Movies and TvShows featuring "sick-parent" theme.

An American father is faced with a life-changing decision when he learns that his wife is terminally ill. In a desperate attempt to fulfill her dying wish, he embarks on a road trip with his estranged son across the California desert. Along the way, they encounter a series of challenges and unexpected adventures that test their relationship and reveal the true meaning of family.

A poet in his late 30s, who has spent all his life in Jeju Island, lives off his sturdy wife. Despite his wife's constant nagging about his inability as a breadwinner, all he does is thinking about and writing poetry. One day, the poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings he has never had before.

In 19th-century England, an aristocratic family struggles with isolation, terminal illness, and dark secrets involving incest and werewolves. The family's sick parent and annoying little sister become targets of killer rats, leading to gruesome deaths and a fight for survival.

In Moon, 66 Questions, a daughter takes care of her father who has multiple sclerosis. Throughout their daily routines and challenges, they navigate their relationship and confront the realities of illness.

While with one of his clients, the young male prostitute Cédric receives a voicemail from his mother. She is going through detoxification and desperately wants him to come and visit her. Cédric embarks on a journey through Paris, attempting to get to her as fast as he can against all the odds.

Jharia, India, one of the most dangerous places on earth. Fires rage underground, smoke and dangerous fumes belch from cracks in the ground. This is the home of Anant, an 8 year old boy who scrapes a living picking coal and selling it at the local markets to try and feed himself and his sick mother. One day, a chance encounter changes Anant's life, forever. This is a coming of age drama that casts a spotlight on a humanitarian disaster area and gives us a chance to see the world through the eyes of one of India's many child labourers.

When Isa is not at school or working on his parents' farmyard, he spends carefree days with his friends - until the outside world starts forcing him to say one goodbye after another.

A young woman is forced to return to her hometown to take care of her ailing father and, in turn, finds herself living a life she never imagined for herself.

Grigris, a young disabled man living in Chad, dreams of becoming a dancer. To make ends meet, he takes on odd jobs and becomes involved in a criminal scheme. Along the way, he falls in love with Mimi, a prostitute, and together they face numerous challenges and obstacles.

This Academy Award-nominated film takes a moving personal story, illuminates it with insight and humor, and makes it universal. In recounting her attempts to come to terms with her mother's advancing Alzheimer's disease, Deborah Hoffmann explores the relationship between mother and daughter, parent and child, and the tenacity of love.