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1) Still Alice
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine...
8) Amour
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
A touching tale of a loving couple whose unbreakable bonds of marriage are tested by life's greatest challenge.
"All great films have imagination; this one also has the sense of experience."--New York Post
"In the history of movies about love, Amour shall last forever."--Time Magazine
"...perhaps the most hauntingly honest movie about old age ever made."--Entertainment Weekly
"A tender, wrenching, impeccably directed story of love and death."--New...
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Topics covered include: how to establish a communication link; assessing a person's comprehension level; determining if a person is able to respond to verbal cues; learning strategies to simplify communication; using reassuring tones; employing non-verbal communication including facial expression and touch; and, finally, appreciating that talking, even without content, is a way of connecting.
12) Five feet apart
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
Life as a teenager is hard. Life gets even harder when you're a teenager suffering from a life-threatening illness. Compound illness, adolescence, and the fact that you're spending most of your time in the hospital; life can get very lonely. The only person who could possibly understand may be a teenager living a similar life. When two critically ill teens met at a hospital, only time will tell if they will become friends or even fall in love?
13) Alive inside
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around the country who have been revitalized through the simple experience of listening to music.
Series
Breaking Bad volume Season 2
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
After an unremarkable chemistry teacher learns he has terminal cancer, he turns to an exciting life of crime to provide for his loved ones.
17) The bucket list
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.
18) The fall
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
1920's, Los Angeles. In a hospital on the outskirts of town, Roy Walker, an injured stuntman, begins to tell young Alexandria, a fellow patient with a broken arm, a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Shaun's proposed treatment for a homeless patient puts him and Jared in Andrews' crosshairs. Meanwhile, Claire tries to overcome Melendez' reluctance to do a risky heart operation while Glassman must overcome his personal feelings about his oncologist, Dr. Marina Blaize, and face a difficult decision about his health.
"Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, continues to use his extraordinary medical gifts at St. Bonaventure...
20) Shutter Island
Pub. Date
2010
Description
When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go.
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