Cancer Movies

Reflections on writing, life and death with French Canadian poet Marie Uguay, who would die of bone cancer shortly after the making of this film.

When it was announced in May of 2016 that lead singer Gord Downie had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the band decided that they would do...

Masha is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill,...

A young boy's successful battle against cancer and his subsequent efforts to help other children overcome their fears of the illness.

Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are...

A teenage girl must ingratiate herself into her cult-follower mother's care before her chain-smoking grandmother dies of lung cancer.

Combining feature-film, documentary, and popular-science elements, this movie outlines the risks of malignant cancer tumours spreading if the...

Marcus is dealing with some serious shit but he can't seem to talk to anyone about it.

Steve Street is about to lead his Highschool Football team to the City Championship, when he's diagnosed with cancer.

When a four year old and other children in same neighborhood develop leukaemia, the parents suspect a nearby factory. Based on real events.

In an industry that is becoming increasingly competitive, what drives indie filmmakers to keep creating their art, even when there is no promise of...

Tells the story of Becca, a beautiful 28 year-old woman whose perfect life is brought to an abrupt halt after she accidentally discovers a lump in...

When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. What emerges is a portrait of her extended LGBTQ...

'The True History of Marijuana' digs deep to expose a world-wide conspiracy, led by the petrolchemical industry, that has outlawed one of the most...

A recently widowed Mr. Jordan finds himself stuck in the health system as he battles cancer alone.

The extraordinary moving story of Toni Crews, a young mum with a rare terminal cancer who charted her illness online before donating her body for...

Self-portrait of a 38-year-old mother from Abitibi, struggling with breast cancer.

Cancer is the only disease that has been defeated dozens of times without anyone knowing it. In the last 100 years, doctors, scientists, and...

The Common Touch tells the story of Jake Bailey, viral sensation and student of Christchurch Boys High School, who was told one week before his...