What's your favourite Medical Themed Movie?

[Darla]

I'm completely blanking out on what movie I can show some friends during our medical movie night. We've seen Sicko and John Q - what suggestions do you have?

[AMmd]

hmm how about kill bill, and the sexy whistling nurse!! ;)

[Wolvenstar]

Oh god the music and that wierd siren zoom-in-zoom-out thing they did at so many of the fight seens gave me a headache.

I enjoyed John Q. How was sicko? I was skeptical about watching it because of who it was produced by.

[begaster]

Patch Adams?

[blinknoodle]

Some suggestions:

Dirty Pretty Things
Wit
Barbarian Invasions
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Sea Inside
Garden State
Away From Her
Million Dollar Baby
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Philadelphia
Requiem for a Dream
One True Thing
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (just out in the theatres)

[moltenflammingcore]

Something the Lord Made (This movie was both medical and research) very, very nice movie

[Asclepius]

What about Saw 3.... it does center around a doctor :p

EDIT: I was not actually a fan of the movie, but the doc was v. good looking ;)

[ploughboy]

Gattaca ;)

[lll]

COMA...its prety old..
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[Darla]

Thanks guys - these are awesome!

I've seen Barbarian Invasions plougboy (on Nisker's recommendation). I liked it and would recommend it. It's a bit slow, but good, and Canadian :)

[TonesRN]

Would highly recommend Wit to anyone who hasn't seen it. Great overview of a highly touted professor's struggle with cancer as she moves through the health care system. Also consider Lorenzo's Oil.

[noncestvrai]

What about Saw 3.... it does center around a doctor :p

EDIT: I was not actually a fan of the movie, but the doc was v. good looking ;)

That doc was tight =)

One of my favorite MD, Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive...

noncestvrai

[ccoh]

The Doctor (with William Hurt), and I second tonesrn's recommendation of Wit. You see very quickly what kind of doctor people want for themselves and as future physicians, how you DON'T want to act.

[Gavanshir]

Lorenzo's Oil
Patch Adams
Unbearable Lightness of Being (heh not really)
Gross Anatomy
Breast Men
The Doctor
Awakenings
Something the Lord Made

[Chowchilla]

Seducing Dr. Lewis (http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/289047/Seducing-Doctor-Lewis/overview) (Canadian too)

[Hun]

Seducing Dr. Lewis (http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/289047/Seducing-Doctor-Lewis/overview) (Canadian too)

Seconded. It was quite funny for an obscure little film.

[tyler582]

I found this thread when I was searching for some films to pump me up for my interview on the weekend. I was going to watch Patch Adams and this The Doctor movie looks pretty good. I can add one to the list:

The Motorcycle Diaries

It's about Che Guevara and how he traveled across South America at the end of med school to do his residency in a leprosy town... It's hints at what he does later in life, but is more of an adventure movie with a lot of medical undertone. I really liked it.

[Chowchilla]

Seducing Dr. Lewis (http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/289047/Seducing-Doctor-Lewis/overview) (Canadian too)it also addresses the issue of serving in underserved communities :p

[blinknoodle]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, currently out in theatres, is a wonderful movie. It is about a former Elle editor, who suffered a stroke and was only able to move his left eye and communicated through blinking. A true story. Highly recommended.

[Kyleh]

I just finished watching the movie "Awake", starring Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba and was very suprised. It was one of the best movies I have seen in a very long time!:)

[Blake]

Harold and Kumar.

Alright, it's not medical-themed, but Kumar is probably the coolest pre-med ever. And there's also Doogie Howser in the movie, dude!

[kevmac]

The Cider House Rules.....anyone?