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

1. The Dropout (2022)

TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Drama

TV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.

Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews, Michel Gill, William H. Macy

Votes: 36,063

2. The Insider (1999)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Votes: 180,236 | Gross: $28.97M

3. John Q (2002)

PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

John Quincy Archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant.

Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Gabriela Oltean, Kimberly Elise

Votes: 143,719 | Gross: $71.76M

4. Saw VI (2009)

R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Agent Strahm is dead, and FBI agent Erickson draws nearer to Hoffman. Meanwhile, a pair of insurance executives find themselves in another game set by Jigsaw.

Director: Kevin Greutert | Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell

Votes: 125,258 | Gross: $27.69M

5. I, Daniel Blake (2016)

R | 100 min | Drama

After surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic forces to receive Employment and Support Allowance.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann

Votes: 64,787 | Gross: $0.26M

6. Accidental Love (2015)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, D.C., where sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Jessica Biel, Ray Brown, Jenny Gulley, Beverly D'Angelo

Votes: 9,128

7. Red Beard (1965)

Not Rated | 185 min | Drama

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan

Votes: 21,108

8. Sicko (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Documentary, Drama

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn, George W. Bush

Votes: 76,831 | Gross: $24.54M

9. Hawthorne (2009–2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama

As a single mother and the Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, Christina Hawthorne makes care-taking her life's work.

Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Suleka Mathew, Hannah Hodson, Michael Vartan

Votes: 3,136

10. Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Where are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.

Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Torbjörn Fahlström

Votes: 20,350 | Gross: $0.00M

11. North Star (2022)

30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A rural rancher and his ailing husband, struggling against poverty and isolation, make a heartbreaking decision in order to preserve the dignity of their marriage.

Director: P.J. Palmer | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Colman Domingo, Laura Innes, Audrey Wasilewski

Votes: 113

12. The Business of Being Born (2008)

Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary

Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her ... See full summary »

Director: Abby Epstein | Stars: Mary Helen Ayres, Julia Barnett, Sylvie Blaustein, Louann Brizendine

Votes: 1,443 | Gross: $0.07M

13. Collective (2019)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.

Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag

Votes: 13,439

14. Starfish (2016)

95 min | Biography, Drama

"Starfish" tells the story of a couple whose love is tested to its limit after their perfect life falls apart in a single moment.

Director: Bill Clark | Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Tom Riley, Phoebe Nicholls, Michele Dotrice

Votes: 752

15. Where to Invade Next (2015)

R | 120 min | Documentary, Comedy

To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Johnny Fancelli, Christina Fancelli, Lorena Lardini

Votes: 25,705 | Gross: $3.82M

16. Bread and Roses (2000)

R | 110 min | Drama

Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee

Votes: 6,072 | Gross: $0.53M

17. Savior Complex (2023)

TV-MA | 173 min | Documentary, Crime

Renee Bach was a young American missionary who set up a charity for malnourished children in Jinja, Uganda. But shocking allegations arose that Renee was treating the sick children herself, without any medical qualifications.

Stars: Constance Alonyo, Renee Bach, Olivia Alaso, Jackie Kramlich

Votes: 704

18. Miss Evers' Boys (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 118 min | Drama, War

The true story of the U.S. Government's 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton

Votes: 1,411

19. Street of Shame (1956)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure

Votes: 4,869

20. How to Survive a Plague (2012)

Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, History, News

The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

Director: David France | Stars: Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, Iris Long, Bob Rafsky

Votes: 4,356 | Gross: $0.13M

21. The Lost Boys: Searching for Manhood (2024)

49 min | Documentary

A documentary in which 5 men describe their experiences with gender dysphoria as they wrestled with feelings of inadequacy as men, and their ultimate pursuit to find peace in their natural bodies.

Directors: Kallie Fell, Jennifer Lahl | Stars: Az Hakeem, Graham Linehan

22. Hot Coffee (2011)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary

How the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit and similar cases were exploited as part of a right wing crusade to weaken civil justice.

Director: Susan Saladoff | Stars: Chuck Allen, Judy Allen, Jay Angoff, David Arredondo

Votes: 4,015

23. The First Wave (2021)

R | 93 min | Documentary, History

A documentary following nurses, doctors, and administrators in a New York City hospital as they respond to the victims from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Star: Nathalie Douge

Votes: 1,093

24. 2016: Obama's America (2012)

PG | 87 min | Documentary

A documentary that examines the question, "If Barack Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?"

Directors: Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan | Stars: Jay Bastian, Joe Biden, Cait Brasel, Gene Burris Jr.

Votes: 11,021 | Gross: $33.45M

25. No One Asked You (2023)

Documentary

Comedian, disrupter extraordinaire Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show) and her team of activists crisscross the U.S. to support abortion clinic staff and bust stigma. Pop culture ... See full summary »

Director: Ruth Leitman | Stars: Lizz Winstead, Joyelle Johnson, Molly Gaebe, Sarah Silverman

Votes: 9

26. Side Effects (I) (2005)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young woman fumbles with love and ethics as she navigates a career with one of corporate America's darlings...the pharmaceutical industry.

Director: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Stars: Sandy Adell, David M. Ames, John Apple, Ron Baumgartner

Votes: 1,152

27. Mad Women (2015)

Not Rated | 131 min | Drama

Young and beautiful, Nevada Smith craves to find a place for herself in a family of overachievers. Her mother is running for political office, her father is a successful dentist and her older sister is working overseas.

Director: Jeff Lipsky | Stars: Reed Birney, Eli Mazursky, Christina Starbuck, Kelsey Lynn Stokes

Votes: 87

28. Test Pattern (2019)

82 min | Drama, Thriller

Test Pattern follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her White boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit.

Director: Shatara Michelle Ford | Stars: Brittany S. Hall, Will Brill, Gail Bean, Drew Fuller

Votes: 876

29. The Way I See It (2020)

PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary

Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.

Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Pete Souza, Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, Patti Lease

Votes: 1,913 | Gross: $0.05M

30. Florence Nightingale (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing, known as "the Lady with the Lamp".

Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West

Votes: 366

31. The Waiting Room (III) (2012)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary

Go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients.

Director: Peter Nicks | Star: Sean Bennett

Votes: 902 | Gross: $0.24M

32. Buying Time (2024)

84 min | Action, Drama, Mystery | Completed

In a future plagued by deadly diseases, a desperate father must confront the moral implications of an advanced chip technology that grants extra years of life at the cost of someone else's.

Director: Kris Smith | Stars: Andy Blithe, Mark Wells, Ryan Enever, Estelle Long

33. Explicit Ills (2008)

R | 87 min | Drama, Romance

A drama of four interconnecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia.

Director: Mark Webber | Stars: Paul Dano, Rosario Dawson, Naomie Harris, Lou Taylor Pucci

Votes: 865 | Gross: $0.03M

34. Beutaló nélkül sehova (2020)

15 min | Short, Drama

A teenage girl's coming of age story through the maze of healthcare's bureaucracy: Lili wants birth control pills because she plans to lose her virginity.

Director: Annabella Schnabel | Stars: Lili Erdõs, Zsombor Ertl, Erika Kiss, Márta Martin

35. The Living and the Dead (2006)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Rumley | Stars: Leo Bill, Roger Lloyd Pack, Kate Fahy, Sarah Ball

Votes: 2,457

36. Happy (2012)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.

Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Marci Shimoff, Ed Diener, Richard Davidson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Votes: 3,382

37. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

38. Broken (XIV) (2016)

98 min | Drama, Thriller

A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic but the burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be.

Director: Shaun Robert Smith | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mel Raido, Craig Conway, Patrick Toomey

Votes: 363

39. Il medico della mutua (1968)

98 min | Comedy

The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.

Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bice Valori, Sara Franchetti, Nanda Primavera

Votes: 1,696

40. Under Our Skin (2008)

Unrated | 104 min | Documentary

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.

Director: Andrew Abrahams | Stars: Mandy Hughes, Sean Hughes, Dana Walsh, Jordan Fisher Smith

Votes: 1,040 | Gross: $0.10M

41. Crazywise (2016)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

What can we learn from those who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience? During a quarter-century documenting indigenous cultures, human-rights ... See full summary »

Directors: Phil Borges, Kevin Tomlinson | Stars: Angeles Arrien, Phil Borges, Laura Delano, Carroll Dunham

Votes: 149

42. Damaged Care (2002 TV Movie)

PG | 114 min | Drama

The story of Dr. Linda Peeno (Laura Dern), a woman pushed to the edge, risking her career and family to punish the ruthless companies who valued profit over human life.

Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Laura Dern, James Le Gros, Regina King, Suki Kaiser

Votes: 297

43. Poppy Shakespeare (2008 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.

Director: Benjamin Ross | Stars: Anna Maxwell Martin, Tessa Peake-Jones, Claire Benedict, Kolade Agboke

Votes: 520

44. Thank You, Amelia Earhart (2023)

13+ | 86 min | Drama

Health issues are finally forcing the elderly Myrtle out of her house. She's foul-mouthed and bigoted to everyone, including Season, her latest fresh-out-of-school caregiver. The truths the... See full summary »

Director: Al Mertens | Stars: Mary Buss, Josiah Overstreet, Merhawit Tsegay, Michael Gibbons

Votes: 10

45. Bleed Out (II) (2018)

TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Romance

After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son's video diary becomes a citizen's investigation into the ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Burrows | Stars: Judith Burrows, Stephen Burrows

Votes: 507

46. Appointment for Love (1941)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly after Jane voices her progressive views on marriage, which include ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Rita Johnson, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 174

47. Our Brand Is Crisis (2005)

Unrated | 85 min | Documentary

A documentary on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences.

Director: Rachel Boynton | Stars: Mauricio Balcazar, James Carville, Tad Devine, Stanley Greenberg

Votes: 640 | Gross: $0.17M

48. Big Charity: The Death of America's Oldest Hospital (2014)

60 min | Documentary, Drama, History

The death of America's oldest continuously operating hospital, New Orleans' Big Charity.

Director: Alexander Glustrom | Stars: Peter Deblieux, Larry Hollier, Goldie Huguenel

Votes: 90

49. The House of Smiles (1991)

110 min | Drama, Romance

A septuagenarian couple are attracted to each other in a retirement home but find the institution and their fellow patients frown on their relationship.

Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Dado Ruspoli, Enzo Cannavale, Nuccia Fumo

Votes: 308

50. One Peace at a Time (2009)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

Filmed in 20 countries, with the insights of Nobel Laureates: Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize), Steve Chu (Nobel Prize Physics and President Obama's Secretary of Energy) & Desmond Tutu (... See full summary »

Director: Turk Pipkin | Stars: Donna Berber, Philip Berber, Caroline Boudreaux, Steve Chu

Votes: 71 | Gross: $0.01M