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Movies like Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem (1985)

The best movies like Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem (1985) are Goodbye June (2025), Hounddog (2008) and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017). If Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Goodbye June (2025)

    Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. Hounddog (2008)

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

    An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)

    A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. From Straight A's to XXX (2017)

    When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  6. Hungry Hearts (2015)

    The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

    Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

    A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. The Human Voice (2020)

    A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. The Safety of Objects (2002)

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Come Sunday (2018)

    Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  12. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. Helen (2009)

    On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. All Day and a Night (2020)

    While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)

    In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Girl in the Box (2016)

    The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. El Chicano (2019)

    A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Normal (2003)

    A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. Killer's Kiss (1955)

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Sergio (2020)

    A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. Not Panic (2010)

    They go sledging behind a car. They earn extra by fixing the roof of a neighbor's house. They are young and want to fulfill their dreams, but before them an uncertain future prevails. We are there as one of them, equally present, equally absent.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  22. Grandmother's Eye (2010)

    A constant motion from a distance all the way into an elderly ladies eye.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  23. The Last Post (2011)

    An old lady in a nursing home is visited by a mysterious man no one else seems to be able to see.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  24. Amsterdam to Anatolia (2019)

    Elissa's life takes a turn when she meets a mysterious man in her English class and she has to quickly decide between her family and him- and going from family-life to a life on the run is a wild choice to everyone but her.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  25. Rasta (2019)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  26. Safe Word (2023)

    Cesar, an emotionally stunted masochist, must confront his self-loathing after his dissatisfied-yet-caring Dom, Bear, reinterprets the rules of their game. They arrive at a paradigm-shifting result neither one of them expects.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  27. F Is for Friendship (2017)

    Emily decides to air the skeletons in her closet and brave the scrutiny of a catty dinner party to win back her name.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. Oasis (2014)

    After her husband dies, Nieves inherits his job as the super of a decaying apartment complex in New York City. But the job becomes more difficult than she anticipated when she discovers a disturbing secret in one of the units.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Carne (1991)

    After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  30. Sycorax (2021)

    Who is Sycorax? The first character in Shakespeare's "Tempest" to set foot on the island. The problem is that she has no voice. She is barely mentioned by Prospero as a crooked, old, wicked witch who vilely locked Ariel, the spirit of the air, in a tree. But why would she do that? Here, we wouldn't believe Prospero so much.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem?

The closest matches to Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem are Goodbye June (2025), Hounddog (2008) and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem?

Start with Goodbye June (2025), the closest match to Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem.

What is the highest-rated movie like Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem?

Carne (1991), rated 6.8/10 by 257 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem?

Goodbye June (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem?

Yes: Goodbye June (2025), Hounddog (2008) and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017).

How are movies similar to Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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