ethical dilemma
21 movies and shows
Lincoln
Fri, 09 Nov 2012
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
The Farewell
Fri, 12 Jul 2019
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Sun, 09 Jul 2023
Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
Party Girl
Tue, 28 Oct 1958
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
Phantoms of the Sierra Madre
Fri, 20 Sep 2024
A Danish writer travels to Mexico with the purpose of locating a mysterious Apache tribe that fervently seeks to remain in obscurity.
Graduation
Fri, 20 May 2016
After his daughter is assaulted and left with an injury that may jeopardize her opportunity to study in the UK, a Romanian doctor decides to do whatever it takes to secure her future.
Das Baby der schwangeren Toten
Wed, 26 Oct 1994
A pregnant woman suffers severe head trauma in a car accident. The doctors are unable to help her, but at the request of her fiancé, they decide to keep her body functioning artificially in order to save the unborn child. The ethical issues involved in the case trigger fierce public controversy.
Comedians
Thu, 10 Jun 2021
Six aspiring comedians tired of the mediocrity of their lives, at the end of an evening stand-up course they prepare to face their first performance in a club. In the audience there is also an examiner, who will choose one of them for a TV show. For everyone this is the great opportunity to change their life, for some it could be the last one. The performances begin and each comedian takes the stage with a great dilemma: to respect the teachings of their master, devoted to intelligent and uncompromising comedy, or to twist their numbers to satisfy the much less refined taste of the examiner? Or maybe look for a third way, one of absolute originality? Through the stories of six comedians, Comedians is a reflection on the very meaning of comedy in our time, facing absolutely topical issues.
Doctors of the Dark Side
Sat, 01 Jan 2011
Doctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of physicians and psychologists in detainee torture. The stories of four detainees and the doctors involved in their abuse demonstrate how US Army and CIA doctors implemented the Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and covered up signs of torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Interviews with medical, legal and intelligence experts and evidence from declassified government memos document what has been called the greatest scandal in American medical ethics. Based on four years of research by Producer/Director Martha Davis, written by Oscar winning Mark Jonathan Harris, and filmed in HD by Emmy winning DP Lisa Rinzler, the film shows how the torture of detainees could not continue without the assistance of the doctors.
The Henderson Monster
Tue, 27 May 1980
A small town becomes gripped by an ethical debate when the community discovers a moody, egotistical scientist is experimenting with DNA and the creation of new life.
A Human Robot's World
Fri, 29 Mar 2024
When a groundbreaking podcast reveals the imminent integration of humanoid robots into the workforce by a powerful corporation, individuals from diverse walks of life - a curious CEO in a rideshare, an office worker, and a housewife in France - find their lives intersecting as they navigate a rapidly changing world where humanoids blur the line between man and machine.
The Case of Filip Franjic
Mon, 22 May 1978
Due to idealism, honesty and resoluteness, a driver in a transport company faces numerous problems in his living and working environment.
Janus Head
Fri, 01 Sep 1972
World-famous geneticist Professor Hülsenbeck is a man of integrity who refuses to mix science and political gain. When his findings are being used to harm humanity, he immigrates to the USA in 1933 in protest against Nazi racial politics.
Runoff
Fri, 26 Jun 2015
The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desperate lengths to save her family when they are threatened with being forced from their land.
The Antarctic Syndrome
Tue, 28 May 2019
Does doctor Jan Terelak belong to an “elitist” group of the most unethical experimenters? The Polish scientist tested boundaries of human mental resilience in extreme conditions of solitude in Antarctica. The starting point for Piotr Jaworski's documentary is the psychologist's journal. The project from forty years ago was focused on studying the mental condition of polar explorers at the Polish station. Men were in the situation of confinement, comparable to a space mission. The film reconstructs these events, referring to the then contemporary context and changes in the perception of science.
Nuclearvision
Fri, 12 Nov 1982
The dilemmas of a journalist when he accepts a contract to make a Civil Defence film for showing on TV in the event of nuclear war.
Estatus
Mon, 01 Jan 2018
Dignitas - Death on Prescription
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Switzerland is the only country in the world that allows foreigners to come and die on its territory. Since its founding in 1998, more than a thousand people have traveled to Zurich to end their lives with the help of the organization Dignitas. "Dignitas - Death on Prescription" is a documentary about an organization that provides people with terminal and incurable illnesses, intense unrelenting pain, and depression with a peaceful death. The organization's founder, lawyer Ludwig Minelli, is often the target of insults, especially from politicians, despite the fact that most Swiss citizens support the option of medically assisted suicide.
Ambubagging
Fri, 21 Oct 2016
Intern KIM Min-ji is ambubagging patient LEE Sook-ja. The 86-year-old Sook-ja's condition is not very well. It looks as if she's ready to depart from the world. Despite constantly paging Sook-ja's grandson and guardian, he has yet to appear. Min-ji is ambubagging Sook-ja when she gets an urgent call from her Mother. Her mother tells her to hurry because Min-ji's sister is having a baby.