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1. Bigger Than Life (1956)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 8,175

2. Strange Confession (1945)

Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in tragedy.

Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish, Milburn Stone

Votes: 744

3. Jungle Jim (1948)

Passed | 71 min | Adventure, Family

Lady scientist, Hilary Parker is searching for a rare drug to help combat polio. Opportunist Bruce Edwards joins the quest but is actually after gold and buried treasure.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, George Reeves, Lita Baron

Votes: 815

4. Strong Medicine (1986 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama

A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.

Director: Guy Green | Stars: David Gilliam, Pamela Sue Martin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dick Van Dyke

Votes: 99

5. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)

102 min | Documentary

Before the Internet. Before Social Media. Before Breaking News. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to fight their corner: Investigative Journalism. ... See full summary »

Directors: David Morris, Jacqui Morris | Stars: Harold Evans, Ralph Nader, Michael Sheen

Votes: 668

6. The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode: The Pharmacist (2005)

44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Morgan's client sold her soul to cure herself of cancer.

Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Ellen Dubin, Sebastian Spence

Votes: 17

7. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Speak No Evil (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The drug Sky delivers to a critically ill man does more than save his life; the medicine causes the man to confess that he's a former criminal who has attempted to go straight.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Richard Gaines

8. It's History (2015– )
Episode: When Chocolate was a Drug (2020)

6 min | History

Like coffee and tea, when chocolate was first imported to Europe from America it was treated with a degree of suspicion. It did not fit well into the Humorism model of medicine at the time ... See full summary »

Star: Ryan Socash

9. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Rue Britannia/Earl and Water Don't Mix or Next Time, Take the Drain (1961)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Rue Britannia" Part 1, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Magic Fish", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Miracle Drug", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Rue Britannia" Part 2.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 24