The Best Movies that Talk About the Struggle of Having Terminal illnesses

These movies are gut-wrenchingly sad but beautiful at the same time. It makes us feel alive yet it also reminds us of our limitations. Yet we realize acting out these movies aren’t the easiest, which is why we compiled a list of the best so that you can have so control (until you uncontrollably sob at the tragic death which you knew was inevitible).

1

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
2015

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

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7.7 IMDB
2

The Fault in Our Stars

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff
Josh Boone
2014

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

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7.7 IMDB
3

50/50

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick
Jonathan Levine
2011

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

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7.6 IMDB
4

My Life Without Me

Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman
Isabel Coixet
2003

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

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7.5 IMDB
5

Me Before You

Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer
Thea Sharrock
2016

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

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7.4 IMDB
6

The Bucket List

Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes
Rob Reiner
2007

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

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7.4 IMDB
7

A Walk to Remember

Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote
Adam Shankman
2002

When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

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7.4 IMDB
8

My Sister's Keeper

Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin
Nick Cassavetes
2009

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

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7.4 IMDB
9

Bright Star

Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider
Jane Campion
2009

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

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6.9 IMDB
10

Other People

Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford
Chris Kelly
2016

David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”

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6.8 IMDB
11

Funny People

Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann
Judd Apatow
2009

Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.

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6.3 IMDB