Awakenings

Awakenings 1990

7.77

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

1990

The Priests

The Priests 2015

6.78

To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.

2015

Patrick

Patrick 2013

4.94

Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.

2013

Patrick

Patrick 1978

6.10

A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.

1978

Absolute Strangers

Absolute Strangers 1991

1

A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.

1991

Medium

Medium 1985

5.60

Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier.

1985

12th Assistant Deacon

12th Assistant Deacon 2014

6.33

Deacon Choi and Father Kim visit Youngshin who is in a vegetative state. Their plan is to exorcise the demon that has settled into her body. The demon, however, is a formidable force and Youngshin shows no sign of improvement despite Father Kim and Deacon Choi's efforts.

2014

Waiting

Waiting 2016

7.10

While visiting his comatose wife in the hospital, a serene old professor befriends a vibrant young woman whose husband has also fallen into a coma.

2016

Some Call It Loving

Some Call It Loving 1973

4.90

A jazz musician falls in love with a comatose woman at a carny sideshow and takes her to his mansion to join his cabinet of sexual curiosities.

1973

The Opening

The Opening 2016

1

A gallery owner is opening an unusual exhibition: An artist who is terminally ill wishes to die in front of an audience.

2016

Other Voices

Other Voices 1970

1

Other Voices is a 1970 documentary film directed by David H. Sawyer. The film follows Dr. Albert Honig, one of the most controversial Doctors of his era, as he demonstrates various techniques he has employed in his treatment of comatose, catatonic, schizophrenic, and autistic patients. It also follows a handful of patients living in a rural setting in Doylestown, Pennsylvania during their daily activities and during treatment sessions with Dr. Honig. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

1970