American movies about surgeons

List of the best American movies about surgeons selected by visitors to our site: Heist, The Night Shift, Anesthesia, The Rider, The Hollars, Upgrade, 3 Generations, Paradise Hills, The Challenger, Heartbeat.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA

The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed, particularly adrenaline junkie T.C. Callahan.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

Aspiring New York City artist, John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration02:28

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:31

A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy
CountrySpain, USA
Duration01:42

A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

A legendary trainer comes out of retirement to help an underdog boxer fight his way to a better life.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:21

Based on the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this unique character-driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere, an outspoken world-renowned heart-transplant surgeon and one of the few women in her field. Stubborn and fearless, Alex always operates on her own terms. Watch as she revels in a racy personal life, manages the daily demands of skeptical faculty and dutiful interns, and pushes the boundaries of medical science to impressive new heights.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:23

A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family take an unexpected turn.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. He now obsesses daily over the choices he made. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA
Duration02:44

A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration02:33

    Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrehorror, drama, western
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:44

    During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and his nurse.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredocumentary, music
    CountryUSA

    In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville, where he wrote and recorded the country folk album PRAIRIE WIND with old friends and family members. After the successful operation and recovery period, he returned to Nashville that August to play at the famed Ryman Auditorium, once again gathering together friends and family for this special performance.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    After a heist goes awry, a bank robber spends a night trying to free his brother from Riker's Island prison.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.

    Markimdb: 3.4
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A haunting account of a tormented man, haunted by the heart of a man he murdered, who continually re-admits himself into a medical facility, in a futile attempt to escape from his pending madness.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

    Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryChina, USA
    Duration01:55

      Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:23

      After a group of Irish mobsters in Hell's Kitchen are sentenced to jail, their wives take their place—and do as good of a job, if not better.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      Grieving her mother's death and estranged from her husband, Katherine Kingsmen does her best to raise her son alone. When she meets a supportive and handsome Mormon missionary, what seems like a stroke of romantic luck slowly turns into a curse.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredocumentary, crime
      CountryUSA

      The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

        Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:21

        Michelle kills three of her friends in a horrific car accident while driving under the influence. After rehab, Michelle takes a job recommended by her counselor that lands her trapped in a mansion with three psychotic siblings hell bent on physical torture to purge Michelle of her sins.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantastic, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

        A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:17

        A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        A gay cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA

        Elaine and Ed Kendall have more than their share of grief and suffering. Once a young couple in love they now struggle for a sense of stability in their Staten Island home. Their eldest son is suffering from the physical and psychological effects of war; his younger brother takes it upon himself to bring him peace and relief. Meanwhile, their special needs daughter brings another kind of chaos to the family. Even though Ed and Elaine explore options for her care, they’re really just hanging on to hope that things improve somehow.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.

        Markimdb: 4.2
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:22

        A horror film that combines classic monster movie elements set within the backdrop of unpredictable Kansas weather. Start with a mother and her three daughters forced to take shelter from an advancing tornado in a local storm cellar. What is waiting for them underneath is another story entirely.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:33

        Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredocumentary, biography
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration02:38

        A documentary film about the life of Star Trek's Mr. Spock as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr. Spock for almost fifty years, written and directed by his son, Adam Nimoy.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his blind girlfriend.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

        A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, western, history
        CountryUSA

        Spanning the years 1865 to 1890, The American West, will show how -- in the aftermath of the Civil War -- the United States transforms into the “land of opportunity.” Viewers will be transported into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men. The 8-episode limited event series chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Ed Harris and more.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrethriller, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:16

        Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong, France, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden
        Duration01:01

        After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.




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