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A Spanish psychological thriller, The Paramedic (2020), directed by Carles Torras and written by David Desola and Hèctor Hernández Vicens, follows the story of Ángel Hernández. Living with his girlfriend Vanesa (Vane) François, Ángel is a paramedic who lacks empathy towards his patients and resorts to stealing from them. He then sells these items to a local fence. At home, Ángel displays controlling and possessive behavior towards Vane as they try unsuccessfully for a baby. Blaming her for their struggles, he even suggests ...

To the Bone (2017) is an American drama film, written and directed by Marti Noxon. It follows the story of a young woman, played by Lily Collins, as she battles anorexia. Ellen, a 20-year-old college dropout, returns home to her stepmother and father’s house after undergoing an in-patient program with no success. Her father is absent and leaves the responsibility to her stepmother, Susan, who arranges for Ellen to see Dr. William Beckham, a specialist who urges her to join his patient program. Though hesitant at first, Ellen’s younger sister ultimately ...

The American medical drama television series Grey’s Anatomy (2005–2024) follows the personal and professional lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings at Seattle Grace Hospital (later renamed Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital). Premiering on March 27, 2005, as a mid-season replacement on ABC, it is currently the network’s longest-running scripted primetime show. The success of the series has propelled actors Pompeo, Dempsey, and Oh to global fame, with all three ranking among the top five highest-earning ...

House (2004–2012) is an American medical drama television series that aired on the Fox network for eight seasons. It follows the story of Gregory House, M.D., a cynical and brilliant doctor who leads a team of diagnosticians at Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. The show’s structure includes a main plot with additional subplots that span multiple seasons. Each episode centers around a primary patient whose symptoms are first seen in a cold open outside the hospital. From there, the team works to diagnose and treat the patient’s illness, often facing challenges and roadblocks until the patient’s condition becomes dire. They ...

Playing God (1997) is an American dramatic crime thriller directed by Andy Wilson and written by Mark Haskell Smith. The protagonist, Eugene Sands, loses his medical license due to operating while under the influence of amphetamines and opiates. He gets entangled with a crime boss named Raymond Blossom after saving a stranger’s life in a bar with an emergency procedure to inflate their collapsed lung. Blossom hires Sands as his private doctor, tending to his associates when they cannot seek medical attention elsewhere, as well as providing care for the crime lord ...

ER (1994–2009) is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and physician Michael Crichton. The show aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009, and had a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 seasons. Produced by Constant C Productions and Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television, ER follows the inner life of the emergency room (ER) at Cook County General Hospital in Chicago. Throughout its run, the show tackled various critical issues faced by the department’s physicians and staff. It holds the title of being the second longest-running primetime medical ...

Young Doctors in Love (1982) is an American comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. The story follows a group of eight young medical interns who join the City Hospital surgery staff, headed by the brash and cynical Dr. Prang. Among the patients at the hospital is Sal Bonafetti, an old mafioso who has disguised himself under a different name due to fear of retaliation from rival crime organizations. His son Angelo takes on the identity of a woman named ‘Angela’ to keep watch over his father. In addition, professional hitman Malamud also becomes a patient in order to carry out an assassination attempt on Sal. ...

St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) is an American medical drama television series originally airing on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. Created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, it follows the lives of staff at the fictional St. Eligius Hospital in Boston’s South End neighborhood. The hospital’s nickname, ‘St. Elsewhere’, is a slang term in the medical field for hospitals that may not have the same resources as others, but still provide care to patients who are turned away elsewhere. This term can also be used in medical academia for teaching ...