John Q
Feb 15, 2002 | IMDB 7.1
116 min Watch NowDrama, Thriller, Crime
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1997
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IMDB 5.6 | May , 2005
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IMDB 5.3 | Feb , 1998
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IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 2004
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IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 2008
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IMDB 4.5 | Mar , 1988
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