Movies about Cancer
by celinegoslinga | created - 03 May 2012 | updated - 11 Dec 2015 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Miss You Already (2015)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine
Votes: 19,886 | Gross: $1.16M
2. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman
Votes: 138,320 | Gross: $6.74M
3. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
Votes: 401,232 | Gross: $124.87M
4. Lullaby (II) (2014)
R | 117 min | Drama
A man estranged from his family receives word that his father has chosen to take himself off life support within forty-eight hours.
Director: Andrew Levitas | Stars: Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins, Anne Archer, Jessica Brown Findlay
Votes: 2,841
5. Cool Kids Don't Cry (2014)
100 min | Drama, Family, Sport
After an accident at school, the teenage-girl Anja must battle cancer while participating in summer camp, preparing for a soccer tournament and dealing with boys.
Director: Katarina Launing | Stars: Mia Helene Solberg Brekke, Victor Papadopoulos Jacobsen, Sigrid Welde, Ulrik William Græsli
Votes: 393
6. Sickos (2014)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Four teenage friends who suffer from cancer, cause an uproar the hospital attempting to feel like healthy children again.
Director: Lodewijk Crijns | Stars: Massimo Pesik, Gijs Blom, Jasha Rudge, Vera van der Horst
Votes: 435
7. Wish List
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Announced
Life changes for a thirtysomething career woman when a coin she threw in a magic fountain as a girl finally reaches the bottom.
Star: Reese Witherspoon
8. Mood Indigo (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Wealthy, inventive bachelor Colin endeavors to find a cure for his lover Chloe after she's diagnosed with an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy
Votes: 16,723 | Gross: $0.30M
9. Safe Haven (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons
Votes: 116,395 | Gross: $71.35M
10. The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)
115 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Rather than let cancer run her life, a young woman starts wearing different wigs to express herself and live her life to the fullest.
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Lisa Tomaschewsky, Karoline Teska, David Rott, Alice Dwyer
Votes: 1,933
11. Now Is Good (2012)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she would like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Director: Ol Parker | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Josef Altin, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine
Votes: 35,038
12. Stuck in Love. (2012)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Nat Wolff
Votes: 91,991 | Gross: $0.08M
13. Cool Kids Don't Cry (2012)
96 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Akkie is a pretty schoolgirl who is good at soccer and doesn't let boys mess with her, until she is diagnosed with leukemia and must start her battle to stay alive.
Director: Dennis Bots | Stars: Hanna Obbeek, Nils Verkooijen, Fiona Livingston, Bram Flick
Votes: 4,037
14. Mike Says Goodbye! (2012)
95 min | Family
After bouncing back from leukemia, 10-year-old Mike is ready to leave the hospital, but his mother never arrives to take him home.
Director: Maria Peters | Stars: Maas Bronkhuyzen, Faas Wijn, Bracha van Doesburgh, Carine Crutzen
Votes: 371
15. Love Is All You Need (2012)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen
Votes: 14,834 | Gross: $1.63M
16. Falling Overnight (2011)
TV-MA | 86 min | Drama, Romance
On the day before his scheduled surgery to remove a brain tumor, Elliot meets Chloe Webb, a young photographer who invites him to her art show. An intimate night threatens to be overwritten when Elliot shares his news the next morning.
Director: Conrad Jackson | Stars: Parker Croft, Emilia Ares, Barak Hardley, Millie Zinner
Votes: 1,056 | Gross: $0.03M
17. After Fall, Winter (2011)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Romance
Suicidal writer Michael leaves New York for Paris. He meets nurse Sophie who has a secret dominatrix job. Sophie cares for dying Anais. Michael and Sophie develop a combative yet passionate relationship amid existential crises.
Director: Eric Schaeffer | Stars: Eric Schaeffer, Lizzie Brocheré, Marie Luneau, Christian Mulot
Votes: 964
18. Natural Selection (2011)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Having discovered that her dying husband has an illegitimate child living in Florida, a devout Christian housewife leaves her sheltered world on a mission to reunite father and son.
Director: Robbie Pickering | Stars: Matt O'Leary, Rachael Harris, John Diehl, Gayland Williams
Votes: 1,475 | Gross: $0.05M
19. A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.
Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 29,702 | Gross: $0.01M
20. 50/50 (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 342,966 | Gross: $35.01M
21. One Day (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Romance
After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Tom Mison
Votes: 167,857 | Gross: $13.84M
22. The Heart of Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Drama, Family
The Locke family is devastated when they learn that their 2-year-old son Dax has leukemia.
Director: Gary Wheeler | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Jeanne Neilson, Christopher Shone, Nicholas Shone
Votes: 1,237
23. Restless (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryô Kase, Schuyler Fisk
Votes: 18,407 | Gross: $0.16M
24. Endings (2010)
97 min | Drama
Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35 year old drug addict who is determined to make ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher J. Hansen | Stars: Matthew Brumlow, Emma Hansen, Ellen Halper, Joseph Frost
Votes: 30
25. Norman (2010)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A troubled high-school kid pretending to be dying of cancer confronts problems with his new girlfriend and terminally ill father as he struggles with his daily existence.
Director: Jonathan Segal | Stars: Dan Byrd, Emily VanCamp, Richard Jenkins, Adam Goldberg
Votes: 1,620
26. Ways to Live Forever (2010)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Family
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Gustavo Ron | Stars: Robbie Kay, Alex Etel, Emilia Fox, Greta Scacchi
Votes: 1,164
27. Hopeful Notes (2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Music
A young violinist with leukemia brings hope and life into a desolate Russian hospital for children. This film aims to raise awareness and funds to end childhood cancer, and is part of the project Let's Make a Difference.
Director: Valerio Zanoli | Stars: Walter Nudo, Colin Ross, Ian Poland, Laural Merlington
Votes: 6,633
28. Letters to God (2010)
PG | 110 min | Drama
A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and community and inspiring hope among everyone he encounters. An unsuspecting substitute postman with ... See full summary »
Directors: David Nixon, Patrick Doughtie | Stars: Tanner Maguire, Jeffrey Johnson, Robyn Lively, Lisa Curtis
Votes: 5,272 | Gross: $2.85M
29. Johnny (I) (2010)
88 min | Drama, Family
"Johnny" is an inspirational story about a 10-year-old boy in a group foster home who is dying of leukemia. Although he has every reason to doubt God, all he does is trust Him. He is sent ... See full summary »
Director: D. David Morin | Stars: Jerry Phillips, Musetta Vander, Lonnie Colón, Leslie L. Miller
Votes: 398
30. The Last Song (2010)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A rebellious girl is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson | Stars: Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear, Bobby Coleman
Votes: 92,551 | Gross: $62.95M
31. Living Downstream (2010)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living Downstream is an eloquent and cinematic feature-length documentary following Sandra during one... See full summary »
Director: Chanda Chevannes | Star: Sandra Steingraber
Votes: 32
32. Komt een vrouw bij de dokter (2009)
113 min | Drama, Romance
A serial adulterer faces his demons when his loving wife falls severely ill.
Director: Reinout Oerlemans | Stars: Carice van Houten, Barry Atsma, Anna Drijver, Jeroen Willems
Votes: 5,514
33. Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)
105 min | Drama
Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to ... See full summary »
Director: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Amir Ben Abdelmoumen, Max von Sydow, Amira Casar
Votes: 1,619
34. One in Nine (2009)
Thriller
Nine convicts are forced to play a game that will leave only one of them alive.
Director: Michael Stromenger | Stars: Jim Alger, Jim Algers, Dylan Bradt, Chad Driscoll
35. My Sister's Keeper (2009)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Family
Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.
Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Walter Raney
Votes: 98,357 | Gross: $49.20M
36. Funny People (2009)
R | 146 min | Comedy, Drama
When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.
Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana
Votes: 123,638 | Gross: $51.86M
37. C Me Dance (2009)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
A drama centered on a teenage girl who has trained her entire life to dance for the Pittsburgh Ballet.
Director: Greg Robbins | Stars: Christina DeMarco, Greg Robbins, Laura Romeo, Hugh McLean
Votes: 424
38. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 2,137,656
39. The Guitar (2008)
R | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.
Director: Amy Redford | Stars: Saffron Burrows, Isaach De Bankolé, Paz de la Huerta, Mia Kucan
Votes: 3,166
40. Keith (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Natalie, head of her curriculum activities in high school and riding on a tennis scholarship for college, gets Keith as her Chemistry lab partner. As Natalie can be uptight, Keith proves to be the opposite, even while hiding a secret.
Director: Todd Kessler | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Jesse McCartney, Margo Harshman, Ignacio Serricchio
Votes: 37,396
41. A Christmas Tale (2008)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama
The troubled Vuillard family is no stranger to illness, grief, and banishment, but when their matriarch requires a bone-marrow transplant, the estranged clan reunites just in time for Christmas.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny
Votes: 7,564 | Gross: $1.06M
42. P.S. I Love You (2007)
PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr., Lisa Kudrow
Votes: 218,423 | Gross: $53.70M
43. The Bucket List (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd
Votes: 259,898 | Gross: $93.47M
44. Crazy Sexy Cancer (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Crazy Sexy Cancer is an irreverent and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life. Weeks after she was diagnosed, filmmaker Kris Carr began ... See full summary »
Director: Kris Carr | Stars: Aura Carr, Kenneth Carr, Kris Carr, Leslie Carr
Votes: 271
45. The Fountain (2006)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 248,792 | Gross: $10.14M
46. Paris, I Love You (2006)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 74,565 | Gross: $4.86M
47. The Ultimate Gift (2006)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A deceased billionaire leaves his spoiled adult grandson a series of odd tasks to perform in order to receive "the ultimate gift," with the resentful grandson having no idea what that might be.
Director: Michael O. Sajbel | Stars: Drew Fuller, James Garner, Abigail Breslin, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 20,437 | Gross: $3.44M
48. Volver (I) (2006)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Votes: 107,502 | Gross: $12.90M
49. Last Holiday (2006)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 36,274 | Gross: $38.36M
50. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively
Votes: 65,046 | Gross: $39.01M
51. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.
Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson
Votes: 521,293 | Gross: $57.94M
52. Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
138 min | Drama, Romance
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Takao Osawa, Kô Shibasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Moriyama
Votes: 3,896
53. His Brother (2003)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Two brothers with a problematic relationship in the past, find together again when the elder one gets a dangerous disease and asks his brother to accompany him to several doctors.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Bruno Todeschini, Éric Caravaca, Nathalie Boutefeu, Maurice Garrel
Votes: 1,979
54. Planta 4ª (2003)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Growing up together. All emotions pass the review. Friendship and hope survive all.
Director: Antonio Mercero | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Luis Ángel Priego, Gorka Moreno, Alejandro Zafra
Votes: 1,633
55. My Life Without Me (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling
Votes: 25,846 | Gross: $0.40M
56. The Life of David Gale (2003)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Cleo King
Votes: 126,108 | Gross: $19.59M
57. Ice Bound (2003 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
One woman's strength and courage under the most extreme weather conditions.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Aidan Devine, Cynthia Mace, Paulino Nunes
Votes: 601
58. A Time for Dancing (2002)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music
Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.
Director: Peter Gilbert | Stars: Larisa Oleynik, Shiri Appleby, Peter Coyote, Patricia Kalember
Votes: 958
59. A Walk to Remember (2002)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 221,408 | Gross: $41.28M
60. Julie Walking Home (2002)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A desperate mother (Miranda Otto) in the midst of a failing marriage travels to Poland in search of a mysterious man rumored to have miraculous healing powers in this fantastic romantic drama.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau, Ryan Smith
Votes: 1,074
61. Two Against Time (2002 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Ellen Muth, Peter Friedman, Karen Robinson
Votes: 213
62. Scherbentanz (2002)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Un hombre enfermo de leucemia busca desesperadamente un donador de médula.
Director: Chris Kraus | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Nadja Uhl, Margit Carstensen, Peter Davor
Votes: 198
63. Brian's Song (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Sport
The story of professional football players Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Sean Maher, Paula Cale, Elise Neal
Votes: 1,551
64. Life as a House (2001)
R | 125 min | Drama
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jena Malone
Votes: 45,608 | Gross: $15.65M
65. The Medicine Show (2001)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A cynical young man, diagnosed with cancer, meets a brash young leukemia patient in the hospital who more than matches his distaste for IV drips and weepy sentimentality.
Director: Wendell Morris | Stars: Jonathan Silverman, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Greg Grunberg, Kari Wuhrer
Votes: 314
66. Wit (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald
Votes: 11,406
67. Sweet November (2001)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A workaholic executive, and an unconventional woman agree to a personal relationship for a short period. In this short period she changes his life.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann
Votes: 94,598 | Gross: $25.29M
68. Erin Brockovich (2000)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Votes: 221,435 | Gross: $125.60M
69. Here on Earth (2000)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A rich college kid is taught a lesson after a joy ride ends up destroying a country restaurant.
Director: Mark Piznarski | Stars: Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett, Michael Rooker
Votes: 8,894 | Gross: $10.49M
70. Magnolia (1999)
R | 188 min | Drama
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 328,582 | Gross: $22.46M
71. One More Kiss (1999)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Sam Murray runs a restaurant. He and Sarah grew up together and Sam hoped they'd grow old together.
Director: Vadim Jean | Stars: Valerie Edmond, Gerard Butler, Valerie Gogan, James Cosmo
Votes: 765
72. God Said, 'Ha!' (1998)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Julia Sweeney tells the viewers the monologue about the hard time in her life when her brother fought with cancer and she was also diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
Director: Julia Sweeney | Stars: Julia Sweeney, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 1,017 | Gross: $0.06M
73. Stepmom (1998)
PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
A terminally ill woman must deal with her ex-husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone
Votes: 74,536 | Gross: $91.14M
74. Marvin's Room (1996)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama
After seventeen years, a fiercely independent woman and her rebellious son return home and together they turn the family she left behind upside down.
Director: Jerry Zaks | Stars: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro
Votes: 30,027 | Gross: $12.78M
75. The Basketball Diaries (1995)
R | 102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Director: Scott Kalvert | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, James Madio
Votes: 121,067 | Gross: $2.42M
76. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 2,257,951 | Gross: $330.25M
77. My Life (1993)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
A terminally ill man prepares for his death.
Director: Bruce Joel Rubin | Stars: Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Bradley Whitford, Queen Latifah
Votes: 12,186 | Gross: $27.48M
78. Breaking the Rules (1992)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Jason Bateman, C. Thomas Howell, Jonathan Silverman, Annie Potts
Votes: 737
79. Dying Young (1991)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A caregiver falls in love with a terminally ill man.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 17,216 | Gross: $33.67M
80. Who Will Love My Children? (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Based on a true story of Iowa farm wife Lucile Fray. Ann-Margret plays a dying mother of ten whose last wish is to find loving families for her children.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Ann-Margret, Frederic Forrest, Cathryn Damon, Donald Moffat
Votes: 642
81. Terms of Endearment (1983)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
Votes: 65,497 | Gross: $108.42M
82. Forever and Beyond (1983)
G | 83 min | Drama
True story of Julian, a boy of 7 years-old who knows he is dying of Leukemia.
Director: Thomas Flood | Stars: John Snee, Dixie K. Wade, Herbert Rudley, Bernard Baldan
Votes: 18
83. Six Weeks (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
In this heart-warming drama, a terminally ill young girl strives to bring together her wealthy mother and a California politician, fulfilling her dream of having a family during the last six weeks of her life.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon Wilcox
Votes: 1,035 | Gross: $6.67M
84. Cries & Whispers (1972)
R | 91 min | Drama
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin
Votes: 37,004 | Gross: $1.74M
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