Browse Illness Movies

A sick boy's toy rabbit comes to life. Part of the Enchanted Musical Playhouse series. Marie Osmond played the part of the Velveteen Rabbit. Songs wer...

An ant colony finds that the strange new food source they've discovered may be something more of a curse than a boon.

A documentary that records the daily life of a mother with a limited life expectancy and a grandmother, directed by the daughter, Haruyo Kato.

A man with a bottle of whiskey gets onto a roof to admire the world.

‘Voices from the Shadows’ shows the brave and sometimes heartrending stories of five ME patients and their carers, along with input from Dr Nigel Spei...

It follows a chronically ill young woman who finds herself alone at rock bottom, struggling to come to terms with her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis...

Two co-workers eat some contaminated apples. At dinner, a couple of nights later, they discover a truth more bizarre and horrifying than they could ev...

The fight against breast cancer has inspired this story, in which Silvia, finds reasons to celebrate when she meets Rafa

When our loved ones lose their strength and can no longer support us, it’s our turn to support them, and each other. Inspired by Tim's personal experi...

Romania. Seven years in the life of a family of believers, struck by the illness of a little girl suffering from spina bifida pass before the camera,...

Filmmaker Diego Gutiérrez knows that he is soon to lose two loved ones: his mother Gina Coppe and his best friend Danniel Danniel. Both ask him to fil...

A struggling actor's life is turned upside down when his estranged mother appears on his doorstep with a terminal illness.

A father intends to save the life of his own son, by paying out a new type of suicide life insurance.

Selfie is a pop culture in Hong Kong. Other than entertaining oneself, taking selfie can be an artistic work of personal photography. In general, peop...

First published in 1922, Margery Williams' enchanting story about a toy rabbit is a classic of children's literature. This gentle rendition comes aliv...

An animated science-fiction short directed by Matthew Hood.

The Invisible Illness is an in-depth study on life with Endometriosis. Endometriosis is a disease where tissue similar to uterine lining grows in othe...

Jail of Flesh, is a documentary that delves into a rare neurological disease. It is fatal, incurable and what provokes it is unknown. Amyotrophic Late...

A paediatrician asks Louis 'to brush the teddy's toes', indicating that Louis's own are somehow developing differently... (http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4...