Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "death-of-patient"

1. Pet Sematary (1989)

R | 103 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.

Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Brad Greenquist

Votes: 115,467 | Gross: $57.47M

2. Hard Boiled (1992)

R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan

Votes: 54,184

3. Nights in Rodanthe (2008)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance

A doctor, who is travelling to see his estranged son, sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.

Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis

Votes: 26,418 | Gross: $41.85M

4. White Coats (2004)

R | 90 min | Comedy

Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.

Director: Dave Thomas | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Lynda Boyd, Christine Chatelain, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 2,431

5. Thunder Rock (1942)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, War

Cynical, embittered newspaperman David Charleston (Michael Redgrave) is tormented, then inspired, by visions he keeps having of people who have drowned.

Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Michael Redgrave, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Lilli Palmer

Votes: 817

6. A Young Doctor's Notebook & Other Stories (2012–2013)

TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, History

In the early 20th century, a young doctor arrives in a small Russian village around the time of the Russian Revolution to work in the local hospital.

Stars: Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Rosie Cavaliero, Adam Godley

Votes: 16,587

7. Fatal Trust (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After the father of her kid son Sam was killed by an escaped psychiatric patient, Kate decides it's time for a new chapter in her life. She moves to the town where her former lover Tom ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Haydn-Jones, Paul Popowich, Carol Alt

Votes: 541

8. The Cuban (2019)

109 min | Drama

When a naive pre-med student named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, an elderly Cuban musician, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.

Director: Sergio Navarretta | Stars: Ana Golja, Louis Gossett Jr., Shohreh Aghdashloo, Lauren Holly

Votes: 400

9. Laboratory Conditions (2017)

17 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.

Director: Jocelyn Stamat | Stars: Marisa Tomei, Minnie Driver, Paulo Costanzo, Lisa Renée

Votes: 528

10. Bender (2016)

80 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The unsettling true story of America's first serial killing family. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the Benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin.

Director: John Alexander | Stars: Bruce Davison, Linda Purl, James Karen, Buck Taylor

Votes: 326

11. Love's Unfolding Dream (2007 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Family, Western

Belinda Tyler struggles to choose between her career aspirations as a doctor and her feelings for a New York lawyer who wants a traditional wife.

Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Erin Cottrell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Dale Midkiff, Robert Pine

Votes: 1,440

12. The Donor (1995)

R | 94 min | Action, Thriller

A man on a mountain vacation with two friends goes home with a woman he's never met. He wakes up to find that one of his kidneys has been surgically removed. He spends the rest of the film trying to find out who did it.

Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Jeff Wincott, Michelle Johnson, Falconer Abraham, Emmanuelle Chriqui

Votes: 353

13. Gromozeka (2011)

104 min | Drama

In present day Moscow three childhood friends in their forties - former school band players - live their everyday lives of a police officer, a taxi driver and a surgeon. They have lost ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Kott | Stars: Nikolay Dobrynin, Boris Kamorzin, Leonid Gromov, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya

Votes: 230

14. A Translator (2018)

TV-MA | 107 min | Drama

A Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment.

Directors: Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso | Stars: Rodrigo Santoro, Maricel Álvarez, Yoandra Suárez, Nikita Semenov

Votes: 921 | Gross: $0.01M

15. Dokument inifrån: Experimenten (2016)

60 min | Documentary

Three-part series looking at the downfall of synthetic organ transplant surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.

Stars: Paolo Macchiarini, Matthias Corbascio, Karl-Henrik Grinnemo, Johannes Wahlström

Votes: 40

16. In the Blood (2016)

114 min | Drama

Four students buy an apartment together in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, and move in together. We follow their 20s, their ups and downs and the loneliness they discover after they split.

Director: Rasmus Heisterberg | Stars: Kristoffer Bech, Susana Hermansen Valenzuela, Nana Kirstine Bruhn-Rasmussen, Elliott Crosset Hove

Votes: 726

17. Ang dalubhasa (2000)

115 min | Action, Drama

Military neurosurgeon Jaime de Guzman survives a massacre that killed his wife and daughter. He hunts down all perpetrators and is able to kill them--except the boss. From returning to a ... See full summary »

Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Nanette Medved, Maritoni Fernandez, Cris Villonco

Votes: 26

18. Shining Victory (1941)

Approved | 80 min | Drama

In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia precox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 817

19. The Electronic Monster (1958)

Approved | 76 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An insurance investigator finds there's more to electronic dream therapy than meets the eye.

Directors: Montgomery Tully, David Paltenghi | Stars: Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards, Peter Illing

Votes: 222

20. Harold Shipman (2014– )

120 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Dramatised documentary analyzing the crimes of serial killer Harold Shipman, the doctor believed to be responsible for the deaths of an estimated 250 people. Aired on Netflix in 2019.

Stars: Alistair Parker, Jeremy Dirckze, Bernard Postles, Susan Booth

Votes: 31

21. Duffy of San Quentin (1954)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of prisoners are planning an escape. They take hostages. Warden Duffy tries to convince one of the inmates that their plight is useless, and to give up.

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joanne Dru, Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 121

22. 87 ore (2015)

75 min | Documentary

Un uomo viene prelevato dalla spiaggia di un campeggio del Cilento da un singolare dispiegamento di forze: carabinieri, polizia municipale e guardia costiera. Luomo viene convinto a uscire ... See full synopsis »

Director: Costanza Quatriglio

Votes: 26

23. By Appointment Only (1933)

Passed | 67 min | Drama

When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician--feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her--takes an interest in the woman's young daughter.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Sally O'Neil, Edward Morgan

Votes: 128

24. Placebo (III) (2013)

12 min | Short, Drama

Two fatally ill teenagers share the same room in the hospital. Aron has the bed by the window and spends days describing the colorful life outside to Theo. What starts out as an innocent game, eventually becomes a deadly serious situation.

Director: Johanna Stentorp | Stars: Mathæus Andersen, Malthe Vrå Heldbo, Inger Larsen, Sandra Møller

Votes: 18

25. Ribelli per caso (2001)

100 min | Comedy

Hospital patients rebel against bland food and indifferent care by secretly cooking a feast for themselves.

Director: Vincenzo Terracciano | Stars: Antonio Catania, Giovanni Esposito, Renato Scarpa, Franco Javarone

Votes: 123

26. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Woman in the Shadows (1974)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While investigating a deadly auto accident that killed two people including the chauffeur of a wealthy woman who herself was also seriously injured Barnaby suspects a sinister cover-up involving the woman's plastic surgeon and his nurse.

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Susan Clark, Roger Perry

Votes: 99

27. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: DNR (2004)

TV-PG | Comedy

Chris fears that John is going to break up with her after he invites her to dinner at a nice restaurant with no explanation. Jake decides how to spend his inheritance from his grandmother. Linda finds a boyfriend.

Director: Chris Brougham | Stars: Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Votes: 145

28. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: Man Plans, God Laughs (1998)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Becker's attempt at friendship is short lived. With Margaret at home with the flu, Linda is left in charge of the office. Reggie receives an unwelcome visit from a former high-school classmate.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Votes: 150

29. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: The Trouble with Harry (2001)

TV-PG | Comedy

A man dies and leaves his ashes to Becker. A current patient suffers a puzzling rapid heartbeat. Reggie tries to ignore her handsome new boyfriend's total lack of consideration for her.

Director: Wil Shriner | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Votes: 103

30. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: Put Out the Welcome Mat for Death (1973)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

The trio investigates a euthanasia that may turn out to be murder. The accused man, who killed his terminally ill wife, claims she was in intolerable pain, but doctors say she was receiving too much morphine to be suffering that much.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 33

31. Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode: Snake Eyes (1977)

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

While attending a forensic pathologist convention in Tahoe, Quincy's called on to help when hotel guests and staff are stricken with a mysterious illness.

Director: Joel Oliansky | Stars: Jack Klugman, John S. Ragin, Garry Walberg, Val Bisoglio

Votes: 154

32. Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode: Snake Eyes: Part 2 (1977)

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

Quincy tries to contain panicked guests in an effort to keep a mysterious illness from spreading outside of the hotel.

Director: Joel Oliansky | Stars: Jack Klugman, John S. Ragin, Garry Walberg, Val Bisoglio

Votes: 140

33. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode: Past Tense (1953)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A physician invents a time machine to go back in time and make a fortune by selling penicillin to a pharmaceutical firm. His wife is more concerned about paying bills because he's ... See full summary »

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Boris Karloff, John McGovern, Katherine Meskill, Allen Nourse

Votes: 70

34. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Tug of War (1974)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama

James yearns for a regimental post at the front and Rose volunteers to become a conductorette as the war rages on.

Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Meg Wynn Owen, Lesley-Anne Down, Jean Marsh, David Langton

Votes: 85

35. Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993)
Episode: Pilot (1989)

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

Doogie passes one test to get his driver's license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy.

Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Max Casella, Belinda Montgomery, Lawrence Pressman

Votes: 125

36. My Family (2000–2011)
Episode: Four Affairs and a Funeral (2007)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy

Elderly patient Henry Phillips dies of natural causes in Ben's surgery, having confessed to Ben that he has a much younger wife Celia and a much younger mistress Stacey. Ben goes to comfort... See full summary »

Director: Dewi Humphreys | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Gabriel Thomson

Votes: 81

37. Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode: For Love or Money (1999)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Family

Jo joins the women's suffrage movement while Nan tries to prove that she has what it takes to become a doctor.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas

Votes: 11

38. The Essex Serpent (2022)
Episode: The Blackwater (2022)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

London widow Cora Seaborne relocates to Essex to learn the truth about a rumored "sea dragon". When a local girl goes missing, fears escalate.

Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Claire Danes, Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Clémence Poésy

Votes: 553

39. Nurse Jackie (2009–2015)
Episode: School Nurse (2009)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Jackie and Kevin are summoned to their daughters' school for a parent-teacher conference, where they are told that their older daughter Grace is suffering from anxiety disorder. Jackie does... See full summary »

Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Edie Falco, Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Haaz Sleiman

Votes: 396

40. Boston Med (2010– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

A six-year-old girl is admitted after she collapses at school; Surgeons attempt to raise the priority of a heart transplant candidate whose condition is worsening; A 34-year-old man is ... See full summary »

Stars: Olivia Quigley, Joe Quigley, Cathy Quigley, Kelly Wright

Votes: 8

41. Katie Fforde (2010–2021)
Episode: Diagnose Liebe (2012)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Old doc Dr. Harold Meyen is puzzled that his wealthy Hudson Valley, New York state patient Olivia Grant, diagnosed terminal, has hired nurse Madison Carter, all the way from Alaska, ... See full summary »

Director: Helmut Metzger | Stars: Fiona Coors, Thomas Unger, Maresa Hörbiger, Günther Maria Halmer

Votes: 36

42. Dates (2013)
Episode: Mia & Stephen (2013)

24 min | Drama, Romance

Mia meets another date, superficially self-assured surgeon Stephen, though she shocks him by telling him that when she was an escort girl he paid her for sex. He wants to leave but she ... See full summary »

Director: John Maybury | Stars: Ben Chaplin, Oona Chaplin, Anna Barry, Emma Campbell-Jones

Votes: 102

43. The Knick (2014–2015)
Episode: They Capture the Heat (2014)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, History

Gangster Bunky Collier shows up at the Knick after one of his pimps is shot in the leg. Thackery is called in to perform the surgery and is surprised to find Edwards there at that early ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance

Votes: 1,160

44. Louis Theroux's LA Stories (2014– )
Episode: Edge of Life (2014)

59 min | Documentary

Louis Theroux meets patients battling for their lives in LA's most famous hospital.

Director: Jamie Pickup | Stars: Louis Theroux, Langston Jackson, Heather Jones, Yuliya Linhares

Votes: 262

45. Evil Up Close (2012– )
Episode: The Ward Assassin (2012)

Documentary, Crime

The case of Beverley Allitt, the Grantham Hospital Ward Four nurse who murdered four of her patients in Lincolnshire, England in 1991.

Director: Robert Murray | Stars: Beverley Allitt, David Crampton, Felicity Gerry, Neil Jones

Votes: 6

46. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Innere Werte (2015)

Crime, Drama

After medical implant manufacture junior co-heir Ludwig Gröninger's Biergarten wedding dinner, traditionally 'abducted' bride Dr. Antonia Forch's corpse is found strangled on a field ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Stauch | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Lambert Hamel, Wayne Carpendale, Michael Ande

Votes: 23

47. BBC North West Tonight (1984– )
Episode: 2 November 2016: Evening Bulletin (2016)

28 min | News

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Stars: Jo Fenlon, Brian Fenlon, Peter Smith, Patrick Olszowski

48. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Therapie für Tote (2017)

Crime, Drama

The corpse of a woman has been found in a lake near Munich; she had a wound in the neck.She was wearing a connected bracelet used by the joggers.Her name is Melanie Gantner, she was working... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Morell | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Stephanie Stumph, Ludwig Blochberger, Rainer Bock

Votes: 13

49. Outlander (2014– )
Episode: Between Two Fires (2020)

TV-MA | 57 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

As Jamie continues to hunt Murtagh with the aid of the zealous Lieutenant Hamilton Knox, he's forced to consider whether or not he's on the right side of history.

Director: Stephen Woolfenden | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 2,206

50. Outlander (2014– )
Episode: Perpetual Adoration (2020)

TV-MA | 61 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Jamie and his militia arrive at Hillsborough to learn that Governor Tryon has proposed a rather unorthodox solution to deal with the threat posed by the Regulators and to resolve the growing political crisis.

Director: Meera Menon | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 2,038