Movies and TvShows featuring "heart-failure" theme.

John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses due to heart failure. Desperate for a heart transplant, John takes the hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance refuses to cover the cost. He demands that the hospital perform the transplant to save his son's life. With the lives of the staff and patients hanging in the balance, John Q. navigates the tense situation to ensure his son's survival.

In the nonlinear timeline style of Quentin Tarantino, '21 Grams' tells the story of Paul Rivers, a college math professor with heart failure, his wife's desire for a child, Jack Jordan, a reformed ex-con now working in a church, Cristina Peck, a seemingly typical housewife whose family is tragically killed in a hit-and-run. When Cristina consents to organ donation, her husband's heart is transplanted into Paul. Their lives intertwine as they navigate grief, guilt, and redemption.

Hippocrates follows the story of a junior doctor in a Paris hospital who navigates the complexities of his profession as he deals with a wide range of medical cases, personal struggles, and cultural differences. The movie explores the themes of solidarity, guilt, and the journey into adulthood, all against the backdrop of the hectic and emotional world of healthcare.

Maureen, a young woman in Paris, works as a personal shopper for a celebrity. She also has a spiritual gift and is trying to communicate with her deceased twin brother. As she carries out her shopping tasks, she starts receiving mysterious text messages and experiencing ghostly visions. Determined to uncover the truth, Maureen embarks on a journey that leads her to a deserted house and confronts her own fears.

When Miss Marple's friend is accused of murdering a wealthy man, she sets out to prove their innocence through her detective skills. As she investigates, she unravels a web of deception, disguises, and unexpected twists.

Lucky Luciano chronicles the life of the notorious Italian-American gangster as he rises to power in the organized crime world. From his humble beginnings in Italy to his dominance in the New York crime scene, the film explores Luciano's entanglement with corrupt officials, rival gangs, and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Set against the backdrop of post-World War II Italy and the Sicilian invasion, Lucky Luciano delves into the world of organized crime, ambition, and betrayal.

Pinky, an African-American medical doctor, faces racial tension and prejudice in the old South. She navigates interracial love and friendship while dealing with a heart failure patient. As she grapples with the racial identity and confusion, Pinky discovers her own strength and fights against racism.

Amanda Weber is a museum employee. Her nephew, Victorien, who feels that wild animals should not be kept in zoos, while hitchhiking saw a mysterious bus with 50 dead tourists that later was found by autorities at the bottom of a lake. When Victorien gets in very serious problems due to what he saw Amanda seeks to find out what happened and soon also becomes a target.

This documentary explores the Deadhead phenomenon. For thirty years, Jerry Garcia played guitar and sang for the Grateful Dead, and by doing so, inspired a modern cultural phenomenon: the legions of nomadic fans that made a communal way of life out of following Jerry and the Dead, the Deadheads. The End of the Road began shooting three months prior to Garcia's death in 1995, on the road with the wandering family of Deadheads- on what would be the final tour with Jerry and the Grateful Dead. Featuring a soundtrack by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, the film celebrates this social, political and cultural movement in its twilight.

In this avant-garde short film, a female scientist embarks on a surreal and comedic journey to the center of the Earth. Along the way, she encounters absurd situations, montages of epic action and fantasy, and explores themes of capitalism and industrialism. Filled with homage to classic films and steampunk elements, this film is a melodrama spoof with multiple love interests and a comedic twist on the scientific quest-adventure genre.

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno is a documentary that explores the abandoned film project by acclaimed French director Henri-Georges Clouzot. The film delves into Clouzot's ambitious and innovative ideas for the movie, which was intended to push the boundaries of filmmaking. However, due to various setbacks and Clouzot's deteriorating health, the project was ultimately left unfinished. Through interviews, archival footage, and reconstructed scenes, the documentary provides insight into Clouzot's creative process and the challenges he faced during the production.

Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem is that he doesn't have the money to buy the ticket.

When a surgeon finds himself at the center of a series of deaths, he must uncover the truth before he becomes the next victim. As the body count rises, he is drawn into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.

Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he has a relationship with proposes him to rig it. He refuses the offer but he actually begins playing like an amateur and the crowd begin to smell something fishy going on.

A lonely 40-year-old man sits on the balcony of a Finnish apartment building. Joonas Berghäll has learned that he will die in 14 years’ time, unless he changes his way of living or attitude towards life. Joonas wants to make a film about the state of wellbeing of Finnish men, drawing from his own experiences and mirroring the society at large. The film is built around six stories. It starts with the context of school and proceeds through the contexts of military service, custody battle, burnout and substance abuse to end on the subject of premature death caused by health problems.

Au Royaume des Cieux takes place in in a dreadful girls' reformatory. A couple of lovers will try to escape from this living hell.

La Vie d'un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.

A lieutenant spends a night of love with a mysterious woman. After a few years he discovers that the woman was married to an invalid and that the meeting had been organized to ensure an heir for the family