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

1. Days of Thunder (1990)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sport

A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid

Votes: 96,587 | Gross: $82.67M

2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

R | 171 min | Drama, Romance

Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint

Votes: 38,690 | Gross: $10.01M

3. Kim Possible (2002–2007)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A high school cheerleader and her clumsy best friend balance their duties as global crime-fighters with the typical challenges of adolescence.

Stars: Christy Carlson Romano, Will Friedle, Nancy Cartwright, Tahj Mowry

Votes: 32,365

4. Fantastic Voyage (1966)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 20,892

5. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller

While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty

Votes: 57,280

6. Magnificent Obsession (1954)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger

Votes: 7,648

7. The Upturned Glass (1947)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A British brain surgeon punishes the murderess of his lover.

Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason, Ann Stephens

Votes: 1,371

8. Jesus' Son (1999)

R | 107 min | Drama

A young man, often high on drugs and alcohol, careens through life and makes his way toward recovery and redemption.

Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Billy Crudup, Robert Michael Kelly, Torben Brooks, Dierdre Lewis

Votes: 7,490 | Gross: $1.28M

9. Black Friday (1940)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel

Votes: 2,886

10. Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)

95 min | Drama, Romance

Márta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.

Director: Lili Horvát | Stars: Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi, Zsolt Nagy

Votes: 2,783

11. The Raven (1943)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey, Héléna Manson

Votes: 10,917 | Gross: $0.03M

12. Kim Possible: So the Drama (2005 TV Movie)

TV-G | 71 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Kim's heart is quickly captured by the new boy, Eric, who soon becomes her boyfriend. Unknown to Kim, her best friend and sidekick, Ron has developed stronger feelings toward her.

Director: Steve Loter | Stars: Christy Carlson Romano, Will Friedle, Nancy Cartwright, Tahj Mowry

Votes: 5,054

13. Horror Hospital (1973)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Two British companions who met on a train heading to the rural countryside stay with a bizarre host of characters in a secluded, curious mansion. Unknown to them, there is a sinister secret behind closed doors.

Director: Antony Balch | Stars: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Ellen Pollock

Votes: 1,841

14. Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)

106 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Bizarre stories unfold surrounding the encounter of a woman and her husband's psychiatrist in a train.

Director: Aritz Moreno | Stars: Luis Tosar, Pilar Castro, Ernesto Alterio, Quim Gutiérrez

Votes: 3,285

15. A Fine Madness (1966)

Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal

Votes: 1,527

16. Crisis (1950)

Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Signe Hasso

Votes: 1,929

17. My Favorite Season (1993)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Romance

Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites ... See full summary »

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Jean-Pierre Bouvier

Votes: 2,237 | Gross: $0.76M

18. Gifted Hands (1991 Video)

30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

A biographical documentary on pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson.

Stars: Ben Carson, Candy Carson, Sonya Carson, Norma Claypool

Votes: 85

19. Doctors' Wives (1971)

R | 101 min | Drama

The dysfunctional marriages of several unhappy rich doctors who work at a private clinic and their neglected wives who deal with their own unhappiness in various ways enter crisis mode when one of them murders his cheating wife.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 420 | Gross: $1.39M

20. Jin (2009– )

54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A brain surgeon named Minakata Jin faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period.

Stars: Miki Nakatani, Wayne LeGette, Takao Osawa, Haruka Ayase

Votes: 1,097

21. No Solicitors (2015)

Not Rated | 99 min | Horror

Lewis Cutterman is a well respected brain surgeon and happily married with two beautiful children who run the family business. They are model citizens within the community. A simple visit ... See full summary »

Director: John Callas | Stars: Melanie Buttarazzi, Eric Roberts, Vernon Wells, Robin Ritter

Votes: 434

22. Avant l'hiver (2013)

103 min | Drama

Lucie (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) presumes that her husband Paul (Daniel Auteuil) - an older neurosurgeon - has an affair. Indeed, Paul behaves strange lately, but the truth behind it is dark and complicated.

Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leïla Bekhti, Richard Berry

Votes: 2,179

23. Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)

Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama

Young Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Shepperd Strudwick

Votes: 617

24. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)

97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák

Votes: 857

25. Bicycling with Molière (2013)

Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Two actors. One play. Can the differences between the two egocentric men be put aside for the sake of friendship and theatre?

Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa, Camille Japy

Votes: 3,162 | Gross: $0.06M

26. Kim Possible: The Secret Files (2003 Video)

72 min | Animation, Family, Action

The first video compilation of four episodes of Kim Possible.

Directors: Chris Bailey, David Block | Stars: Christy Carlson Romano, Will Friedle, Nancy Cartwright, Tahj Mowry

Votes: 967

27. Ringside Maisie (1941)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let ... See full summary »

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling, Virginia O'Brien

Votes: 428

28. The English Surgeon (2007)

TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary

This documentary offers a glimpse into the life of an English neurosurgeon (Henry Marsh) situated in Ukraine as we are exposed to the overwhelming dilemmas he has to face and the burden he has to carry throughout his profession.

Director: Geoffrey Smith | Star: Henry Marsh

Votes: 761

29. The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama

A criminal has plastic surgery done to change his identity. However, during the operation, he loses his memory; when he comes to after the surgery, he has a change of heart and decides to help people by becoming a doctor.

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Marian Marsh, Thurston Hall, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 181

30. Brain Surgeons: Between Life and Death (2020)

60 min | Documentary

How do our brains make us who we are? This thought-provoking two-part documentary follows patients undergoing complex life-changing brain surgery at Southampton Hospital's Neurological Centre.

Star: Martin Kemp

31. Klondike Fury (1942)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A neurosurgeon is thrown out of the medical profession after he performs a daring but unsuccessful surgery. He flees to Alaska, where his plane crashes in the frozen wilderness.

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lucile Fairbanks, William Henry, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 112

32. Lousy Bastards (2014)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

Two brothers got separated after their first love for the same girl. Both of them have something which the other one doesn't. Inevitable decisions lead to their most important choice in their lives.

Director: Roman Kasparovský | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Jirí Langmajer, Iva Janzurová, Tereza Ramba

Votes: 98

33. Once a Doctor (1937)

Approved | 57 min | Drama

Young doctors Steven and Jerry are rivals professionally and for Paula Norland. Jerry lets Steven take the blame for a mistake he made and sends him to prison. After his release, Steven gets redemption during a storm at sea.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Gordon Oliver, Joe King

Votes: 147

34. Stick It (2014)

5 min | Short, Romance, Sport

The single channel video STICK IT combines television footage of women's gymnastics with recordings of the artist attempting the same routines. Merging himself and the young gymnasts of the... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Ramirez Perez

35. DetroYt

Drama, Thriller | Announced

Follows the life of African-American Head of Neurosurgery, Dr. Artemus Godfrey as he fights to save the lives of his patients as well as his 19-year marriage to Angela, a rising star in the Austin D.A.'s office.

36. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: A Case of Coincidence: Part One (1996)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After four attractive women are found strangled in and around the local river, the free-spirited wife of a London doctor is killed while on an extramarital assignation.

Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Caroline Bliss, Robin Summers, Keith Barron, Ronald Pickup

Votes: 99

37. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Ken Berry and Nanette Fabray (1970)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

A mousy, insecure secretary with a crush on her boss is threatened by all the secretaries sent by the agency to cover her 2 week vacation. A neurotic stewardess deals with crisis in flight with a drunken, failed doctor and a painted lady.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 46

38. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode: And a Time to Die... (1970)

Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Wo Fat brings in an assassin to kill a man who made a tour of Communist China and got a good look at its nuclear facilities. The spy freaks out and runs just before the sniper pulls the ... See full summary »

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong

Votes: 157

39. TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
Episode: A Matter of Life and Death (1955)

Drama

A young man that Is born into the hateful, ignorant world of family feuding in the old south, rebels against it by leaving it, and becomes an educated man, a famed neurosurgeon. The ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Minor Watson, Walter Baldwin, Frank Ferguson

Votes: 8

40. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: Creature with the Atom Brain (2020)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Add a Plot

Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton

Votes: 16

41. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: End of the Night: Part 2 (2009)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Although Boyd has sufficient evidence to arrest rapist Jason Bloch, he allows him time to incriminate accomplice James Mitcham, now a respected surgeon whom he blackmails to care for his invalid wife.

Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 132

42. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
How Government 'Diversity' Initiatives Are Leading Us to a Major Airline Disaster (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Diversity initiatives lead to airplane disasters. A young boy smeared by the media turns out to be Native American. The Daily Wire's sports comedy outrages the Left. A TikTok trends involves emptying water bottles to save the oceans.

Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh

Votes: 12

43. Black Box (2014)
Episode: Sweet Little Lies (2014)

TV-14 | 40 min | Drama

A brain surgeon kills his patient when he has a seizure during surgery; a young girl hallucinates that her head explodes; Dr Black tries to help but are lies in her way? Her boyfriend confronts her for the truth.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ditch Davey, David Ajala, Ali Wong

Votes: 189

44. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Entry Wounds: Part 1 (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hathaway has been promoted to inspector after an extended break, and Lewis is enjoying retired life until he's asked to team up with his old colleague again.

Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Francesca Zoutewelle, Jonny Phillips, Jack Helsby, Elizabeth Rider

Votes: 518

45. NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)
Episode: Empathy (2018)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team investigates the disappearance of a congressional aide after a hitman saves her from two men posing as agents.

Director: Tessa Blake | Stars: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Vanessa Ferlito, Rob Kerkovich

Votes: 267