Cancer Movies

A young boy's successful battle against cancer and his subsequent efforts to help other children overcome their fears of the illness.

Cameron Duncan wrote, directed and starred in this short film, the same year a lump in his knee turned out to be cancerous. Aged only 16, Duncan had...

Chicago cabbie Mitch Lawrence is a man whose dreams are starting to fade. His only shining light is his loving and pregnant wife. When one of his...

Cancer is the only disease that has been defeated dozens of times without anyone knowing it. In the last 100 years, doctors, scientists, and...

Hailing from different strata of society, cancer patients Roy (Jayaram), Soorya (Kunchacko Boban), Amir (Jayasurya) and Gauri (Meera Jasmine) become...

Jose has got testicle cancer. For him, this is jut another reason to laugh and not to take things too seriusly. He will find the way to make his...

A spirited cancer survivor goes on a spontaneous search for 'The Berlin Patient' - the first man in the world actually cured of HIV.

When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged...

In August 2007, after some medical studies, I was diagnosed with bone cancer. This movie is based on my memories of those days.

The arrival of Juan, who has been away from the family for years, profoundly alters the life of Mario, who seems to have "mortgaged" his life in the...

Real-life clown Jack Thum, along with his devoted wife, Shirlee, cared for dozens of homeless children — 37 of them over the years — in...

Nate Ryan returns home to Bundy Canyon to visit his dying father. With the help of Amal, a compulsively unfiltered hospice nurse, Nate opens old...

During their 13 month journey, Regen and his family demonstrated a level of Faith and Courage that inspired a community to loving action. People gave...

Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and Harry Potter. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with...

It was the spring of 2010 when I discovered that I was ill with leukemia. I was 29 years old and had never been in a hospital before. The fear, the...

A teenage boy reluctantly turns to the streets to earn $6,000 a month for his mother's cancer medicine and quickly discovers that street money does...

Self-portrait of a 38-year-old mother from Abitibi, struggling with breast cancer.

Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most...