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, 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
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, Microsoft Store, 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
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.