...First Do No Harm (1997)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

She went looking for help... and found a miracle

When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital.

• Released: 1997-02-16
• Genres: Drama, TV Movie
• Runtime: 1h 30m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 41 votes

Directed by Jim Abrahams.

Top cast

• Meryl Streep as Lori Reimuller
• Fred Ward as Dave Reimuller
• Allison Janney as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
• Seth Adkins as Robbie Reimuller
• Margo Martindale as Marjean
• Tom Butler as Dr. Jim Peterson
• Leo Burmester as Bob Purdue
• Mairon Bennett as Lynne Reimuller
• Michael Yarmush as Mark Reimuller
• Damir Andrei

Full cast & crew

Where to watch ...First Do No Harm

• United States: watch free on Hoopla, The Roku Channel, Tubi TV

Movies like ...First Do No Harm

If you enjoyed ...First Do No Harm, these movies have a similar feel:

• Witness Protection (1999)
• I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
• Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
• Scum (1977)
• Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
• Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
• SAS: Red Notice (2021)
• A Crooked Somebody (2018)
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008)
• The Good Neighbor (2022)
• 180 (2026)

Can't decide what to watch?

FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.

Download FlickPicker on the App Store   Explore the iPhone app