Film Medical Theme: Epilepsie

Fight for Life

Language : English

Year : 1987

Medical Theme : Epilepsy

Actors : Jaclyn Bernstein, Gerard Parkes, Patty Duke, Jim Bearden

Storyline : Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six year old daughter with epilepsy. He fights to get the FDA to approve a drug(at that time only available in England) for use in U.S.A.

First Do No Harm

Language : English

Year : 1997

Medical Theme : Epilepsy / Ketogenic Diet

Actors : Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins, Allison Janey

Storyline : It's the story of a family's strength and courage in a time of extreme crisis.

Mean Streets

Language : English

Year : 1973

Medical Theme : Epilepsy

Actors : Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson

Storyline : The future is set for Tony and Michael who own a neighborhood bar. Charlie works for his uncle, making collections and redeeming bad debts. His uncle disapproves of his love for a woman because she is epileptic.

Wild Flower

Language : English

Year : 1991

Medical Theme : Epilepsy

Actors : Beau Bridges, Susan Blakeley, William McNamara, Reese Witherspoon

Storyline : The story is about two compassionate teens who discover and adopt a partially deaf epileptic who had been locked away by her psychotically abusive father.