Cancer Movies

List of the best movies about cancer patients selected by visitors to our site: The Fault in Our Stars, The Professor, The Shawshank Redemption, My Sister's Keeper, All My Life, Thanks for Sharing, Letters to God, A Walk to Remember, Life in a Year, A Little Bit of Heaven.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:13

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

Markimdb: 9.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA, China

A couple's wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

    When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    It's a comedy about a guarded woman who finds out she's dying of cancer, but when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempts to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration02:39

    New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student (Shane Harper) must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor (Kevin Sorbo) will fail him.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, China
    Duration02:10

    Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:31

    A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration03:02

    An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA, Norway
    Duration02:19

    A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man’s best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog then encounters a floundering film professor, as well as an embittered elderly woman and her needy granddaughter—all longing for something more.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    While working on a class assignment to write a paper on “My Impossible Christmas Wish,” Olivia Mead quickly takes note of unusual happenings. As her wishes come true, she is convinced the miracles are linked to a mysterious woman she believes is an angel.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    After a night of drinking, Adam Hutcherson stumbles out of the closet to his three straight buddies. A disruption to their dynamic which they now must try and overcome through alcohol, Tinder dates and forgiveness.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA, China, Canada
    Duration01:55

    Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:17

    The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:22

    Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:59

      Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:29

        About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:23

        Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration01:43

        A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.

        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: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryArgentina, Spain, Germany, USA

        Pedro, a humble beekeeper who lives in the mysterious Argentinian region of the Delta del Tigre, travels to Buenos Aires to visit his twin brother Agustín, a successful but troubled pediatrician with marital issues, to give him bad news and ask him for a favor hard to fulfill, a unexpected arrival which will change Agustín's life forever.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada, India
        Duration02:32

        Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:01

        A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        When Ross is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given six weeks to live, his newly engaged older brother Seth offers to spend his $50,000 wedding fund on a final trip of a lifetime. Their plans are complicated when Ross invites a call girl to join the group and Seth’s uptight fiancée insists on tagging along. This raucous road trip comedy features hip-hop star Asher Roth.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

          Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA

          A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
          Duration02:20

          A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

          The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:39

          A couple who have known each other since 8 are destined to be together until death do them apart.




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