Reviews and ratings of films featuring nurses

Rating guide:
excellent = 4 stars; good = 3 stars; fair = 2 stars, poor = 1 star

Films	Nursing rating	Artistic rating
The Business of Being Born (2008)
Atonement (2007)
Sicko (2007)	capsule	summary
Gracie (2007)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
The Great Raid (2005)
14 Hours (2005)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The Brooke Ellison Story (2004)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Life on Liberty Street (2004)
Angels in America (2003)
Talk to Her (2002)
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2002)
John Q. (2002)
Wit (2001)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Nurse Betty (2000)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
MAS*H (1970)
Rear Window (1954)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Also see Suzanne Gordon and Ruth Johnson's article "How Hollywood Portrays Nurses: Report from the Front Row" in the March/April 2004 issue of Revolution. They critique One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), "Misery" (1990), "The English Patient" (1996), "Magnolia" (1999), "Living Out Loud" (1998), "Something's Gotta Give" (2003), M*A*S*H (1970), "Meet the Parents" (2000) and "Angels in America" (2003). The authors also examine feminist disdain for nursing, especially as it relates to Hollywood.