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MASH

Rated: 0 | 200 Views Released Year: 1970

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: Director Robert Altman's thinly veiled Vietnam War satire is indicative of when the spirit of the 1970s went mainstream, with Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland and Tom Skerritt as Army doctors fighting military insanity and healing wounded soldiers during the Korean War. Featuring an Oscar-winning score and standout work from a huge ensemble cast (including Robert Duvall and Sally Kellerman), M*A*S*H is a masterpiece of '70s cinema.
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Rory O'Shea Was Here

Rated: 0 | 141 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: Although he has muscular dystrophy, Rory O'Shea (James McAvoy) refuses to surrender to the desperation of his life and instead embraces the potential in every day. When he moves into the Carrigmore Home for the Disabled and befriends the deeply bored Michael (Steven Robertson), a young man with cerebral palsy, Rory infuses his pal's life with renewed hope even as he struggles with his own demons.
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John Q

Rated: 0 | 145 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: In director Nick Cassavetes's gripping social drama, blue-collar worker John Q. (Denzel Washington) finds that his meager insurance won't cover his son's emergency heart transplant. Desperate, he holds a hospital's emergency room hostage until doctors agree to perform the surgery. Meanwhile, gung ho police chief Gus Monroe (Ray Liotta) and hostage negotiator Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) try to diffuse the situation amid a media frenzy.
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Life as a House

Rated: 0 | 117 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: Faced with a diagnosis of terminal cancer, George (Kevin Kline) decides to construct a beautiful new house on his land overlooking the Pacific ocean, while at the same time trying to connect with his estranged son (Hayden Christensen). Kristin Scott Thomas and Mary Steenburgen co-star in a dramedy that speaks eloquent volumes about the fragility -- and resilience -- of the human condition.
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P.J.: A Journey of the Heart

Rated: 0 | 124 Views Released Year: 2008

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: Traumatized and suffering from amnesia after witnessing a terrible accident, a man who calls himself P.J. (Howard Nash) is admitted to a hospital, where psychiatrist Alan Shearson (John Heard) tries to get him on the path to recovery. But Dr. Shearson faces an uphill battle: His boss wants to hand over the patient to the state mental ward, and the man's resentful ex-girlfriend (Patricia Rae) is reluctant to help. Vincent Pastore co-stars.
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Something the Lord Made

Rated: 0 | 303 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: This HBO film follows two men who go against all odds to save babies suffering from a heart defect that causes them to suffocate. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman), a white surgeon from Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), a black carpenter with big dreams, are a great team, but their dissimilar societal statuses cause problems. As they save lives using innovative methods, the reality of their social differences looms overhead.
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Lorenzo's Oil

Rated: 0 | 122 Views Released Year: 1992

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: Susan Sarandon received an Academy Award nomination for her role as the mother of Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg), a typical young child whose life is shattered when he's diagnosed with a terminal disease. His parents, Augusto (Nick Nolte) and Michaela (Sarandon), feel helpless as they watch their son slowly succumb to the illness. Not satisfied with modern medicine, they research the disease and turn to a controversial remedy for help.
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Marvin's Room

Rated: 0 | 136 Views Released Year: 1996

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: The tables are turned when straight-laced Bessie (Diane Keaton) -- who devotes her life to caring for her chronically ill father (Hume Cronyn) -- must ask her estranged, bohemian sibling (Meryl Streep) for help after Bessie suffers a health catastrophe. The film is a first-class adaptation of Scott McPherson's play, with a young Leonardo DiCaprio holding his own among a heavyweight cast that includes Robert De Niro and Gwen Verdon.
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Coma

Rated: 0 | 157 Views Released Year: 1978

Genre: Medical Dramas
About: This classic did for hospitals what Jaws did for swimming in the ocean -- and it's still a knockout. Geneviève Bujold and Michael Douglas discover a terrifying conspiracy in the hospital where they work. They try to expose the plot (patients check in but don't check out) before they become its next victims. Directed by Michael Crichton (Sphere, Jurassic Park).
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