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2022 · Series · your starting pointIf This Is Going to Hurt is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Shows like This Is Going to Hurt, ranked
1. Bodies (2004)
The same NHS gynecology ward setting and darkly comic tone that exposes institutional strain through interconnected staff perspectives and morally complex medical decisions.
2. Carry on Doctor (1967)
The hospital setting becomes a pressure cooker for dark comedy as staff navigate impossible situations, though this 1967 film leans into slapstick chaos rather than the emotional weight of modern medicine.
3. Doctor Doctor (2016)
Ben Knox's candid portrayal of a doctor grappling with burnout finds its match in Rodger Corser's similarly flawed surgeon navigating professional exile, both series balancing gallows humor against the genuine toll of medicine on personal relationships.
4. ER (1994)
The same unflinching focus on hospital staff navigating impossible caseloads and moral weight means you'll find ER's ensemble cast wrestling with the gap between idealism and the exhausting reality of emergency medicine.
5. Grey's Anatomy (2005)
The gallows humor and moral weight of trauma medicine unite both series, though Grey's Anatomy softens the edges with romance and ensemble camaraderie where this show refuses to look away from systemic exhaustion.
6. The Indian Doctor (2010)
Adam Kay's unflinching diary-style narration finds its match in The Indian Doctor's outsider perspective on medical practice, both using humor to expose how deeply personal circumstances shape a doctor's ability to care.
7. Maternal (2023)
Hospital hierarchies collide with parenthood's impossible demands as three doctors navigate the same grueling NHS frontlines that expose medicine's human cost beyond the operating room.
8. The Resident (2018)
The Resident shares the same unflinching examination of hospital hierarchies and moral compromise, following doctors navigating impossible caseloads while grappling with both systemic failures and their own fallibility.
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