Here we've displayed a list of the best Patient films : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975), A Lion in the House(2006), A Billion Lives(2016), How to Die in Oregon(2011), Shutter Island(2010), The Sea Inside(2004), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007), Sicko(2007), Under Our Skin(2008), Paprika(2006), Time Indefinite(1993), Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956) ... ...
Drama
USA
1975
133 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher Brad Dourif William Redfield Michael Berryman Peter Brocco Dean R. Brooks Alonzo Brown Scatman Crothers Danny DeVito Christopher Lloyd
anti-hero nurse native american mentally challenged patient bleak gutsy powerful mental institution oregon boat abuse rebellion conformity mental illness rivalry transformation 1960s
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
Documentary
USA|Belgium|Canada|France|Ireland|Mexico|Peru|Poland|Turkey|UK
2016
95 Minutes
expert doctor patient family member friend narrator brooding emotional intense doctor's office hospital nepal restaurant bar store tobacco smoking cigarettes cancer death
The story of the vaping revolution and tragic corruption leading to a billion deaths around the world.
Documentary
USA
2011
107 Minutes
patient physician politician wife widow somber disturbing gripping oregon hospital family home suicide cancer compassion death euthanasia escape transformation 2000s
In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
138 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Mark Ruffalo Ben Kingsley Max von Sydow Michelle Williams Emily Mortimer Patricia Clarkson Jackie Earle Haley Ted Levine John Carroll Lynch Elias Koteas
marshal psychiatrist wife patient brooding dark eerie thrilling island mental institution massachusetts missing persons mental illness murder quest mystery discovery 1950s
In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.
Biography, Drama
Spain|France|Italy
2004
125 Minutes
Javier Bardem Belén Rueda Lola Dueñas Mabel Rivera Celso Bugallo Clara Segura Joan Dalmau Alberto Jiménez Tamar Novas Francesc Garrido Josep Maria Pou
patient lawyer friend quadriplegic emotional gripping inspiring spain ocean courtroom injury court battles love right-to-die love sacrifice 2000s
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Biography, Drama
France|USA
2007
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Marie-Josée Croze Anne Consigny Patrick Chesnais Niels Arestrup Olatz Lopez Garmendia Jean-Pierre Cassel Marina Hands Max von Sydow
editor nurse doctor patient lover emotional engaging sad hospital france car airplane illness survival stroke paralysis infidelity loneliness fall transformation
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Documentary
USA
2007
113 Minutes
doctor patient politician father president bleak engaging hospital house washington, d.c. united states illness negligence health insurance death activism discovery fall quest 2000s
A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.
Documentary
USA
2008
104 Minutes
physician patient sick person bleak dark shocking hospital united states small town connecticut illness health care insurance corporate greed lyme disease epidemic discovery underdog 2000s
Exposes the hidden epidemic of Lyme disease and reveals how our corrupt health care system is failing to address one of the most serious illnesses of our time.
Sci-Fi, Anime, Action, Adventure
Japan
2006
90 Minutes
scientist psychiatrist police officer patient villain creative crafty dreamy disturbing tokyo apartment hospital car suicide weapons mistaken identity dreams investigation deception discovery
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all Hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Documentary
USA
1993
117 Minutes
filmmaker widow father housekeeper wife patient somber inspiring north carolina mexico death cancer pregnancy breakup arson christianity growing up transformation 1990s
Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film-making partner Marilyn ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Kevin McCarthy Dana Wynter Carolyn Jones Larry Gates King Donovan Jean Willes Ralph Dumke Virginia Christine Tom Fadden Kenneth Patterson Guy Way
alien doctor patient ex-girlfriend psychiatrist townsperson creepy gripping suspenseful thrilling small town california aliens epidemic conformity unusual behavior invasion pursuit metamorphosis discovery
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain
2011
120 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Elena Anaya Marisa Paredes Jan Cornet Roberto Álamo Eduard Fernández Blanca Suárez Susi Sánchez Bárbara Lennie Fernando Cayo José Luis Gómez
plastic surgeon housekeeper patient daughter wife melodramatic striking dreamy toledo, spain mansion dress shop carnival medical experiments abduction obsession rape revenge discovery 2010s
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK|USA
1959
114 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Clift Katharine Hepburn Albert Van Dekker Mercedes McCambridge Gene Raymond Mavis Villiers Patricia Marmont Joan Young Maria Britneva Sheila Robbins
debutante aunt surgeon patient brooding dark melodramatic mental institution new orleans house mental illness betrayal family history death trauma family dysfunction discovery mystery forbidden love 1930s
A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.
Drama
Sweden
1975
136 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Gunnar Björnstrand Aino Taube-Henrikson Kari Sylwan Sif Ruud
psychiatrist grandmother grandfather patient rapist dark creative uneasy mental institution house sweden mental breakdown suicide psychoanalysis memory discovery transformation 1970s
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
Comedy
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Allan Jones Maureen O'Sullivan Margaret Dumont Douglas Dumbrille Sig Ruman
veterinarian jockey patient hilarious madcap lighthearted farm spa america mistaken identity competition horse racing health adventure love rescue 1930s
A veterinarian posing as a doctor and a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse.
Drama
Canada|UK|USA
2006
109 Minutes
Julie Christie Gordon Pinsent Olympia Dukakis Michael Murphy Kristen Thomson Wendy Crewson Alberta Watson Thomas Hauff
wife patient professor nurse love interest emotional touching nursing home canada loneliness jealousy romance infidelity illness depression discovery love 2000s
A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
Drama, Romance
Germany
2000
135 Minutes
Franka Potente Benno Fürmann Joachim Król Marita Breuer Jürgen Tarrach Lars Rudolph Melchior Beslon Ludger Pistor
nurse robber brother patient dreamy creative hospital street bank bus stop gas station hallucinations heist murder explosion unlikely allies nervous breakdown transformation love 2000s
Two enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1946
93 Minutes
Alastair Sim Trevor Howard Sally Gray Rosamund John Leo Genn Judy Campbell Megs Jenkins Moore Marriott Henry Edwards Ronald Adam George Woodbridge
doctor nun nurse detective patient chilling engaging suspenseful hospital england murder betrayal war mystery 1940s
After the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder dies also, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate.
Documentary, Action, Crime, Drama
Mexico
2019
81 Minutes
patient ambulance driver family medical personnel bleak disturbing gripping intense mexico city wealth medical bureaucracy desperation compromising situation rivalry sacrifice 2010s
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
USA|Germany
2001
120 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Jeff Bridges Mary McCormack Alfre Woodard David Patrick Kelly Saul Williams Peter Gerety Celia Weston Ajay Naidu Tracy Vilar Melanee Murray
patient doctor therapist solemn moving hospital manhattan office repression supernatural psychoanalysis beliefs hypnosis alien discovery fall 2000s
PROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Drama
USA
2009
108 Minutes
Cameron Diaz Abigail Breslin Alec Baldwin Sofia Vassilieva Jason Patric Joan Cusack Evan Ellingson Thomas Dekker Elizabeth Daily Heather Wahlquist Emily Deschanel
teen girl sister mother lawyer patient judge heartwarming somber los angeles hospital montana courtroom cancer family organ donation sisterhood death lawsuit sacrifice quest
Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.
Drama
Italy|Spain
1975
106 Minutes
Florinda Bolkan Renato Salvatori Daniel Quenaud
factory worker husband child patient doctor love interest sad powerful uplifting milan factory slum alps sanatorium poverty health care culture clash vacation underdog transformation
Clara, diagnosed with tubercolosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps, where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
1988
115 Minutes
Jeremy Irons Geneviève Bujold Heidi von Palleske Barbara Gordon Shirley Douglas Stephen Lack Nick Nichols Lynne Cormack
doctor twin actress patient dark chilling disturbing gory doctor's office household restaurant affair deception dreams madness fall rivalry 1980s
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Biography
USA
1962
140 Minutes
Montgomery Clift Susannah York Larry Parks Susan Kohner Eileen Herlie Fernand Ledoux David McCallum Rosalie Crutchley David Kossoff Joseph Fürst Alexander Mango
psychiatrist patient mentor wife brooding dreamy inspiring vienna mental institution paris sigmund freud psychoanalysis dreams ambition mental illness discovery transformation underdog 1880s
An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Drama
UK
1949
99 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal Richard Todd Anthony Nicholls Howard Marion-Crawford Ralph Michael John Sherman Alfie Bass Orlando Martins
nurse scottish person soldier doctor patient touching uplifting melodramatic military hospital burma death world war ii terminal illness military acceptance transformation discovery 1940s
In the final days of WW2, in a M.A.S.H. unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Ray Milland Marjorie Reynolds Carl Esmond Hillary Brooke Percy Waram Dan Duryea Alan Napier Erskine Sanford Thomas Louden Aminta Dyne Rita Johnson
spy patient nazi detective psychic girl chilling dark crafty mental institution london fair train espionage world war ii paranoia escape 1940s
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot, and tries to stop it.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
117 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Claire Foy Tom Hollander Stephen Mangan Hugh Bonneville Dean-Charles Chapman Amit Shah Ben Lloyd-Hughes Emily Bevan Camilla Rutherford Diana Rigg
paraplegic wife brother inventor patient doctor emotional powerful heartwarming moving positive uplifting hospital countryside england kenya airplane tennis court survival paralysis
The inspiring true love story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.