Cancer Movies

The night of his 25th birthday, Eric's friends come over for drinks, cake, and the worst news imaginable.

An emotional and inspiring journey, this episode focuses on Sir Chris Hoy and his battle with terminal cancer. Known for his incredible achievements...

A woman suffering from terminal cancer struggles to resolve several relationships in her life: a devoted but stressed lover, an estranged sister, and...

Theatre director, actor and dramaturge Peter Snickars has a brain tumor of an aggressive type. This film follows him and his family from the moment...

Kamil, who lost his father in childhood, lives alone. Kamil works in his own small photo studio, and is abandoned by his girlfriend after he falls...

When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. What emerges is a portrait of her extended LGBTQ...

Sahar, an Iranian girl who has recently broken up with her fiancé, has decided to spend some time by herself in Antalya, Turkey. Leaving a...

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

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...

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

In “Mr. Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life”, Mr. Tompkins learns about biology. In a wild and entertaining dream, his creator, author...

In an industry that is becoming increasingly competitive, what drives indie filmmakers to keep creating their art, even when there is no promise of...

Nonoue Junichi is a psychiatrist working in the counseling room of a cancer treatment center by the beach. While tending to the patients, part of his...

In this new production, Johanne is now facing a fourth cancer diagnostic. Despite having to fight this battle again, the 60-year-old wants to help...

Three best friends from design school face romantic trials and tribulations after graduation while concealing their true feelings from one another.

In 2010, 31,560 people ended their own lives and about 20,000 people died or went missing with the earthquake. Unemployed widower Fujio Murai’s...

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

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...

A play based on the friendship between CS Lewis and Joy Gresham.