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"patient" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Witness for the Prosecution
Synopsis:
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
Starring:
John Williams,
Elsa Lanchester,
Marlene Dietrich
#2
The Motorcycle Diaries
Synopsis:
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
Starring:
Gael García Bernal,
Rodrigo de la Serna,
Mía Maestro
#3
The Lady Vanishes
Synopsis:
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and…
Starring:
Paul Lukas,
Michael Redgrave,
May Whitty
#4
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
#5
The Battle of Algiers
Synopsis:
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Starring:
Jean Martin,
Brahim Hadjadj,
Yacef Saadi
#6
Spellbound
Synopsis:
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins hi…
Starring:
Gregory Peck,
Ingrid Bergman,
Norman Lloyd
#7
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
#8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Christopher Lloyd,
Danny DeVito,
Jack Nicholson
#9
Le Corbeau
Synopsis:
Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets. This allegorical film was highly controversial at the time of…
Starring:
Pierre Larquey,
Sylvie,
Pierre Fresnay
#10
K-PAX
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Alfre Woodard,
Conchata Ferrell
Plot:
extraterrestrial,
science,
alien,
planet,
patient,
psychiatrist,
hospital,
light travel,
beam of light,
pencil
...
#11
Johnny Got His Gun
Synopsis:
Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed with a fate worse than death as a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he remains conscious and able to think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams and memories.
Starring:
Donald Sutherland,
Timothy Bottoms,
Jason Robards
#12
I Walked with a Zombie
Synopsis:
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
Starring:
Tom Conway,
Frances Dee,
James Ellison
#13
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Synopsis:
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Starring:
Kevin McCarthy,
Dana Wynter,
Larry Gates
#14
Gothika
Synopsis:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further …
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.,
Dorian Harewood,
Halle Berry
#15
Girl, Interrupted
Synopsis:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belo…
Starring:
Brittany Murphy,
Winona Ryder,
Jared Leto
#16
Eyes Wide Shut
Synopsis:
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Tom Cruise,
Alan Cumming
Plot:
orgy,
password,
sex party,
prostitute,
sexual fantasy,
prostitution,
marriage,
mansion,
masked woman,
nudity
...
#17
Awakenings
Synopsis:
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 reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
Starring:
Robin Williams,
Robert De Niro,
John Heard
#18
Angel Heart
Synopsis:
Down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself, as he goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Charlotte Rampling,
Mickey Rourke
#19
Analyze This
Synopsis:
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Lisa Kudrow,
Billy Crystal
Plot:
sex scene,
mafia boss,
mob boss,
sexual intercourse,
mobster,
scantily clad female,
lingerie,
stupidity,
rivalry,
hitman
...
#20
Airplane!
Synopsis:
The persons and events in this film are fictitious - fortunately! A masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy, Airplane! features Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/stewardess/co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen…
Starring:
Jonathan Banks,
Julie Hagerty,
Leslie Nielsen