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1. Erin Brockovich (2000)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Votes: 221,517 | Gross: $125.60M
2. The Strain (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism ravages the city of New York.
Stars: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde
Votes: 87,101
3. Inherent Vice (2014)
R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston
Votes: 110,774 | Gross: $8.11M
4. 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: 180,295 | Gross: $28.97M
5. Fast Food Nation (2006)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama
Votes: 25,154 | Gross: $1.00M
6. Fed Up (2014)
PG | 92 min | Documentary
An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.
Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan
Votes: 12,358 | Gross: $1.54M
7. 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: 1,412
8. The Devil We Know (2018)
95 min | Documentary
A group of citizens in West Virginia challenges a powerful corporation to be more environmentally responsible.
Directors: Stephanie Soechtig, Jeremy Seifert | Stars: Sue Bailey, Bucky Bailey, Ken Wamsley, Wilbur Tennant
Votes: 1,305
9. Unspeakable (2019)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, History
The drama chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early '80s and the tragedy that followed when thousands were unnecessarily infected by tainted blood.
Stars: Sarah Wayne Callies, Shawn Doyle, Michael Shanks, Camille Sullivan
Votes: 283
10. The Invisible Shield (2024)
240 min | Documentary
The Invisible Shield is a four-part documentary series on the history of public health. While public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.
Stars: Steven Johnson, Geoff Manaugh, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Abigail Hawk
Votes: 28
11. Medical Investigation (2004–2005)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
The cases of an elite government medical investigation unit specializing in public health emergencies, such as serious disease outbreaks.
Stars: Neal McDonough, Kelli Williams, Christopher Gorham, Anna Belknap
Votes: 1,134
12. The House I Live In (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Eugene Jarecki, David Simon, Shanequa Benitez, William Julius Wilson
Votes: 5,395 | Gross: $0.21M
13. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
Not Rated | 161 min | Documentary
A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Peter Joseph, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Maté, Richard Wilkinson
Votes: 18,745
14. The Plague (1992)
R | 148 min | Drama
In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marc Barr, Robert Duvall
Votes: 976
15. Plandemic (2020– )
99 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary series that shows the connections and conflicts of interest between the media, the medical industry, politics and the financial industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stars: David Martin, Judy Mikovits
Votes: 1,879
16. Atomic Homefront (2017)
TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary
A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.
Director: Rebecca Cammisa | Stars: Dawn Chapman, Douglas Clemens, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey
Votes: 569
17. The Real Anthony Fauci (2022)
111 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Different experts make a stand against today's putatively criminal and harmful health system, focusing on Anthony Fauci and his role in the shaping of the AIDS and COVID-19 epidemics.
Director: Kala Mandrake | Stars: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Peter McCullough, Stephanie Seneff, Sherri Tenpenny
Votes: 875
18. We're All Plastic People Now (2023)
59 min | Documentary
In an era of throw-away ease, convenience has cost us our well-being. Plastics have been found inside our bodies- in our colons, our brains, and even in mothers' developing wombs. ... See full summary »
Director: Rory F. Fielding
19. One Man (1977)
PG | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
A crusading TV reporter finds his life ripped apart as he investigates a story about a company's deadly criminal negligence.
Director: Robin Spry | Stars: Len Cariou, Jayne Eastwood, Carol Lazare, Barry Morse
Votes: 75
20. Someone I Touched (1975 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that he has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Cloris Leachman, James Olson, Glynnis O'Connor, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 158
21. 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
22. Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Narrator Cori Brackett had a strange cause-and-effect experience with the diet cokes she was drinking and quickly found herself disabled and diagnosed with MS. Slowly able to walk and speak... See full summary »
Directors: Cori Brackett, J.T. Waldron | Star: Cori Brackett
Votes: 248
23. Garbage Dreams (2009)
79 min | Documentary
A look at the lives of Egyptian trash collectors.
Director: Mai Iskander
Votes: 159
24. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)
76 min | Documentary
A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code.
Director: Judith Helfand | Stars: Valerie Brown, Richard M. Daley, Michelle Landis Dauber, Edmund Donoghue
Votes: 91
25. The Winged Scourge (1943)
Not Rated | 10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The Seven Dwarves learn about the menace of mosquito borne malaria and the necessary precautions to control it.
Directors: Bill Justice, Bill Roberts | Star: Art Baker
Votes: 235
26. Thirst for Justice (2019)
70 min | Documentary
In the spring of 2015, residents from two separate communities enlist the help of scientists to prove their suspicions that their water had become dangerously contaminated. Now they are fighting back.
Director: Leana Hosea | Stars: Kern Collymore, Leana Hosea, Mary Lyons, Adam Murphy
27. An Enemy of the People (1990 TV Movie)
Drama
When a scientist learns that his town's lucrative springs present a serious health threat, the community refuses to listen to him.
Director: Jack O'Brien | Stars: William Anton, Anne Gee Byrd, Dawn Didawick, Richard Easton
Votes: 41
28. Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special (2008 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
National Geographic investigates the root causes and eventual effects of stress.
Director: John Heminway | Stars: Elizabeth Blackburn, Elissa Epel, Marcus Lovett, Michael Marmot
Votes: 263
29. So Much for So Little (1949)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Animation
An illustration of the role public health agencies play in citizens' lives.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham
Votes: 476
30. Unnatural Causes (2008– )
Documentary
"Why do some of us get sicker more often and die sooner, and what causes us to become sick in the first place? This limited series explores the apparent link between a person's health and ... See full summary »
Stars: Llewellyn M. Smith, S. Leonard Syme, David Williams, Ana Diez-Roux
Votes: 31
31. Wuhan Wuhan (2021)
90 min | Documentary
In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis.
Director: Yung Chang | Stars: Chuning Yin, Xingli Xu, Xiannian Zheng, Guiqing Zhang
Votes: 79
32. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
33. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.
Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker
Votes: 30
34. Different Moms (1999)
60 min | Documentary
Each year, mothers with mental impairment give birth to an estimated 120,000 children. Approximately half of these children remain with the mother. "Different Moms" briefly documents the ... See full summary »
Directors: Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy | Stars: Floyd Bieber, Juanita Ingraham, Margaret Main, Elaine Mayfield
35. Buying Time (2021)
27 min | Short
Two teenagers find themselves with life threatening medical conditions. Their backgrounds could not be further apart. Vishnu Khumar (Sriyan Madugula) is a kind and generous kid who always ... See full summary »
Directors: Tridib Chakraborty, Sriyan Madugula | Stars: Tridib Chakraborty, Tuhin Chakraborty, Sriyan Madugula, Aatreya Maktal
36. The Toilet: An Unspoken History (2012 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary, History
Documentary looking at the role of the toilet in our culture, exploring its social history in Britain and abroad, and finding possible future solutions to global sanitation issues.
Director: Nick Watts | Stars: Ifor Ap Glyn, Ron Cutler, Dafydd Davies-Hughes, Junko Kobayashi
Votes: 100
37. Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health (1945)
8 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.
Director: James Algar
Votes: 159
38. Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003– )
113 min | Documentary
Covers the key aspects of the world AIDS epidemic through powerful documentary stories about five victims and their communities, on five continents.
Stars: Elton John, Danny Glover
Votes: 65
39. The Specialists (1975 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Inspectors for the U.S. Public Health Service try to track down the cause of a rash of mysterious ailments suddenly appearing among the general populace.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Robert Urich, Maureen Reagan, Jack Hogan, Jed Allan
Votes: 20
40. Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)
Documentary
Stars: Brad Pitt, Trevor White, Martin McDougall, Glenn Beck
Votes: 51
41. The First Secret City (2015)
105 min | Documentary
Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in ... See full summary »
Directors: Alison Carrick, C.D. Stelzer | Stars: John Bell, Carolyn Bower, Conrad Bowers, Karl Brooks
Votes: 16
42. Cercados (2020)
116 min | Documentary
A documentary about the press coverage during the Coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.
Director: Caio Cavechini | Stars: William Bonner, Jair Bolsonaro, Renata Vasconcellos, Nelson Teich
Votes: 67
43. The Sterilization of Leilani Muir (1996)
47 min | Documentary
This film deals with one woman's attempt to sue the government of the Canadian province of Alberta for sterilizing her against her will because she was considered a "mental defective". In ... See full summary »
Director: Glynis Whiting | Stars: Thomas Peacocke, Judy Mahbey, Gord Marriott, Stephen Jay Gould
Votes: 17
44. A World Without Water (2006 TV Movie)
80 min | Documentary
Every day 3900 children die as a result of insufficient or unclean water supplies. 'A World Without Water' tells of the personal tragedies behind the mounting privatization of water supplies.
Director: Brian Woods
Votes: 50
45. The Subjection (2010)
87 min | Documentary
Documentary in which director Stefan Jarl has a blood test performed on himself to show the "chemical burden" of trace chemicals in the blood of all people born since World War II.
Director: Stefan Jarl | Stars: Inge Ahlström, Arne Andersson, Peter Andersson, Cecilia Berg
Votes: 165
46. L'étalon (1970)
90 min | Comedy
In a small Mediterranean port, Lionel, a kind-hearted athlete, saves a young woman in dire straits who was about to kill herself. He is assisted by William Chaminade, a vet whose business ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jacques Legras, René-Jean Chauffard
Votes: 167
47. Talking with Angels (2004)
18 min | Short, Drama
A young boy realizes the impact of trying to preserve the fictitious idea of what is normal.
Director: Yousaf Ali Khan | Stars: Tracy Kearney, Stephen Buckley, Reece Ryan, Sheridan Foster
Votes: 92
48. The Last Cigarette (I) (1999)
82 min | Documentary
In 1994, the Health and Environment Subcommittee of the US Congress, chaired by Henry Waxman (D-California), held a hearing on tobacco products and health. Excerpts from the hearing, where ... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Keraudren, Kevin Rafferty
Votes: 128 | Gross: $0.00M
49. The Raising of America (2015– )
Documentary
Stars: Llewellyn M. Smith, James J. Heckman, Arthur Rolnick, Marilyn Essex
50. Life Waves
Documentary | Filming
Director: Benedikt Just | Stars: Alison Dardik, Irving Dardik, Trevor Dardik