Illness Movies

In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When...

In the quiet villa, a girl cares for her ailing father, a man confronting the weight of his past as his body fails him. As their days blur between...

A fist-person story of the director of the documentary, who talks about the loneliness that entails living with an eating disorder and her vision now...

After waiting 74 years to ascend to the throne, Charles III fell ill less than a year after his coronation. The king's health is a cause for concern...

Trista and Ellis are a young couple, but their relationship is tested when Trista is suffering from an illness that changes her daily life. Ellis...

This educational film combines medical information and story to teach the viewers about the prevention and treatment of syphilis. The four episodes...

A professional novelist struggles to resolve an increasingly burdensome family situation, and his relationship with his partner, all the while...

Boris Buzančić plays an idealistic young doctor who is assigned a nearly deserted village. The backwards residents at first resent...

A beautiful and vital film that tells the story of a young woman's fight with death.

A family tragedy during the recession of 2008, catalyzed by unemployment, personal crisis, and illness.

Romania. Seven years in the life of a family of believers, struck by the illness of a little girl suffering from spina bifida pass before the camera,...

Jane, a person with cancer gets supported by Gwen who shows her that the community still cares about her.

A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick. Doctors...

A man with a terminal illness goes throughout his day. Something then happens that changes his life forever.

An ant colony finds that the strange new food source they've discovered may be something more of a curse than a boon.

After a cancer diagnosis, a man tries to confront God.

Patrick, who has had diabetes for 25 years and is treated with insulin, is gradually losing his sight. He has agreed to laser treatment as the only...