Disease Movies

When teacher Simon arrives in a small, secluded village to take over the local school, he is surprised to discover that his predecessor has...

A research team races to understand mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (m.ovi), an infectious disease tearing through bighorn sheep populations.

A summer of tender longing, where a fleeting dream felt achingly real.

Discover how the 1900 outbreak of bubonic plague set off feat and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. A fascinating medical mystery and timely...

A father’s moral principles are in question. A dreadful disease threatens his young daughter’s life and he’ll do what it takes,...

While caring for his ailing wife, an American engineer in Pakistan stumbles upon a deadly pharmaceutical conspiracy.

Floyd Benson, a neurotic college student, must learn to overcome his fears and discover who he truly is after he's forced to confront a particularly...

This is the life story of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, from her early Texas tomboy days to her Gold...

I AM I is the story of a young woman, Rachael, who meets the father she never knew, Gene, at her mother's funeral. She discovers that her father is...

After years away, Samuel returns to the countryside to care for his ailing father and faces disturbing events that bring to light family traumas and...

When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig's Disease, they said he would never make music again and that he...

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form...

A post apocalyptic short film about two brothers fighting to survive in a world ravaged by disease.

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while...

Sarah Prentice has lived in her house for the past two years. Her fear of going outside has crippled her ability to interact with the outside world....

Simple-minded Joseph Briteman breaks a golden rule of his 'life skills' program when he walks away unsupervised to rescue his long lost baby sister.

After an accident leaves him color-blind, Óscar moves in with his reclusive brother Víctor, beginning a shared life that will test the...

Australian scientist Michael Alpers dedicated over 50 years to researching Kuru, an obscure and incurable brain disease unique to the Fore people of...

A couple is making a sextape, but she has a question, and he doesn't know the answer...

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the...