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Plot Summary:
Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April. On October 23, 2009, Mercy was picked up for a full twenty-two-episode first season. On May 14, 2010, NBC announced that Mercy had been cancelled and would not return for a second season due to low ratings.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, gloomy, fast
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Love Child (2014)
Plot Summary:
Love Child follows the lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, stylized, medical drama, period drama
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A Gifted Man (2011)
Plot Summary:
A talented but self-absorbed surgeon starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sincere, touching, psychological, medical drama, serious, emotional
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Casualty (1986)
Plot Summary:
Casualty, stylised as CASUAL+Y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The original producer was Geraint Morris. The programme is based around the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency Department. The show has very few ties to its sister programme Holby City which began as a spin off from Casualty in 1999 and is set in the same hospital, but upstairs. The show's plots and characters occasionally crossover between the two programmes, but this is rare, and each show can easily be followed without having to watch the other. Casualty is shown weekly on a Saturday evening, which has been its time slot since the early 1990s.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, medical drama, soap opera, emotional, gloomy
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Presidio Med (2002)
Plot Summary:
Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, emotional, realistic, medical drama
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Off the Map (2011)
Plot Summary:
La Ciudad de las Estrellas, a tiny town in the South American jungle, is home to an understaffed, understocked medical clinic where three idealistic doctors come looking for change.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: medical drama, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Nurses (2020)
Plot Summary:
Follow five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy hospital in downtown Toronto, dedicating their lives to helping others, while struggling to help themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: medical drama, realistic, intellectual, serious, captivating, disturbing
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Hawthorne (2009)
Plot Summary:
Hawthorne is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010, it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third and final season consisting of 10 episodes. The third and final season of the show premiered on June 14, 2011. On September 2, 2011, it was announced that TNT had decided not to renew HawthoRNe, so the Season 3 finale, a cliffhanger, was the series finale.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, sincere, serious, medical drama
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Holby City (1999)
Plot Summary:
Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, serious, medical drama, emotional, gloomy
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Black Box (2014)
Plot Summary:
Catherine Black is a world-famous neurologist at the state-of-the-art medical institution known as "The Cube". Catherine is brilliant, beautiful, and at the top of her game, though she's hiding a secret of her own: she's bipolar. Each week, the doctors on staff attempt to unravel the mysteries of the brain and are constantly challenged by cases never-before-seen on television. The medical stories are moving, bizarre and a visual feast. The personal stories are riveting. The patients have rare, highly visual, often hallucinogenic and startling conditions, which we’ll see through their eyes as Catherine diagnoses and treats them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, touching, gloomy, mad
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Doctors (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: medical drama, touching, captivating, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera
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MDs (2002)
Plot Summary:
Medicine could be a lucrative business if it weren't for all those sick people. So goes the motto of the mega-sized, mega-frugal HMO that runs Mission General Hospital in San Francisco, where two renegade doctors bend the rules and find the loopholes in a constant quest to treat their patients. Together, they practice medicine with a take-no-prisoners attitude and don't-take-no-for-an-answer tactics.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, realistic, medical drama
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In Treatment (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around Dr. Paul Weston, a psychotherapist who exhibits an insightful, reserved demeanor while treating his patients—but displays a crippling insecurity while counseled by his own therapist.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, emotional, tense, clever, serious, thought provoking, intellectual, medical drama, atmospheric
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Three Rivers (2009)
Plot Summary:
Three Rivers is an American television medical drama that debuted on CBS on October 4, 2009, starring Alex O'Loughlin in the role of an infamous transplant surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On November 30, 2009, after just eight episodes of the season had aired, CBS announced that Three Rivers had been pulled from their schedule with no plans to have it returned, and the series was later officially cancelled. However, the series later returned to the network on June 5, 2010 to burn off the remaining unaired episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful, medical drama, contemplative
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The Royal (2003)
Plot Summary:
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, captivating, realistic, emotional, psychological, sincere, touching, serious, gloomy, period drama
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Miami Medical (2010)
Plot Summary:
Miami Medical is a medical drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber. It follows the professional and private lives of a team of trauma surgeons. The series was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television. It premiered on CBS on April 2, 2010. In May 2010, CBS announced that the series had been canceled, with the final episode airing on July 2, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, realistic, fast
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3 lbs (2006)
Plot Summary:
3 lbs is a drama that aired on CBS from November 14 to 28, 2006, replacing the cancelled series Smith. The show itself was then canceled three weeks later due to poor ratings. The title refers to the fact that the average human brain weighs approximately three pounds. The show follows the medical careers of prominent brain surgeon Doctor Douglas Hanson and his protégé, Jonathan Seger. The show was promoted as, "The next great medical drama." The theme song is "Calling All Angels" by Train. Eight episodes were made, and the five episodes that did not originally air in the United States are available on Amazon Unbox. The program filmed in New York City at the request of Tucci, who didn't want to be away from home to make the series. When the pilot was originally filmed Dylan McDermott played Dr. Doug Hanson, and Reiko Aylesworth played Dr. Adrienne Holland.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: medical drama, realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious
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The Girlfriend Experience (2016)
Plot Summary:
Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, serious, captivating, realistic, anthology, sexy, atmospheric, sitcom, sensual
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Emily Owens M.D. (2012)
Plot Summary:
Emily Owens, M.D. is an American medical drama television series created by Jennie Snyder Urman. It was picked up by The CW on May 11, 2012, It premiered on The CW on October 16, 2012, and aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. On November 28, 2012, the series was canceled by The CW. The 13th and final episode aired on February 5, 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, sincere, feel good, realistic, light, entertaining, medical drama
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Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Plot Summary:
Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, retro, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Monday Mornings (2013)
Plot Summary:
Monday Mornings was an American medical drama television series that ran on TNT from February 4 to April 8, 2013 and aired Mondays after Dallas. It is based on a novel of the same name by Sanjay Gupta. In May 2012, TNT placed a ten-episode order for the series. On May 10, 2013, Monday Mornings was canceled by TNT.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sincere, touching, emotional, medical drama
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Red Band Society (2014)
Plot Summary:
Children and teenagers become friends in a hospital where they are all patients. Together they try to escape the sad reality to create their own world with their own codes , while the nursing staff do their best to bring them a little happiness everyday. Charlie , in a coma for several months, attending meanwhile helplessly bustle around him. He sees nothing , but he hears everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: touching, thought provoking, captivating, compassionate, sincere, suspenseful, medical drama, serious, realistic
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Strong Medicine (2000)
Plot Summary:
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, emotional, medical drama
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Trauma Center (1983)
Plot Summary:
When a person is seriously injured in an accident, they often have only one hour to live. Dr. Michael "Cutter" Royce (James Naughton) leads a hospital's specialized emergency department that is designed to make maximum use of that one golden hour to save lives, a trauma center. However, even before that crack medical team can begin, it is the task of paramedics like John Six (Lou Ferrigno) and "Hatter" Pacelli (Alfie Wise) to rescue such victims and get them to the center within that hour. With all the emergencies that occur in their city, this medical team both in the field and in the hospital are challenged to the utmost.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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New Amsterdam (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Max Goodwin, the hospital's newest medical director, sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: medical drama, captivating, sincere, inspirational, disturbing, emotional
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Code Black (2015)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff confront a challenged system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: medical drama, suspense, touching, emotional, captivating, sentimental
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Dr. Romantic (2016)
Plot Summary:
Boo Yong Joo was once a famous surgeon at the peak of his career at a major hospital. But he suddenly gives it all up one day to live in seclusion and work as a neighborhood doctor in a small town. He now goes by “Teacher Kim” and refers to himself as the “Romantic Doctor.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama, romantic drama, medical drama
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Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 333000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: medical drama, sentimental, sincere, captivating, erotic, cliffhanger, inspirational, bloody, entertaining, dramatic
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Chicago Med (2015)
Plot Summary:
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: medical drama, exciting, sincere, captivating, tense, serious, realistic, sentimental
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Monroe (2011)
Plot Summary:
Monroe is a British medical drama television series created and written by Peter Bowker and produced by Mammoth Screen for the ITV network. The series follows a neurosurgeon named Gabriel Monroe, played by James Nesbitt. The six-part series was commissioned by ITV as one of a number of replacements for its long-running police drama series The Bill, which was cancelled in 2010. Filming on Monroe began in Leeds in September 2010, with production based in the old Leeds Girls' High School in Headingley. The first episode was broadcast on ITV on 10 March 2011 to strong ratings. A second series was commissioned in July 2011 and will begin production in 2012. On 14 November 2012, it was announced that ITV had cancelled Monroe due to low viewing figures.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, serious, emotional, realistic, witty, talky, fast
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The Good Doctor (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young surgeon with Savant syndrome is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. The question will arise: can a person who doesn't have the ability to relate to people actually save their lives?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: medical drama, serious, clever, emotional, captivating, psychological, talky, inspirational, thought provoking, sad