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51. Order (1973)
44 min | Documentary, Short
Pollet provides an insight into life on the leper colony of Spinalonga, an island off Crete, through the eyes of Raimondakis, who tells the story of his life to the camera after having been... See full summary »
Directors: Malo Aguettant, Maurice Born, Jean-Daniel Pollet | Stars: Raimondakis, Philippe Sollers
Votes: 194
52. He Is My Brother (1975)
G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two shipwrecked boys become the focal point of a religious power struggle.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Bobby Sherman, Kathy Paulo, Keenan Wynn, Robbie Rist
Votes: 45
53. Camino del infierno (1951)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.
Director: Miguel Morayta | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Leticia Palma, Ramón Gay, Arturo Soto Rangel
Votes: 43
54. La coda del diavolo (1986)
89 min | Romance
Director: Giorgio Treves | Stars: Robin Renucci, Isabelle Pasco, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo Rossi
Votes: 40
55. Night Rose: Akhbar's Daughter (1987 TV Movie)
22 min | Romance, Thriller
A businessman falls for a client's daughter who seems icy by day, and passionate by night.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Roya Megnot, Ed Setrakian, Henry Judd Baker
Votes: 34
56. El Che (2017)
119 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Matías Gueilburt | Stars: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Horacio López, Carlos 'Calica' Ferrer, Carlos Soria Galvarro
Votes: 17
57. The Bottle Imp (1917)
50 min | Fantasy, Drama
Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her irascible father refuses her hand until Lopaka can bring him two feather cloaks, an impossible ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Lehua Waipahu, H. Komshi, George Kuwa
58. Inhumanities (1989 Video)
70 min | Documentary, Horror
Compilation of newsreel footage of real death scenes.
Director: Harvey Keith | Star: Marc Andrews
Votes: 71
59. Damien (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History
Director: Nino J. Martin | Star: Terence Knapp
Votes: 18
60. Crusader: A Conspiracy in the Kingdom of Jerusalim (1997 Video Game)
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Educational FMV adventure set in 1180s Jerusalem. A disgraced French lord and his wise servant are tasked to stop a powerful cabal from taking the three holy relics of the city's three major religions and becoming unstoppable.
Stars: Paul Bandey, Nicholas Calderbank, Leslie Clack, Lisa Ray-Jacobs
61. Svara: A Brooks Institute Documentary Project to South India (2009)
47 min | Documentary, Adventure
Each year, the Visual Journalism program at Brooks Institute offers an international documentary trip for interested visual journalism, professional photography, and film students. The ... See full summary »
Director: The Svara Group
62. El amor de los amores (1944)
Drama, Romance
Director: Antonio Mediz Bolio | Stars: Milisa Sierra, Miguel Arenas, Juan José Martínez Casado, Eduardo Arozamena
63. To Love (1997)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Two young people meet by chance and fall in love but the woman is diagnosed with leprosy and sent away to a remote mountain sanitorium.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Miki Sakai, Atsuro Watabe, Jô Shishido, Masumi Okada
Votes: 94
64. The Great Heart (1938)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography
Carey Wilson tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on Molokai Island.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Carey Wilson, Tom Neal
Votes: 180
65. Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls (2003)
60 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The moving story of a pioneering group of Irish nuns and their life's work with the Aboriginal people of the Kimberley in Australia.
Director: David Batty | Star: David Batty
Votes: 8
66. L'homme de la Jamaïque (1950)
120 min | Adventure
Jacques Mervel, also known as "L'Homme de la Jamaïque" makes use of his talents as a gun runner in Tangiers, Morocco. After triumphing over a rival gang, he decides to quit the job and to ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice de Canonge | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Véra Norman, Louis Seigner, Georges Tabet
Votes: 22
67. Triumph at Carville a Tale of Leprosy in America (2005)
55 min | Documentary
Director: John Wilhelm | Stars: Dorothy Bachelot, Mary Bailey, Tallulah Bankhead, Anne Harmon Brett
Votes: 19
68. Cüzzamli (1987)
Drama
Director: Ahmet Yüzüak | Stars: Salih Kirmizi, Pembe Mutlu, Recep Filiz, Yücel Aksoy
69. Rain Season (2009)
30 min | Documentary, Short
In the jungles of Vietnam, Ngu struggles with poverty and permanent disabilities as a result of Leprosy. Facing the imminent monsoon season she can lose everything she has.
Director: Allyna Renee
70. Island of Shadows: D'Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924 (2000 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary, History
Story of a Chinese leper colony on D'arcy island around the mid 1800's to early 1900's. D'arcy Island, located off the coast of Vancouver island, is only accessible by private boat.
Director: Erik Paulsson | Stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Chris Yorath, Wallace Chung, Jim Wong Chu
Votes: 13
71. Secret People (1998)
59 min | Documentary
Although it has conjured horrific images of society's most feared outcasts ever since Biblical days, leprosy is in fact a mildly communicable disease that has been treatable since the 1940s... See full summary »
Votes: 12
72. Si Buta dari Gua Hantu: Lembah Tengkorak (1990)
88 min | Action
The blind master from the ghost cave (Ratno Timoer) travel to a village in Tana Toraja whose inhabitants are afflicted with a strange leprosy-like illness. He help the villagers to find a ... See full summary »
Director: Ratno Timoer | Stars: Pitradjaya Burnama, Alba Fuad, S. Parya, Aspar Paturusi
73. Losing Touch (2016)
68 min | Documentary | Completed
For the first time in his life, Christian Stock meets leprosy affected people in Nepal. All of them have to suffer not only from their disease or its long-term effects, but from brutal ... See full summary »
Directors: Marie Nehles, Hartmut Schotte | Star: Christian Stock
74. Leprosy (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
On his wedding night, and with his honour at stake, the groom drags her bride to hospital to figure out, through medical diagnosis, the thing that is usually supposed to happen on such a night, BUT DOESN'T.
Director: Alimohammad Eghbaldar | Stars: Ali Haj Ali Asgari, Roghayeh Dopour, Tima Karimi, Hale Rostamdokht
75. Janitor Quest 2000 (2008)
10 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Janitor Ned discovers that his brother Solomon has been turning townspeople into lepers via the food they are eating. He decides he must put an end to Solomon's madness once and for all and in the process learns a long lost family secret.
Director: Toby Jones | Stars: Michael Aakre, Landyn Banx, Brayli Carmichael, Noah Coon
77. Simple Courage (1992)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
Director's Cut. Re-released. SIMPLE COURAGE tells the tragic story of Hawaii's leprosy epidemic (1865-1965) and the compassionate intervention of Belgium priest Father Damien de Veuster. ... See full summary »
Director: Stephanie J. Castillo
78. Release the Hidden People (2013)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Leprosy is a disease we hear little about in our modern society. Yet in many parts of the developing world, it still exists. Leprosy has devastating effects and the leprosy journey can last... See full summary »
Director: Tim Matthews
79. O Leproso (1975)
33 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Julião is a young farm worker who, one day, contracts leprosy. Overnight, the good mountaineers that were so friendly with him refuse to see him again, and he must be by himself in the far ... See full summary »
Director: Sinde Filipe | Stars: Jaime Pereira, Sinde Filipe
Votes: 6
80. Mother Marianne: Portrait of a Saint (2012 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
This film follows residents of Kalaupapa afflicted with Hansen's disease as they traveled with the Franciscan Sisters to witness Mother Marianne Cope's canonization in Rome.
81. Sa kandungan ng langit (2005 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Gina Marissa Tagasa | Stars: Mike Lloren, Arabelle Cadocio, Francis Matthew, Nante Montreal
82. Joyful Life (2006)
54 min | Documentary
A documentary about the residents of Lo-Sheng ("Joyful Life"), a leprosy colony located on the Sinjuang hillsides on the outskirts of Taipei. Established in 1930, the colony was governed by... See full summary »
Director: Anita Chang | Stars: Chue Lin, Wen-Zhang Huang, Xiang-Ming Tang, Fu-Zi Zhou
83. Unto the End (1917)
Drama
The romance of a college athlete who triumphs in the game of baseball and love, lightened by clever comedy touches and enhanced by the valor of a hale and hearty good fellow.
Director: Harrish Ingraham | Stars: Arthur Hoyt, Crane Wilbur, Nan Christy, Harrish Ingraham
84. Breaking the Curse with Daryn Kagan (2007 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary
A suburban Atlanta housewife ventures to India to fight the disease and stigma of leprosy. The afflicted are ostracized by family and friends who believe it's a curse from God.
Director: Brian Kosisky | Star: Daryn Kagan
85. Kvinnorna på Själö (2008 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary, History
"You who enter, leave all your hope behind." About Själö mental hospital a foul spot in Finland's medical history. Sad and somber fates of women who was cared for at Själö.
Director: Mikaela Weurlander | Stars: Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn, Signe Erfors, Maria Hjerpe, Ilppo Vuorinen
Votes: 14
86. Llagas (2012)
15 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Abel returns from Egypt after writing his literary masterpiece, but he brings back something more than inspiration. When darkness invades each part of his home, horror enters his flesh and thus loneliness will turn into a true nightmare.
Director: Miguel Ángel Font Bisier | Stars: Marta Calabuig, Ángel de Miguel, Carlos Ge, Belén Riquelme
Votes: 9
87. Caught in Time (1989)
Documentary, Short
Shot in the beautiful Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, this film looks at the spectre of Leprosy and examines how doctors and other medics are getting closer to eradicating the disease altogether.
Director: Tony Tew | Star: Michael Haughey
88. La jeune fille Violaine (1965 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Jean-Paul Carrère | Stars: Edith Scob, Maria Tamar, Jean Davy, André Oumansky
90. On Top of the World (1989 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Leprosy is introduced to children through a visit to the mountain kingdom of Nepal through through the experiences of several young people. The fact that the disease is close to being eradicated altogether is highlighted.
Director: Tony Tew | Star: Michael Haughey
91. A Woman's Past (I) (1915)
50 min | Drama
Aspiring writer Jane Hawley gives in to the seductions of magazine editor Howard Sterling, but when he later rejects her, she wed Captain Wilson Stanley. After she gives birth to Harrison, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Clifford Bruce, Alfred Hickman, Carleton Macy, Nance O'Neil
93. Kumasasa no Yugoin (2003)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Satoshi Imada | Stars: Ai Asai, Yuji Kodama, Tokiji Suzuki
94. Man and Woman (II) (1920)
60 min | Drama
Bradley, an engineer, becomes a Tahiti beachcomber after the collapse of a bridge he built. Murdock, a former employer of Bradley, arrives on the island with his lovely daughter Diana, who ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Logue, B.A. Rolfe | Stars: Diana Allen, Joe King, Eddie Sturgis, John L. Shine
95. The Inner Struggle (1916)
Drama
Dr. Grant, in charge of a leper colony in the far Pacific, had once loved a beautiful girl, Myra Hamilton. Then she met Harry Elliot, a dissipated young society man. Dared by the boys, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Franklin Ritchie, Winifred Greenwood, Roy Stewart
96. Asha (1970)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary chronicling a leper treatment center in Orissa, India.
Director: Jens Bjerre
97.
Forever Knight (1992–1996)
Episode:
I Will Repay
(1992)
Not Rated | 48 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
After Natalie's brother is fatally wounded by a gunman, she prevails upon Nick to turn him into a vampire, giving him eternal life.
Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Geraint Wyn Davies, Gary Farmer, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett
Votes: 56
98.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Control
(2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery
Can House save a high powered female executive from the same problem that has left him in constant pain? A new head of the hospital board could cause problems. Clinic cases: A boy and his mute dad.
Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 3,751
99.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Cursed
(2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery
A young boy's fever lasts nearly a week after a Ouija board predicts he will die. Clinic Cases: Chase's case of a man with numb fingers.
Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 3,500
100.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
(1993)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. Can it truly be the Pharaoh's curse? Poirot travels to Egypt to unravel the mystery.
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, Rolf Saxon
Votes: 1,520