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1. The Skin I Live In (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 166,224 | Gross: $3.19M
2. Any Given Sunday (1999)
R | 162 min | Drama, Sport
A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, James Woods
Votes: 126,009 | Gross: $75.53M
3. Splice (2009)
R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon
Votes: 101,873 | Gross: $17.00M
4. Side Effects (I) (2013)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 197,314 | Gross: $32.17M
5. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
R | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce
Votes: 59,423 | Gross: $22.01M
6. The Walking Dead (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill
Votes: 3,102
7. Take Care of Maya (2023)
TV-14 | 103 min | Documentary
As a medical team tries to understand 10-year-old Maya Kowalski's rare illness, they begin to question her parents. Suddenly, Maya is in state custody - despite a family desperate to bring their daughter home.
Director: Henry Roosevelt | Star: Maya Kowalski
Votes: 9,752
8. Womb (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Eva Green, Matt Smith, Lesley Manville, Peter Wight
Votes: 15,204
9. The Hospital (1971)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A hospital's chief-of-staff struggles to find meaning in his life during a spate of staff deaths.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart
Votes: 7,350 | Gross: $19.71M
10. Peyton Place (1957)
Approved | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 6,624 | Gross: $25.60M
11. Island of Terror (1966)
Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne
Votes: 3,982
12. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
R | 153 min | Comedy, Drama
Mr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Doru Ana, Monica Barladeanu, Alina Berzunteanu, Dorian Boguta
Votes: 15,940 | Gross: $0.08M
13. The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, George Zucco, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 893
14. The Citadel (1938)
Passed | 110 min | Drama
An enthusiastic young doctor happily embarks on his career, but it isn't long before he finds out what being a doctor really entails.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison
Votes: 2,377
15. The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020)
124 min | Drama
In 1972, young women looking for a fresh start in life endure isolated captivity in a true 98-day human experiment studying the effects of marijuana on females.
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Hannah Vandenbygaart, Daniel DeSanto, Craig Burnatowski
Votes: 207
16. 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: 1,044 | Gross: $0.10M
17. Homecoming (1948)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter, John Hodiak
Votes: 1,093
18. The Silent Scream (1984 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, former abortionist and founder of NARAL, teaches the audience about the specifics of suction abortion, followed by an actual abortion of an 11-week old fetus as seen through ultrasound.
Director: Jack Dabner | Star: Bernard Nathanson
Votes: 243
19. The Sugar Experiment (2023)
92 min | Biography, Drama, History
The film is inspired by a controversial experiment that took place in Sweden in 1948.
Director: John Tornblad | Stars: Amanda Malmberg, Isak Bruno, Elisabeth Ehde Torbjörnsdotter, Henrik Norman
Votes: 263
20. King of Clones (2023)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary
From human cloning research to a scandalous downfall, follow the life and work of Korea's most notorious scientist, Hwang Woo-suk.
Director: Aditya Thayi | Stars: Hwang Woo-Suk, Paul Root Wolpe, Alex Tinson, Csillo
Votes: 931
21. 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: 39
22. The Interns (1962)
Approved | 120 min | Drama
Medical drama that focuses on the personal and professional conflicts of medical interns working under senior surgeons at a major hospital.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Michael Callan, Cliff Robertson, James MacArthur, Nick Adams
Votes: 368
23. Green Light (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 622
24. Carmilla Hyde (2010)
105 min | Horror, Thriller
A young woman's wild and sexy alter-ego is awakened after she is date raped.
Director: David De Vries | Stars: Anna Lindner, Nina Pearce, Georgii Speakman, Cameron Hall
Votes: 90
25. 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
26. Subject Two (2006)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A doctor invents a resurrection formula and tests it by killing his assistant over and over and over again.
Director: Philip Chidel | Stars: Christian Oliver, Dean Stapleton, Courtney Mace, Jürgen Jones
Votes: 1,616
27. 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: 815
28. The Lazarus Syndrome (1978 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Thriller
An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a black doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Ronald Hunter, E.G. Marshall, Sheila Frazier
Votes: 147
29. The Unborn (1935)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama
A young woman wishes to marry her boyfriend and raise a family, but because her own family has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities--her parents are lazy alcoholics who ... See full summary »
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Diane Sinclair, Donald Douglas, John Preston, Carlyle Moore Jr.
Votes: 216
30. Kôshônin (2003 TV Movie)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Mayu Tsuruta, Shirô Sano, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 480
31. Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Gillespie's health is failing, and the hospital is urging him to get a new assistant that he doesn't want. So, he poses a stumper in class to discourage all the bright young students. ... See full summary »
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Susan Peters, Richard Quine
Votes: 248
32. Life Support (1999– )
50 min | Drama
Katherine Doone works at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital where she works as clinical ethicist. Her job is to make the big decisions about what is best for the patient's long term treatment.
Stars: Aisling O'Sullivan, Art Malik, Richard Wilson, Gilbert Martin
Votes: 13
33. Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood Like a House on Fire (2021– )
152 min | Documentary
'Dysphoric' is a four-part documentary series on the rise of Gender Identity Ideology, its effects on women and girls - especially in developing countries.
Stars: Sasha Ayad, David Bell, Michael Biggs, Jennifer Bilek
Votes: 117
34. Generation RX (2008)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
An eye-opening documentary dealing with the costs of prescribing psychiatric drugs with serious side effects to children.
Director: Kevin P. Miller | Stars: John Abramson, Fred A. Baughman, Jeanette Blagbrough, Peter Blagbrough
Votes: 236
35. The Dose (2020)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
Marcos is an experienced nurse. He works in the night shift of a provincial private clinic. He is applied and professional but has a secret: in some extreme cases he applies euthanasia. ... See full summary »
Director: Martín Kraut | Stars: Carlos Portaluppi, Ignacio Rogers, Lorena Vega, Arturo Bonín
Votes: 142
36. Sinivalkoinen valhe (2012)
119 min | Documentary, Sport
Investigative documentary probing the background of the Finnish doping scandal of Lahti 2001 FIS Nordic world ski championship and the sports culture that enabled it.
Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Arto Halonen, Paavo M. Petäjä, Leila Ketola, Suvi Lindén
Votes: 496
37. Direct Order (2003)
55 min | Documentary
The United States Military is using an experimental drug on our men and women in uniform, and it is killing them.
Director: Scott Miller | Stars: Michael Douglas, Rick Otto
Votes: 24
38. 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
39. Africa Rising (2009)
TV-G | 62 min | Documentary
Every day, six thousand girls from the Horn of Africa to the sub-Saharan nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). With little more than fierce determination and deep love ... See full summary »
Director: Paula Heredia
40. Anonymous Father's Day (2011)
44 min | Documentary, Short, News
Thousands of donor-conceived people have a deep longing to know who they belong to, where they come from, and who they look like. What is it like to grow up not knowing who your father is ... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer Lahl | Star: Dustin Ebaugh
Votes: 8
43. Puhdas päämäärä (2005 TV Movie)
67 min
Director: Hannu Heikinheimo | Stars: Oskari Katajisto, Tapio Liinoja, Niina Nurminen, Carl-Kristian Rundman
44. Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide? (1985)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Beverly Shaffer | Stars: Joanna Noyes, Patricia Phillips, Chuck Shamata
45. Rock Bottom (III) (2015)
10 min | Short, Drama
A female plastic surgeon forms a connection with an insecure male stripper who turns to her for help.
Director: Nele Mertens | Stars: Amanda Quintos, Deangelo, Marcie Mascaro, Derek Russo
46. When We Are Asked: About Crossing Over
60 min | Documentary
When We Are Asked: About Crossing Over is a film that looks at end of life issues from the perspective of African Americans. In the proximity of death, though African Americans are at risk ... See full summary »
Director: September Williams
47. Secret War: The Odyssey of the Suffield Volunteers (2002 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
During the Second World War the Canadian government experimented on its own soldiers at a remote base in the Alberta prairies. Had these tests been done on enemy soldiers they would be labeled as war crimes.
Director: Chick Snipper
48. Discussions in Bioethics: Critical Choice (1985)
13 min | Short
Director: Gary Toole | Stars: Kirsten Bishop, Chantal Chamandy, Chantal Condor, Brian Dooley
49. Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair (1984)
59 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of Dr. Henry Morgentaler's fight to provide safe abortions in Canada and the right to challenge a law's validity in Canada.
Director: Paul Cowan | Stars: Henry Morgentaler, Claude-Armand Sheppard, Mike Morgentaler, Michael Rudder
50. Discussions in Bioethics: If You Want a Girl Like Me (1985)
13 min | Short
Director: Susan Huycke | Stars: Joan Austen, Anna-Maria Giannotti, Tom Rack, Kelly Ricard