12
Kiss the Girls
Synopsis:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
Starring:
Cary Elwes,
Ashley Judd,
Morgan Freeman
#13
Face/Off
Synopsis:
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind, who murdered his only son. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Colm Feore,
John Travolta
Plot:
face transplant,
death of child,
face ripped off,
severed face,
face,
title spoken by character,
evil man,
villain,
cool,
gangster
...
#14
Evolution
Synopsis:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.
Starring:
Seann William Scott,
Julianne Moore,
Dan Aykroyd
Plot:
shampoo,
alien,
chase,
hero,
helicopter,
product placement,
alien invasion,
fire truck,
wisecrack humor,
hazmat suit
...
#15
City of Angels
Synopsis:
When guardian angel Seth - who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles - becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Meg Ryan,
Colm Feore
Plot:
candlelit bath,
woman wears eyeglasses,
barefoot male,
man in a shower,
dream,
nightmare,
flying,
magic,
beer bottle,
hugging
...
#16
Birdman of Alcatraz
Synopsis:
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense o…
Starring:
Burt Lancaster,
Hugh Marlowe,
Thelma Ritter
#17
Apollo 13
Synopsis:
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
Starring:
Bill Paxton,
Tom Hanks,
Chris Ellis
Plot:
1970s,
survival,
astronaut,
space mission,
rescue,
apollo program,
trapped in space,
cape kennedy,
duct tape,
disaster
...
#18
The Dropout
Synopsis:
The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people's health in grave danger.
Starring:
Stephen Fry,
Amanda Seyfried,
Dylan Minnette
Plot:
tv mini series,
based on podcast,
medical,
blood,
investigative,
hulu,
ambition,
hospital,
doctor,
healthcare
...
#19
Spiderhead
Synopsis:
A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he's testing for a pharmaceutical genius.
Starring:
Chris Hemsworth,
Miles Teller,
Jurnee Smollett
Plot:
discover,
medical,
test,
reality,
fictional drug,
violence,
room,
nature,
bare chested male,
emotion
...
#20
The Resident
Synopsis:
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
Starring:
Bruce Greenwood,
Jessica Lucas,
Manish Dayal
Plot:
two word title,
atlanta georgia,
hospital,
medical drama,
doctor,
2010s,
2020s,
21st century,
medical,
latex gloves
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