Is The Good Nurse A True Story?

The Good Nurse is based on the true story of Charles Cullen, the serial killer portrayed in Netflix’s The Good Nurse.

The Netflix film is a fictionalized account focusing on the months just before Cullen’s arrest for murdering patients.

The Good Nurse is a 2022 American drama film starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne as two nurses, one of whom suspects the other of being responsible for a series of patient deaths.

The film is based on the 2013 true-crime book the sea name by Charles Graeber about the serial killer Charles Cullen. It is directed by Tobias Lindholm and written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns. The film also stars Nnamdi Asomugha, Kim Dickens and Noah.