Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "nurse-patient-relationship"

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

R | 133 min | Drama

In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco

Votes: 1,073,366 | Gross: $112.00M

2. The English Patient (1996)

R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 201,284 | Gross: $78.65M

3. The Theory of Everything (2014)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry

Votes: 482,516 | Gross: $35.89M

4. Persona (1966)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand

Votes: 131,070

5. Another (2012)

TV-MA | 286 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A young man named, Koichi Sakakibara, transfers to a new school where he finds himself drawn into a mystery involving a mysterious girl and a series of gruesome deaths.

Stars: Atsushi Abe, Natsumi Takamori, Tomoaki Maeno, Monica Rial

Votes: 18,267

6. Fragile (2005)

PG-13 | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

At her new job in a rundown children's hospital, a nurse desperately tries to keep her patients safe from a plague of random, mysterious attacks.

Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, Gemma Jones

Votes: 17,541

7. The Forgotten (1973)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a remote asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.

Director: S.F. Brownrigg | Stars: Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup, Harryette Warren

Votes: 3,521

8. Mercy (2009–2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

Three nurses deal with patients and personal issues at Mercy Hospital.

Stars: Taylor Schilling, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jaime Lee Kirchner, James Tupper

Votes: 3,073

9. Voice from the Stone (2017)

R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena, a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.

Director: Eric D. Howell | Stars: Emilia Clarke, Marton Csokas, Caterina Murino, Remo Girone

Votes: 12,184

10. Snow White (2012)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy

A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina

Votes: 11,643 | Gross: $0.28M

11. Visiting Hours (1982)

R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.

Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner

Votes: 4,840 | Gross: $13.26M

12. Hawthorne (2009–2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama

As a single mother and the Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, Christina Hawthorne makes care-taking her life's work.

Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Suleka Mathew, Hannah Hodson, Michael Vartan

Votes: 3,137

13. The Secret Life of Words (2005)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara

Votes: 13,162 | Gross: $0.02M

14. Carry on Nurse (1959)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton

Votes: 3,196

15. Hospital Central (2000–2012)

60 min | Action, Drama, Romance

The work and lives of doctors and nurses in a Spanish hospital.

Stars: Antonio Zabálburu, Ángel Rouco, Marisol Rolandi, Fátima Baeza

Votes: 743

16. Murder in a Blue World (1973)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A nurse tries to bring her own style of relief to miserable people, or ones condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery, and she may not be quite what she seems.

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Sue Lyon, Christopher Mitchum, Jean Sorel, Ramón Pons

Votes: 538

17. Adam Resurrected (2008)

R | 106 min | Drama, War

In the aftermath of World War II, a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Cristian Motiu, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 4,450

18. My First Mister (2001)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.

Director: Christine Lahti | Stars: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Rutanya Alda, Natasha Braisewell

Votes: 5,909 | Gross: $0.62M

19. Elephant Song (2014)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.

Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan, Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Nadon

Votes: 5,091

20. Pinky (1949)

Approved | 102 min | Drama

A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.

Directors: Elia Kazan, John Ford | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan

Votes: 3,416 | Gross: $4.20M

21. Miranda (1948)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives in to her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, John McCallum

Votes: 1,145

22. Lunacy (2005)

Not Rated | 118 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.

Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jan Tríska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Martin Huba

Votes: 3,953 | Gross: $0.05M

23. With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Approved | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A talented singer's musical career begins to soar.

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter

Votes: 1,509

24. The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020)

124 min | Drama

In 1972, young women looking for a fresh start in life endure isolated captivity in a true 98-day human experiment studying the effects of marijuana on females.

Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Hannah Vandenbygaart, Daniel DeSanto, Craig Burnatowski

Votes: 207

25. Harvie Krumpet (2003)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.

Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth

Votes: 9,031

26. Why Worry? (1923)

TV-G | 63 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wally Howe

Votes: 2,059 | Gross: $0.45M

27. Katawa Shoujo (2012 Video Game)

M | Drama, Romance

A bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life ... See full summary »

Votes: 153

28. The Sugar Experiment (2023)

92 min | Biography, Drama, History

The film is inspired by a controversial experiment that took place in Sweden in 1948.

Director: John Tornblad | Stars: Amanda Malmberg, Isak Bruno, Elisabeth Ehde Torbjörnsdotter, Henrik Norman

Votes: 263

29. What If God Were the Sun? (2007 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Drama

A grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a terminally ill woman with a quick wit and strong faith.

Director: Stephen Tolkin | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Sam Trammell, Sarah Rafferty, Klea Scott

Votes: 438

30. Mad About Men (1954)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Flirtatious mermaid Miranda (Glynis Johns) swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on vacation. All is well until she falls in love with a human.

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, Anne Crawford, Margaret Rutherford

Votes: 612

31. Hannah Free (2009)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance

A film about a lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home.

Director: Wendy Jo Carlton | Stars: Sharon Gless, Maureen Gallagher, Kelli Strickland, Ann Hagemann

Votes: 415

32. Free Wheeling (1932)

Approved | 20 min | Family, Comedy, Short

Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Kendall McComas, George 'Spanky' McFarland

Votes: 287

33. Achanak (1973)

96 min | Crime, Drama

A doctor must operate on a convicted murderer who is destined for the gallows. Running parallel to the medical drama are flashbacks to the events that led the highly-respected army officer to commit murder.

Director: Gulzar | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Om Shivpuri, Lily Chakravarty, Farida Jalal

Votes: 274

34. This is Our Land (2017)

PG | 117 min | Drama

An engaged but apolitical nurse gets involved in a far-right political party. Based on numerous recent events in France, it becomes about how Front National operates and how it is perceived by the French.

Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob

Votes: 1,154 | Gross: $0.01M

35. Féminin plurielles (2018)

82 min | Romance

Hafsia, Douce, Delphine and Charlotte are four young women who seek to overcome the limits that one would like to impose on them.

Director: Sébastien Bailly | Stars: Lise Bellynck, Hafsia Herzi, Anne Steffens, Friedelise Stutte

Votes: 50

36. A Tailor's Maid (1957)

92 min | Comedy

The adventures of a young couple of high school students: her father is not opposed to their love, but the other, a doctor of prestige, is not at all happy about it.

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonella Lualdi, Marisa Merlini

Votes: 336

37. 87 ore (2015)

75 min | Documentary

Un uomo viene prelevato dalla spiaggia di un campeggio del Cilento da un singolare dispiegamento di forze: carabinieri, polizia municipale e guardia costiera. Luomo viene convinto a uscire ... See full synopsis »

Director: Costanza Quatriglio

Votes: 26

38. A Parting Shot (2007)

84 min | Drama

A rebellious teenager and a "border-line" young nurse will learn to tame each other and get a fresh start in life.

Director: Jeanne Waltz | Stars: Isild Le Besco, Lio, Steven de Almeida, Yves Verhoeven

Votes: 218

39. The Dose (2020)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

Marcos is an experienced nurse. He works in the night shift of a provincial private clinic. He is applied and professional but has a secret: in some extreme cases he applies euthanasia. ... See full summary »

Director: Martín Kraut | Stars: Carlos Portaluppi, Ignacio Rogers, Lorena Vega, Arturo Bonín

Votes: 142

40. Home Care (2015)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta lives for her husband Lada, her daughter, and her patients. But then one day things change and Vlasta comes to realize that she might need some care too.

Director: Slávek Horák | Stars: Alena Mihulová, Bolek Polívka, Tatiana Dyková, Zuzana Krónerová

Votes: 498

41. Satellites & Meteorites (2008)

Not Rated | 82 min | Romance

Lucinda and Daniel start a slow romance just as the worst meteor showers in history rain down on Earth.

Director: Rick Larkin | Stars: Joanne Crawford, Adam Fergus, Susan Fitzgerald, Amy Huberman

Votes: 73

42. Morphin(e) (2005)

20 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A man wakes up in a hospital after a car accident. As he goes in and out of consciousness, he thinks he sees a nurse euthanize the patient next to him. When he tells the doctors what happened, no one believes him.

Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: Paul J. Alessi, Amie Barsky, Gary Weeks, James D. Owens

Votes: 121

43. Ucitel tance (1995)

100 min | Drama, Comedy

A story about love, dancing and survival, set in the late 40s. Jan Mayer, a young dance-master, arrives in a sanatorium for lung diseases with a serious diagnosis - tuberculosis. But he ... See full summary »

Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Martin Dejdar, Jana Hlavácová, Milos Kopecký, Barbora Kodetová

Votes: 173

44. Nirvana13 (2011)

95 min | Drama

A psychological, spiritual and philosophical take on the concept of life and death. A dialogue between a patient and a nurse both wishing the same. An unforgettable heart shaking journey of questions on human morality and helplessness.

Director: Jitin Rawat | Stars: P.P. Bajaj, Anu Choudhury, Sandeep Kulkarni, Kuldeep Kumar

Votes: 132

45. Vozdushnyy potseluy (1991)

84 min | Drama, Romance

A young nurse, Nastya, on the eve of her successful marriage to the man she loves, a prosperous doctor, has doubts dictated by her desire to assert herself.

Director: Abai Karpykov | Stars: Katri Horma, Oleg Rudyuk, Konstantin Rodnin, Valentin Nikulin

Votes: 9

46. Prisel na veceri (1981 TV Movie)

113 min | Comedy

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Directors: Anna Procházková, Stanislav Remunda | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Iva Janzurová, Jirina Jirásková, Jana Stepánková

Votes: 19

47. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: Funny Farm (1975)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

The working day of nurse Alan Welbeck at a psychiatric ward. Points out the conditions in UK mental hospitals - understaffing, overwork, bad pay, old inadequate buildings and unsatisfactory patient treatment and cure.

Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Tim Preece, Allan Surtees, Bernard Severn, Michael Bilton

Votes: 70

48. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: The Key (1955)

30 min | Drama

A young student nurse, training at a sanatorium, becomes friendly with a young female patient. Although the authorities frown on the relationship, the nurse persists in her efforts to help the disturbed girl.

Stars: Vivi Janiss, Carolyn Jones, Emile Meyer, Ann Tyrrell

49. The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode: A Bloody Shade of Blue (1972)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama

Investigating a shooting, the Rookies learn the victim Miller wore a police uniform as a costume. In the next attack, Webster loses his sight temporarily; despite this disability, he helps break the case.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson

Votes: 27