Medicine Movies

With its recognisable bright red cap with white spots, the fly agaric (amanita muscaria) seems like the archetype of the fairy tale toadstool. But it...

Documentary written and presented by scientist Richard Dawkins, in which he seeks to expose "those areas of belief that exist without scientific...

The extraordinary moving story of Toni Crews, a young mum with a rare terminal cancer who charted her illness online before donating her body for...

Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.

Robert Koch is one of the superstars of the scientific world. In countless publications, Robert Koch is enthusiastically celebrated as the savior of...

Sissy, a pink-loving beginner ghost, is simply looking for peace in an empty clinic. But her quiet afterlife takes a dark turn when she uncovers an...

The film recounts the incredible research conducted by François Cartault, a pediatrician and geneticist on the island of Réunion....

This PBS documentary explores depression, a debilitating disease that affects millions of Americans. Touching the lives of people from diverse...

Four young Americans who've each suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury emerge from their comas at a New Jersey medical facility. Their eyes may be open,...

Everyone lies, even several times a day. Although this is considered immoral, it seems to be an ancient natural habit. Animals also tell lies for...

In Nigeria, a young Canadian doctor serves in a local mission hospital and learns much from the experience. Stationed abroad under the Canadian...

How did psychedelics, not so long ago cast into the wilderness by the medical community, so quickly return to one of America’s most prestigious...

A reality in which the definitive cure for HIV-AIDS has been found. The government, through the media, makes the announcement official and with it...

BBC medical editor Fergus Walsh examines the extraordinary ambition behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab. Intended as a vaccine for the world, did...

Sometimes the most beautiful men harbor the ugliest secrets. Two guys are naked in bed, having sex. One man gets up, uses the bathroom, gets...

In the summer of 1928, the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, but it would take two more decades and a world war...

A historical documentary documenting the rise, function, and abandonment of a 17 story building that once housed The Rochester Psychiatric Center. ...

If We Knew is a documentary about paediatricians in an intensive-care unit for newborns. A film about the compassion needed to heal the sick and...