epileptic seizure
14 movies and shows
Three Dollars
Thu, 21 Apr 2005
Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and finds he has only 'three dollars' to his name.
The Magic Pill
Thu, 07 Sep 2017
Doctors, scientists and chefs around the globe combat illness with dietary changes, believing fat should be embraced as a source of fuel.
The Sacred Disease
Sat, 21 May 2016
A bereaved epileptic ditches her pills and follows a mysterious woman to the outskirts of her town, where she slips back into the fearsome yet ecstatic throes of the seizure.
King of the Hill
Fri, 20 Aug 1993
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
The Furies
Fri, 12 Apr 2019
A young woman faces her darkest fears with seven other unwilling participants in a deadly game — a game that can only have one winner.
Hero
Fri, 15 Sep 2017
In the quiet and picturesque Yarramalong Valley, Officers Henry and Brooks find a young woman wandering by the roadside, distraught from events she has just witnessed. Following a report of a possible crash site, the officers suspect the young woman is a survivor; taking her into their care they proceed to investigate. Within the undulating trees, not everything is as it seems. Who has come to Earth? Do we need a hero to save us all?
Side Effects
Fri, 04 Feb 2022
A man who struggles with the effects of epilepsy and heavy medication reconciles about his choices.
Dinosaurs are Dead
Sun, 10 Dec 2023
A young girl's perspective on life changes when she must take care of her mother during an epileptic seizure.
SoulMaid
Sat, 09 Jun 2007
Loosely based on the classic story of Sleeping Beauty, this irreverent gay fairy tale for modern audiences follows a man named Moses, whose frequent seizures are characterized by the appearance of Glintentica, a spurned Goddess planning her return to earth. Problems arise when Glintentica becomes determined to take over the soul of David, Moses' new love interest.
An Unbearable Pity
Invalid Date
Two village boys are very sick, they are foaming at the mouth, they are sitting near a huge well and they hate each other.
You Will Know What to Do With Me
Fri, 27 May 2016
Nicolás, a photographer, has suffered epilepsy since childhood and he is forced to take care of himself and sacrifice a lot, though he lives a normal life. On the other hand, Isabel is a woman who, apparently, has her whole life figured out although her mother is ill and she has no choice but to try to save her. Isabel and Nicolás fall in love in spite of themselves, their demons, their ghosts, and their weaknesses. Suddenly engaged in a relationship none of them would have even dared to imagine, they experience the love, passion, insecurity, fear, and allergy to commitment typical in people who are drifting away.
Final Approach
Fri, 06 Dec 1991
Final Approach deals with the mental condition of Amnesia when a stealth test pilot, Col. Jason Halsey, is involved in an air disaster. A psychiatrist Dr. Dio Gottlieb attempts to help Halsey to recover his memory, but his motives seem strained. Is Gottlieb giving professional help or is he a counter-intelligence agent sent to debrief Halsey?
Nothing's Impossible
Sat, 27 Sep 2025
3600 miles, The Indian Ocean and one epileptic cancer survivor. A story finally told by the Wilson Family, how their father, Ashley Wilson truly proves that Nothing’s Impossible.