THEME EXPLORATION

medical incompetence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up
2021 · Adam McKay
50 First Dates
50 First Dates
2004 · Peter Segal
A Cry for Help
A Cry for Help
1912 · D.W. Griffith
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith
1931 · John Ford
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
1924 · Julien Duvivier
Distant Trumpet
Distant Trumpet
1952 · Terence Fisher
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His films like 'Another Year' and 'Secrets & Lies' deeply explore systemic failures and human vulnerability within institutional contexts, including healthcare's emotional and moral dimensions.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema frequently depicts how institutional incompetence and bureaucratic negligence devastate ordinary people's lives, as seen in 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You'.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His surreal, darkly comic films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' interrogate medical authority, bodily autonomy, and the disturbing power dynamics between doctors and patients.