100 Good Medical Movies List

More than one hundred Good Medical Movies to watch for you at your leisure and relaxation. You can watch them by searching on your Netflix or also you can see them online on YouTube site or other online movie sites

These are the collections of updated more than 100 medical movies list, including movies related to medical fields like diseases, viruses, hospitals, doctors, nurses, medicine, etc. Here’s a list of 100+ medical movies and TV shows to get you started:

Evergreen Medical Movies Lists

1. Lorenzo’s oil
2. My sister’s keeper
3. The Lake House
4. Living proof
5. The Impossible
6. The Elephant Man
7. The English Patient
8. Just Like Heaven
9. Django Unchained
10. Errors of the Human Body
11. The World War Z
12. Las Confesiones Del Doctor Sachs
13. American Mary
14. Side Effects
15. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
16. Restoration
17. Gabrielle
18. The Good Doctor
19. Contagion
20. The Physician
21. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor
22. Elysium
23. Gattaca
24. Blade Runner
25. Brazil
26. Cloud Atlas
27. I. Artificial Intelligence
28. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
29. Beautiful Mind
30. Forbidden Planet
31. Inception 132- Prometheus
32. Robot & Frank
33. The Fifth Element
34. City Of Joy
35. Blindness
36. Presidio Med (2002)
37. The Sixth Sense
38. Love and Other Drugs
39. Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
40. DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon (2011)
41. Code Blue
42. Gross Anatomy
43. Mary Kills People (2017)
44. Crimes and Misdemeanors
45. Off The Map
46. Feast of All Saints
47. The Skin I Live In
48. You Don’t Know Jack
49. Do No Harm (2013)
50. The life of Mother Teresa
51. Black Death
52. Pulse
53. Butterfly Effect
54. Phir Milenge
55. Victor Frankenstein
56. Pathology
57. The Virus
58. The pandemic
59. Awake
60. Hippocrates
61. Asylum of Fear
62. Rabid – medical horror
63. Saving Hope
64. 23 Jump street
65. Needle Stick
66. Medical Police
67. Lorenzo’s Oil
68. The Caretakers:
69. Honorable Mention
70. Momento
71. Chicago Med (2015)
72. Interns can’t take Money
73. Yellow Jack
74. Not as stranger
75. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
76. A child is waiting
77. Death in Venice
78. Florinda Bolkan in 1969
79. Seven Beauties
80. And Now my love
81. The resident
82. Code Black (2015)
83. The Vow
84. The age of valine
85. The Forrest Gump
86. Fault in our stars :
87. World War Z
88. Dry
89. Me Before You
90. Lucy
91. Doctor Doctor (2016)
92. Munna Bhai MBBS
93. South Riding (2011)
94. Love Child (2014)
95. Stolen Life (2016)
96. Holby City (1999)
97. Strong Medicine (2000)
98. Kildare (1961)
99. Casualty (1986)
100. Bodies (2004)

100 medical movies according to Genere

Medical Drama Movies

1. Patch Adams (1998)
2. The Doctor (1991)
3. Awakenings (1990)
4. Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)
5. The Elephant Man (1980)
6. Wit (2001)
7. The Medicine Man (1992)
8. John Q (2002)
9. Extreme Measures (1996)
10. The Hospital (1971)
11. Flatliners (1990) & Flatliners (2017)
12. Contagion (2011)
13. Outbreak (1995)
14. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
15. Coma (1978)
16. Side Effects (2013)
17. The Fugitive (1993) – Medical conspiracy
18. The Constant Gardener (2005)
19. Something the Lord Made (2004)
20. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
21. My Left Foot (1989)
22. The Theory of Everything (2014)
23. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
24. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
25. 50/50 (2011)
26. The Sea Inside (2004)
27. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
28. The English Surgeon (2007) – Documentary
29. The Bleeding Edge (2018) – Documentary
30. The Waiting Room (2012) – Documentary
31. The Knick (2014-2015) – TV Series
32. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
33. Brain on Fire (2016)
34. Sicko (2007) – Documentary
35. The Physician (2013)
36. The Miracle Worker (1962)
37. The Rainmaker (1997) – Legal/Medical
38. The Cider House Rules (1999)
39. The Island (2005) – Medical ethics
40. Never Let Me Go (2010) – Medical ethics
41. Gattaca (1997) – Genetic engineering
42. Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Medical ethics
43. The Lobster (2015) – Medical dystopia
44. The Skin I Live In (2011) – Medical thriller
45. The Eye (2008) – Medical horror
46. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) – Medical horror
47. Re-Animator (1985) – Medical horror
48. Frankenstein (1931) – Medical horror
49. The Human Centipede (2009) – Medical horror
50. Saw (2004) – Medical torture

Medical TV Shows

• Grey’s Anatomy (2005-present)
• House, M.D. (2004-2012)
• ER (1994-2009)
• Scrubs (2001-2010)
• Chicago Med (2015-present)
• The Good Doctor (2017-present)
• Nurse Jackie (2009-2015)
• Private Practice (2007-2013)
• Royal Pains (2009-2016)
• Code Black (2015-2018)
• New Amsterdam (2018-2023)
• MASH* (1972-1983)
• St. Elsewhere (1982-1988)
• Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989-1993)
• Call the Midwife (2012-present)
• Doc Martin (2004-present)
• Casualty (1986-present)
• Holby City (1999-2022)
• The Knick (2014-2015)
• Body of Proof (2011-2013)
• Mercy (2009-2010)
• Offspring (2010-2017)
• Getting On (2013-2015)
• Critical (2015)
• Pure Genius (2016-2017)
• Saving Hope (2012-2017)
• The Resident (2018-present)
• Transplant (2020-present)
• Nurses (2020-present)
• The Night Shift (2014-2017)
• A Young Doctor’s Notebook (2012-2013)
• The Mindy Project (2012-2017) – Comedy
• Childrens Hospital (2010-2016) – Comedy
• Scandal (2012-2018) – Medical politics
• The Hot Zone (2019) – Medical thriller
• Chernobyl (2019) – Medical disaster
• The Last Ship (2014-2018) – Medical pandemic
• Helix (2014-2015) – Medical sci-fi
• The Strain (2014-2017) – Medical horror
• Zoo (2015-2017) – Medical sci-fi
• The Walking Dead (2010-2022) – Medical survival
• Fear the Walking Dead (2015-present) – Medical survival
• The Good Nurse (2022) – Medical thriller
• Dopesick (2021) – Medical drama
• The Pharmacist (2020) – Documentary
• Lenox Hill (2020) – Documentary
• Diagnosis (2019) – Documentary
• Hospital (2018) – Documentary
• Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (2020) – Documentary
• The Surgeon’s Cut (2020) – Documentary

Medical Documentaries

1. Super Size Me (2004)
2. Fed Up (2014)
3. What the Health (2017)
4. The Game Changers (2018)
5. Forks Over Knives (2011)
6. Food, Inc. (2008)
7. The Bleeding Edge (2018)
8. The Waiting Room (2012)
9. Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012)
10. The Human Experiment (2013)
11. Unrest (2017)
12. Heal (2017)
13. The Truth About Cancer (2015)
14. The Cancer Journals (2018)
15. The Alzheimer’s Project (2009)
16. The Mind Explained (2019) – Netflix series
17. The Pharmacist (2020) – Netflix series
18. Lenox Hill (2020) – Netflix series
19. Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (2020) – Netflix series
20. The Surgeon’s Cut (2020) – Netflix series

Medical Horror/Thrillers

1. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
2. Re-Animator (1985)
3. Frankenstein (1931)
4. The Human Centipede (2009)
5. Saw (2004)
6. The Skin I Live In (2011)
7. The Eye (2008)
8. Flatliners (1990 & 2017)
9. Coma (1978)
10. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
11. Outbreak (1995)
12. Contagion (2011)
13. The Crazies (2010)
14. 28 Days Later (2002)
15. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
16. The Bay (2012)
17. The Last Days on Mars (2013)
18. The Thaw (2009)
19. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
20. The Host (2006)

Medical movies for students

For medical students, watching movies related to medicine is always educational and inspiring. These medical-related films often highlight the recent challenges, ethical dilemmas, and triumphs in the medical sector. Below is a selected list of medical movies that are especially for students studying and practicing medicine:

Inspirational and Educational Medical Movies

1. Patch Adams (1998) – A true story about a doctor who uses humor to treat patients.
2. The Doctor (1991) – A surgeon learns empathy after becoming a patient himself.
3. Awakenings (1990) – Based on Oliver Sacks’ work, this film explores the treatment of catatonic patients.
4. Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) – A true story about parents searching for a cure for their son’s rare disease.
5. Something the Lord Made (2004) – The story of the first heart surgery and the partnership between a surgeon and a lab technician.
6. The Elephant Man (1980) – A historical drama about a severely deformed man and the doctor who treats him.
7. Wit (2001) – A professor reflects on life and death while battling cancer.
8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) – A true story of a man with locked-in syndrome.
9. The Theory of Everything (2014) – The life of Stephen Hawking and his battle with ALS.
10. My Left Foot (1989) – The story of Christy Brown, who overcame cerebral palsy to become an artist and writer.

Medical Ethics and Dilemmas

11. John Q (2002) – A father fights for his son’s life when insurance denies a heart transplant.
12. Extreme Measures (1996) – A doctor uncovers unethical experiments in a hospital.
13. The Constant Gardener (2005) – A pharmaceutical conspiracy in Africa.
14. The Island (2005) – A sci-fi exploration of cloning and medical ethics.
15. Never Let Me Go (2010) – A dystopian film about organ donation and humanity.
16. Gattaca (1997) – A futuristic look at genetic engineering and discrimination.
17. The Cider House Rules (1999) – A coming-of-age story set in an orphanage with a doctor who performs abortions.
18. The Rainmaker (1997) – A legal drama involving insurance companies denying medical claims.
19. The Fugitive (1993) – A doctor uncovers a pharmaceutical conspiracy.

Medical Breakthroughs and Discoveries

20. The Physician (2013) – A historical drama about a young man’s journey to become a doctor in the 11th century.
21. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) – The story of the woman behind the HeLa cells.
22. The Andromeda Strain (1971) – A sci-fi thriller about a team investigating a deadly virus.
23. Contagion (2011) – A realistic portrayal of a global pandemic.
24. Outbreak (1995) – A thriller about containing a deadly virus.
25. The Hot Zone (2019) – A miniseries about the Ebola virus.
26. The Last Ship (2014-2018) – A TV series about a pandemic and the search for a cure.
27. The Knick (2014-2015) – A TV series about early 20th-century surgery and medical innovation.

Mental Health and Neurology

28. A Beautiful Mind (2001) – The life of mathematician John Nash and his struggle with schizophrenia.
29. Brain on Fire (2016) – A young woman’s battle with a rare autoimmune disease affecting her brain.
30. The Soloist (2009) – A journalist befriends a homeless musician with schizophrenia.
31. Still Alice (2014) – A professor’s struggle with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
32. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986) – Based on Oliver Sacks’ book about neurological disorders.
33. The Aviator (2004) – The life of Howard Hughes and his struggle with OCD.
34. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) – A man with bipolar disorder rebuilds his life.

Documentaries for Medical Students

35. The Bleeding Edge (2018) – Exposes the dangers of the medical device industry.
36. Sicko (2007) – Michael Moore’s critique of the U.S. healthcare system.
37. The Waiting Room (2012) – A day in the life of a public hospital’s emergency room.
38. Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) – Examines the U.S. healthcare system.
39. The Pharmacist (2020) – A Netflix documentary about the opioid crisis.
40. Lenox Hill (2020) – A Netflix series following doctors in a New York hospital.
41. Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (2020) – A Netflix series about global pandemics.
42. The Surgeon’s Cut (2020) – A Netflix series profiling groundbreaking surgeons.

Historical and Biographical Medical Films

43. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) – The life of the father of microbiology.
44. The Miracle Worker (1962) – The story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan.
45. The Knick (2014-2015) – A TV series about early 20th-century surgery.
46. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) – The story of the woman behind the HeLa cells.
47. The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) – The life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his health struggles.
48. Temple Grandin (2010) – The life of an autistic woman who revolutionized animal husbandry.

Medical Thrillers and Dramas

49. Side Effects (2013) – A psychological thriller about prescription drugs.
50. Coma (1978) – A thriller about patients mysteriously falling into comas.
51. Flatliners (1990 & 2017) – Medical students experiment with near-death experiences.
52. The Island (2005) – A sci-fi thriller about cloning and organ harvesting.
53. The Skin I Live In (2011) – A psychological thriller about a surgeon experimenting with skin grafts.
54. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) – A horror film with forensic pathology elements.

For Aspiring Surgeons

55. Something the Lord Made (2004) – The story of the first heart surgery.
56. The Surgeon’s Cut (2020) – A Netflix series profiling groundbreaking surgeons.
57. The Knick (2014-2015) – A TV series about early 20th-century surgery.
58. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) – The life of renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

For Aspiring Psychiatrists and Psychologists

59. A Beautiful Mind (2001) – Schizophrenia and genius.
60. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) – Bipolar disorder and relationships.
61. The Soloist (2009) – Schizophrenia and homelessness.
62. Brain on Fire (2016) – Autoimmune encephalitis.
63. Still Alice (2014) – Alzheimer’s disease.
64. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986) – Neurological disorders.