terminal-illness
  • Funny People picture
    Movies

    Funny People (2009)

    When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his...

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    Airplane! (1980)

    A pilot (Robert Hays) afraid to fly follows his stewardess ex-girlfriend (Julie Hagerty) and must...

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    Henry Poole Is Here (2008)

    A community of believers (Radha Mitchell, Adriana Barraza) demonstrates the power of faith for a man...

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    The Bucket List (2007)

    Two terminally ill men (Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman) leave their hospital ward and set out to...

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    It's My Party (1996)

    After learning that he has AIDS, an architect decides to throw himself a farewell party, then end...

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    Life As A House (2001)

    A terminally ill man (Kevin Kline) looks to his ex-wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) and estranged son...

  • Goodbye, Lenin! picture
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    Goodbye, Lenin! (2004)

    After his mother awakens from a coma, a man (Daniel Bruhl) tries to prevent her from learning about...

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    Autumn in New York (2000)

    A New York restaurateur (Richard Gere) unexpectedly falls for a free-spirited woman (Winona Ryder)...

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    The Shootist (1976)

    People pester an old, dying gunfighter (John Wayne) rooming with a widow (Lauren Bacall) in 1901...

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    Phenomenon (1996)

    An amiable, small-town Everyman (John Travolta) is inexplicably transformed into a genius with...

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    The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

    The daughter (Camilla Belle) of a dying ex-hippie (Daniel Day-Lewis) has trouble adjusting to the...

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    Finding Neverland (2004)

    Writer J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) befriends a widow (Kate Winslet) and her four sons who inspire him...

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    Dark Victory (1939)

    An heiress (Bette Davis) with only months to live embarks on a social whirl, then marries her doctor...

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    Hawks (1989)

    Two terminally ill cancer patients escape from their hospital to experience one last fling.

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    Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

    A vacationing couple (Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric) save the day when a madman (Willem Dafoe)...

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    Off the Black (2006)

    A paternal bond slowly forms between a dying umpire (Nick Nolte) and the young ballplayer (Trevor...

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    Dragonfly (2002)

    A doctor (Kevin Costner) believes his late wife is trying to contact him through his patients'...

  • Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her picture
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    Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her

    Interweaving vignettes show the intricacies in the lives of a doctor (Glenn Close), a tarot-card...

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    Moulin Rouge (2001)

    In 1890s France a courtesan (Nicole Kidman) falls in love with a young writer (Ewan McGregor) but...

  • An American Christmas Carol picture
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    An American Christmas Carol (1979)

    Updated Dickens' classic is set in a New England town during the Depression.

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    One True Thing (1998)

    At her father's (William Hurt) request, a reluctant woman (Renée Zellweger) postpones her career to...

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    Sweet November (1968)

    A woman lures emotionally crippled men into affairs, then helps them repair their lives.

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    My Life (1993)

    A man (Michael Keaton) and his wife (Nicole Kidman) confront his terminal cancer as he videotapes...

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    Tribute (1980)

    A shallow Broadway press agent (Jack Lemmon) learns he is dying just as his son (Robby Benson) by...

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    Coupe de Ville (1990)

    Three rival brothers (Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern) drive their father's creampuff 1954...

  • A Place For Lovers picture
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    A Place For Lovers (1969)

    An Italian engineer (Marcello Mastroianni) makes love in the Alps with a doomed U.S. divorcee (Faye...

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    Boom! (1968)

    A dying millionaire sings her swan song to the Angel of Death who comes to her island hideaway as a...

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    Love Story (1970)

    Old-money Harvard man Oliver (Ryan O'Neal) woos and weds no-money Radcliffe woman Jenny (Ali...

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    The Mighty (1998)

    Friendship develops as a physically handicapped youngster (Kieran Culkin) teaches a fellow outcast...

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    Marvin's Room (1996)

    A Florida leukemia patient (Diane Keaton) needs her sister's (Meryl Streep) bone marrow, but first...