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10 Best Movies Like Vital Signs

If you loved Vital Signs, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Doctor

The Doctor

1991★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Vital Signs for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and d...

#2
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Vital Signs for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Vital Signs for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#4
The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

2011★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Vital Signs for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-este...

#5
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Vital Signs for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

#6
Hounddog

Hounddog

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Vital Signs for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

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