Every day for more than 18 months news of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a major story, from its enormous human toll, its economic impact and its effect on the 2020 presidential election.
Medical issues have been mainstays of cinema. Here are my favorite movies with medical themes or important scenes, films I have watched in many cases more than once. If you have a favorite not on my list, let me know.
The Andromeda Strain
Hospital
The Prince of Tides
Random Harvest
Terms of Endearment
Steel Magnolias
The Last Angry Man
Arrowsmith
The Life of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet
M*A*S*H
Coming Home
The Citadel
The Favorite
Contagion
The English Patient
The Cider House Rules
Spellbound
Three Faces of Eve
Vertigo
Cry “Havoc”
So Proudly We Hail!
Jezebel
Analyze This
A Farewell to Arms
The Painted Veil (1934 and 2006)
Coma
