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1) 55 steps
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on the inspiring true story of an outrageous and smart Eleanor Riese, a patient in a psychiatric hospital where she's been mistreated, and her attorney, a patients' rights lawyer, Colette Hughes.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck, his idol. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally.
4) 50/50
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by personal experiences, an original story about friendship, love, survival, and finding humor in unlikely places. Two best friends' lives change when one of them is diagnosed with spinal cancer.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just won't leave.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Momentum in Science features 25 leading scientists, a primetime state-of-the-science report revealing the most cutting-edge research advances. Three additional specials (The Memory Loss Tapes; Grandpa, Will You Remember Me? with Maria Shriver; and Caregivers) capture what it means to experience the disease, to be a child or grandchild of one who suffers, and to care for those who are affected.
7) Mr. Johnson
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After awakening from an almost 50-year coma, 76-year-old David Johnson struggles to adjust until he decides to track down his college sweetheart.
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The true, inspirational story of 34-year old Jamie Sorum, who is battling Huntington's Disease. Huntington's Disease is a rare, fatal neurological disease with symptoms being described as having ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all simultaneously. There is no cure. The film brings awareness to the necessity of a cure, and highlights Jamie's unfaltering ability to face each day with hope, joy, and surpassing bravery.
9) Love, Gilda
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Never-before-seen footage and journal entries form the narrative spine of the documentary, allowing Gilda Radner to tell her own story; through the laughter and sometimes the tears. Incredibly, she was able to find humor in even the darkest of times. Her spirit lives on in comedy as a female trailblazer who continues to inspire many present day comedic performers.
10) Last Christmas
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In recovery from a life-threatening illness, Kate's work as an elf at a Christmas-themed shop begins to suffer as she keeps the secret from her employer and does not discuss it with her first-generation immigrant parents or her distanced sister. As the holidays draw closer, she encounters the same kind-hearted man repeatedly, and finds herself eventually warming to him despite his unreliable nature, letting his optimistic worldview gradually change...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Alzheimer's disease ravages the minds of over 40 million victims worldwide. The cause of Alzheimer's and whether it can be stopped is one of the greatest medical mysteries of our time. Join courageous patients participating in clinical trials, and then go behind the scenes of the major drug trials to see how researchers target and test therapies that may slow and even prevent Alzheimer's.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With more than eight million new infections every year, virulent new drug-resistant strains emerging faster than ever, and outbreaks across the world, tuberculosis has become the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease on the planet. Jezza Neumann travels to Swaziland, the country with the world's highest incidence of TB, to deliver this unforgettable portrait of the people living at the pandemic's epicenter.
Publisher
Ocean Avenue Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A wife and young mother with terminal breast cancer explores the raw edges of dying with grace and dignity. Her honesty and courage inspired hundreds of thousands of fellow moms to follow along with Kara through her suffering and eventual death. Her story will uplift and encourage anyone who dares to watch.
17) Song for hope
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When diagnosed with terminal cancer, a world-renowned trumpet soloist proves art is essential to survival.
19) Five feet apart
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Stella Grant is every bit a seventeen-year-old. She's attached to her laptop and loves her best friends. But unlike most teenagers, she spends much of her time living in a hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control, all of which is put to the test when she meets an impossibly charming fellow patient named Will Newman.
20) Still Alice
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
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