Doctors' Lives
As doctors around the world work day and night to fight COVID-19, watch these films and series that focus on the lives of doctors in and out of the hospital. Ranging from the nerve-wracking to the inspirational, these stories help us to understand the struggles that come with dedicating your life to caring for others.
Midnight Family
The Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
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- Mexico • 2019
- Director Luke Lorentzen
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Pluto TV
Life
(라이프)
Drama ensues when a new director takes over Sangkook hospital.
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- Korea • 2018
- Creator Hong Jong-Chan
- Cast Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo, Won Jin-ah, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Freshmen
(Première année)
An unlikely friendship develops between two medical students in Paris.
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- France • 2018
- Director Thomas Lilti
- Cast Vincent Lacoste, William Lebghil, Alexandre Brazy, Darina Al Joundi, Michel Lerousseau
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Filmzie, Kanopy, Hoopla
Charité at War
(Charité)
Doctors at a Berlin hospital struggle under the political pressure of the Nazi regime.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Sönke Wortmann, Anno Saul
- Cast Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Luise Wolfram, Artjom Gilz, Jacob Matschenz
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
The Rebel Surgeon
(Rebellkirurgen)
A doctor moves to a remote village in Ethiopia searching for meaning and an escape from the highly regulated Swedish medical system.
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- Sweden, Norway • 2017
- Director Erik Gandini
- Cast Erik Erichsen, Sennait Erichsen
- Genre Documentary, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Concussion
Even legends need a hero.
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- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2015
- Director Peter Landesman
- Cast Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Call the Midwife
New midwife Jenny moves into a home with nuns and nurses as she settles into communal living.
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- United Kingdom • 2012
- Creator Heidi Thomas
- Cast Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Pam Ferris
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Netflix, PBS, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads
The Intouchables
(Intouchables)
In some friendships, opposites repel before they attract.
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- France • 2011
- Director Olivier Nakache
- Cast François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The English Surgeon
A doctor works to save patients with limited resources.
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- United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Geoffrey Smith
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
The Last King of Scotland
A Scottish doctor becomes the confidante of President Idi Amin.
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- United Kingdom, Germany • 2006
- Director Kevin Macdonald
- Cast Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, David Oyelowo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
(Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
A retired engineer falls ill and finds himself stuck in an ambulance with a talkative nurse.
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- Romania • 2005
- Director Cristi Puiu
- Cast Ioan Fiscuteanu, Luminița Gheorghiu, Doru Ana, Monica Bârlădeanu, Alina Berzunțeanu, Alexandru Potocean
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
(मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस)
He might just cure you.
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- India • 2003
- Director Rajkumar Hirani
- Cast Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh, Rohini Hattangadi, Boman Irani
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Darse cuenta
See without seeing, be without being... until you realize.
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- Argentina • 1984
- Director Alejandro Doria
- Cast Luis Brandoni, Dora Baret, Luisina Brando, Lito Cruz, Oscar Ferrigno, María Vaner
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.