English movies about terminally ill

List of the best English movies about terminally ill people selected by visitors to our site: The Theory of Everything, Miss You Already, Song for Marion, Terminal, Shadowlands, Supernova, Iris, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, The Living and the Dead, After the Wedding.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
Duration02:03

    The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:35

    The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
    Duration01:30

    Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth sees something special in the reluctant Arthur and refuses to give up on him. As she coaxes him out of his shell, Arthur realizes that it is never too late to change.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Hungary, USA
    Duration02:48

    In the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, two assassins carry out a sinister mission, a teacher battles a fatal illness, and an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress lead dangerous double lives. Murderous consequences unravel in the dead of night, as their lives intertwine at the hands of a mysterious criminal mastermind who is hell-bent on revenge.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:11

    C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have. As the trip progresses, however, their ideas for the future clash, secrets come out, and their love for each other is tested as never before. Ultimately, they must confront the question of what it means to love one another in the face of Tusker’s illness.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:31

    True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:10

    Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:07

    Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.

    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: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:32

    Jack has finally managed to propose to his infertile girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:39

    Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:42

    Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:32

    James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration01:41

      Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.

      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: 4.4
      Genrethriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
      Duration01:18

      The idyllic life of Bill, a retired aging rock star, and his young wife is rocked by a lover from her past, resulting in catastrophic consequences.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:35

      Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. After his funeral at home Mary feels a compulsion to return to Africa where she meets English woman Martha O'Connell,whose 24 year old son Ben, a teacher with voluntary service overseas,has also died of malaria. Ben gave his net to one of his pupils,believing adults cannot catch malaria. The two women are shocked to see the high death rate caused by the disease and,whilst Martha stays in Africa as a voluntary helper,Mary petitions the American government to change things. Martha turns up at Mary's house unannounced and,helped by Mary's ex-diplomat father,they address a senate committee on health spending,persuading them to do more to combat malaria. They meet with some success though a coda states that much more can be done.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
      Duration01:30

      Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryIndia, United Kingdom, Canada, USA

      The 25-year-old love story of a couple is told through the lens of their spunky teenage daughter who is diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Serbia
      Duration02:01

        In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Mexico
        Duration02:28

        Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:34

        In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was snatched from his bed at night and murdered.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany
        Duration01:34

        The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:38

        Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Katia, a young Polish woman adrift in London, meets Bob, an American tattoo artist. Katia is drawn to his mysterious aura and the taboo culture of body modification, but Bob has a dark, secret desire to leave his mark on the world and little does Katia know that her fascination with him will put her life in danger.

        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Sitcom about a former rural parish vicar trying to cope with the varied demands of running an inner-city church.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:25

        Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France

        Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrehorror, comedy
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper, he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain ...Stalled?

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:31

        A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
        Duration02:20

        In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.

        Markimdb: 3.5
        Genrecomedy, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:33

        When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see him forming an unlikely alliance with Moody Margaret, the infuriating girl next door, and his irritating little brother Perfect Peter, outwitting corrupt School Inspectors and toppling an evil Headmaster, winning a talent contest and facing his ultimate nemesis with no way out - all because he is trying to save the very school which he has always professed to hate!

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom

        On the run with the law on their trail, America's most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:05

        A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

        Markimdb: 4
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:53

        A mega-platinum, aging rock star's supermodel wife is abducted by pirates while vacationing in Chile.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium

        Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
        Duration01:40

        Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrethriller, drama, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany

        On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        In a rambling, isolated house, Emily’s first night-shift as carer to an elderly dementia patient turns into a nightmare as she is tormented by a vengeful spirit and uncovers the house's dark secrets.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genredrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:44

        Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange) plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany

        On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul is the boy from the manor house nearby, Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:35

        A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:41

        Hugely charismatic, roguish American adventurer Hooten and his fantastically feisty partner in crime, Lady Alexandra travel the world, from the Vatican to The Himalayas, the Amazon to Egypt, in their quest to save the world's lost treasures.




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