Doctors talk about what Hollywood gets right and wrong about medicine and how the body works. Each week we discuss how a film or episode of television depicts illnesses, injuries, and the lives of medical professionals. As we wrap up each episode, the film or show being discussed is graded for its medical accuracy in comparison to 2010's The Human Centipede, which marketed itself as "100% medically accurate." Rian Johnson's Knives Out, for example, is considered "140% medically accurate" when compared to The Human Centipede. Luc Besson's Lucy, meanwhile, was awarded a 10%. Midsommar earned our highest rank yet, at 400% - which means it's roughly four times more medically accurate than The Human Centipede. New episodes Thursdays!
76. Beetlejuice - "The skulls are where the weight is"
Beetlejuice (1988) · Nov 3, 2022
74. Morbius - "I've got a bat tube guy"
Morbius (2022) · Oct 13, 2022
71. Men in Black - "Where's the pierogi hole?"
Men in Black (1997) · Sep 22, 2022
69. Severance - "Avoidance bad, Severance good"
Severance (2022) · Sep 1, 2022
68. Major League - "Give me the bat, Marge!"
Major League (1989) · Aug 16, 2022
65. Sex and the City: And Just Like That - When In Rome - "Time is heart. Time is ball."
When in Rome (2010) · Dec 14, 2021
57. The Purge: Everything Is Fine - "Everything was NOT fine"
Full Metal Jacket (1987) · Feb 16, 2021
49. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - "Kevin's first kill is three minutes in"
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) · Dec 15, 2020
45. The Good Doctor: Frontline - "It's Chekhov's ventilator."
The Good Doctor (2011) · Nov 17, 2020
42. Midsommar - "Our unreliable narrator is drugs." - Updated
Midsommar (2019) · Oct 28, 2020
40. Crank 2 - "It's like Crank 1 but without the heart"
Crank: High Voltage (2009) · Oct 13, 2020
37. The Resident: Whistleblower - "We needed a feel-good episode right now."
The Resident (2011) · May 5, 2020
36. Bloodsport - "Could a Jean-Claude Van Damme exist in real life?"
Bloodsport (1988) · Apr 28, 2020
35. No Holds Barred - "Randy with his stupid face and paralyzed... badness."
No Holds Barred (1989) · Apr 9, 2020
30. Lucy - "My favorite class in med school was brain!"
Lucy (2014) · Feb 13, 2020
28. Hitch - "ACK!!!! ACCCCK!!!!"
Hitch (2005) · Jan 28, 2020
25. Knives Out - "Blood Isn't That Flammable"
Knives Out (2019) · Jan 7, 2020
24. Home Alone - "Brains Shouldn't Bounce"
Home Alone (1990) · Dec 31, 2019
21. The Resident: Pilot - "We Hate Ourselves, We Hate Our Lives, Everything is Awful."
The Resident (2011) · Dec 3, 2019
20. The Matrix - "Neo is Basically Veal"
The Matrix (1999) · Nov 27, 2019
17. Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw - "It's All Throat Punches!"
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) · Nov 5, 2019
"Flatliners" gets almost everything wrong about doctors
Flatliners (1990) · Oct 16, 2019
13. Flatliners: "You can't opt-in to getting murdered"
Flatliners (1990) · Oct 15, 2019
11. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle: "I didn't get pimped in my med school interviews"
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) · Oct 1, 2019
9. Bond: Die Another Day - "He's Getting A DNA-ectomy"
Die Another Day (2002) · Sep 17, 2019
6. Crank: Brought to you by "High-tech sci-fi Chinese synthetic stuff"
Crank (2006) · Aug 27, 2019
5. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: "Octupus Trap Heart is My New Country Single!"
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) · Aug 20, 2019
4. Face Off: "This Would be a Scalpel Procedure"
Face/Off (1997) · Aug 13, 2019
3. Doctor Strange: When Ghosts Attack Physicians
Doctor Strange (2016) · Aug 10, 2019
2. Shooter: Exploding Blood Cells are a Bad Thing
Shooter (2007) · Aug 10, 2019
1. Pulp Fiction: How NOT to Treat an Overdose
Pulp Fiction (1994) · Aug 10, 2019