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parent child relationship

♡ 2

87%

based on novel or book

sibling relationship

Robert Markowitz Director

Sean McCann as Dr. Ralph Stanwyck

Craig T. Nelson as Frank Deford

Cherry Jones as Tina Crawford

Rachel Blanchard as Wendy

Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy, all-American family is rocked to the core when their baby daughter Alex is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. While CF sufferers were almost certainly doomed to an early death in the Seventies, Alex grew into a child who showed remarkable courage and strength in face of her illness. Her loving family were quick to rally around her, determined to show the same bravery as the little girl as they supported and cherished her through life and struggled to move on after her death at the tragically young age of eight.

Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

♡ 2

Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me is a 2011 one-off Christmas special, made by STV Productions and broadcast by ITV on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The special centres around a wealthy car dealer Jonathan Donald who befriends a terminally ill teenager Freddie Copeland and makes his Christmas wish come true.

Chronic

2015

6.6

♡ 7

76%

Michel Franco Director

Tim Roth as

Claire van der Boom as Alice

Robin Bartlett as Martha

Rachel Pickup as Sarah

David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships with the people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.

Lullaby

2014

6.1

♡ 18

29%

estranged family member

new york city

Andrew Levitas Director

Amy Adams as Emily

Jason Kravits as Ira

Garrett Hedlund as Jonathan

Daniel Sunjata as Officer Ramirez

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.

The End

1978

6.1

♡ 14

56%

contemplating suicide

Burt Reynolds Director

Pat O'Brien as Ben Lawson

Joanne Woodward as Jessica Lawson

Sally Field as Mary Ellen

Myrna Loy as Maureen Lawson

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.

Magical Girl

2014

Spanish

7.2

♡ 21

100%

Carlos Vermut Director

Bárbara Lennie as Bárbara

Eva Llorach as Laura

Javier Botet as Pepo

Lorena Iglesias as Psicóloga

The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.

Code Blue: The Movie

2018

6.0

♡ 5

Masaki Nishiura Director

Rino Katase as

Yûko Araki as Akari Yokomine

Masanobu Andô as Hiroki Shinkai

Yui Aragaki as Megumi Shiraishi

A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally.

Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016

husband wife relationship

7.4

♡ 16

100%

japan

Ryôta Nakano Director

Hana Sugisaki as Azumi Kono

Rie Miyazawa as Futaba Kono

Tarô Suruga as Takimoto

Tôri Matsuzaka as Takumi Mukai

A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.

Ocean Heaven

2010

Chinese

7.5

♡ 10

82%

Xiaolu Xue Director Bo Rong

Bo Rong as Cleaner

Zhao Xiuyun as Head of Wellfare Instituation

Zhan Shibao as Mental Hospital Doctor Jet Li

Jet Li as Wang Xingchang

The story of a father's tireless love for his autistic son. A terminally ill father's attempt to teach his autistic son the necessary life skills to survive on his own before he passes away. It is also a poignant tribute to the infinite love that parents have for their children and their unending desire to take care and look after them to their best abilities, no matter the struggle, no matter the effort.

Letter from the Mountain

2002

7.2

♡ 6

Action

based on novel or book

Takashi Koizumi Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Dr. Nakamura

Kanako Higuchi as Michiko Ueda

Manami Konishi as Sayuri

Takahiro Tamura as Shigenaga Koda

Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.

Blackbird

2019

6.6

♡ 12

64%

Roger Michell Director

Mia Wasikowska as Anna

Kate Winslet as Jennifer

Susan Sarandon as Lily

Sam Neill as Paul

A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.

Malila: The Farewell Flower

2017

Thai

6.5

♡ 3

80%

Anucha Boonyawatana Director

Sumret Muengput as Monk Sangchai

Anuchit Sapanpong as Pich

Sukollawat Kanarot as Shane

Akekarad Khalong as Ton

Former lovers Pich and Shane reconnect through Thai floral art, but Pich’s illness leads Shane to seek peace by becoming a monk.

The Living and the Dead

2006

5.8

♡ 7

91%

Simon Rumley Director

Roger Lloyd Pack as Donald Brocklebank

Leo Bill as James Brocklebank

Kate Fahy as Nancy Brocklebank

Neil Conrich as Policeman

Lord Donald and Lady Nancy reside in the magnificent but run-down Longleigh House with James, their mentally disabled adult son. Nancy has fallen seriously ill and Donald is preparing to sell the house to raise enough money to pay for an operation. He arranges for the family nurse, Mary, to take care of Nancy while he leaves to tend to the sale. However, James wants to prove to his father that he can look after his mother on his own and decides to lock Mary out of the house. It isn't long before James starts mixing his mother's pills and forgetting to take his own medication, and as the stress of looking after his mother increases, so too does the severity of his own condition.

That Good Night

2017

older man younger woman relationship

6.6

♡ 3

48%

Eric Styles Director

Sonita Henry as Dr. Ana Blasco

John Hurt as Ralph

Amber Townsend as Sophisticated client

Charles Dance as The Visitor

A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.

Ai Uta: Yakusoku no Nakuhito

2019

based on song, poem or rhyme

5.9

♡ 8

Action

Yasuhiro Kawamura Director

Shu Watanabe as

Riko Narumi as Hirono Aikawa

Kaya Kiyohara as Nagi Ito

Ryûsei Yokohama as Toru Nomiya

Not having the courage to love, Toru became an adult. One day, he meets his and old friend who happens to find a poem which changes will his fate. This will make Toru gain enough courage to face love once again. He meets a girl Nagi who is bond into his fate, though she has a particular secret

Christmas in Conway

2013

6.8

♡ 2

50%

John Kent Harrison Director

Andy Garcia as Duncan Mayor

Mark Jeffrey Miller as Henry

Mary-Louise Parker as Suzy Mayor

Riley Smith as Tommy Harris

Duncan Mayor decides the perfect Christmas present for his terminally ill wife, Suzy, is a ride on a real Ferris wheel, set up in their very own back yard. As a young man, it was the perfect place for a wedding proposal. Now, years later, in order to relive the experience with his wife, Duncan will go to any length to make their fantasy become a reality.

When My Time Comes

6.4

Joe Fab Director

Stella Dawson-Klein as Self

Roger Kligler as Self

Barbara Coombs Lee as Self

Diane Rehm as Self

Spurred on by the death of her husband, Peabody-award winning NPR journalist Diane Rehm crosses the country to investigate the right-to-die movement in America.

Phenomenon

1996

6.5

♡ 59

47%

Jon Turteltaub Director

Robert Duvall as Doc Brunder

Beth Kennedy as Female FBI Agent

John Travolta as George Malley

Forest Whitaker as Nate Pope

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

The End

2004