Movies and TvShows featuring "rare-disease" theme.
Follows a successful lawyer who has everything, but who is plagued by a family curse, and turns out that the one who holds the secret to breaking it is the seemingly ordinary civil servant.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the adventures of eccentric detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant as they solve supernatural mysteries. With elements of time travel, psychic phenomena, and government conspiracies, their investigations take them on a wild and unpredictable journey.
Kei Kusanagi is a high school student who awakens one day to find himself in a mysterious new town. He discovers that his new teacher is an alien and they end up getting married. Kei must hide this secret from everyone as they navigate their new life together.
A mysterious illness. An underground realm at its origin. Gifted with immunity, one young man enters to find a cure.
So long as people have hearts, there will be those with worries and concerns. Those hearts are then invaded by something strange, causing them to show strange physical symptoms. These ailments, called "mysterious diseases", exist unseen to most people. Modern medicine offers no cure, but there is one doctor who fights these diseases along with his pupils. His name is Ramune. He looks nothing like a doctor, is foul-mouthed, and does whatever he pleases, but he has the ability to pinpoint the cause of the troubles hidden deep within his patients' hearts and cure their mysterious diseases.
In 19th Century Victorian England, Dr. Frederick Treves rescues a heavily disfigured man, The Elephant Man, who is mistreated as a side-show freak. Treves realizes that behind his monstrous appearance, the man possesses kindness, intelligence, and sophistication.
Katie Price, a 17-year-old girl with a rare genetic condition called xeroderma pigmentosum, is confined to her home during the day due to her extreme sensitivity to sunlight. During the night, she spends her time playing the guitar and composing songs. One evening, while she is playing her guitar at the train station, she meets Charlie, a boy she has been watching from her bedroom window for years. As their relationship develops, Katie faces the challenge of trying to live a normal life while battling her illness and risking her life for love.
Brain on Fire tells the true story of Susannah Cahalan, a journalist who suddenly begins experiencing seizures and hallucinations. As her condition worsens, she searches for answers and faces a misdiagnosis before finally discovering she has a rare autoimmune disease. With the support of her family and doctors, she fights to regain control of her life.
A young woman pursues love and adventure despite her disease. Her world turns upside down when she discovers that her circumstances are born out of revenge and heartbreaks of the past.
Nayla, a 15-year-old girl who lives in a simple family, is cheerful, diligent, smart, good at basketball, and diligent in worship. One day, unusual things began to happen to Nayla. She started falling frequently and walking strangely. When her mother took her to see a doctor, Nayla was diagnosed with Spinocerebellar Ataxia, a rare disease.
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken tells the story of a mother and daughter who form a deep bond while on vacation. They discover that they both have a romantic relationship with the same woman, leading to conflict and introspection. As they navigate the complexities of their relationships, they also come to terms with their own mortality and find a sense of closure and acceptance.
Awoken follows the story of a medical student in Adelaide, Australia, who discovers a rare disease that causes acute insomnia. As she begins to dive deeper into the world of sleep disorders, she uncovers a sinister plot and must fight to find a cure before it's too late. The movie explores themes of family relationships, mental instability, and the power of dreams.
Austin is a boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes Austin truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming worldview that transforms and unites everyone around him.
A 22 year old man who has lived inside a crystal room because of a rare illness, meets an up and coming rock star, and the two fall in love.
When a teacher is murdered, an amateur sleuth and police inspector join forces to unravel the mystery, uncovering secrets and manipulation along the way.
Paa is a heartwarming comedy-drama that revolves around a 12-year-old boy named Auro who suffers from Progeria, a rare genetic disorder that causes accelerated aging. Despite his condition, Auro is a happy and intelligent child with a zest for life. The movie explores the unique bond between Auro and his father, as well as the challenges they face together. Paa also touches upon themes of motherhood, politics, and social acceptance. It is a moving tale that showcases the power of love and the strength of the human spirit.
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
Adam Pearson - who has neurofibromatosis type 1 - is on a mission to explore disability hate crime: to find out why it goes under-reported, under-recorded and under people's radar.
Angeliena, a parking lot attendant, is diagnosed with a rare disease. She dreams of becoming a successful businesswoman and decides to travel to find a cure. Along the way, she encounters various characters, experiences childhood flashbacks, forms unexpected friendships, and confronts class differences and cruelty. Through her journey, she learns the importance of compassion and the true meaning of success.
In Jumpman, a motherless child with a rare disease named Dima takes extreme measures to survive and find justice. He jumps in front of cars, gets hit, and then demands exorbitant sums of money from the drivers. However, things take a turn when he jumps in front of a car driven by Anna, a corrupt judge. Instead of paying him, Anna blackmails him into being part of her corrupt scheme. Dima finds himself in a dangerous web of lies and deceit, putting his life in danger. As he navigates the treacherous world of corruption, he discovers shocking secrets and fights for his own survival.