Film Medical Theme: Leucémie

A lion in the House

Language : English

Year : 2005

Medical Theme : Leukemia

Actors : Dr.Robert Arceci, Adam Ashcraft, Dale Ashcraft, Debbie Ashcraft

Storline : Five young people battle incurable disease as their families deal with their physical and emotional struggles. Justin Ashcraft, an 18years old has been suffering from leukemia since age eight, Alfields, an 11year old is suffering from lymphoma and seven year old Alex Lougheed is down with leukemia.

Love Story

Language : English

Year : 1970

Medical Theme : Leukemia

Actors : Ali McGraw, Ryan O'Neil, John Marley, Ray Milland, Russel Nype

Storline : Oliver Barrett played by Ryan O'Neil is a Harvard Law student, falls in love with a Radcliffe college student,Jennifer Cavilleri. He defies his wealthy father (Ray Milland)and marries Jennifer. The couple struggle together to pay Harvard fees and when they decide to have a baby Oliver was informed of Jenny's terminal illness. By the time the wealthy father decides to help, Jenny dies in Oliver's Hands.

Marvin's Room

Language : English

Year : 1996

Medical Theme : Leukemia/ organ transplantation

Actors : Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro

Storline : Diane Keaton plays the role of Bessie, who takes care of her bed-ridden father for seventeen years and one day with the help of a local doctor she discovers she has Leukemia and to overcome the disease she needs bone marrow transplant very fast. So she calls her sister Lee for help, who hasn’t been in touch with the family for many years and who is busy chasing after her own dreams. When Lee comes to see Bessie, she comes with her son Hank and it is Hank who is going to donate his bone marrow for the transplantation. Finally, being together, they slowly begin to rediscover the joy of living together as a family, by starting to love each other and in the end Lee becomes prepared to take up her responsibilities.

The Fourth Wish

Language : English

Year : 1976

Medical Theme : Leukemia/Terminal illness

Actors : John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Michael Craig

Storyline : The poignant struggle of a man to grant his terminally ill son three wishes and the obstacles cast in his way of achieving this goal.

The Basketball Diaries

Language : English

Year : 1995

Medical Theme : Drug Abuse/Leukemia

Actors : Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio

Storyline : Jim Carrol is a high school basket ball player who once in a while gets stoned with his friends. But eventually, he becomes brutally addicted to the drugs and loses everything he has worked for. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach who takes unaccepted liberties with the boys, teenage sexual angst and an unhealthy appetite for heroin- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Is he able to get back to sanity?

The Rainmaker

Language : English

Year : 1997

Medical Theme : Leukemia

Actors : Matt Damon, Danny De Vito, Claire Danes

Storyline : A young Tennessee lawyer fresh out of law school takes the case of his life. He represents the family which is wronged by an Insurance Company by denying the payment of medical bills of a young man of the family diagnosed with leukemia.

Blue Field

Language : English

Year : 2006

Medical Theme : Lymphocytic Leukemia

Actors : Conrad Martin, Jessica Hansen

Storline : Peter Wilson is a successful K-street accountant on the verge of making partner in his firm. He is eagerly awaiting the arrival of his first child when he is diagnosed with advanced Lymphocytic Leukemia. His only hope at survival is to reconnect with an estranged younger sister he hasn't spoken with in over twelve years.

My Sister’s Keeper

Language : English

Year : 2009

Medical Theme : Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (Blood & Bone Marrow Cancer)

Actors : Cameron Diaz, Jason Patrick, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva

Storline : The movie presents the determination of the parents to fight for the health and life of their daughter battling with leukemia – blood and bone marrow cancer. Anna, the thirteen year old never shrugs away from helping her sister Kate as she is the only member who can be used as a donor in the family. Situations get worse when Kate is in need of a Kidney for which both Anna & Kate would have to go through a serious surgery with the least hope of success. Anna appeals for a medical emancipation requesting that she be given the authority to make her own decisions. A tearjerker, My Sister’s Keeper should definitely be watched.