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Best medical professionals in film

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It’s time to celebrate the life-saving, science-positive humans of healthcare we need so much right now. List your top ten movies about medical professionals, whether they take Extreme Measures or use The Gentle Touch. We know that not all movie nurses, doctors and disorderly orderlies are good; there’s plenty of horror to be mined and tension to be Ratched-ed in hospitals. So, from Major “Hot Lips” Houlihan to Madame Pomfrey, any genre is fine, as long as the medical characters in question are interesting (and we’re drawing the line at scientists, so Drs. Strange and Strangelove are out). Get your list in before Visiting Hours are over.

Most mentioned

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Persona
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • The Elephant Man
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Awakenings
  • M*A*S*H
  • The Skin I Live In
  • Shutter Island
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Re-Animator
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Fugitive
  • Eyes Without a Face
  • Contagion
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Magnolia
  • Misery
  • Patch Adams

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  • Antwone Fisher
  • Brief Encounter
  • Cactus Flower
  • The Christmas Bow
  • The Christmas Cure
Melissa

Melissa 284 films

  • Embrace of the Serpent
  • The Motorcycle Diaries
  • Safe
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Benjamin Luke Mitchell

Benjamin Luke Mitchell 22 films

  • Arrowsmith
  • A Child Is Waiting
  • Hippocrates
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Soledad's Shawl
Iknow

Iknow 10 films

  • Misery
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Planet Terror
  • The Skin I Live In
  • The Mountain
Matthew

Matthew 10 films

  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • A Day at the Races
  • Eyes Without a Face
  • Green for Danger
  • Men in Black
JTFX

JTFX 10 films

  • The Hospital
  • Dr. Giggles
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • Eve's Bayou
  • The Man with Two Brains
Zayne

Zayne 10 films

  • Awakenings
  • M*A*S*H
  • The Hospital
  • For Sama
  • The Doctor
Sam Holdren

Sam Holdren 14 films

  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • The Hospital
  • A Cure for Wellness
  • The Hunger
Stephen Hanson

Stephen Hanson 11 films

  • Frankenstein
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue
  • Island of Lost Souls
  • Mad Love
  • The Head
Travis D. Johnson

Travis D. Johnson 10 films

  • Eyes Without a Face
  • The Elephant Man
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Boxing Helena
captnspaulding

captnspaulding 20 films

  • The Tall Guy
  • Doctor in the House
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • M*A*S*H
  • Britannia Hospital
Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸

Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸 20 films

  • Eyes Without a Face
  • Re-Animator
  • The Immortalizer
  • Frankenstein
  • Bride of Frankenstein
CMTowns

CMTowns 6 films

  • Red Beard
  • Awakenings
  • The Cider House Rules
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Doctor
rsq2000

rsq2000 10 films

  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • The Elephant Man
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Empire of the Sun
  • All About My Mother
Eddie_Kasp

Eddie_Kasp 28 films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Frankenstein
  • Awakenings
  • The Elephant Man
  • Young Frankenstein
kd539

kd539 10 films

  • Barbara
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Little Joe
FrancesJa

FrancesJa 10 films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Sixth Sense
  • The Fugitive
  • Halloween
Angelo Cordeiro

Angelo Cordeiro 10 films

  • A Matter of Life and Death
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Misery
  • M*A*S*H
  • Red Beard
Danny Fain

Danny Fain 10 films

  • The Elephant Man
  • Shutter Island
  • Awakenings
  • Perfect Sense
  • Big Hero 6
Davormkd

Davormkd 10 films

  • Re-Animator
  • Dead Ringers
  • Misery
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Halloween
niylah

niylah 6 films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Halloween
  • Awakenings
  • The 'Burbs
  • Rear Window
Niall Hassett

Niall Hassett 10 films

  • Cult of Chucky
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Doctor Strange
  • The Truman Show
  • Rear Window
Clearin

Clearin 10 films

  • Re-Animator
  • Misery
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • Frankenstein
Matthias_S

Matthias_S 10 films

  • 5B
  • And the Band Played On
  • The Normal Heart
  • Sicko
  • The Experiment
Nichtsbesondern

Nichtsbesondern 14 films

  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Beanpole
  • Contagion
  • Britannia Hospital
Jake Price

Jake Price 10 films

  • Death Nurse
  • Faceless
  • Hospital Massacre
  • The Dentist
  • Horror Hospital
Nick FW

Nick FW 10 films

  • The Unknown Girl
  • A Monster with a Thousand Heads
  • Still Walking
  • Sólo con tu pareja
  • Lemonade
okrc (J.Arturo)

okrc (J.Arturo) 10 films

  • Persona
  • The Hospital
  • Young Frankenstein
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Elephant Man
Naim Rasheed

Naim Rasheed 10 films

  • Good Will Hunting
  • The Fugitive
  • Contagion
  • Icarus
  • Side Effects
christopher

christopher 10 films

  • Persona
  • Magnolia
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • Big Hero 6
CoramDeo

CoramDeo 10 films

  • The Elephant Man
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • A Cure for Wellness
  • Re-Animator
Jordan

Jordan 10 films

  • Doc Hollywood
  • Patch Adams
  • Flatliners
  • Pet Sematary
  • M*A*S*H
Gabriel Jewett

Gabriel Jewett 7 films

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Contagion
  • Virus
Mike E

Mike E 10 films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Patch Adams
  • Shutter Island
Or 🎬🏴‍☠️✨

Or 🎬🏴‍☠️✨ 3 films

  • Persona
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Godard_Knocks

Godard_Knocks 2 films

  • The Seventh Veil
  • Spellbound
  • Red Beard
  • Persona
  • The Elephant Man
Thibaut

Thibaut 6 films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Shutter Island
  • Young Frankenstein
  • The Sixth Sense
  • The Elephant Man
Valdac

Valdac 10 films

  • M*A*S*H
  • No Way Out
  • Something the Lord Made
  • The Carey Treatment
  • Nurse Betty
Aspiefuck

Aspiefuck 8 films

  • The Fugitive
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Flatliners
  • Alien³
Rod T

Rod T 10 films

  • Persona
  • Halloween
  • The Thing
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
Em

Em 10 films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Breaking the Waves
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Magnolia
  • The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Bill Layton

Bill Layton 8 films

  • Planet Terror
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Re-Animator
  • First Love
  • The Elephant Man
azumukupoe

azumukupoe 10 films

  • Drunken Angel
  • The Wrong Box
  • Doctor Strange
  • Doctor Dolittle
  • Patch Adams
Chris Coke

Chris Coke 10 films

  • M*A*S*H
  • Eyes Without a Face
  • The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
  • The Fugitive
  • The Elephant Man
Forrest With2Rs

Forrest With2Rs 7 films

  • Young Frankenstein
  • The X Files
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Halloween
  • Re-Animator
Specules

Specules 10 films

  • A Matter of Life and Death
  • Rear Window
  • Persona
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Dressed to Kill
kjkirk

kjkirk 10 films

  • The Sixth Sense
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • Shutter Island
  • Awakenings
Paul Dilger

Paul Dilger 10 films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Misery
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Marathon Man
  • Shutter Island
Jiddle

Jiddle 12 films

  • Red Beard
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Eve's Bayou
Daniel Earney

Daniel Earney 5 films

  • Dr. T & the Women
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
John Quinn

John Quinn 9 films

  • Angels of the Universe
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Awakenings
  • The Fugitive
  • Young Frankenstein
Fannar Kristinsson

Fannar Kristinsson 10 films

  • Patch Adams
  • Anatomy
  • Awakenings
  • Misery
  • The Cider House Rules
TheCityZion

TheCityZion 10 films

  • Chernobyl
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Drunken Angel
AronDanburg

AronDanburg 10 films

  • Contagion
  • Something the Lord Made
  • Concussion
  • No Way Out
  • Hotel Artemis
Gamgee

Gamgee 10 films

  • Awakenings
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Andromeda Strain
  • Good Will Hunting
  • The King's Speech
Beb Freb

Beb Freb 10 films

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Eyes Without a Face
  • Doctor Strange
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Shutter Island
Theodore Twombly

Theodore Twombly 8 films

  • Alien³
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Contagion
  • Hysteria
  • Death Becomes Her
David Leeds

David Leeds 8 films

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Awakenings
  • Patch Adams
  • Trainwreck
Kyle Bailey

Kyle Bailey 10 films

  • Airplane!
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Tom Cleveland

Tom Cleveland 2 films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Awakenings
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • The Doctor
Flicks With Friends

Flicks With Friends 10 films

  • Rear Window
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Knives Out
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Atonement
carolina

carolina 10 films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Magnolia
  • Patch Adams
  • Raw
Chad Marriotti

Chad Marriotti 10 films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Alien
  • Red Dragon
  • Alien³
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Blaze the Action Junkie

Blaze the Action Junkie 10 films

  • The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Dead Ringers
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • Little Shop of Horrors
andrewgroans

andrewgroans 10 films

  • Young Frankenstein
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • M*A*S*H
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Persona
Pavlos Kyriazis

Pavlos Kyriazis 10 films

  • Young Frankenstein
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Dead Ringers
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Seth Montpelier

Seth Montpelier 10 films

  • Star Trek
  • M*A*S*H
  • Nuts!
  • Evolution
  • Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Zheddy

Zheddy 10 films

  • A Matter of Life and Death
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • Eyes Without a Face
  • The Thing
  • Doctor Zhivago
Tucker

Tucker 10 films

  • An American Werewolf in London
  • The Andromeda Strain
  • Dark Victory
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Eyes Without a Face
Kenneth_C

Kenneth_C 10 films

  • Patch Adams
  • M*A*S*H
  • Awakenings
  • Something the Lord Made
  • Doctor Zhivago
Polly 💐

Polly 💐 10 films

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Halloween
  • Spider-Man 2
  • The Grudge
  • The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Blake

Blake 8 films

  • The Manchurian Candidate
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • The Fisher King
  • Rear Window
  • The Exorcist III
Citizeness_Kane

Citizeness_Kane 10 films

  • The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Skin I Live In
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Nuts!
Dielfo

Dielfo 13 films

  • Magnolia
  • Persona
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Sixth Sense
munhoz

munhoz 6 films

  • The Motorcycle Diaries
  • The Face of Another
  • Red Beard
  • Johnny Got His Gun
  • Red Angel
Rick

Rick 10 films

  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Meet the Parents
  • Magnolia
  • What About Bob?
Evan

Evan 10 films

  • The Elephant Man
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Mad Love
  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
  • Awakenings
Mike Myers

Mike Myers 11 films

  • M*A*S*H
  • The English Patient
  • The Skin I Live In
  • Lorenzo's Oil
  • Contagion
scottzelligan

scottzelligan 10 films

  • Anatomy
  • Gross Anatomy
  • The Cider House Rules
  • Raw
  • Hacksaw Ridge
Will Tyer

Will Tyer 10 films

  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • The Thing
  • Persona
  • Magnolia
  • The Skin I Live In
Mandel 🎥👻

Mandel 🎥👻 10 films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Persona
  • Red Beard
  • Shutter Island
  • Doctor Zhivago
nejore

nejore 10 films

  • Dead Ringers
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Skin I Live In
Joshua Brown

Joshua Brown 10 films

  • Phantom Thread
#1 gizmo fan

#1 gizmo fan 1 film

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Nurse 3-D
  • Persona
  • Dead Ringers
  • Twelve Monkeys
abby

abby 10 films

  • Persona
  • Shutter Island
  • Good Will Hunting
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Silence of the Lambs
Sam Uhlemann

Sam Uhlemann 5 films

  • Persona
  • Red Beard
  • Solaris
  • The Face of Another
  • The Skin I Live In
David

David 10 films

  • Red Beard
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The American Nurse
  • Dark Victory
  • Something the Lord Made
Eric Nelson

Eric Nelson 41 films

  • The Lazarus Effect
  • Contracted
  • Saint Maud
  • Knives Out
  • High Life
lizzie 🏳️‍🌈

lizzie 🏳️‍🌈 8 films

  • Doctor Sleep
  • Radioactive
  • Little Joe
  • The Game Changers
  • Double Lover
PhillUpNorth

PhillUpNorth 28 films

  • Awakenings
  • Coma
  • The Fugitive
  • The Doctor
  • Extreme Measures
Rui Ozpinhead

Rui Ozpinhead 10 films

Still from No Way Out (1950)