1. Contagion (2011)
Drama, Thriller
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778
IMDB Description: Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
2. Patch Adams (1998)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129290
IMDB Description: The true story of a heroic man, Hunter “Patch” Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.
3. Outbreak (1995)
Action, Drama, Thriller
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114069
IMDB Description: Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
4. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799
IMDB Description: When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
5. The Physician (2013)
Adventure, Drama, History
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101473
IMDB Description: In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon’s apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.
6. The Hospital (1971)
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067217
IMDB Description: An over-burdened doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.
7. The Young Doctors (1961)
Drama
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055632
IMDB Description: Medical drama set at one of New York City’s hospitals during the early 1960s.
8. Doctor at Sea (1955)
Comedy
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048001
IMDB Description: Bachelor Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Hélène Colbert (Brigitte Bardot) is around.
9. Extreme Measures (1996)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116259
IMDB Description: A young doctor confronts a famous colleague; when he learns about the true methods of his work.
10. The Waiting Room (2012)
Documentary
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1618399
IMDB Description: Go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients.
11. Miracle Hospital
Documentary
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8166030
A transformative documentary series that takes us behind the scenes at St Vincent’s Hospitals in Sydney and Melbourne where elite specialist teams use the latest science and technology to saves lives every day.
12. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
(India/Hindi Movie)
Comedy, Drama, Musical
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374887
IMDB Description: A gangster sets out to fulfill his father’s dream of becoming a doctor.
Inspired by: Patch Adams (1998)