Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "appendicitis"

51. Full House (1987–1995)
Episode: Happy Birthday, Babies: Part 2 (1991)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

It is finally Michelle's Flintstone themed fifth birthday party. D.J. dresses up as Wilma. Stephanie dresses up as Betty. Danny dresses up as Dino. Jesse dresses up as Fred. Comet has a ... See full summary »

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure

Votes: 261

52. Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
Episode: The Creed (1968)

TV-G | 50 min | Sci-Fi

While out foraging for food, Barry collapses in pain and it soon becomes apparent that he is suffering from appendicitis. It is then decided that Betty, who has nurses training, will ... See full summary »

Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall

Votes: 63

53. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Circus Man (1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Jovial Willie O'Hara, a traveling, patent-medicine salesman, comes to Walnut Grove with his talking crow and chimpanzee "circus", appears to immediately cure Mr. Hanson's incurable headache... See full summary »

Director: Victor French | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 364

54. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: The Faith Healer (1979)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

On Mrs. Oleson's invitation, the Rev. James Danforth comes to Walnut Grove to give residents his charismatic, fiery style of preaching. The hypnotic Danforth claims to have actually "... See full summary »

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 259

55. The Loner (1965–1966)
Episode: The Oath (1965)

30 min | Western

William Colton rides into an inn one dark, rainy night. As soon as he goes inside, he realizes something is wrong. Maria announces that she and her father no longer run the place, the man ... See full summary »

Director: Alex March | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Barry Sullivan, Joby Baker, Viviane Ventura

Votes: 32

56. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode: The Colonel's Horse (1976)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Everybody pitches in to save Colonel Potter's horse, who becomes sick while Potter is away in Tokyo. And Margaret asks Hawkeye, not Frank, to operate on her appendix.

Director: Burt Metcalfe | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit

Votes: 545

57. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode: The Longjohn Flap (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A cold snap has everybody trying to get their hands on Hawkeye's thermal underwear.

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit

Votes: 769

58. Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006)
Episode: Surgery (2001)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Family

Francis organizes a hunger strike to get back the academy's TV, taken away by Commandant Spangler. Meanwhile Malcolm has to go to the hospital, leaving him in the children's ward and the family without their genius middle son.

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield

Votes: 899

59. Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006)
Episode: The Bots and the Bees (2000)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Family

Lois takes off to visit Francis at the academy, which might make his recent appendectomy just a little more painful. Without Lois, Hal devolves to his former bad boy personality, which ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield

Votes: 1,104

60. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Close Shave (1995)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Maggie is a candy striper at the hospital. When she takes off to go on a date, Fran fills in for her and must shave Maxwell for an appendectomy.

Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 456

61. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Viscéral (2006)

Crime, Thriller

The anti-gang squad will be in charge of finding Vincent Fournier.Bernard Léonetti finds the cell phone of Vincent in the briefcase of Eliane Contini.Bernard will register the apartment of ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido, Raphaëlle Lubansu

62. Punky Brewster (1984–1988)
Episode: Ouch (1988)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Punky is afraid to undergo an appendectomy.

Director: Deveney Kelly | Stars: George Gaynes, Soleil Moon Frye, Susie Garrett, Cherie Johnson

Votes: 28

63. Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode: Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956 (1992)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Flying through the Bermuda Triangle strange things occur as Sam must get a sick passenger to a doctor.

Director: Anita W. Addison | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Scott Hoxby, Kimberly Foster

Votes: 441

64. Scrubs (2001–2010)
Episode: My Day Off (2001)

TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy, Drama

It's Thanksgiving at Sacred Heart and J.D. is diagnosed with appendicitis. Dr. Cox tries to gain the attention of his former mentor, and former chief of medicine, Dr. Benson. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Ken Jenkins

Votes: 1,582

65. Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
Episode: Back to the Garden (2002)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

Jewish executive Jeffery Shapiro accidentally hangs himself while masturbating with asphyxiation.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose

Votes: 1,779

66. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode: Dead Male One (1995)

TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Frost investigates a misidentified body floating in a river and the drug related death of a football prima donna who dies after a kick in the head.

Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Lindy Whiteford, Larry Lamb

Votes: 317

67. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode: The Healing Woman (1959)

Approved | 30 min | Western

Josh embarks on a mission of mercy when he pleads with the parents of a boy with appendicitis to let the doctor operate. The father, embittered against modern medicine, trusts only the local witch to cure his son's sickness.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Steve McQueen, Mort Mills, Virginia Gregg, James Westerfield

Votes: 124

68. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode: Audie Murphy (1955)

30 min | Family, Game-Show

Panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Robert Q. Lewis, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf try to guess the occupation of a man who's a professional flagpole sitter, a woman who sells false teeth, a ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, Robert Q. Lewis, Dorothy Kilgallen

Votes: 38

69. That '70s Show (1998–2006)
Episode: Kiss of Death (2000)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Eric is afraid he'll be in big trouble with Donna after he runs over her cat, Mr. Bonkers. And Kelso is sure he's in bigger trouble when Jackie catches him giving Laurie a kiss.

Director: David Trainer | Stars: Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson

Votes: 983

70. Rescue 8 (1958–1960)
Episode: No Trespassing (1959)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Wes and Skip are forced to perform an appendectomy on a patient while a surgeon provides instructions over the phone.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Jim Davis, Lang Jeffries, Nancy Rennick, Mary K. Cleary

71. Cannonball (1958–1959)
Episode: The Big Ambulance (1958)

Adventure, Drama

Mike's love of truck-stop food has often resulted in his getting mild cases of indigestion, so when he complains to Jerry about stomach pain, Jerry just figures it's Mike's stomach acting ... See full summary »

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Paul Birch, William Campbell, Beth Lockerbie, Howard Milsom

72. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital (2007)

TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Monk goes to the emergency room with a persistent bloody nose due to a bump on the nose, which he becomes convinced is actually a cerebral hemorrhage, and discovers the doctor he sought out for second opinion, dead on his office floor.

Director: Wendey Stanzler | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,188

73. Lost (2004–2010)
Episode: Something Nice Back Home (2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Juliet is forced to perform an emergency appendectomy on Jack, Jack's post-rescue relationship with Kate is revealed, and Sawyer, Claire, and Aaron head back to Jack's camp with Miles.

Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Jeremy Davies, Emilie de Ravin

Votes: 5,198

74. Braceface (2001–2006)
Episode: The Worst First Date Ever. Period (2001)

TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Sharon's first date with Alden turns into a disaster when she helps out at his family's restaurant and then has her first period.

Director: Charles E. Bastien | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Dan Petronijevic, Vince Corazza, Peter Oldring

Votes: 29

75. Life with Derek (2005–2009)
Episode: Not So Sweet Sixteen (2007)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Casey's hopes for the Sweet 16 of her dreams are thwarted by an unexpected trip to the hospital.

Director: Steve Wright | Stars: Michael Seater, Ashley Leggat, Jordan Todosey, Danny Mags

Votes: 17

76. Chicago Med (2015– )
Episode: Too Close to the Sun (2019)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama

Maggie gets unsettling news about a new friend and breaks the law to support him; one of the doctors from the Med family is rushed into emergency surgery after a violent assault; a social ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Berry | Stars: Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Brian Tee

Votes: 300

77. Hospital at the End of the City (1977– )
Episode: Oponentura (1981)

59 min | Drama

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Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Ladislav Chudík, Dana Medrická, Milos Kopecký, Ladislav Frej

Votes: 17

78. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Proper Preparation and Planning (2020)

TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Butcher is back with the Boys, but tensions flare with Hughie. Homelander spends quality time with his new "family." Starlight and Stormfront bond at a press junket and the Boys hunt down a super terrorist with a startling identity.

Director: Liz Friedlander | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 13,099

79. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
Dr. Rhonda Patrick (2020 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 184 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Dr. Rhonda Patrick is a Ph.D. in biomedical science and expert on nutritional health.

Stars: Joe Rogan, Rhonda Patrick

Votes: 6

80. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Bury Her Next to Jasper's Leg (2020)

TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A deadly explosion in the oil fields sends June on a mission to save as many lives as possible. But, an investigation by Virginia threatens to undermine June's work.

Director: Sharat Raju | Stars: Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Maggie Grace, Colman Domingo

Votes: 3,030

81. Emergency +4 (1973–1976)
Episode: Out of the Blue (1974)

30 min | Animation, Adventure

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Director: Fred Calvert | Stars: Jack DeLeon, Bobby Diamond, Donald Fullilove, Peter Haas

Votes: 11

82. Chicago Med (2015– )
Episode: A Red Pill, a Blue Pill (2021)

TV-14 | Drama

Third-year med students begin their rotation in the ED and Maggie keeps a careful eye on one of them. Natalie, whose mom's health takes another decline, tries to cover up how she broke the rules to treat her.

Director: Michael Berry | Stars: Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Brian Tee

Votes: 245

83. Emily of New Moon (1998–2003)
Episode: A Time to Heal (1998)

TV-G | 47 min | Drama

Dr. Burnley accepts a position in Massachusetts, leading Emily and Ilse to plan on running away from home.

Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Susan Clark, Stephen McHattie, Linda Thorson, John Neville

Votes: 8

84. 999: On the Front Line (2017– )
Episode: Episode #6.6 (2021)

47 min | Documentary

Paramedics treat an 11-month-old baby with a dangerously high temperature, a teenager with suspected appendicitis and a woman whose blood pressure is critical.

Directors: David Ashby, Joshua Haddow, Will Hartley, Dane McDonald, Tim Penny | Star: Paul Bown

85. Chicago Fire (2012– )
Episode: What Happened at Whiskey Point? (2021)

TV-14 | Action, Drama

Severide and Herrmann clash over office space. Boden looks at Pelham's past as he considers making him permanent. Gallo's resentment of Pelham comes to a head. Brett and Ritter force Violet to confront her true feelings for Gallo.

Director: Stephen Cragg | Stars: Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, Joe Minoso

Votes: 285

86. Curious Life and Death of .. (2020– )
Episode: Harry Houdini (2020)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Mystery

The most famous celebrity of the early 20th Century, the magician and escape artist's sudden death at the peak of health has long remained mysterious.

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Lindsey Fitzharris, Joe Posnanski, Rajon Lynch, Brian Hook

Votes: 6

87. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode: Death and All His Friends (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Cristina and Meredith's surgical skills are put to the ultimate test.

Director: Rob Corn | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson

Votes: 4,050

88. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode: Sanctuary (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Seattle Grace Hospital is hit with a crisis like no other in its history.

Director: Stephen Cragg | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson

Votes: 3,637

89. Royal Pains (2009–2016)
Episode: Big Whoop (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Drama

Tensions grow between Hank and Emily when they co-care for a patient but disagree on the course of treatment. Evan concocts a cyber retaliation plan against Emily, who has managed to direct HankMed web traffic to her site.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint, Reshma Shetty

Votes: 150

90. Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode: For the Team (2010)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Claudia gets some on-the-job training in her first field assignment with Myka. But she's a bit overwhelmed by the hunky guys on the wrestling team they're investigating despite their ... See full summary »

Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams

Votes: 556

91. Iryû: Team Medical Dragon (2006– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2006)

Drama

An elderly patient is being treated with an experimental drug that nonetheless offers little hope. The doctors are being feted by the pharmaceutical salespersons. They go golfing. Miki ... See full summary »

Stars: Kenji Sakaguchi, Sadao Abe, Hisashi Igawa, Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Votes: 5

92. Chicago Med (2015– )
Episode: End of the Day, Anything Can Happen (2022)

TV-14 | Drama

Dylan helps the daughter of a mob boss. A grandmother comes to Med desperate to save her grandson. Ethan struggles with some shocking news about his father. Will and Vanessa care for Maggie's high school classmate.

Director: Daniel Willis | Stars: Nick Gehlfuss, Brian Tee, Dominic Rains, Marlyne Barrett

Votes: 187

93. Professor T (2021– )
Episode: The Mask Murders (2022)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A prominent barrister and his wife are found shot dead in a crime that has uncanny similarities to a double murder that the barrister successfully prosecuted 15 years earlier.

Director: Dries Vos | Stars: Ben Miller, Frances de la Tour, Andy Gathergood, Emma Naomi

Votes: 241

94. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Let's Doo-Wop It Again (2012)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Gus and his former a cappella group perform at a charity event. Shawn has an appendicitis attack and goes to the hospital. When the host of the charity event is shot, Shawn has to work the ... See full summary »

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 943

95. Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode: La menace (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Hitler's charismatic speeches may have won the impoverished but would the National Socialist Party risen to power without the Great Depression?

Director: Isabelle Clarke | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur

Votes: 147

96. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: The 28 Senses Men Don't Know They Have (2021)

11 min | Documentary, Animation

As scientists learn more about how our bodies work they are increasing considering our five common senses as a combination of senses such as black and white versus color vision. And there ... See full summary »

97. Iryû: Team Medical Dragon (2006– )
Episode: Episode #2.4 (2007)

Drama

One of the two teenage patients transferred to the hospital is the daughter of the Minister Of Health affording the hospital the opportunity to impress the man. This is the same minister ... See full summary »

Stars: Kenji Sakaguchi, Sadao Abe, Tetsuhiro Ikeda, Ittoku Kishibe

98. The Office (2005–2013)
Episode: Tallahassee (2012)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Dwight refuses to let appendicitis get in the way of leading his new team in Tallahassee, while Andy decides to step in for Erin as secretary in the office.

Director: Matt Sohn | Stars: Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak

Votes: 4,414

99. Farma (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2012)

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Stars: Tereza Pergnerová, Petr Stepán, Milan Buriánek, Sárka Havrlíková

100. Act Your Age (2023– )
Episode: Baby Making & Clown Chasing (2023)

TV-14 | Comedy

Bernadette, a dedicated wife and mom, envisions an alternate reality where her neighbor's penthouse remains unoccupied, exploring the potential impact on her family dynamics and routine

Director: Nikki Lorre | Stars: Nathan Anderson, Ratoya Banks, Yvette Nicole Brown, Tisha Campbell

Votes: 5