Which Health-Related Romance Movie Should You Watch Next?
When covering health through film, the inclusion of romantic themes often helps to make tough topics more digestible for audiences. There are plenty of health-related romance movies to choose from, covering a wide variety of topics and tones, assuring there’s sure to be a title out there for everyone to enjoy.
From Ordinary Love’s realistic portrayal of living with cancer to Iris’ heartbreaking take on Alzheimers, these love stories serve to educate and inform whilst tugging on your heartstrings.
Ordinary Love (2019)
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife’s breast cancer diagnosis
Starring: Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson, Esh Alladi
Runtime: 1hr 32 | Genre: Drama/Romance
RT: 93%
Letterboxd: 3.5/5
IMDB: 6.6
Amour (2012)
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple’s bond of love is severely tested.
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
Runtime: 2hr 7m | Genre: Drama
RT: 93%
Letterboxd: 4.2
IMDB: 7.9
About A Boy (2002)
Will, who attends single-parent meetings to woo women, meets Marcus, a troubled 12-year-old boy. As they become friends, Will learns to be responsible while he helps Marcus with his studies
Starring: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette
Runtime: 1hr 41m | Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
RT: 93%
Letterboxd: 3.5
IMDB: 7.1
Away From Her (2006)
A man coping with the institutionalisation of his wife because of Alzheimer’s disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home
Starring: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent
Runtime: 1hr 50m | Genre: Drama
RT: 94%
Letterboxd: 3.7
IMDB: 7.5
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially “An Imperial Affliction”, so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff
Runtime: 2hr 6m | Genre: Drama/Romance
RT: 81%
Letterboxd: 3.1
IMDB: 7.7
Iris (2001)
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer’s disease
Starring: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet
Runtime: 1hr 31m | Genre: Biography/Drama
RT: 79%
Letterboxd: 3.3
IMDB: 7
Me Before You (2016)
A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she’s taking care of
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer
Runtime: 1hr 50m | Genre: Drama/Romance
RT: 54%
Letterboxd: 3.3
IMDB: 7.4
Love And Other Drugs (2010)
In 1990s Pittsburgh, a medicine peddler starts a relationship with a young woman suffering from Parkinson’s disease
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Judy Greer
Runtime: 1hr 52m | Genre: Comedy/Romance
RT: 49%
Letterboxd: 3.1
IMDB: 6.7
