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1. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 404,201 | Gross: $343.26M
2. Saw X (2023)
R | 118 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.
Director: Kevin Greutert | Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand
Votes: 76,533
3. Creed (II) (2015)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Drama, Sport
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad
Votes: 311,839 | Gross: $109.77M
4. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Crime, Drama
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida
Votes: 108,368 | Gross: $122.19M
5. 50/50 (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 343,464 | Gross: $35.01M
6. A Monster Calls (2016)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Conor, a twelve-year-old boy, encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 94,074 | Gross: $3.74M
7. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.
Director: Peter Cornwell | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner
Votes: 65,298 | Gross: $55.39M
8. Made for Love (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young woman, on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to a tech billionaire, suddenly realizes that her husband has implanted a revolutionary monitoring device in her brain that allows him to track her every move.
Stars: Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Ray Romano, Dan Bakkedahl
Votes: 12,573
9. Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife (2023)
TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Dr. Paolo Macchiarini is world famous for his revolutionary stem cell-infused windpipe transplants. There's just one problem: His patients keep dying.
Stars: Benita Alexander-Noel, Karl-Henrik Grinnemo, Oscar Simonson, Erica Greene
Votes: 4,727
10. The Forger (2014)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A thief works with his father and son to forge a painting by Monet and steal the original. Together, they plan the heist of their lives.
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: John Travolta, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan, Abigail Spencer
Votes: 13,351
11. Comet (2014)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in a parallel universe, Comet bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple's six-year relationship.
Director: Sam Esmail | Stars: Justin Long, Emmy Rossum, Kayla Servi, Eric Winter
Votes: 19,700
12. Castle Falls (2021)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Rival gangs seek out millions of dollars hidden inside a hospital that's scheduled to be demolished, but first they have to deal with the construction worker who found the loot first.
Director: Dolph Lundgren | Stars: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Vas Sanchez, Scott Hunter
Votes: 2,869
13. Ma ma (2015)
R | 111 min | Drama
In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia, Teo Planell
Votes: 4,754 | Gross: $0.05M
14. The Crash (2017)
R | 84 min | Crime, Thriller
In the not-so-distant future, a team of white-collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
Director: Aram Rappaport | Stars: Frank Grillo, Minnie Driver, AnnaSophia Robb, Dianna Agron
Votes: 1,752
15. The Russell Girl (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 120 min | Drama
Sarah Russell, a 23-year-old aspiring medical school student, visits her family to share some important news but instead finds herself confronting a difficult period from her past.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Ehle, Henry Czerny, Paul Wesley
Votes: 1,918
16. The Bright Side (II) (2020)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A stand-up comedian's life changes when she is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Director: Ruth Meehan | Stars: Gemma-Leah Devereux, Siobhán Cullen, Karen Egan, Barbara Brennan
Votes: 116
17. Farrah's Story (2009 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
A look at the last stages of Farrah Fawcett's life as she battles cancer.
Director: Alana Stewart | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Alana Stewart, Eric Esrailian, Gary Gitnick
Votes: 277
18. The Armstrong Lie (2013)
R | 124 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Lance Armstrong, Reed Albergotti, Betsy Andreu, Frankie Andreu
Votes: 7,927 | Gross: $0.38M
19. Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Cheyenne Jackson, Jacki Weaver, Rita Moreno
Votes: 365 | Gross: $0.07M
20. The Backup Dancer (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about love and loss. And maybe one day - love again.
Director: Amanda Sharp | Stars: Rose Leslie, Ray Liotta, Carmen Tonry, Alex Reznik
Votes: 1,012
21. Declaration of War (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
When their young son is diagnosed with a brain tumor, young parents Roméo and Juliette unite in the fight for his survival.
Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, César Desseix, Gabriel Elkaïm
Votes: 5,329 | Gross: $0.05M
22. Swamp Lion (2022)
111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A father in a south-Texas border town starts trafficking drugs to pay for his son's cancer treatment.
Director: Torben Bech | Stars: Michael Ray Escamilla, Bre Blair, Jack Elliot Ybarra, Luis Bordonada
Votes: 505
23. Love Lives On (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A 15-year-old girl must choose between continuing her pregnancy and undergoing treatment for her fast-growing cancer.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Sam Waterston, Christine Lahti, Ricky Paull Goldin
Votes: 143
24. Cancer: The Forbidden Cures (2010)
93 min | Documentary
Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: René Caisse, Carolyn Dean, Charlotte Gerson, Max Gerson
Votes: 90
25. Hoxsey: How Healing Becomes a Crime (1988)
TV-G | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
The saga of Harry Hoxsey is often called "the wildest story in medical history" and could have been written by Mark Twain. In 1924, Harry Hoxsey claimed a cure for cancer, herbal remedies ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Ausubel | Stars: Peter Barry Chowka, Max Gail
Votes: 47
26. Hypermoon (2023)
78 min | Documentary
Director Mia receives a life-changing announcement and begins a journey into her own history. We also follow the astronaut's lonely journey through space and the aging gangster Vincent who makes a surprising find in his basement.
Director: Mia Engberg | Stars: Louede Djio, Mia Engberg, Tallulah Whitaker
Votes: 51
27. Journey to the West (2011)
Action, Sport, War
Science activism for health in sports, medicine, and tiger team research and development from Canada and International open collaboration to help anti-radiation material Borax to Japan.
Directors: Brendon Culliton, Joe Hatoum | Stars: Brendon Culliton, Joe Hatoum
Votes: 37
28. The Ones Who Stay (2016)
80 min | Romance
Alexandre, a somewhat lost thirty-something, decides to start out in the professional world. Loris, his misanthropic roommate, works on a universal method to succeed in life, and Patrick, ... See full summary »
Director: Loïc Paillard | Stars: Benoît Chauvin, Camille Claris, Jean Fornerod, Sylvain Mossot
Votes: 104
29. Read You Like a Book (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows everything but love; Zoe, Dante's former ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Zagone | Stars: Tony Amendola, Joe Bellan, Karen Black, Darren Bridgett
Votes: 143
30. The Crossing (1994)
Unrated | 31 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
This is a visual evangelistic film about a young man who comes back from the dead to show his friend the great love of Christ and truth about the cross.
Director: John Schmidt | Stars: David A.R. White, Kevin Downes, Mercy Malick, Diane Sainte-Marie
Votes: 61
31. The Scientist: Are We Missing Something? (2015)
62 min | Documentary, Biography, History
"The Scientist" is a documentary that traces the story of Nobel price nominee Dr Mechoulam from his early days......as a child of the Holocaust in Bulgaria, through his immigration to ... See full summary »
Director: Zach Klein | Stars: Itai Bab, William A. Devane, Mahmoud A. Elsohly, Lumír Hanus
Votes: 50
32. Athlete (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Sport
Examines the popularity of endurance sports and profiles four everyday individuals - cancer survivor, blind senior citizen and twin sisters - who compete in marathons and triathlons and are redefining what it means to be an 'athlete'.
Director: David Lam | Stars: Artie Elefant, Carrie Neveldine, Jenny Hinshaw, Kellie Smirnoff
Votes: 21
33. Counting Backwards (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Romance
For some, the lives we have are not always the lives we wanted. For Joe, a small time guy from the small time town of Sandwich, Illinois, his has not even come close - until now. Faced with... See full summary »
Director: Aprill Winney | Stars: Benjamin Montague, Elaine Robinson, Cliff Chamberlain, Morgan McCabe
Votes: 54
34. Clownwise (2013)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
At the beginning of their careers Oskar, Max and Viktor created a superstar clown trio called The Busters. Their clownery personified little islands of freedom in the midst of a motionless ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Taus | Stars: Didier Flamand, Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus, Kati Outinen
Votes: 199
35. Future Medicine & the Curse of Immortality (2017 Video)
7 min | Short, Talk-Show
Dave Cullen discusses the problems that may come with us halting the aging process.
Stars: Dave Cullen, Karl Martin, Arjun Bansal
36. Läkaren som vägrade ge upp (2016)
112 min | Documentary
A Physician combines established with natural medicine and reaches sensational results but are maligned by some colleagues and exposed to media hype that results in judicial crime.
Director: Börje Peratt | Stars: Basilio Domini, Gunnel Enby, Henrik Enby, Enby Erik
Votes: 38
37. Captain Infinity
Drama | Announced
Oscar Ruiz hides the truth about his brother's cancer diagnosis by telling him treatment leads to him becoming a superhero.
38. The Wild Cell (1969 TV Movie)
25 min | Documentary
Reviews what is known about the causes, diagnoses and treatments of cancer. Uses photo-micrography, animation, and multi-screen techniques to show how cancer affects and spreads through the body.
Director: Aram Boyajian | Star: Walter Cronkite
39. Diamonds on the Inside (2012)
3 min | Short
Dr David Hoxley is researching the use of diamond sensors to help treat cancer.
Directors: Jasmine Funnell, Stephen Scoglio | Stars: David Hoxley, Madeleine Hoxley, Gene Hoxley
40. Pop (I) (2013)
10 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Set in contemporary Shanghai, it tells the story of an estranged Western couple, Daniel and Carla, who reunite after he writes a letter telling of his terminal illness to Carla.
Director: Philip Gostelow | Stars: Owen Keats Bell, Carla Collado, Alexia Kalteis
41. Forsøget (2014)
56 min | Documentary
Cancer is a major cause of death and for doctor's it is a constant challenge to "crack the code". With exclusive access to a medical unit at a leading cancer hospital in Denmark the film ... See full summary »
Directors: Louise Detlefsen, Louise Kjeldsen | Stars: Rikke Andersen, Troels Holz Borch, Rikke Glintborg, Benny Vittrup Jensen
42. Cancer-Free World Podcast (2018 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
Join us on The James Cancer-Free World Podcast as we talk to the top scientists and doctors at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and ... See full summary »
43.
Cleo (2002–2003)
Episode:
Avsnitt 9
(2002)
28 min | Comedy
The sick Åke tries to make amends for his life and livelihood, but it turns out to be more difficult than expected. Frank begins to have performance anxiety about the new boss job.
Director: Daniel Lind Lagerlöf | Stars: Suzanne Reuter, Loa Falkman, Johan Rheborg, Magdalena in de Betou
Votes: 8
44.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Second Opinion
(1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kincaid's new partner in the DA's office, Jack McCoy, pursues murder charges for a woman who provided questionable alternative treatments for women suffering from breast cancer.
Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 329
45.
William and Mary (2003–2005)
Episode:
Episode #3.2
(2005)
47 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Doris's new bloke Amon, starts making his obnoxious appearance. Terrence starts tagging someone else's turf. Molly continues treatment and enters competitions. William leaves the band but ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Evans | Stars: Martin Clunes, Julie Graham, Cheryl Campbell, Michael Begley
Votes: 28
46.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Memento Mori
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully attempts to come to terms with her inoperable cancer. Meanwhile Mulder and the Lone Gunmen break into a high-security research lab to find the cure that could save her life.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis
Votes: 4,198
47.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
Cancer Man
(2008)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Walt tells the rest of his family about his cancer. Jesse tries to make amends with his own parents.
Director: Jim McKay | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 29,730
48.
Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode:
23 August 2019: Evening Bulletin
(2019)
31 min | News
Tony and Ann present a special episode live on the Coronation Street cobbles.
Stars: Tony Morris, Ann O'Connor, Lauren Kerr, Amy James
49.
Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1990)
TV-PG | Documentary
Killer Whale Language Study; Pinpoint Cancer Radiation Therapy; Invasion of the Pupae Snatchers - Parasite Ants; Just Add Water - Scientific American High School Science/Engineering ... See full summary »
Star: Woodie Flowers
50.
RichPlanet TV (2009– )
Episode:
Sacred Medicine
(2020)
147 min | Documentary, History, News
Richard speaks to alternative health advocates Danielle and Lloyd Bryant who have been running their small business selling alternative health products for over 15 years and, over that time... See full summary »
Stars: Danielle Bryant, Lloyd Bryant, Richard D. Hall