Cancer thriller movies

List of the best thriller films about cancer patients, selected by visitors to our site: The Devil All the Time, Nocturnal Animals, Captain Phillips, The Guest, Disconnect, The Skin I Live In, Bad Times at the El Royale, We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Ides of March, Profile.

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

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: 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: 7.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:14

      The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:35

        A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

          Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountrySpain, USA
          Duration02:00

          A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:03

          Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:52

            After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:41

              Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrethriller, detective
              CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

              Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom

              A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

                When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genrethriller, drama
                CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
                Duration02:32

                Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, France
                Duration02:13

                  A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:55

                    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
                    Duration01:47

                    France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

                    Markimdb: 8.1
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:59

                    A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

                    Markimdb: 7.3
                    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA, Japan
                    Duration02:27

                    Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

                    Markimdb: 8.2
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:18

                    World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:04

                    Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genreaction, thriller, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:42

                      An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

                      Markimdb: 6.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:35

                      Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

                      Markimdb: 6.3
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:48

                        Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

                        Markimdb: 6.5
                        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                        CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
                        Duration01:41

                        A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

                        Markimdb: 7.8
                        Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
                        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

                        What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

                        Markimdb: 6.4
                        Genrethriller, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
                        Duration01:50

                        A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

                        Markimdb: 6.9
                        Genrethriller, drama
                        CountryUSA

                        Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

                        Markimdb: 8.5
                        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                        Duration02:05

                          A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

                          Markimdb: 7.3
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                          CountryUSA, Germany
                          Duration01:49

                          Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

                          Markimdb: 6.8
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:44

                          Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.

                          Markimdb: 7.2
                          Genrethriller, drama, detective
                          CountryUSA, Germany
                          Duration02:04

                          Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

                          Markimdb: 6.2
                          Genrethriller, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                          Duration01:49

                          Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.

                          Markimdb: 7.3
                          Genrethriller, drama, history
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:20

                          Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, his staff and advisors.

                          Markimdb: 7.4
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:44

                          A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

                          Markimdb: 6.9
                          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:51

                          Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

                          Markimdb: 8.5
                          Genrethriller, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:52

                          Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.

                          Markimdb: 7.3
                          Genrethriller, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:31

                            Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

                            Markimdb: 7.6
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:09

                            Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.

                            Markimdb: 8.6
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:07

                            Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

                            Markimdb: 7.9
                            Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA

                            Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.

                            Markimdb: 8
                            Genrethriller, detective
                            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                            Duration02:18

                            A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem.

                            Markimdb: 8.5
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:53

                            Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

                            Markimdb: 8.3
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:53

                            A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

                            Markimdb: 6.7
                            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                            CountryFrance, Germany, USA
                            Duration02:04

                              Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.

                              Markimdb: 6.3
                              Genrethriller, drama, detective
                              CountryUSA, Australia, Luxembourg, Canada
                              Duration01:53

                              When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..

                              Markimdb: 8.2
                              Genrethriller, drama, detective
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration02:10

                              Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

                              Markimdb: 7.9
                              Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, detective
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration01:53

                              After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?

                              Markimdb: 6.9
                              Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration01:51

                              Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

                              Markimdb: 7.9
                              Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration02:24

                              A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.

                              Markimdb: 6.8
                              Genrethriller, drama
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration01:52

                              A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.




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