Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "public-health"

1. 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: 222,341 | Gross: $125.60M

2. The Strain (2014–2017)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism ravages the city of New York.

Stars: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde

Votes: 87,319

3. The Insider (1999)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Votes: 180,801 | Gross: $28.97M

4. Inherent Vice (2014)

R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston

Votes: 110,962 | Gross: $8.11M

5. Fast Food Nation (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

When contaminated meat is placed in the freezer next to that used for a fast food chain's most famous sandwich, a marketing executive seeks to find out who did it and why, taking a journey through the dark side of American alimentation.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama

Votes: 25,184 | Gross: $1.00M

6. The Devil We Know (2018)

95 min | Documentary

A group of citizens in West Virginia challenges a powerful corporation to be more environmentally responsible.

Directors: Stephanie Soechtig, Jeremy Seifert | Stars: Sue Bailey, Bucky Bailey, Ken Wamsley, Wilbur Tennant

Votes: 1,317

7. Medical Investigation (2004–2005)

60 min | Drama, Mystery

The cases of an elite government medical investigation unit specializing in public health emergencies, such as serious disease outbreaks.

Stars: Neal McDonough, Kelli Williams, Christopher Gorham, Anna Belknap

Votes: 1,138

8. Plandemic (2020– )

99 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Documentary series that shows the connections and conflicts of interest between the media, the medical industry, politics and the financial industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stars: David Martin, Judy Mikovits

Votes: 1,888

9. Miss Evers' Boys (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 118 min | Drama, War

The true story of the U.S. Government's 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton

Votes: 1,413

10. Unspeakable (2019)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, History

The drama chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early '80s and the tragedy that followed when thousands were unnecessarily infected by tainted blood.

Stars: Sarah Wayne Callies, Shawn Doyle, Michael Shanks, Camille Sullivan

Votes: 283

11. The Real Anthony Fauci (2022)

111 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Different experts make a stand against today's putatively criminal and harmful health system, focusing on Anthony Fauci and his role in the shaping of the AIDS and COVID-19 epidemics.

Director: Kala Mandrake | Stars: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Peter McCullough, Stephanie Seneff, Sherri Tenpenny

Votes: 881

12. Fed Up (2014)

PG | 92 min | Documentary

An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.

Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan

Votes: 12,375 | Gross: $1.54M

13. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

Not Rated | 161 min | Documentary

A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.

Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Peter Joseph, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Maté, Richard Wilkinson

Votes: 18,746

14. The House I Live In (2012)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary

From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Eugene Jarecki, David Simon, Shanequa Benitez, William Julius Wilson

Votes: 5,398 | Gross: $0.21M

15. The Invisible Shield (2024)

240 min | Documentary

The Invisible Shield is a four-part documentary series on the history of public health. While public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.

Stars: Geoff Manaugh, Steven Johnson, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Anthony Chen

Votes: 30

16. The Plague (1992)

R | 148 min | Drama

In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.

Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marc Barr, Robert Duvall

Votes: 977

17. One Man (1977)

PG | 87 min | Drama, Thriller

A crusading TV reporter finds his life ripped apart as he investigates a story about a company's deadly criminal negligence.

Director: Robin Spry | Stars: Len Cariou, Jayne Eastwood, Carol Lazare, Barry Morse

Votes: 76

18. Atomic Homefront (2017)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary

A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.

Director: Rebecca Cammisa | Stars: Dawn Chapman, Douglas Clemens, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey

Votes: 571

19. Someone I Touched (1975 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama

A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that he has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant.

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Cloris Leachman, James Olson, Glynnis O'Connor, Andrew Robinson

Votes: 159

20. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

21. Wuhan Wuhan (2021)

90 min | Documentary

In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis.

Director: Yung Chang | Stars: Chuning Yin, Xingli Xu, Xiannian Zheng, Guiqing Zhang

Votes: 79

22. Laboratory Greece (2019)

165 min | Documentary

A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.

Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos

Votes: 32

23. We're All Plastic People Now (2023)

59 min | Documentary

In an era of throw-away ease, convenience has cost us our well-being. Plastics have been found inside our bodies- in our colons, our brains, and even in mothers' developing wombs. ... See full summary »

Director: Rory F. Fielding

24. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)

76 min | Documentary

A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code.

Director: Judith Helfand | Stars: Valerie Brown, Richard M. Daley, Michelle Landis Dauber, Edmund Donoghue

Votes: 91

25. The Winged Scourge (1943)

Not Rated | 10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

The Seven Dwarves learn about the menace of mosquito borne malaria and the necessary precautions to control it.

Directors: Bill Justice, Bill Roberts | Star: Art Baker

Votes: 235

26. Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World (2004 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

Narrator Cori Brackett had a strange cause-and-effect experience with the diet cokes she was drinking and quickly found herself disabled and diagnosed with MS. Slowly able to walk and speak... See full summary »

Directors: Cori Brackett, J.T. Waldron | Star: Cori Brackett

Votes: 248

27. Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special (2008 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary

National Geographic investigates the root causes and eventual effects of stress.

Director: John Heminway | Stars: Elizabeth Blackburn, Elissa Epel, Marcus Lovett, Michael Marmot

Votes: 263

28. The Last Cigarette (I) (1999)

82 min | Documentary

In 1994, the Health and Environment Subcommittee of the US Congress, chaired by Henry Waxman (D-California), held a hearing on tobacco products and health. Excerpts from the hearing, where ... See full summary »

Directors: Frank Keraudren, Kevin Rafferty

Votes: 128 | Gross: $0.00M

29. The First Secret City (2015)

105 min | Documentary

Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in ... See full summary »

Directors: Alison Carrick, C.D. Stelzer | Stars: John Bell, Carolyn Bower, Conrad Bowers, Karl Brooks

Votes: 16

30. Cercados (2020)

116 min | Documentary

A documentary about the press coverage during the Coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.

Director: Caio Cavechini | Stars: William Bonner, Jair Bolsonaro, Renata Vasconcellos, Nelson Teich

Votes: 67

31. Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)

Documentary

Add a Plot

Stars: Brad Pitt, Trevor White, Martin McDougall, Glenn Beck

Votes: 51

32. An Enemy of the People (1990 TV Movie)

Drama

When a scientist learns that his town's lucrative springs present a serious health threat, the community refuses to listen to him.

Director: Jack O'Brien | Stars: William Anton, Anne Gee Byrd, Dawn Didawick, Richard Easton

Votes: 43

33. Talking with Angels (2004)

18 min | Short, Drama

A young boy realizes the impact of trying to preserve the fictitious idea of what is normal.

Director: Yousaf Ali Khan | Stars: Tracy Kearney, Stephen Buckley, Reece Ryan, Sheridan Foster

Votes: 92

34. Está Todo Bien (2018)

70 min | Documentary

As the public health system collapses, a pharmacist, a trauma surgeon, a social activist, and two cancer patients confront the same questions as millions of other Venezuelans struggling to ... See full summary »

Director: Tuki Jencquel

Votes: 59

35. Garbage Dreams (2009)

79 min | Documentary

A look at the lives of Egyptian trash collectors.

Director: Mai Iskander

Votes: 159

36. L'étalon (1970)

90 min | Comedy

In a small Mediterranean port, Lionel, a kind-hearted athlete, saves a young woman in dire straits who was about to kill herself. He is assisted by William Chaminade, a vet whose business ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jacques Legras, René-Jean Chauffard

Votes: 167

37. Respect the Law (1941)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Crime, Drama

Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Moroni Olsen, Richard Lane, Frank Orth, William Forrest

Votes: 119

38. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History

When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.

Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker

Votes: 31

39. The Specialists (1975 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama

Inspectors for the U.S. Public Health Service try to track down the cause of a rash of mysterious ailments suddenly appearing among the general populace.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Robert Urich, Maureen Reagan, Jack Hogan, Jed Allan

Votes: 20

40. Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health (1945)

8 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.

Director: James Algar

Votes: 160

41. The Virus Hunt (2023)

Short, Documentary

A global team of scientists race to stay ahead of the next viral threat.

Directors: Umbreen Butt, Richard Butterworth, Katie Dellamaggiore, Greg Olliver

42. Thirst for Justice (2019)

70 min | Documentary

In the spring of 2015, residents from two separate communities enlist the help of scientists to prove their suspicions that their water had become dangerously contaminated. Now they are fighting back.

Director: Leana Hosea | Stars: Kern Collymore, Leana Hosea, Mary Lyons, Adam Murphy

43. So Much for So Little (1949)

10 min | Documentary, Short, Animation

An illustration of the role public health agencies play in citizens' lives.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham

Votes: 476

44. The Toilet: An Unspoken History (2012 TV Movie)

49 min | Documentary, History

Documentary looking at the role of the toilet in our culture, exploring its social history in Britain and abroad, and finding possible future solutions to global sanitation issues.

Director: Nick Watts | Stars: Ifor Ap Glyn, Ron Cutler, Dafydd Davies-Hughes, Junko Kobayashi

Votes: 100

45. Unnatural Causes (2008– )

Documentary

"Why do some of us get sicker more often and die sooner, and what causes us to become sick in the first place? This limited series explores the apparent link between a person's health and ... See full summary »

Stars: Llewellyn M. Smith, S. Leonard Syme, David Williams, Ana Diez-Roux

Votes: 31

46. Fruits of Our Labour (2015)

45 min | Documentary, Drama, Music

This "docudrama" is intended to educationally and artistically illuminate the issue of food and nutrition in three selected countries. In so doing it focuses urban settings.

Director: David Hallberg | Stars: Sebastian Hugo, Isabella Schoultz, Moa Björkroth, Fortesa Hoti

47. Different Moms (1999)

60 min | Documentary

Each year, mothers with mental impairment give birth to an estimated 120,000 children. Approximately half of these children remain with the mother. "Different Moms" briefly documents the ... See full summary »

Directors: Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy | Stars: Floyd Bieber, Juanita Ingraham, Margaret Main, Elaine Mayfield

48. The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada (1945)

5 min | Documentary, Short

The Victorian Order Nurses are part of the public health service in Canada, the nurses themselves who are versed in all areas of public health regardless of the specifics of each of their ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Wilkinson | Star: Colette Dufault

49. The Subjection (2010)

87 min | Documentary

Documentary in which director Stefan Jarl has a blood test performed on himself to show the "chemical burden" of trace chemicals in the blood of all people born since World War II.

Director: Stefan Jarl | Stars: Inge Ahlström, Arne Andersson, Peter Andersson, Cecilia Berg

Votes: 165

50. Tabac, retenez votre souffle! (2006 TV Movie)

92 min | Documentary

The tobacco industry's conspiratorial efforts to market their products in the face of public health facts and public opposition.

Director: Nadia Collot | Star: Joe Eszterhas

Votes: 71