Terminal Illness Movies, Movies about Terminal Illness

Here we've displayed a list of the best Terminal Illness films : Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance(2002), The Barbarian Invasions(2003), Dark Victory(1939), Biutiful(2010), The American Friend(1977), The Hasty Heart(1949), My First Mister(2001), Beginners(2010), Time to Leave(2005), Now Is Good(2012), Kings and Queen(2004), Send Me No Flowers(1964) ... ...

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.

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The Barbarian Invasions

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

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Dark Victory

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.

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Biutiful

A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.

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The American Friend

Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.

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The Hasty Heart

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.

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My First Mister

A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.

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Beginners

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

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Time to Leave

A fashion photographer with terminal cancer elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.

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Now Is Good

A teenage girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she would like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.

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Kings and Queen

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

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Send Me No Flowers

A hypochondriac believes he is dying and makes plans for his wife which she discovers and misunderstands.

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The Earthling

Diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.

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The Gathering

A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys ... See full summary »

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Then Came You

A hypochondriac working as an airport baggage handler is forced to confront his fears when a British teenager with a terminal illness enlists him to help her carry out her eccentric bucket list.

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Spitfire

Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.

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Sweet November

A woman lures emotionally crippled men into affairs, then helps them repair their lives.

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Love Story

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.

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Restless

The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.

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Young Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare decides to take a position at a large New York hospital instead of joining his father's country practice but he finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal woman.

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My Mother

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

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The Professor

A college professor lives his life with reckless abandon after being diagnosed with a terminal illness.

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The Mouth Agape

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ... See full summary »

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Freeheld

New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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The Theory of Flight

Two miserable people find happiness together: a man dreaming of flying, and a woman dreaming of living.

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A Very Serious Person

A coming-of-age tale about a showtunes- and old Hollywood-obsessed boy and his effete Danish mentor. The two bond and teach each other lessons about self-acceptance over the course of one magical summer on the Jersey Shore.

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Two Weeks

In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped-- together -- for two weeks.

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3 Needles

A three-paneled look at the worldwide A.I.D.S. crisis. Three tragic stories taking place in South Africa, China, and Montréal.

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Funny People

When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.

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The Blue Butterfly

A dramatic adventure about courage, redemption and love being filmed in the rain forests of Costa Rica, and in Montreal.

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