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THEME EXPLORATION

medical guilt

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Medicine Bottle
The Medicine Bottle
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Flatliners
Flatliners
1990 · Joel Schumacher
The Cured
The Cured
2017 · David Freyne
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell → United Kingdom

His intimate character studies explore moral culpability and ethical dilemmas within healthcare and personal relationships with unflinching psychological depth.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His films examine responsibility, negligence, and the weight of medical decisions on families, particularly in works exploring mortality and parental duty.

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