DOCTOR'S ORDERS ...Lists from the Movie Doc
Hippocratic Oath...the movies everyone should swear by
- Casablanca
- The Maltese Falcon
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- City Lights
- Citizen Kane
- Manhattan
- Chinatown
- Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Rio Grande
- Schindler's List
Lobotomies...films you don't need a brain to enjoy
- Blazing Saddles
- Airplane!
- Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
- Used Cars
- The Great Race
- Young Frankenstein
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
- National Lampoon's Animal House
- Caddyshack
- Up the River
Chronic Obesity...overblown epics collapsing under their own weight
- A Passage to India
- Greatest Story Ever Told
- Cleopatra
- The Ten Commandments
- The Bible
- Doctor Zhivago
- Wyatt Earp
- How the West Was Won
- The Razor's Edge
(1984)
- Gandhi
Cement Burns...films so bad you'd rather lose skin than be forced to watch
- Ice Castles
- Dirty Dancing
- Big Top Pee-Wee
- Beastmaster
- Masters of the Universe
- Gymkata
- Red Sonja
- Over the Top
- Six Pack
- Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Second Opinions...films you might want to take another look at
- Things Change
- The Stuntman
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
- One Two Three
- The Twelve Chairs
- Wild at Heart
- The Professional
- Natural Born Killers
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- The Trouble with Harry
The Good Doctors......worthy medical professionals on the big screen
- The Hospital
- M*A*S*H
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Captain Newman, M.D.
- The Doctor
- Doc Hollywood
- House Calls
- Nell
- The Elephant Man
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes
....And the Bad... ...not-so-worthy medical professionals captured on film
- Vital Signs
- Bad Medicine
- Critical Condition
- Like Father, Like Son
- Young Doctors in Love
- Tammy and the Doctor
- Malice
- Color of Night
- City of Joy
- Flatliners
Healing the Sick...illness and infirmity as plot devices
- Six Weeks
- Dying Young
- An Affair To Remember
- Magnificent Obsession
- Awakenings
- Inside Moves
- Whose Life Is It Anyway?
- Steel Magnolias
- The Waterdance
- Outbreak
Referrals for...
- ...emergency surgery? Donald Sutherland in M*A*S*H
- ...psychological counseling? Gregory Peck in Captain Newman, M.D.
- ...strange disease research? Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak
- ...gourmet catering? Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
- ...general practice? Robert Preston in S.O.B.
- ...sports medicine? Burt Lancaster in Field of Dreams
- ...veterinary care? Rex Harrison in Doctor Dolittle
- ...nursing care? Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- ...nonhuman practice? Kim Stanley in Planet of the Apes
- ...obstetrics? Robin Williams in Nine Months
Sound Mind and Body...the best mental patients getting treatment
- Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
- Will Sampson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis in Strange Brew
- Herbert Lom in Revenge of the Pink Panther
- Frances Farmer in Frances
- Cheech Marin in Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams
- Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- Brad Pitt in Twelve Monkeys
Raving Madmen...crazy folks on the loose
- Gary Oldman in The Professional
- Robin Williams in The Fisher King
- Robert De Niro in Cape Fear
- Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter
- Telly Savales in The Dirty Dozen
- Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest
- John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
- RIchard Widmark in Kiss of Death (1947)
- Peter Lorre in M
- Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers
The Lame and the Infirmed...best handicapped portrayals by able-bodied actors
- Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump
- Jon Voight in Coming Home
- Audery Hepburn in Wait Until Dark
- Mary McDonnell in Passion Fish
- Walter Brennan in Rio Bravo
- Joan Crawford in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman
- Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker
- Amy Irving in Voices
- Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
- Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda
Optic Traumas...movies with scenes that are too painful to watch
- Sharky's Machine - torture on the boat
- The Accused - the rape in the bar
- Deliverance - the stop at sodomy point
- Sophie's Choice - the choosing a child scene
- Glory - the whipping scene
- Diehard - the glass removal scene
- Reservoir Dogs - "Stuck in the Middle With You"
- Halloween 2 - the emergency room scene
- I Spit On Your Grave - the entire movie
- Psycho 2 - grabbing at the knife
Dysphasia...the inability to swallow, incredibly implausible casting
- Edward G. Robinson in The Ten Commandments
- John Wayne in Genghis Khan
- Mac Davis in The Sting, Part 2
- Lee Majors in The Norseman
- Marlon Brando in The Teahouse of the August Moon
- Elvis Presley in Change of Habit
- Kevin Costner in Robin Hood
- Keanu Reeves in Chain Reaction
- Harry Hamlin in Clash of the Titans
- Patrick Wayne in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Otitis Media...painful ringing in the ears or horrible musical casting
- Clint Eastwood & Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon
- Albert Finney in Annie
- Walter Matthau in Hello, Dolly!
- Rod Steiger in Oklahoma
- Bert Reynolds in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Sylvester Stallone in Rhinestone
- Michelle Pfeiffer in Grease 2
- Kurt Russell in The One & Only Original Family Band
- Michael Beck in Xanadu
Tragic, Tragic Accidents...it shoulda never happened
- Gymkata
- Barbwire
- She-Devil
- Xanadu
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Masters of the Universe
- Rollerboogie
- Two of a Kind
- Perfect
- Poison Ivy
DNR ( Do Not Resuscitate ) Film sequels that should have been allowed to die away gracefully
- Jaws 2,3,4
- Rocky 2,3,4,5,6
- Grease 2
- Poltergeist 2,3
- Friday the 13th infinity
- Nightmare on Elm Street 2,3,4,5,6
- Smokey and the Bandit 2,3
- Cannonball Run 2
- Gremlins 2
- Halloween 2,3,4,5
Call 911...ambulances featured in key film scenes
- Mother, Jugs & Speed
- Disorderlies
- The Ambulance
- Hudson Hawk
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Backdraft
- Battle Circus
- The Razor's Edge
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